Mikial Nijjar | Benefits and Uses of Information Technology

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Benefits and Uses of Information Technology

• Mikial Nijjar

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INTRODUCTION

• Information Technology
• General term that describes any technology that
  helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate,
  and/or disseminate information
• IT merges computing with high-speed
  communications links carrying data, sound, and
  video
• Examples of information technology include
  personal computers and also new forms of
  telephones, televisions, appliances, and various
  handheld devices.

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IT TODAY

• Explosion in personal digital
• technologies
• Cell phones, cameras, TVs, and
• PCs converging into one single
• instrument
• Pervasive/Ubiquitous computing era
• Handheld wireless devices allow us access
  information anytime, anywhere
• Central to this concept the Internet

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What will it do to us?

• Information overload
• Less use of the brain
• Surge in multitasking
• activity
• Careless privacy
• protection
• Smart mobs

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Being Computer Savvy

• What are the payoffs for you?
• 1. Better buying decisions
• 2. Able to fix ordinary computer problems
• 3. Able to upgrade your equipment and integrate
  it with new products
• 4. Able to use the internet most effectively
• 5. Able to protect yourself against online
  villains
• 6. Know what kinds of computer use can advance
  your career

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Understanding Your Own Computer

• 3 KEY CONCEPTS
• Purpose of A Computer
• Turn data into information
• Data the raw facts and figures
• Information data that has been summarized and
  manipulated for use in decision making
• Hardware vs. Software
• Hardware is the machinery and equipment in the
  computer
• Software is the electronic instructions that tell
  the computer how to perform a task

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Understanding Your Own Computer

• The Basic Operations
• Input What goes in to the computer system
• Processing The manipulation a computer does to
  transform data into information
• Storage
• Temporary storage Memory is primary storage
• Permanent storage Disks and media such as DVDs
  and CDs are secondary storage
• Output What comes out
• Numbers or pictures on the screen, printouts,
  sounds
• Communications Sending and receiving data

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TWO PARTS OF ICT

• Computer technology
• Computer a programmable, multiuse machine that
  accepts raw data and processes it into
  information we can use
• Purpose speed up problem solving and increase
  productivity

• Communications technology
• Consists of electromagnetic devices and systems
  for communicating over long distances

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The Use of ICT

• Education
• More interactive and individualized learning
• Online registration
• Distance learning / E-learning
• Interactive simulation games

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The Use of ICT

• Health
• Telemedicine
• Changing tools of medicine
• Robots use
• Online health information

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The Use of ICT
Electronic Payments

• Business Transactions

Virtual Money
Micro Payments
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The Use of ICT

• Leisure

• Digital manipulation in movies

• Online videogames

• Easy music/movie download

• Synthespians

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The Use of ICT

• Government Politics
• Online elections
• Online government information
• Quick count for elections

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The Use of ICT

• Jobs and Careers
• Computerized systems
• Online recruitment systems

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Pervasiveness of ICT

• Telephone- Wired ? wireless- Integrated
  communications functions
• Email- Became so universal so fast- More
  writing than before

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Pervasiveness of ICT

• Cyberspace includes the whole wired and wireless
  world of communications in general
• The Interneta worldwide computer network that
  connects hundreds of thousands of smaller
  networks
• The World Wide Weban interconnected system of
  internet computers (called servers) that support
  specially formatted documents in multimedia form

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Computer Development

• Miniaturization

• Speed

• Affordability

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Communications Development
Interactivity
Connectivity
Multimedia
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Computers Communications
Convergence
Portability
Collaboration
Personalization
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