Questions:
1) What is the difference between ITGS and IT?
2) What is global society?
3) ICT gave rise to extreme views. Some communities stress that ICT is bringing the world together in a common platform. Others say that ICT is making life isolated. Where do you want to place your views?
4) When we talk about IT automation of a manual process, then does it give rise to unemployment?
5) What is cybermobbing?
6) Who are digital citizens?
Answers:
1) First of all, IT stands for Information Technology. On the other hand, ITGS stands for Information Technology in a Global Society. Now what does this mean? IT is the study of technologies that aid humans to complete their everyday jobs. ITGS is very similar to IT in the sense that it is also the study of technologies, however the difference is that ITGS teaches us the pros and cons of every technology. It allows humans to integrate technology in their lives by considering how it affects the people using it (stakeholders) and how ethical the use of the technology really is (ethics).
2) A global society is a society which is an amalgamation of a multifarious array of cultures which are familiar to one another due to IT. So our society today is a global society since most of our citizens are aware of the cultures of other countries and of what's currently happening in those countries due to the media.
3) I personally think that the truth is a mixture of both opinions. I think that the truth of these opinions depends on the individuals who use the communication technologies. For example: you could argue that the use of chatting software such as, but not limited to, FaceBook and WhatsApp can lead to the deterioration of social skills, since the use of such software decreases the need to actually speak to people; hence it could lead to a person becoming socially awkward. However, if a person is not able to use chatting software to speak to people then he/she will keep their speaking and social skills intact since they would call the person whom they need to speak with. Nevertheless, ICT can be beneficial. An example of this is migration; the exponential increase of migration over the past decades has led to the separation of good friends, but with the help of ICT those good friends can still contact each other. In conclusion, ICT, like other types of IT, can be both beneficial and detrimental to the world.
4) I believe that IT automation replacing manual jobs does give rise to unemployment. However, before debunking IT automation, I would like to speak on some of its benefits. One major benefit of IT automation is that it allows technology to be developed even more. The IT used in many companies or factories may have many faults, the use of these technologies leads to faults being located, which then leads to the evolution of the technology, into something better that makes work much easier. Unfortunately this evolution-although it is beneficial-has deleterious effects on workers that are being replaced by IT. As the technology evolves, different types of technologies can be created which leads to more jobs being replaced by IT; hence less jobs will be available. To prove how IT can replace human jobs I have two examples. One of them is the invention of driverless cars. Although this type of technology is being tested for worldwide use, imagine the effect it can have on taxi drivers. Most taxi drivers come from LEDC countries with little education; thus they learn driving to get jobs. Recently I was reading about modern technologies and I have seen a 3D printer that can actually print food. Imagine yourself a few years in the future, when these printers are so developed that they produce food which tastes better than food made by humans. What will employees from LEDCs with no education work at restaurants and fast food chains?
5) Cyber-mobbing is the malicious use of the internet to threaten, harass, embarrass, or cause harm in any way to a person.
6) I think that a digital citizen is a person who understands how to use the internet for a multiplicity of diverse purposes. A digital citizen would know how to use IT more than the average citizen as it is a crucial part of their life. They would use it to socialise, read news, watch TV and to complete their everyday errands.
After answering these questions I honestly felt like this
Well done on creating your ITGS blog for sharing your learning experience. Keeping your blog organized is the first step, than continue to convey your own meanings and interpretations of what you are reading in your own words (no copy and paste - it should never be a habit if you ever did it in the past). Work on your ability to discuss technology and link it to real life hands-on experience is key to making it your blog feel natural and real to people.
ReplyDeleteTry and post comments to fellow bloggers as they will more likely to return the acknowledgment and post back to yours. This kind of feedback is a learning-based environment that will empower you to speak your mind and formulate opinions. Not only will this blog serve you well in ITGS and increase your CAS hours, your reading comprehension will improve that is helpful for everything you do and other benefits such as:
+ Real and authentic writing practice
+ Confidence and desire to express themselves
+ Knowledge that encourages them to be experts in their topics
+ Improve retention of the ITGS terminology, command terms and triangle analysis
Having one of the best exam results in IGCSE CS last year leaves me to believe you are more than a capable student for this subject so I am surprised by your introduction.
To improve your grade, I would change the way you have described ITGS from ICT. I am delighted with your fun resources and this is something that has been missing from other students. Not much else to improve. You achieved 18/20 which is a grade 7. Well done and carry on blogging your ITGS journey!
Mr Masters