Life in the Information Age Unit 1 GCE Applied ICT

Objectives To use a wide range of resources to gather relevant information about how ICT affects different aspects of people’s lives To present a description of how ICT is affecting different aspects of people’s lives To identify the benefits and drawbacks of life with ICT in the Information Age

Introduction ICT has made a huge impact on our personal, social and professional lives ICT impacts almost every aspect of our daily lives

Entertainment & leisure Banking and Shopping Decision making ICT Working Styles Communication Education Entertainment & leisure Banking and Shopping Decision making Employment Opportunities Crime and crime prevention Civil rights Legislation

Working Styles With modern PCs and Broadband, it is easier to work from home Video Conferencing Reduces expensive and time consuming travel

Communication Mobile & video phones E-mail SMS, MMS Instant messaging Social networking Wi-Fi

Education Talk and chalk... Interactive wipe boards, internet A thing of the past? Interactive wipe boards, internet Multimedia/student interaction

Entertainment & Leisure

Banking and shopping ICT has changed our banking and shopping habits Internet banking Access accounts at any time Transfer money easily More efficient money management Shopping Price comparison websites Prices often discounted Gives access to disabled Progressed from books/CDs to weekly groceries

Decision Making Processors have decreased in size Artificial Intelligence (AI) has improved Computers can be ‘trained’ to make choices depending on the options available to them Master David Levy beaten by a computer at Chess in 1989 Many medical systems are now controlled by computers

Employment Opportunities As more companies are using ICT, they are expecting a wider range of skills from their employees There are new roles that require staff trained with specialist IT skills Database administrators Software engineers Network administrators Hardware engineers Web designers

Crime & Crime Prevention ICT has brought with it new forms of crime Criminals are becoming more efficient There are two forms of cyber crime: Modern ‘ICT’ crimes committed against computers and their networks (viruses, hacking) Previously existing crimes that have now been made easier (ID Theft, exploitation, fraud)

Civil Rights A civil right is a privilege that we enjoy as the result of living within a particular country or region Some argue that these have been invaded thanks to the widespread use of ICT Government/organisations store information about us ID cards – good or bad thing?

Legislation Since 1988, all new Public General Acts are available online Computer Misuse Act 1990 Copyright, Designs & Patents act