INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Data and information
data
* the number,word,images and symbols which do not bear a meaning when standing alone are called data.
Information
*the processed data
*give meaningful values
*helps in decision making
Information system
* A system which converts data into information is known as information system
Characteristics of guality information examples
*Relevancy=It is not needed to submit all the academic information from grade 1onwarde, when the reguirement is to submit only the highest educational qualification.
*Completeness=Taking information from only a small group of people in order to arrive at the PCI(Per Capital Income)of a contry is not sufficient.Incomplete information could lead to drawing wrong conclusions.
*Accuracy=If a doctor gets wrong information about the patient's health,it could be harmful to the patient
*Timeliness=the information must always be updated. Today's weather report may not be suitable to decide on tomorrow's weather.
*Cost Effectiveness =is an organisation spends money more than the profits to collect some information in order to increase profits, it would be a business loss to the organisations.
Information and communication technology
*When we exchange the information among different people or among different system it is called communication of information.
*Technology is used in various ways to convert data into information and then to exchange them.This is called Information and Communication Tecnology (ICT)
application of information and communication technology
E-Government
*when a government communicates with its Citizens,Companies,Government and Non-Government Organization and with other Government (of different countries ) using ICT,it is called e-Government.
G2C=Government to citizen
G2G=Government to Government
G2B=Government to Business
G2E=Government to Employee
Education
a)in the classroom
* for presentations
*Video on experiment
*Creation of images and video
*Desktop publishing of magazines,letters and documents
*Education games
*Learning using the CD-ROM media
*Gathering education information on the internet
B)Education-any where anything
* If you have a computer with internet connection,you can study while at home or any other convenient place.
*You can contact witha teacher/trainer via internet.This is called WBT(Web Based Training).
C)Serves as a teacher aid for the teacher
* Using pictures,animation and audio-visual to explain subject that are difficult to explain.
*To make the lasson interesting using electronic presentations.
*To organize lessons using computer.
*To obtain information relavent to the subject.
D)Learning Management system (LMS)
*In many counries it has become a comman practice to uss a learning Management System to manage school system and higher education system.
Learning Management System
*Students information
*Teacher information
*Evalution
*Question and Answer
*Forum
*Administration
*Planning
*Activity
*School information
*Courses
*Notes
*Assignment
*Supervision
E)Higher education for everyone
*Whit the development of ICT,today a person frome any country can connect with a university or any other learning center of his choice and pursue higher education at a considerably low cost.This is called Online Distance learning.
Features of Distance learning
*Within a flexible time frame,provide the facility to learn
*Digital library facility on joining a course.
*Online with a teacher online.
*Contact with a teacher online.
*Easy to obtain teacher consultation.
ICT in Health Sector
A) For Diagnosis
*There are numerous high tech machines which help us in the diagnosis and treatment of diseases.
*Dieases can be diagnosed at the early stages.
Example
CAT Meachine
Blood Pressure measuring Meachine
B)Teemedicen
*Examine and or provide healthcare to a patient who is far away from the hospital
Examples
Home health medicine
Telemedicine Consulation
Telesurgery (Remote Surgery)
ICT in Agriculture
*Automatic Meachines are available today to ease the work of the farmer who workheard in the field.
*these Meachine not only ease the work of the farmer but allso enables him to produce quality products.
Example
*Automatic insects controler device
*Crop harvestingusing robots
*Meteorological device
ICT in Business and Industres
*Ict is used in manufacturing high quality products and reduced the cost of production by minimizing the use of human labour in many industries and business
ICT in Transport sector
We can use ICT to:
*Minimize the traffic jams
*Detect who violates traffic laws
ICT in Entertainments
*Listen to music to overcome a monotonous life .
*Watch tv program or movies.
*Exchange information between friends and relatives who live abroade .
*watch high definition video ect.
This are the entertainment
Demerts of ICT
*Addition
*Cyber Attacks
*Mental disorder
*violating copyright
*Isolation
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