KEEP WALKING

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KEEP WALKING

• Lifelong Learning in the New Economy

Gbenga Sesan
Lagos Digital Villageme_at_gbengasesan.com
www.gbengasesan.org.ng
Abeokuta ICT Seminar. Adesba Hotel, Abeokuta,
NIGERIA. Saturday, June 10 2004
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Every Journey, One Step

• Every journey begins with one step even great
  journeys. Start now
• Its time to assess yourself
• Where are you going?
• What ICT tools would help you get there?
• How much of IT do you know now?
• What do you need to learn?
• How do you learn IT?
• Your journey to ICT proficiency will begin with
  one STEP Search Engines, Thirst, Educative sites
  and Published works

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Basic Understanding

• Basic understanding begins with mastery of the
  computer as a tool
• Todays work environment requires great
  understanding of office productivity tools (word
  processing, spreadsheet, presentation) and
  internet tools (email, search)
• Emerging technologies must be embraced, lest you
  miss out on opportunities or feel out of this
  generation e.g. the German advert and the
  Teletypewriter
• Technology is an enabler, but may also serve as a
  hiccup for those who dont understand it e.g.
  Final Year Project vs. Registry Staff

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I.T. and Your Career

• Information Technology has dug into the fabric of
  every profession From precision agriculture to
  fashion information management, each career is
  responding to the challenges of the New Economy
• You must identify where IT meets your career.
  Which areas involve information its management,
  manipulation or dissemination
• This diversified relevance of I. T. is reshaping
  professionalism in the New Economy.
  Multidisciplinary paths define new roles and
  responsibilities
• Careers that dont bend to I.T. will break away
  from relevance e.g. typists and personal
  secretaries

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I.T. in Life, Work and Play

• When next you get home, your mood will decide
  which music plays as you open the door
• Convergence and integration will soon replace
  your TV, CD/DVD player, mobile phone, music
  device and remote control with one single device
• Have you noticed that the worlds richest and
  most influential men are those who deal with
  information and appropriate technology tools to
  propagate them?
• Each successive generation is getting more
  comfortable with what previous generations saw as
  high-tech. Cant you sense the trend?

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Keep Walking

• Lifelong Learning in the learning paradigm of the
  New Economy. No end to learning and skill
  acquisition
• I.T. offers you a reservoir of resources
  online. From MITs OpenCourseWare
  (http//ocw.mit.edu) to ITrainOnline
  (www.itainonline.org), and to search tools, the
  limit is non-existent
• eMail, discussion groups, mailing lists, webzines
  and your own website/weblog will help you connect
  with the right people, skills, opportunities and
  knowledge
• Im on a journey. Do you want to come with me?
  Then, keep walking

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THANK YOU

• Do you have any questions?

Gbenga Sesan
Lagos Digital Villageme_at_gbengasesan.com
www.gbengasesan.org.ng
Abeokuta ICT Seminar. Adesba Hotel, Abeokuta,
NIGERIA. Saturday, June 10 2004