The digital divide

The Digital Divide is when older generations try to use computers but struggle to do things because the availability of computers were much more less during their times than it is now.
         for example, an old person could make a search in google for something but get pornographic material or mentally scarring material shown instead which can put the elders off. Also, they will not know about frauds and phishing scams so they can get scammed very easily.they also may not find it easy topay bills to the bank and my still have to go in to town. also online shopping may be very dificalt for them and again will have to leave there homes  

Negatives of IT

Negative things

Negative things of ict in society can be cyber bullying on social networking sites such as face book or twitter or even any website on the internet. This then can lead to people committing suicide and even murders can occur through the use of the internet.

Also hacking in to peoples personal things can lead to frauds being committed, phishing and even identity fraud.

Health and safety you can get eye strain from looking at the computers for to long hours at a long distance. Neck and back ache from sitting at the computer for long hours. You can also get mussel strain from repetitive moment        

 

Positives of IT

Positive

Entertainment

In today’s electronic era computers have a hand in almost everything, Movies, games, music, even books that are simple and easy as it is have been impacted greatly by computers. Music is now stolen, movies the same, games can be hacked and broken into with simple programs. laws will then be made to try to stop all of this.

Ict jobs

General benefits

         Greater efficiency throughout the school.

         Communication channels are increased through email, discussion groups and chat rooms

         Regular use of ICT across different curriculum subjects can have a beneficial motivational influence on students’ learning.

Benefits for teachers

         ICT facilitates sharing of resources, expertise and advice                                                                            Students are generally more ‘on task’ and express more positive feelings when they use computers than when they are given other tasks to do.                                                                                        Computer use during lessons motivated students to continue using learning outside school hours. Access to up-to-date pupil and school data, any time and anywhere.

Benefits for students

          Higher quality lessons through greater collaboration between teachers in planning and preparing resources .

          More focused teaching, tailored to students’ strengths and weaknesses, through better analysis of   attainment data

          Improved pastoral care and behaviour management through better tracking of students

          Gains in understanding and analytical skills, including improvements in reading

          Comprehension.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Benefits for parents

          Easier communication with teachers

          Higher quality student reports – more legible, more detailed, better presented

          Greater access to more accurate attendance and attainment information

          Increased involvement in education for parents and, in some cases, improved self-esteem               You will see that ICT can have a positive impact across a very wide range of aspects of school life.

Socialising

    You can talk to people over sea’s with out it costing anything (to other users through the application) through the use of VoIP or Voice over Internet Protocols applications such as Skype. also (face book)

Communication 

sms

Most newcomers to text messaging think that there are no inherent advantages in this communication medium with likes of e-mail and phone calls already prevalent. In many cases this is true and it is often just as easy to drop someone an e-mail as it is to send an SMS.

Unlike an e-mail, an SMS is much more likely to be read by a person at any one time, since the majority of people have their mobile phones at arms reach 24 hours a day. Of course the same also applies to a phone call.

Emails

Emails are delivered extremely fast when compared to traditional post.

Emails can be sent 24 hours a day.

Webmail means emails can be sent and received from any computer, anywhere in the world, that has an Internet connection.

Cheap - when using broadband, each email sent is effectively free. Call users are charged at local call rates but it only takes a few seconds (for conventional email, text only) to send an email.

Emails can be sent to one person or several people.

IT Introduction: Spider Diagram

I shall be explaining the positive and negatives of I.T in this Blog. Above is a spider diagram to explain and summarise how and why I.T is used and will be elaborated extensively in different sections in this blog.