GEED-20133

Living in the IT Era

DR. MARYGIN E. SARMIENTO
Professor
 LESSON1
Introduction To
Living In The
ITE Era
 Learning Outcomes:
After successful completion of this module, the student
can be able to;
1. Discuss the overview of ICT
2. Identify the role and importance of ICT.
3. Acquaint from the History of ICT
4. Explain the Uses of ICT in our daily living
5. Determine the Impact of ICT
 OVERVIEW TO
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

⮚ The quickening pace of evolution in technology is

very evident in this era.
⮚ It seems that it is progressing faster than ever.
⮚ From year to year, the evolution of technology is
one of staggering promise and opportunity--as well
as uncertainty. Basically, technology has been
around before, and as long as there are people,
information technology will be there also because
there were always ways of communicating through
technology available at that point in time.
 INTRODUCTION TO
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

⮚ The future may be unknown, but digital

advancement continues to reshape our world in
ways that encourage people to form new habits,
find new ways to work together, and become better
human beings.
⮚ And, in most cases, these changes translate into a
range of opportunities and disruptions across every
industry.
⮚ Humans have always been quick to adapt
technologies for better and faster communication.
 History of ICT
O ICT, or information and
communications technology (or
technologies), is the infrastructure
and components that enable modern
computing.
O Although there is no single,
universal definition of ICT, the term
is generally accepted to mean all
devices, networking components,
applications and systems that
combined allow people and
organizations (i.e., businesses,
nonprofit agencies, governments and
criminal enterprises) to interact in
the digital world
Uses of ICT In Our Daily Lives
⮚Communication.
⮚Job Opportunities
⮚Education
⮚Socializing
 Communication.
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.
ICT allows students to monitor and manage their own
learning, think critically and creatively, solve simulated real-world
problems, work collaboratively, engage in ethical decision-making, and
adopt a global perspective towards issues and ideas.
 Job Opportunities
⮚ 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. Being able to
use ICT systems effectively allows
employees more time to concentrate on
areas of their job role that require
soft skills.
⮚ For example, many pharmacies use
robot technology to assist with picking
prescribed drugs. This allows highly
trained pharmaceutical staff to focus
on jobs requiring human intelligence
and interaction, such as dispensing and
checking medication
 Education
⮚ Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) can impact
student learning when teachers are
digitally literate and understand how
to integrate it into curriculum.
⮚ When teachers are digitally literate
and trained to use ICT, these
approaches can lead to higher order
thinking skills, provide creative and
individualized options for students to
express their understandings, and
leave students better prepared to deal
with ongoing technological change
in society and the workplace.
⮚
 Education
⮚ Schools use a diverse set of ICT
tools to communicate, create,
disseminate, store, and manage
information.
⮚ In some contexts, ICT has also
become integral to the teaching-
learning interaction, through such
approaches as replacing chalkboards
with interactive digital whiteboards,
using students’ own smartphones or
other devices for learning during
class time, and the “flipped
classroom” model where students
watch lectures at home on the
computer and use classroom time for
more interactive exercises
 Socializing

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
.
 Socializing
The internet and social
media provide young people with a
range of benefits, and opportunities
to empower themselves in a variety
of ways. Young people can maintain
social connections and support
networks that otherwise wouldn't be
possible and can access more
information than ever before. The
communities and social interactions
young people form online can be
invaluable for bolstering and
developing young people's self-
confidence and social skills.
 Socializing
As the ICT has become ubiquitous,
faster and increasingly accessible to
non-technical communities, social
networking and collaborative
services have grown rapidly
enabling people to communicate and
share interest in many more ways,
sites like Facebook, Twitter
LinkedIn You tube, Flicker, second
life delicious blogs wiki’s and many
more let people of all ages rapidly
share their interest of the movement
without others everywhere.
Impact of ICT in The Society
 Positive Impact
1. Access to information: Increase in access to information and services
that has accompanied the growth of the Internet. Some of the positive
aspects of this increased access are better, and often cheaper,
communications, such as VoIP phone and Instant Messaging.
2. Improved access to education, e.g. distance learning and online
tutorials. New ways of learning, e.g. interactive multi-media and virtual
reality.
3. New tools, new opportunities: ICT gives access to new tools that did
not previously exist: digital cameras, photo-editing software and high
quality printers, screen magnification or screen reading software enables
partially sighted or blind people to work with ordinary text rather than
Braille.
 Positive Impact
1. Access to information: Increase in access to information and services
that has accompanied the growth of the Internet. Some of the positive
aspects of this increased access are better, and often cheaper,
communications, such as VoIP phone and Instant Messaging.
 Positive Impact
2. Improved access to education, e.g. distance learning and online
tutorials. New ways of learning, e.g. interactive multi-media and virtual
reality.
 Positive Impact
3. New tools, new opportunities: ICT gives access to new tools that did not
previously exist: digital cameras, photo-editing software and high quality
printers, screen magnification or screen reading software enables partially
sighted or blind people to work with ordinary text rather than Braille.
 Positive Impact
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.
 Positive Impact
Information
management: Data mining
of customer information to
produce lists for targeted
advertising. Improved
stock control, resulting in
less wastage, better cash
flow, etc.
 Positive Impact
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.
 Negative Impact
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. Multiple
workers being replaced by a smaller number who are able
to do the same amount of work.
 Negative Impact
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.
 Negative Impact
Reduced physical activity: This can lead
to health problems such as obesity, heart
disease, and diabetes.
 Negative Impact
Cost: A lot of ICT hardware and software is expensive,
both to purchase and to maintain. An ICT system usually
requires specialist staff to run it and there is also the
challenge of keeping up with ever-changing technology.
 Negative Impact
Competition: this is usually thought of as being a good thing, but for
some organizations being exposed to greater competition can be a
problem. If the organization is competing for customers, donations, or
other means of funding nationally or even internationally, they may
lose out to other organizations that can offer the same service for less
money.
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 Activity#1-Lecture
1. What is the relevance of ICT in your
chosen course?
2. Name at least 4 uses of ICT in our
daily lives and explain.
3. Give 5 positive impacts and 5 negative
impacts of ICT in the society.
4. Write your realizations about the
videos you have watched about the ICT.
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