HOW COMPUTER SAVVY ARE YOU?
Computer Savvy
 knowing what computers can do and what they can’t
 knowing how they can benefit you and how they can harm you
 knowing when you can solve computer problems and when you have to call for help
Other practical payoffs:
 Know how to make better buying decisions
 Know how to fix ordinary computer problems
 Know how to upgrade your equipment & integrate it with new products
 Know how to use the internet most effectively
 Know how to protect yourself against online villains
 Know what kinds of computer uses can advance career
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Is a general term that describes any technology that helps to produce, manipulate, store, communicate, and/or disseminate information.
TWO PARTS OF IT
COMPUTER – is a programmable, multiuse machine that accepts data–raw facts and figures–and processes, or manipulates, it into information we can use.
COMMUNICATIONS – also called telecommunications technology, consists of electromagnetic devices and systems for communication over long distances.
Effects of IT to: Education
When properly integrated into curriculum and classroom it can:
a. Allow students to personalize their education
b. Automate many tedious and route tasks
c. Reduce teacher’s workload
HEALTH
Computer Technology is radically changing the tools of medicine. It helps free medical workers for more critical tasks
Telemedicine – medical care delivered via telecommunications
Robots like da Vinci surgical robot.
MONEY
We slowly become a ‘’cashless society’’ because of the following propagation of:
a. Credit cards b. Debit cards c. ‘’Electronic wallet’’ d. Automatic transfers (such as direct-deposit pay checks)
LEISURE
Society becomes influenced by IT in leisure on the following instances:
a. Videogames b. Films c. Music d. Telegambling
GOVERNMENT
Helped government