LIVING IN THE IT ERA

INTRODUCTION ICT
WHAT IS ICT?
- Information and communication technology
- Is the infrastructure and components that enable modern computing
- 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 to interact in the digital world
USES OF ICT IN OUR DAILY LIVES
COMMUNICATION
- We all know that ICT take a major role for us by means of communication
- With the help of ICT it is easier to communicate with our love ones
- Nowadays people are in touch with the help of ICT
- Chatting, email, voice mail and social networking is the cheapest means of communication
- ICT allows students to monitors and manage their own learning, thing critically and
creatively, and many more
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
- ICT enables organizations to operate more efficiently, so employing staff with ICT skills is
vital to smooth with running of a company
- Being able to use ICT systems effectively allows employees more time to concentrate on
areas theirs job role
- Nowadays, employers expect their staff to have basic ICT skills
- Fining a job is different now, by using your smart phone, laptop, desktop or any gadgets
- ICT skills may not have been an essential requirements in the past
EDUCATION
- Can impact student learning when teachers are digitally literate and understand how to
integrate it into curriculum
- Schools use a diverse set of ICT to communicate, create, disseminate, store and manage
information
SOCIALIZING
- Social media has change 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
- The internet and social media provide young people with a range of benefits
- Opportunities to empower themselves in variety of ways
- Social networking and collaboratives services have grown rapidly
- Internet can be seen as the international networks of interconnection of computers
networks
- Cab be seen as a process by which a child adopts a behavior to be effective member of the
society, which can only be achieved through learning or education
IMPACT OF ICT IN THE SOCIETY
POSITIVE IMPACT
 - ICT allows people to participate in a wider, even worldwide society
- ICT facilitated the ability to perform “impossible” experiments
- Students can access teaching materials from all over the world
- Creation of new more interesting jobs
*Access to information
- increase in access to information and services that has accompanied the growth of the internet
*improved access to education
- new ways of learning using distance learning and online tutorials
* New Tools, New Opportunities
- ICT gives access to new tools that did not previously exist: digital cameras, photo editing software
and high quality printers
*Communication
- cost savings by uaing load before, now we have a lot to use for free as long you have internet
connection
*Security
- ICT solve or reduces some security problems, eg. The encryption methods can keep data safe from
unauthorized people
NEGATIVE IMPACT
*Job Loss
- manual operations being replace by automation
* Reduce Personal Interaction
- most people need some form of social interaction in their daily lives and if they do nit get the
change to meet and talk with other people the may fell isolated and unhappy
* Reduced the Physical Activity
- this can lead to health problems such as obesity, heart dse and diabetes
*Cost
- a lot of ICT hardware and software is expensive both to purchase and to maintain
*Competition
- this is usually thought of as being good thing, but for some organization is competition can be a
problem

HISTORY OF COMPUTER: BASIC COMPUTING PERIODS

COMPUTER
- Is a programmable machine
- Is an electronic device that manipulates information or data. It has the ability to store,
retrieve and process data
 - Is a machine that manipulates information or data. It has the ability to store, retrieve and
process data
- Is a machine that manipulates data according to a list of instructions (program)
- Is any device which aids humans in performing various kinds of computations or calculations
THREE PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS
- It responds to a specific set of instructions in a well-defined manner
- It can execute a pre-recorded list of instruction
- It can quickly store and retrieve large amounts of data