ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CURRENT

INFOMATION TECHNOLOGY IN RELATION TO COMMUNICATION.

Introduction.

Information Technology has rapidly changed the way how people communicate in the
last two decades. Just consider the concept of IT communications on the society it is
apparent that it has been changed the way how it affects business and social and
personal lives. People can communicate now either by telephonic connection to talk or
send messages, or over internet link to nearly anywhere in the world. Also order a huge
number of items from any place on planet to do the business.

This report will explain advantages and disadvantages of ICT (Information

Communication Technology) in the business world and social live in society.

Advantages.

“The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.”

Mc Luhan, M. 1964, “Understanding Media: The Extensions of Man” Published by

McGraw-Hill.

Marshall McLuhan speaks about “Global village” in 1960’s and his quote became reality
in today’s living.

There are advantages using Information Communication Technology:

 Communication

Speed/time and money can be saved because it is much quicker to send/share

information around. Communication is more efficient to contact either business partners
or friends and family members all over the world. ICT expands availability for
communications. Social network sites and Social media such as Skype allows making
video-conference calls with immediate response. Messages can be send to numerous
people/companies across distances. Lives have been affected by ICT in most positive
way’s bringing families together across the world.

 Cost effectiveness

Numerous offers from telecommunication companies and smart phones therefore

making far cheaper than in the past. For business ICT saves incredible amount of money
on business flights and accommodations. Only few years ago there was no way to send
free message through to the phone, but now people uses social network for free
communication e.g. Viber, Skype, Facebook. Saving time and money for petrol as people
can go shopping from home through online shopping.

 Greater availability

Websites are open for communication in every minute of the year. This means that a
business can be open anytime anywhere giving a customer the capability to make
purchase from different sites and different countries.

 Bridging the cultural gap

Greater access to the ICT has helped to build the bridges between different cultures
giving them opportunity to exchange views and ideas. Also, educate both sides of
communication bridge thereby increasing awareness and reducing prejudice.

 Creation of jobs

The best advantage of ICT has been a creation of new and interesting jobs in IT sectors.
Computer programmers, web designers etc. have great employment opportunities
created through the advancement of technology.

 Education

There is new opportunity for further education to improve qualification in so many

economic sectors. A degree can be completed online from person’s home. It is possible
to hold a job and still do degree.

Disadvantages.

 Lack of Security/Privacy

Though IT may have changed and more convenient, it also brought along privacy and
security issues. From email hacking, phone signal interception etc. people are worried
that personal information may become public knowledge. IT keeps changing almost
every day which means that the individuals must be up to date in IT to secure their jobs.
There is also risk factors with the systems computer viruses, malware, spam, Trojans etc.,
attacking.

 Unemployment
While IT may have streamlined the business process, it has created job redundancies
and subcontracting. Using the computers instead of human resources employers save
huge amount of money but employees are losing their jobs as not needed anymore.

 Social media

The network pages are open to everyone including teenagers and young children’s
which can affect their mental and physical health by watching and playing violent
games. They became addicted to the phones, iPod, gaming consoles forgetting about
outside activities and communication in the society.

 Cyber bulling

It is so easy now bullying and threatening others in social network pages that this has
become much easier for internet users all over the world. They don’t realize what the
consequences are to those reading/hearing unpleasant comments. In the recent past
there have been so many investigation cases regarding cyber bullying with lethal
consequences.

“Avoid hurting someone’s feelings by emails or other forms of electronic

communication; Respect other people’s online rights; Avoid insulting someone; If
someone insults you be calm; Avoid ‘crashing’ discussion groups or fora; Respect the
privacy of other people online; Be responsible online.”

Ref.http://www.garda.ie/Documents/

 Reliance on technology

People don’t bother to read, calculate or write without computers anymore in same time
losing abilities of hand writing (why write if can use spell-checker), calculate without
calculator even for minor addition, reading books (why read if there so much
information in internet).
 Information communication technologies (ICT) at present are influencing every aspect of human life.
They are playing salient roles in work places, business, education, and entertainment. Moreover,
many people recognize ICTs as catalysts for change; change in working conditions, handling and
exchanging information, teaching methods, learning approaches, scientific research, and in
accessing information communication technologies. In this digital era, ICT use in the classroom is
important for giving students opportunities to learn and apply the required 21st century skills. ICT
improves teaching and learning and its importance for teachers in performing their role of creators of
pedagogical environments. ICT helps of a teacher to present his teaching attractively and able to
learn for the learners at any level of educational programmes. Today in India teaching training
programmes making useful and attractive by the term of ICT. Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) exemplified by the internet and interactive multimedia are obviously an
important focus for future education and need to be effectively integrated into formal teaching and
learning – especially in a teacher education institution.

What is ICT Tools

1.
Information Communication Technology tools are digital infrastructures such as; computers, laptops,
desktops, data projector, software programs, printers scanners and Interactive teaching box. Learn more
in: Exploring Technological Knowledge of Office Data Processing Teachers: Using Factor Analytic
Methods

General ICT tools for teaching and learning

 Desktop and laptops

 Projector
 Digital cameras
 Printer
 Photocopier
 tablets
 Popplet
 Pen Drive
 Ipods
 Ipads
 Webboards
 Scanners
 Microphones
 interactive white board
 DVDs and CDs
 Flash discs
 video Games
 Introduction
 A Computer is a multipurpose electronic device that can
receive, process and store data. They are used as tools in every part of
society together with the internet. Computer nowadays are complex
there are a
lot of different components inside them, and they all serve different
purpose.
 ICT Tools
 Computer, laptop, Internet, Interactive, Whiteboard, Tablet
PC, iPad, iPhone, Mobile Phones, Digital Cameras, Multimedia
equipment’s
(audio/video), Skype & Video – Conferencing. Hence it is called as ICT
Tools
 Computer


 Computer is an electronic
device that is designed to work with Information. The term computer
is derived
from the Latin term ‘computare’, this means to calculate or
programmable
machine. Computer can not do anything without a Program. It
represents the
decimal numbers through a string of binary digits. The Word
‘Computer’ usually
refers to the Center Processor Unit plus Internal memory.
 Uses of Computer
 1. A Computer
helps you to type a document.
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2. A Computer helps you to listen to music.

3. A computer helps you to use the internet.
 4. A computer helps you to send e-mail.

5. A computer helps you to play games.

6. A computer helps you to chat with friends.
 Uses of Computer in Education
 1. Getting the right
kind of information is a major challenge as is getting information to
make sense.
 2. College students spend an
average of 5-6 hours a week on the internet.
 3. Research shows that computers can significantly enchance
performance in learning.
 4. Students exposed to the internet say they think the web has
helped them improve
the quality of their academic research and of their written work.
 Laptop



 A laptop combines the components, inputs, outputs and
capabilities of a desktop including display ,keyboard and mouse.
 Uses of laptop
 1. Through the laptop, you can do your work anywhere you want.
 2. The laptop can be carried anywhere you can work on your
laptop at home or office as per your convenience.
 Uses of laptop in Education
 Using laptops in classrooms will help the students to learn to type
quickly
and accurately, they can record notes much faster than writing by
hand.
 Technology is used in
conducting research, developing the materials,managing the student
information, and communicating
with the colleagues, the students, and the parents.
 Internet



 The Internet is the global system of
interconnected computer networks that use the
internet protocol suite
to link devices worldwide. It is a network of networks that consists of
government networks of
local to global scope, linked by a
broad array of electronic, wireless, and optical networking
technologies. The Internet
carries an extensive range of information
resources and services, such as
the inter-linked hypertext documents
electronic mail,telephony, and
peer-to-peer netwoeks for file sharing.
 Uses of
Internet
 1.Checking.
 2.Download.
 3.Search for Relevant information.
 4.Book Tickets.
 5.Shop online.
 1.Checking
 It is reported that the
first thing that
90% of internet uses
do when they
connected to the
net is to
check if they have
received any emails.
Internet has drastically changed
the email pattern and
has made it
incredibly fast.
 2.Download
 It is
hard to find
an Internet user, who
has not used
it to download
music and movies. Apart
from it, there are lots
of other things
that can be downloaded
using internet as well.
 3.Search for
relevant information
 If
you are not
sure about something, then one
of the easiest
way to know
more about it is
by searching it
on internet. Internet has got
a huge database
of information on almost
every subject and
one can easily find out
lots of information
 on any topic using
internet.
 4.Book
Tickets
 Online booking has made things really
easy. Be
it a movie
ticket or flight ticket,
you can book
just about anything
using internet.
 5.Shop online
 The
use of internet
is not limited
merely to booking
tickets. With help of
net, you can do a
full-fledged online shopping.On
popular e-stores like E bay, Amazon
ect., one can find
almost anything that
he needs to
buy.
 Uses of
Internet in education
 1.Globalization.
 2.Assignment.
 3.Social
sites.
 4.Up
to date.
 5.Open course ware.
 6.Online library`
 7.Learn
at anytime and
anywhere.
 Interactive
whiteboard
 

 An
interactive whiteboard is
a large interactive
display in the
form factor of
a whiteboard. It can either
be a standalone
touchscreen computer used
independently to perform
tasks and operations,
or a connectable
apparatus used as
a projector.
 Interactive whiteboard
uses in education
 1.Improved learning.
 2.Increased participation.
 3.Enhanced collaboration.
 Tablet Pc
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
 A tablet
Pc, commonly shortened to
tablet,is a thin, flat
mobile computer with
a touchscreen display,
which is usually in color, processing circuitry, and a
rechargeable battery in
a single device.
 Uses of
Tablet Pc
 1.The
blue wavelength of
light from back-lit
tablets may one’s ability
to fall asleep
when reading at
night, through the suppression
of melatonin.
 2.Experts at
Harvard Medical School suggest
limiting tablets for
reading use in the
evening.
 Tablet Pc Educational Uses
 1.Easy
to use.
 2.Direct communicaton.
 3.Live
knowledge base.
 4.Personal approach.
 5.Faster visualization.
 6.Learning simulations.
 iPad



 iPad
is a line
of tablet computers
designed, developed and marketed
by Apple inc., which run the ios
mobile operating system. The
first iPad was released
on April 3,2010; the
most recent iPad
models are the
9-7 inch iPad pro released
on march31,2016 and
the iPad Mini 4,
released on sep
9,2015.
 Uses of iPad
 1.iPad
tablets still have
a wide margin
globally on second
most used Android tablets.
 2.The
market share , however,differs
 widely by regions; and the iPad
has lost market
share globally, every year
since 2012.
 iPad
uses in education
 1.The iPad has
several uses in the classroom, and has been
praised as a
valuable tool for homeschooling.
 2.Soon after the
iPad was realeased,it was reported that 81% of the
top book apps
were for children.
 iphone



 iPhone
is a line
of smartphones designed
and marketed by Apple Inc.
They run Apple’s ios
mobile operating system.
 iPhone
Uses in Education
 1.Projection.
 2.Room Access.
 3.As Microscopes.
 4.For Reporting.
 5.For custom
campus Apps.
 Mobile
phone



 1.A mobile phone
is a portable
telephone that can
make and receive
calls over a
radio frequency link
while the user
is moving within a
telephone service area.
 2.In
addition to telephony, 2000s-era mobile phones
support a variety
of other services, such as text
messaging, MMS, email,Internet
access, short-range wireless communictions, business applications, gaming,
and digital
photography.
 Uses
of Mobile phones
 1.A study by
Motorola found that
 one in ten
mobile phone subscibers have
a second phone that
is often kept
secret from other
family members.
 2.Some
organizations assist victims
of domestic violence
by providing mobile
phones for use in emergencies.
 Mobile
phones uses in Education
 1.Some
schools encourage students
use their phones
cameras to snap
pictures for use as
inspiration in art classes.
 2. On
field trip, students can
participate in scavenger hunts by
snapping pictures of
items on a teacher-supplied list.
 Digital
Cameras



 A
digital camera or digicam
is a camera
that produces digital
 images than can be
stored in a computer, displayed on
a screen and
printed. Digital and movie
cameras share an optical
sustem, typically using a
lens with a variable
diaphragm to focus light on to
an image pickup device.
 Uses
of digital cameras
 1.Take
photos of accident
damage either of your
car after a
collision or in your
house to send as
proof to the insurance
company.
 2.Remember addresses
and phone numbers or other details from
signs and things
you see in
the street.
 3.Take
photos of adverts
in news paper instead of
tearing out and
storing in our
wallet.
 Digital
camera uses in education
 1.Encouraging effort
through immediate recognition of achievement.
 2.Recording students
progress.
 3.Analyzing physical
education activities.
 Multimedia
equipment’s (Audio/Video)
 

 Multimedia is
content that uses
a combination of different
content forms such as
text, audio, images, animations ,video and interactive
content. Multimedia devices are
electronic media devices
used to store
and experience multimedia
content.
 Uses of
multimedia equipment’s (Audio/Video)
 1.Creative industries
use multimedia for
a variety of
purposes ranging from
fine arts, to entertainment, to commercial
art, to journalism, to media and
software services provided
for any of the industries
lited below.
 2.An
individual multimedia
designer may cover
the spectrum throughout
their carrer.
 3.Much
of the electronic
old and new media
used by commercial
 artists and graphic
designers is multimedia.
 Multimedia Equipment’s (Audio/Video)
 1.Multimedia is
vital in our life.
 2.This
is because it
is pack with
various elements such
as text, graphic,
sound,video and animation.
 3.All
of this element
can be seen
in our surrounding.
 4.It is
also used in
various fields such as
in education, training,business,games
and science and technology.
 Skype



 Skype
is an application
that provides video
chat and voice call services. Uses may
exchange such digital
documents as images,
text and video
messages. Skype allows
 creation of video
conference calls.
 Skype
uses
 1.Skype
is for doing things
together, whenever you’re apart. Skype’s text, voice and
video make it
simple to share
experiences with the people
that matter to you, wherever they
are.
 2.with
skype, you can share
a story, celebrate a
birthday,learn a language , hold a
meeting , work with colleagues-just about
anything you need
to do together
every day.
 Skype Uses in education
 1.Teachers can
join “skype in the classrooms”.
 2.To
allow their students
to meet other
students, talk to experts, and
share ideas.
 3.There
are various skype lessons
which students can
participate.
 Videoconferencing
 

 Videoconferencing is the
conduct of videoconference by
a set of telecommunication technologies
which allow two or more
locations to communicate
by simultaneous two-way
video and audio
transmissions.
 Videoconference uses
 1.Business.
 2.Distance learning.
 3.Telemedicine.
 4.Telecommuting/Home offices.
 5.Legal
Environment.
 Videoconference Uses
in Education
 1.Distance learning
videoconferencing increases efficiency
by.
 2.Saving
travel time and expenses.
 3.Increasing an
instructor’s audience.
 4.Traditional courses.
 5.Multi-school project collaboration.
 6.Connecting with
guest speakers and
experts.
 Conclusion
 Ict
tools is
very useful for
our Educational field. It have some
demerits also.But if
we use the
tools in proper
way we try to mold
our knowledge and
improve our knowledge
capacity. Choose a best way to use the
ICT tools in our Educational
field.