Usage of ICT&

Environment for Computers

Chathura Abeysekara
Technical Collage | Hasalaka
Computers at work

• The computer has become such essential equipment for almost all
places of work no matter if it is a small scale or large scale company.
• You might have not seen a place of work without a single computer in
use.
• Computer literacy qualifications required for most of the job
vacancies.

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Uses of Computers

• following can be considered as the typical uses of computers.

• Managing data: keep track of data about customers, products, demographics
and other information important to the business, uses secured mechanisms
for storages.
• Maintain financial status : Keep track of the financial status of the company.
Accounting software provides a business with even more assistance with
financial matters, as it is used to do payroll, invoice customers, prepare taxes
and execute other essential functions.
• Communication: Uses e-mails, publishes information on web, keeps in touch
with stake holders via social networks,
• Networking- shares resources, common database of files accessible for
authorized members
• Research work : Investigate new products, improve the quality of the existing
products through effective research

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 Usage of ICT in different sectors
• Some of the sectors may be already familiar to you in your everyday life.
• Education
• Heals care/medicine
• Agriculture
• Banking
• Business/trade and commerce
• Transport
• Manufacturing
• Travel and Tourism
• Environment
• Gender
• Culture

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ICT in Education

• ICT as a subject (i.e., computer studies).

• ICT as a tool to support traditional subjects (i.e., computer-based
learning, presentation, research).
• ICT as an administrative tool (i.e., education management
information systems/EMIS).
• ICT as a medium of knowledge exchange.
• E-Learning – computer based training (CBT), internet-based training
(IBT) or web-based training (WBT).

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E Learning

• All forms of electronically supported learning and teaching, including

educational technology.
• Ex:
• advantages of e-learning
• Cost effective
• Saves time without sacrificing quality
• Minimizes travel cost
• Can be accessed from anywhere any time in the world
• Consistent course delivery
• Individual instruction

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 ICT in Business
• the business IT specialist applies ICT in their organizations to achieve
their commercial objectives.
• Electronic Commerce or E-commerce.
• One of the major applications of ICT in businesses is the existence of industries
where buying and selling of products or services done through internet or other
computer networks.
• Online shopping and electronic payments
• Ex : www.ebuy.com, www.amzon.com, www.ikman.lk

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ICT in Banking

• All operations in a bank are done with the help of the computers and
the internet or any other network.
• banks store all their customers account details on computers. This allows
them to easily find out account information on their customers.
• Ex :
• Use of ATM Card
• Online Banking / e banking
(ebank.peoplesbank.lk/eb/index.html)

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ICT in Medicine

• ICT is used in many ways related to the Medicine sector.

• E-Medicine : online clinical medical knowledge database (articles, images,
videos)
http://www.emedicinehealth.com
• E Channeling

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Health, Safety, and Environment for
computers
• Computer, being such common equipment used by people no matter
a kid or an adult, did you ever think whether you are working in a
good computer based environment?
• Did you ever think that there are specific guide lines to use your
computer with respect to its physical environment?

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Health, Safety, and Environment for
computers
• Following sections discuss about the computer based good working
environment and the facts that you need to keep in mind and obey as
a computer user.
• Work Environment
• Computer related health problems

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Work environment

• It is essential to maintain your best possible work environment to

ensure the health and the productivity of all computer users.
• You may think that you have arranged the furniture and the
computer equipment correctly.
• Working space
• Location of workstations
• Lighting
• Decor
• Atmospheric conditions
• Noise
• Housekeeping

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Computer related health problems

• There are four potential health issues identified as associated with

computer work. They are,
• Physical discomfort, pain, or injury
• Visual discomfort
• Stress
• Fatigue

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Proper use of mouse, monitor, and key board

• In addition to the little discussions made above on what we should

do to prevent the health issues, let us discuss more on prevention
methods with respect to the devices you mostly use such as the
mouse, monitor, and the keyboard.

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Mouse
• Place the mouse in an easy reach zone so that
the shoulders and upper arms can be relaxed and
close to the body while operating the mouse.
• Keep the wrist and hand in a neutral position,
never bent.
• Keep arm and hand in line (See Figure 6.5 below)
• Use as little force as possible when clicking or
dragging.
• Use alternative devices on the market such as
graphic tablets and pens, touchpad, touch
screens, and foots witch-operated mice.
• Use mouse wrist supports to elevate the hand
and wrist if feel better when using.

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Monitor

• Position the monitor so that you do not have to bend the neck up or
down or twist the neck sideways to view the screen.
• The top of the display screen should be at or slightly below eye level
and at about 18" to 24" away from the face.
• The angle of the screen should be easily visible.
• Dark letters on a light background should be used to reduce eyestrain.
• Adjust brightness and contrast.
• Choose a monitor with good resolution for clarity of characters on the
screen. The screen refresh rate should be at least 60 Hertz to
eliminate screen flicker.
• The screen should be cleaned of dust frequently to ensure the image
is sharp.

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 Keyboard
• Place your keyboard at approximately elbow height with the surface at a
comfortable angle.
• The hands and wrists should be held in a neutral position when typing:
the wrists should be straight and not be bent upward, downward or
sideways. This position places the least pressure on the tendons and
nerves passing through the carpal tunnel.
• The shoulders should be relaxed, the upper arms should hang
comfortably down along the sides of the body and the elbows should
not be cocked out away from the body.
• Wrist rests can be used to cushion and support wrists in breaks between
typing based on the recommendations of your doctor. However, they
should not be used to support wrists or hands while typing as this
usually puts a bend in the wrist.

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Protecting environment

• Sometimes, we may not think that usage of computers may be

harmful to the environment. But if you use the computer smarter,
intelligently, and in moderation you can prevent those harmful
effects from your computer. Some of such good practices are
described below

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Go paperless

• Printing every document sent to you not only uses up paper, but also
ink and energy.
• try saving receipts and e-mails to your hard drive using a PDF printer

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No Screen Saver

• Screen savers are mostly an outdated concept and few modern

monitors will "burn" anymore
• If your computer is set to use a screen saver, it is using electricity
unnecessarily
• Consider instead setting your computer monitor to turn off after a set
period of time.

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Turn It Off

• You don't need your computer on all the time. When you're not using
it, turn it off.

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Use a Flash Drive

• Blank CDs are a cheap and easy way to move data, but are largely
disposable.
• If you need to move files from one computer to another without
using a network, consider using a flash drive or external hard drive
instead of disposable CDs.
• If you still prefer CDs, consider buying re-writable discs. Reusing is
always a good idea if you care about the environment.

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Fix Your Old Computer

• Think it is time to buy a new computer?

• Think again. Many computers, especially with Microsoft Windows,
get slower as time goes on, but that has more to do with software
than hardware. Simply reinstalling the operating system can give
what seems like an old, slow computer a new lease on life. Still not
fast enough?
• Installing more RAM is cheap, impacts the environment less and
might be all you need. Try this before buying a new computer, which
unnecessarily uses up resources and energy, not to mention your
money.

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Thanks You….

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