LIVING IN THE IT ERA

INTRODUCTION TO
INFORMATION
AND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
What is Information and Communication Technology?

ICT, or information and communications

Examples of ICT:
• Software Applications and Operating Systems
 What is Information and Communication Technology?

Examples of ICT:
• Web-Based Information and Applications such as Distance
Learning
• Telephones and Other Telecommunications Products
• Email, World Wide Web
• Computers and Etc.
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COMMUNICATION
S
Nowadays people are in touch with the help of ICT.
Through chatting, E-mail, voice mail and social
networking people communicate with each other. It
is the cheapest means of communication.
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Job Opportunities
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In the employment sector, ICT enables organizations to
operate more efficiently, so employing staff with ICT
skills is vital to the smooth running of any business.
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Education
S
ICT provides the flexibility and availability of learning
materials to all students. While all resources are available
in classrooms, students can also access them outside
schools.
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Socializing
S
Social media has changed the world. The rapid and vast
adoption of these technologies is changing how we find
partners, how we access information from the news,
and how we organize to demand political change.
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Positive Impacts of
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1. ACCESS TO INFORMATION
All you need is a phone and access to the
Internet to find what you need. Thousands of
resources are available on various online
platforms, making it convenient for someone to
search for the information they need.
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2. IMPROVED ACCESS TO EDUCATION
Distance learning and online tutorials. New ways of
learning, e.g., interactive multi-media and virtual
reality.
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3. NEW TOOLS, NEW OPPORTUNITIES
ICT gives access to new tools that did not previously
exist.
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4. COMMUNICATION
Cost savings by using e.g., VoIP instead of normal
telephone, email / messaging instead of post, video
conferencing instead of traveling to meetings, e-
commerce web sites instead of sales catalogues. Access
to larger, even worldwide, markets.
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5. INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Data mining of customer information to produce lists for
targeted advertising.
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6.SECURITY
ICT solves or reduces some security problems, e.g.,
Encryption methods can keep data safe from
unauthorized people, both while it is being stored or
while it is being sent electronically.
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7.PEOPLE PARTICIPATION
ICT allows people to participate in a wider, even
worldwide, society.
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8. DISTANCE LEARNING
Students can access teaching materials from all over the
world.
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9. TESTING AND EXPERIMENTS
ICT facilitates the ability to perform ‘impossible’
experiments’ by using simulations.
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10. CREATION OF NEW MORE INTERESTING JOBS
Examples would be systems analysts, programmers and
software engineers, as well as help desk operators and
trainers.
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Negative Impacts of
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1. JOB LOSS
Manual operations being replaced by automation. e.g.,
robots replacing people on an assembly line. Job export.
e.g., Data processing work being sent to other countries
where operating costs are lower.
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2. REDUCED PERSONAL INTERACTION
Most people need some form of social interaction in
their daily lives and if they do not get the chance to meet
and talk with other people, they may feel isolated and
unhappy.
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3. REDUCED PHYSICAL ACTIVITY:
This can lead to health problems such as obesity, heart
disease, and diabetes.
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4. COST
A lot of ICT hardware and software is expensive, both to
purchase and to maintain.
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5. COMPETITION
This is usually thought of as being a good thing, but for
some organizations being exposed to greater
competition can be a problem.
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