Applied ICT

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Applied ICT

• Mr Gillards Work Guide

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Information about Mr Gillards part of the course

• Over the following weeks you will be making a
  presentation for your applied ICT portfolio
• The following will be useful for you to know
• Assessment criteria
• Unit 3 Topics
• (press the button for information on what you
  would like to know more about)

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Applied ICT.

• Portfolio 2
• The Presentation Assessment criteria

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Candidates must produce

• an on-screen presentation detailing the impact of
  ICT developments in the areas specified, which
  can be in the form of a slide show.
• This should include
• a description of the groups or individuals
  affected in each of the areas
• a description of the needs met and benefits
  available through the use of ICT in each area
• a consideration of the consequences for
  individuals or groups who have restricted or no
  access to ICT in these areas

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Assessment grid for marking work.
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Applied ICT.

• Unit 3 ICT in society
• Information and help pages.

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Select the Topic you want to know more about.
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3.2 How ICT is used in business

• You will need to understand how ICT has affected
  how all sectors of the economy do business and
  how in turn this affects customers, including the
  effect of the speed with which transactions can
  be done. For example
• Customers buying from home - online shopping and
  banking, comparing products and services such as
  travel, financial products, online auctions
• Technical services - customised databases,
  security
• Call centres and customer enquiries
• Advertising and marketing.

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3.3 How ICT has affected work styles

• You will need to investigate how ICT has changed
  work styles. For example, you could investigate
• the places in which people work where people
  work, how business practice has changed
• people's work patterns
• use of e-mail, mobile phones, laptops
• what ICT skills and training employees require
• specialist ICT packages, new technology
• the way people interact at work
• how does ICT affect communication between people,
  eg using e-mails instead of talking directly to
  each other
• the types of jobs available
• e.g. ICT has automated many "traditional" jobs
  from office work to manufacturing, but has
  created other specialist jobs such as website
  designers, software and hardware engineers

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3.5 How ICT has affected personal communications

• You will need to investigate how ICT has affected
  the way in which people go about their daily
  lives, for example
• The Internet
• Mobile Phones
• Entertainment and Leisure
• Education and lifelong learning
• (Select the sub-topic you want to know more about)

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The Internet

• People have a wide range of products and services
  to choose from
• They have access to businesses all over the world
• They can buy products on-line easily and have
  access to a range of "internet only special
  offers

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Mobile phones

• Contacting people 'on the move'
• Personal security, including alerting emergency
  services
• The cost and ease of keeping in touch with others
• The use of WAP technology to access the Internet
• Disadvantages of mobile phone use
• eg high tariffs, overuse, nuisance of using
  phones in public

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Entertainment and leisure

• The range of technologies available
• E.g. DVD, CD ROM, Minidisk, MP3
• How the development of ICT is affected by the
  consumer's changing needs and tastes
• E.g. more realistic computer games

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Education and lifelong learning

• Access opportunities for people from varied
  locations
• The range of learning opportunities available
• Access to up to date and comprehensive research
  materials.

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3.6 How ICT is used in community activities

• You will need to investigate how ICT is used in
  community activities, including
• Cyber cafés and other public access points
• e.g. public libraries
• On-line discussion forums,
• e.g. interest and pressure groups, lobbying
• Information services,
• e.g. museums, libraries, finding a venue
• Public transport and travel information e.g.
  arranging itineraries
• Satellite positioning systems used in outdoor
  pursuits
• e.g. sailing.

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3.7 ICT and people with special/particular needs

• There are large numbers of people who need to use
  ICT adapted to their particular needs, in order
  to have improved quality of life.

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3.7 ICT and people with special/particular
needs (cont.)

• You will learn how ICT can offer improved access
  to those with
• sensory impairment
• physical disability
• limited mobility
• learning difficulties
• language difficulties
• multiple disabilities
• vibrate alert telephones and pagers
• video conferencing
• SMS
• online shopping

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3.7 ICT and people with special/particular
needs (cont.)

• You will investigate what specially-adapted ICT
  hardware and software is available, such as
• incoming speech amplifiers and induction loops
• speech synthesisers and voice recognition systems
• environmental control systems
• The changes that ICT brings to this group in
  society mirrors changes that the industry brings
  to other user groups, such as schools and
  colleges, rural groups, and official agencies.