1. Effect of ICT in the Home, Employment and Leisure
Section 6 Theory
Effect of ICT in the Home, Employment and Leisure

2. Lesson Objectives By the end of this lesson you will be able to:
Understand the effect of ICT on Employment.
(b) The effect of Microprocessor controlled devices in the home
(c) The effect of Microprocessors on social life and leisure.

3. Starter
Microprocessors are single chip computers used to check, regulate and control something.
Can you think of any device in your house controlled by a microprocessor?
Make a list
Let share our list.
Do they make our lives better?
Predictions
from 1.44
Future

4. Effects of Microprocessor controlled devices
For the exam you will need to know the effects microprocessor controlled devices have on the following:
The Home
Leisure time
Social interaction
Reducing the need to leave the home
You will need to give examples and explain the effects.

5. Microprocessor controlled devices
Using page 56 – 57 make brief notes about the effect each microprocessor controlled device has had.
Home
Leisure time
Social interaction
Reduce the need to leave home
Computer systems
Mobile phones
Play computer games
Online shopping
Washing machine
Electrical appliances
Mobile phone sms (texting) etc.
Downloads
Children toys
People become lazy
Disabled/elderly lifeline
Online banking
Heating system
Lack of fitness
Hobbies
Research
Alarm system
Playing games
Cheap internet calls
Entertainment
Digital camera
Go to gym
Find social activities
Work from home
Intelligent oven/microwave
Watch TV
Saving time for other things
Remote recording
Intelligent fridge
Automatic washing
List disadvantages
Supervising ovens etc not needed.

6. Effects of ICT on employment
Increase in part-time work due to companies working 24/7.
Fewer people needed to complete the same amount of work.
More people working from home e.g. teleworking
Constant need for training as the system changes.
More automation in factories due increase use of robots for welding, spraying etc.
Fewer real meeting more Virtual meeting
Increased number of technical staff to manage network
Need for flexible and well trained staff.

7. Areas of increased unemployment
Workers in shop reduced as more is brought online
Online store are automated so less staff needed
Designing /producing CD/DVD’s, music, games and software likely to be downloaded so no packing needed.
Call centre job gone abroad wages are lower
Manual repetitive jobs welding, spraying etc. workers replaced by robots

8. Areas of increased employment
Network managers/ Administrators- keep the network running and backup data
Development staff- programmers / Analysis design- new systems.
Website designers- design and create websites/ keep them up-to-date.

9. Task In your book attempt questions 1 and 2 on page 57.
Please use your notes to ensure you have included keywords.
You have 10 – 15 minutes and then we will go through the answers.

10. Answers Q1a two from Any manual repetitive job Manual Paint spraying
welding
Packing goods
Assembly work in factories

11. Answers Q1b two from Q1c one from Welding Spray painting Assembly work
Teleworking
Call centres

12. Answers Q2a one from Q2b two from Network managers/administrators
Web designers
Development staff- Analysis/ Programmers
Q2b two from
Continual need to retrain as the system changes.

13. Plenary Questions –
The shape of things to come?
Think of one thing that that it could do to make our lives better.