Impacts of ICT

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Impacts of ICT

• Work, Employment Society

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Learning Objectives

• Describe the effects of information technology on
  patterns of employment, including areas of work
  where there is increased unemployment.
• Describe the effects of microprocessor controlled
  devices in the home, including
• their effects on leisure time,
• social interaction ,
• the need to leave the home.

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Work and Employment

• ICT has had an incredible effect on the world of
  work as we know it.
• You will have a quick look at the way some things
  have changed.
• There are both positive and negative impacts.

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Society

• ICT is constantly changing and advancing as
  scientists and engineers create new technologies
  for us to use and enjoy.

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Society

• For example in the last 50 years these
  technologies have become commonplace
• Personal Computers
• Mobile Phones
• The Internet
• Medical scanners
• Satellites
• Lasers
• CD and DVD
• Television
• Car electronics
• Credit cards

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Society

• Imagine what our society was like back in the
  1950's compared to today.
• You will research the effects of ICT on society
  today.
• There are both positive and negative impacts.

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TASK B DOCUMENT PRODUCTION

• Students -- ICT -- IGCSE Employment and Society

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Plenary

• Describe the effects of information technology on
  patterns of employment, including areas of work
  where there is increased unemployment.

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Plenary

• Describe the effects of microprocessor controlled
  devices in the home, including
• their effects on leisure time,
• social interaction ,
• the need to leave the home.