Kristina Laycock ICT and My Everyday Life

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Recommended: Positive impact of having technology

This report is going to be based on the different technologies I use

at home, at school, with friends and at work. I am going to evaluate

the extent of my needs for these technologies.

Below is a list of the technologies I use at home, school and work:

Home

School

Work

Internet

Internet

Touch Screen

Email

Mobile Telephone

Mobile Telephone

SMS (Simple Message Service)

Smart Boards

SMS (Simple Message Service)

WAP (Wireless Application Protocol)

Lap top

Mobile Telephone

Email

DVD’s

SMS (Simple Message Service)

Teletext

PDA’s (Personal Digital Assistants)

The Internet: I use the Internet to communicate with friends and

family at home by visiting chat rooms on-line, it is very efficient

and is cheaper than a phone call. I don’t just use the Internet for

social reasons; I use it for schoolwork and coursework. The Internet

helps adults as well as children; you can do research on just about

anything by using search engines. I also use the Internet for revision

there are many different sites you can visit that helps you with last

minute revision.

Email: emailing is another good way of communicating with people and

having a laugh. I use my email account to contact teachers as well as

friends to get some revision work sent to me, when I am not at school

or during the holidays. I also use it to get coursework marked, it

saves the waste of paper – I just print off the finishing copy!

Mobile telephones: mobile telephones are a way of contacting family

and friends when you are out and about; they are also great if you

need to contact someone in an emergency, i.e. emergency services.

However, there are a few disadvantages with mobile telephones; in

certain areas (on top of hills, under bridges etc) you can loose

reception on your mobile telephone, which means you are unable to make

or receive calls. Also you have to make sure the battery is charged,

because if it is not your mobile will go dead and therefore you will

be unable to use it. I use my mobile constantly to make arrangements

with friends and to keep in touch with family; I don’t know what I

would do without it. My mobile also comes in use when I am at work on

a weekend; I use it to contact my mum to tell her what time I need

picking up. I also use it to keep in contact with my boss so she can

tell me if she wants me to work extra hours or if I don’t need to

work.

SMS (Simple Messaging Service): SMS is a cost efficient service set up

so the public can communicate with each other through text.

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