Life in the Information Age - Education

When we looked at how Education has changed, in our work on On-line Services page 14 to 15.  What we have also discovered is that Education now longer runs for 4 to 16, followed by A levels or other courses at 6th form at a school or college.  Education has also become part of work, with some employers giving staff time off to due further study, other will sponsor their staff through University.  The establishment of the Open University has also changed the face of education and has allowed many people who did not go on to University straight after school to access higher education, by taking part-time courses. 

School and Colleges have set up Virtual Learning Environments (VLE) or Moodles.  Since the last Labour Government change the leaving age for students, all students will have to take some course after the age 16 up till the age of 18. 

These changes in Education has meant that we often refer to life long learning, which has had an effect on work as now there is an expectation that staff will engage in some form of Continuing Personal Development (CPD). 

The real issue is given that many learners now use the Internet as their main source of information, how can we trust the information that we get on-line is accurate.  See the task on Page 29 Activity 7. 
Use this link to see a list of famous hoax sites: Fake Website List

Also explain how the Open University has changed the way Higher Education has changed, and look at the Khan Academy

Open University - how has it changed University Education

 The Open University opened in 1969 setting up in Milton Keynes.
Why was it set up?
When did it start?
How was it different from other Universities?
How many students have been taught by them?

Crime & Crime Prevention

New Technology has always created new crimes.  High Quality Photocopiers made the forging of bank notes and concert and event tickets easier.

The article below explains one of the new crimes and how this crime is punished.

 

Explain what Spam texting is and why has this activity developed so much recently?

 

Crime Detection has been improved by the use of DNA testing and Crime Scene Investigation Tools as well as use of Closed Curcuit TV systems.  More details of these changes can be found on pages 33-34 of the AS ICT Book.

 

Social networking has also been an unexpected tool in the armoury of the Police and finding Criminals, but communication technology has can also be a problem when cases come to court.

Task
Explain how technology has changed how crime is committed and how it is detected. 
(Each Article should be be in your post).

 

 

Entertainment & Leisure

Tasks

Read pages 29 to 31.

Review the PowerPoint shown at the start of the lesson (for this file go to Sixth Form Moodle AS ICT Course as well as the articles shown below) and the Article on
Gaming & the Internet - Female Perspective posted on the 12th October 2012

Explain how the Entertainment Industry has altered. Please make sure to cover the three Discussion Topics listed in the pages of the book as well as the articles included in this post.

SMS - Has its time past?

The Short Message Service started 20 years ago, has it become out dated?

Please look at page 8 of the Edexcel Text Book and the articles below.

Post your thoughts about how texting has changed and influenced our lives. 

Test Week Work November 2012 - ICT and Legislation

There are many laws that cover technology and employment see page 36 for a list of most of the laws: as well as the following acts:

The Communications Act 2003 is often used when people send offensive emails etc

The Digital Economy Act 2010 - covers software piracy.

Task 1a
Details are in the ICT book on page 36-37
Complete Activity 11 (work in groups of three as then each person will need to cover three acts as with the list on page 36 and two acts list at the start of this post there are 9 acts in total). 
Create a Three Page Presentation (minimum) (do not include a title page in the three slides and then email each other your presentation.  Then each student should combine their presentation with the two they will be sent and then produce a combined 9 slide presentation.   
Post your presentation on your blog and email it to me at stuartgcburke@gmail.co.uk

Task 1b
Read the article "We're missing the big picture" which details the debate on the status of copyright images on Facebook and other Social Networks and "Muse refuse to entertain £2m lawsuit" and create a presentation of how the copyright law and Facebook work together, post this under the title 'Copyright and Social Media'. 

Deadline for this work is Friday 30th December 2012

E-Commerce & Social Networking

As we have already seen E-Commerce is a fastest growing part of the economy.  With the rapid expansion of facebook and other social networking websites.  Business have realised that one way of reaching customers is by using social networking sites.  As customer have shown is surveys that they are more likely to buy a product that other friends say is good.

Task
Read the article below and look at the slides for a presentation about marketing on Facebook and explain how these two will effect how Companies will need to develop an on-line presence to survive in the future.

Employment Opportunities

New Jobs (those that were created by the technology)

• Web Designer
• Network Administrator
• IT Consultant
• IT Teacher
• Games Designer
• IT technicians
• Computer Sales
• Software Engineers
• Hardware Engineer
• Manufacturer of Technology
• Programmers
• Technical Support (Call Centres)
• Computer Security System Designer & Testers
• U-Tube Video makers
• Website managers
• Database managers

Jobs that have changed

• Sky Television Installers (there were TV installers before satellite TV was invented)
• Bloggers (previously pamphlets makers)
• Accounts
• Banking
• Shop Workers
• Film Makers
• Music Makers
• Postal Workers
• Typists (reduced as more people able to write their own letters)

Jobs that have reduced or disappeared

• shorthand typists
• ticket collectors on stations
• gas light lighters
• chimney sweeps
• thatchers
• fletchers
• stage coach drivers (became taxi drivers)
• domestic servants (new technology has meant people could do these things themselves oremploy fewer people to do the same amount of work)

As we have seen there a lots of jobs that have been created by the introduction of new technology.  Read Pages 24 and 25 of GCE Applied ICT book.  Then complete the tasks set out on page 25. 

iPhone - rotten to the core?

Here are four article which show some of the problem facing Apple the company behind the iPhone.
Task
How has these problem and issues been dealt with by Apple?  Is this sort of press reporting good or bad for Apple?

Communication - the History of Mobile Phone

Read this article and use it to describe how mobile phones have altered the way we communicate.  You can add this to your previous post on Mobile Phones see Page 27 Activity 4 of  Edexcel Applied ICT AS Book or do a new post. 

Communication - Instant Messaging

Look at Page 6 in Applied ICT AS book and readthe section on Chat and Instant Messaging, as well as the article below on Instant Messaging and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol).

Online Marketing - The Future?

With the growth of online marketing and web sales will all catalogue go the way of Argos?
Make a list of catologues and which are still being printed and how many are now being replaced by online versions. Is there a problem with this trend?

London Twitter Map

Here is an interesting use of technology to show the different languages used on twitter.

Link to Metro Article online