Digital Communication

• Easier to send a text rather than ring somebody so people may communicate less with each other


• It is more efficient to send an e-mail as you can send it to more than one person


• You can explain something a lot easier to someone over the phone rather than by text


• You can send documents by e-mail e.g. pictures


• People don't always understand what you are trying to say by text, because you might say something and they might interpret it differently

ICT in Jobs

• This is an artivle explaining how children can use a 'Talking Pen' to help them learn languages in class.
• It explains how this device has been brought to bridge the gap in language learning, so that it is made easier for people to learn languages.
• It goes on to say about how some universities have started to put their lesson plans and test results online so that it helps the students to get feedback and understand if and where they are going wrong.
• This is a positive effect on society because it is helping students of all ages to learn in a different way to the usual traditional classroom manner. So finding a different technique for the way people learn is good for the society because people have a better chance of getting a highly paid job.

• This article is about the amount of jobs that are now avialable by using IT.
• This has a positive effect on society becauseit means where people might have lost a job by ICT being brought in, they now have a chance to get a new one because there are more available
• A downside to this though is the fact that if you do want a job, you do have to be trained. So it might take longer for these jobs to take effect if the staff is still being trained.

• This article is all about internet shopping.
• In some ways it has a positive effect on society because it saves a lot of time and sometimes you can get better deals if you buy something online rather than in the high street.
• Also if elderly people can't physically walk to the shops then online shopping would be a better option for them.
• On the other hand it causes laziness. This is because if people can buy things online they are less likely to go out to the shop and purchase it themselves, this could technically lead to obesity rises and other health problems as people wont get the exercise of walking around.

• This article is about telecommunicating. This means the use of mobile phones, e-mail, vidoe conversations etc.
• This could have a positive effect on society as it means that it is a lot easier to send someone a text rather than speaking to them for longer on the phone.
• Also by sending an e-mail it is quicker than writing a letter and posting it and spending money. So this enables people to keep in touch a lot more than they would if these things weren't available.
• On the other hand some may see it as a negative effect in society because it stops people from hand writing and learning how to punctuate and spell better, as the computer would just do that for them.
• Also they could be given more work if their employer sends them things to do, in theory they could spend a lot more time doing it because of the hand held internet options that they can use when they are walking down the street.

Employment opportunities

• Companys rely more on machines
• Less jobs are available as items are made by machines and not manually
• BACS- means that when you are paid the money is put straight into your account instead of given to you by hand
• Banks need less cashiers due to online banking
• You can use cash points (ATMS) instead of using a person to give you your money.
• Actual bank branches are closing down due to the link system which means you can get your money out from any branch
• Secretaries were trained as typists but they don't need them to do that anymore so many have lost their jobs
• Secretaries are now seen more as a personal assistant by sorting out e-mails and arranging meeting dates etc
• More jobs now are being given to ICT technicians as the system is vital to the company
• There are not as many shops on the highstreet as you can have online retailing, so you can have less people working in the shop, so it is a lot cheaper
• Call centers have been moved to other countries because a lot of people can speak English and use computers easily, and also the labour costs are a lot cheaper in other countries
• Advantages of using other countries are that if it is our night time, and their daytime they can work through the day and and then send information throught to us ready for the nect day
• Some disadvantages of call centers in other countries are that there can be language barriers, and people can't always understand what you need
• We need manufacturers to design new gadgets and computers
• Gaming can make more money than a Hollywood film
• People are more reliant on technology as part of their everyday lives e.g. mobiles, sat navs, mp3 players etc.
• Without ICT we wouldn'y have all of these things, which is good in some ways but bad in others

Scare ware

• Scareware is pop-ups that appear on your screen that tell you that your computer has a problem, so when you click on it, it takes you to websites that make you buy the software

Tool Man

To help John improve his working style he could use ICT by:

• Using a PDA- which is a Personal Digital Assistant, they include an address book, a calendar, a contacts list, and a memo feature.
• Most modern PDAs have internet access and include software such as word and a spreadsheet software.
• This could help him because, he wouldn't have to carry several different things and keep looking through each of them, by using a PDA he can just have one hand held item that has all of the things he needs on it.
• This would cut down a lot of his time because whatever he needs to look up he wouldn't have to spend a long time looking through everything, he can just have one item that would have a lot of his customers addresses on and prices for the garden objects etc.
• If he used a GPS, it would improve his working style because he wouldnt have to sit at the office and plan out a route to find his clients, he would also not be late for finding his clients because the GPS would tell him where he was going, and also some GPS' give you an alternate route if the roads are blocked with traffic.
• Also he wouldn't have to carry round atlases because all of the information would be there for him already
• By using a laptop, he would be able to save all of his necessary data on there and use software such as excell to make spreadsheets of all his information
• This would save him a lot of time looking through books and other pieces of paperwork to find the information he wants
• By using a mobile phone, he could save money so that instead of carrying round a load of coins he can just use his mobile
• Also he would be able to save all of his contacts in his phone as well so if he needs to contact someone immediately he can just look them up in his phone and call them.
• By using the internet he would be able to look up all of the information for his gardening and DIY tools, because there are different websites telling you you different prices for each thing that you need so you can always get a good price
• Also the internet can be available on any other of his hand held things such as his mobile, or his PDA, so this would cut down a lot of time in the office and he could spend more time at home where he is in a more relaxed environment.

Some disadvantages of using a lot of ICT are:

• That it could break down at any point and he could lose unsaved data and it could take longer to supply to his clients
• Sometimes a GPS can hinder you more than help you by giving you longer routes to places you want to go
• If he lost one of his items or if it was stolen for example the PDA, he wouldnt have a back up.
• If he is out travelling to one of the clients and his laptop or mobile run out of battery, then he wouldn't be able to access the data he needed
• He needs to make sure that all of his information is saved on back up files rather than just one computer incase it crashes or breaks in any other way.

Ambulance Services

• There are satellite tracking devices to allow the service staff to know where the ambulances are
• There is technology that allows you to know the exact number of who you want to talk to within the ambulance service
• There is geographical information so that an ambulance can be sent out quickly if it is in that location
• Ambulances are placed at points that are closest in travel time to places of peak demand and are tracked at all times to show where they are

Some workers have objected being sited in their 'resources' area rather than the ambulance station because:

• there might be better signal
• the area might have a record of the most accidents requiring ambulances

Teleworking BT

• Companys save a lot of money each year on accommodation and recruitment
• Teleworkers are four times less likely to take sick days as most of the time they work from home
• Almost 80 per cent of teleworkers said that they are more productive thanks to reduced disruption, commuting time and stress, and greater flexibility about when and where to work.
• Allowing staff to work from home is good for company productivity, employee health and quality of life
• One in 10 respondents indicated that they would not be able to do their current job unless they were able to telework, because they have children or people who are disabled and dependant on them
• People can work from anywhere due to internet access being available on mobile phones etc.
• People have to spend more hours working rather than travelling etc
• It's harder to set deadlines for the work to be completed
• If the system crashed people working at home wouldn't know