Blue Group

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Blue Group

• Information Technology is changing society for
  the better
• We are arguing the case for the motion

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The Blue Team

• Leader
• Orla Codyre
• Speaker 1
• Laura-Anne Hyndman
• Helper
• Brian Burns
• Speaker 2
• Eoghan Cunneen
• Helper
• Harish Bhatt

• Speaker 3
• David Byrne
• Helpers
• Orla Codyre
• Valerie-Ann Abbott
• Rebuttal
• Barry OSullivan
• Helper
• Roisin Cotton
• Other Tasks
• PowerPoint
• Barry OSullivan
• Orla Codyre

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Examples

• Transportation
• Sanitation
• E-commerce
• Education
• Science
• Health
• Communications
• Power
• Free Information
• Banks of transfer of Money

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Even More Examples

• Automation in Factories
• Printing Industry
• Food Industry
• Security Systems (alarms)
• Digital Design
• Space Travel
• Engineering
• Delivery Systems (global tracking)
• Manufacturing

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Our Argument

• Speaker 1 Laura-Anne Hyndman
• What does the motion mean? Definition of
  keywords.
• How Information Technology has improved living
  conditions
• Examples through sanitation, the job market and
  the food industry

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Our Argument (ctd)

• Speaker 2 Eoghan Cunneen
• A brief comparison between 1900 and today
• Todays Technologies
• Other aspects of IT in the health sector
• Speaker 3 David Byrne
• A world more connected
• Internet Vs Libraries
• Information is now more widely available

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Motion Definitions

• Society is changing for the better due to the
  advancements in Information Technology.
• I.T. is a term that encompasses all forms of
  technology used to create store exchange and
  use information in its various forms. Its a
  convenient term for including both telephony and
  computer technology in the same word.

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Definitions

• Information
• The act of informing or the condition of being
  informed Communication of knowledge.
• Technology
• The science of application of knowledge to
  practical purposes
• Ref www.dictionary.com

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Information Technology

• To us this implies that information Technology
  could be defined as
• The communication of knowledge for practical
  purposes.

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Improvements in living conditions

• Sanitation in the western world has been greatly
  improved since the introduction of IT.
• The cesspools and street sewerage of 100 years
  ago has evolved into the hygienic 21st century.

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Sanitation

• The public are now more aware of the diseases and
  harmful bacteria that surround them.
• As such, there is a lower mortality rate due to
  public sanitation than there was a century ago.

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Sanitation

• Paris -Eugene Atget The Rue St
• Medard in the 5th Arrondissement _at_1900
• - www.translucency.com

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Sanitation

• The Rue St Medard in the 21st Century
• -www.cc-val-d-ille.fr

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Sanitation

• We can clearly see the improvement in the last
  100 years in this example.

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Sanitation

• Cesspool in the 19th Century -www.translucency.com

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Sanitation

• Modern Day Bathroom -www.harmonytiles.ie

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Jobs

• The introduction of IT has radically changed the
  job market in the last century.
• The job market is not limited to the same jobs of
  the last century e.g. Farming, etc.
• Instead there are many fields available for the
  jobseeker e.g. Engineering, Sciences, etc.
• Also, the employer has a wide variety of educated
  canditates to select from.

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Jobs

• Farming in the early 20th Century
• -www.harwoodheights.org

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Jobs

• The Portable Workplace
• -tim.griffins.ca/gallery/laptop/cwdata/
• lapdog-the-portable-workplace.jpg

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Food

• The development of IT has also affected the basic
  necessities of life such as the food industry.
  For example, refrigeration, foreign foods made
  readily available, genetically modified foods,
  advances in food preperation, etc.

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Food

• The Kitchen
• Instead of the basic tools of the 19th century
  kitchen, it is now laden with hi tech utensils
  which make cooking and cleaning more hygienic,
  convienent and efficient.

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Food

• A basic kitchen in roman times
• -www.peartree12.freeserve.co.uk

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Food

• 21st Century kitchen with modern appliances
• -www.orlandovilla-florida.co.uk

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Food

• Convenience these days is paramount, so with the
  introduction of microwaves, cooking time is
  greatly reduced.
• With the mainstream introduction of refrigeration
  into the home, the chance of food related illness
  has been greatly reduced.

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Food

• Convenient food at its best
• With the invention of the
• microwave oven.

The modern refrigerator
www.viessmann-coldrooms.co.uk
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Food

• In the recent decades, we have seen the
  introduction of genetically modified (GM) foods
  into our society.
• These foods, which are engineered by scientists,
  give us more options in our daily diets.

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Food

• GM tomato compared to an organic cherry tomato
• -scope.educ.washington.edu/gmfood/

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Food

• What Are the Benefits?
• Genetically modified foods (GM foods or GMF)
  offer
• a way to quickly improve crop characteristics
  such as yield, pest resistance, or herbicide
  tolerance, often to a degree not possible with
  traditional methods. Further, GM crops can be
  manipulated to produce completely artificial
  substances, from the precursors to plastics to
  consumable vaccines.
• -scope.educ.washington.edu

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The Motion

• These points have shown the motion to be TRUE in
  that ..
• The quality of life has dramatically changed in
  the past century due to the introduction of
  Information Technology.

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Speaker 2

• Eoghan Cunneen
• How Healthcare is benefiting from ITs
  development
• A brief comparison between 1900 and today
• Today's technologies
• Other aspects of IT in the Health sector

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Point 1

• Health in 1900 vs. Health 2004
• Boys and girls born in 2002 could expect to live
  to 76 and 81 years of age respectively. This
  contrasts with the turn of the last century where
  boys born in 1901 could expect to live to 45,
  while girls could expect to live to 49.(Source
  Government Actuarys Department UK)

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Point 2

• The technologies of present day Health care
• CT scans
• MRI scans (Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
• XRay
• Quicker and more accurate diagnosis
• Faster action

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Point 2

• Reconstructive surgery giving New Hope
• Prosthetics
• Reconstructive surgery
• Stem Cell research
• Cosmetic Surgery

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Point 3

• Australias reliance on IT communications in the
  Health Sector
• 80 of Australia is Outback
• Only .75 of this area is populated
• What happens in emergency?

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Point 4

• So Whats IT Gonna Be?

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The Motion

• These points have shown the motion to be TRUE in
  that ..
• Society is now changed and better in the area of
  health then it was one hundred years ago.

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Speaker 3

• David Byrne
• How changes in Communications have changed
  society.

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Point 1

• A World More Connected
• Wireless Internet and how it is beneficial
• E-mail Vs Snail Mail
• Mobile phones

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Point 2

• Internet Vs Libraries
• Quick access to information
• Everything available in the same place
• Libraries not obsolete

V's
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Point 3

• Information is now available, it's up to you what
  you do with it!

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Summary

• Comparing the 19th Century to modern times, we
  can see how the introduction of IT has greatly
  improved the quality of living for many people
  around the world.
• The changes and advancements in medical research
  have been fuelled by IT and have led to a better
  practise of medicine and an increase in peoples
  life expectancy.
• Advancements in communications have come about
  thanks to IT. These advancements help to connect
  the world and make people more accessible.
  Information is now freely available and most
  people in the western world now have the ability
  to be fully informed, if they choose.