HSS 800 Lesson 5

• ICT is technology that supports activities involving information. Such activities include gathering, processing, storing, and processing data.
• Charles Babbage

  • he designed the 1st general purpose computer around the year of 1833.
• UNCERTAINTY is a basic fact of life, and technology is no exception.
• -Technology is dynamic; it keeps changing all the time.
• -Technological evolution is systematic. It cannot be treated as a discrete, isolated event that concerns only one artifact.
• Technological change is cumulative. Changes build on previous experience and knowledge.
• Content Integration -identifying how you will be able to integrate your content into technology.
• Knowledge Construction

  -Mastery of the new technology is vital to its success in your classroom. This is why

  knowledge construction is the second dimension of proper technology integration.
• Equity pedagogy

  All students will be able to perform you expected task in a reasonable amount of time and that if any outside work is necessary, students will have access to required tools to complete the assigned work.
• Prejudice Reduction

  -Students and staff are bound to have hesitation towards change or new methodologies.
• Empowering Social Culture

  One, empowering the use of this technology in ways that can better society and social culture.
• Improved Communication – advance communication technology tools
• Easy Access to Information – at anytime and anywhere.
• Improved Housing and Lifestyle – most of the items that we have in our homes today are automated
• Improved Entertainment – we have more video games now, good music to listen and visual systems like smart TV’s
• Social Networking – great improvement for individuals and business.
• Convenience in Education – online and mobile education
• Convenience in Traveling – very important in our lives and in the business world.
• Changed the Health Industry – modern technology in hospitals, reducing the mistakes made by doctors and evolving the patients’ treatment.
• Efficiency and Productivity – helping businesses increasing production, saving time and money in the industry.
• Encourages Innovation and Creativity – It is very easy to start a job today
• Isolation – lack of contact with other people normal daily living.
• Lack of Social Skills – Lose the ability to read body language and social cues in other people.
• Obesity – Spending less time being active or exercising.
• Depression – Technology creates a perfect recipe for depression with the lack of human contact, overeating and lack of exercise.
• Poor Sleep Habits – Get sucked into online activities that keep us up too late and the constant stream of information can make it difficult to turn off our brains.
• Pollution – With the rapid changing of the world of electronics and technology, the

  turnover rate for upgrades is staggering.
• Increased of Bullying – The increased in cyber bullying has also led to an increase in teen suicides
• Lack of Privacy – The internet has stripped the world of privacy
• Higher Level of Deceit – On the flip side of having no privacy, people use the internet to deceive others.
• Warped Sense of Reality – Using the Internet as an escape from real life is very easy to do.
• Stress – Constantly being “plugged in” and “connected” causes an extra layer of stress that wasn’t present before the overuse of technology.
• Blackberry/IPhone Thumb – Tendonitis in the thumb, a.k.a. Blackberry/IPhone Thumb is a form of repetitive strain injury caused by frequent use of thumbs to press buttons on mobile devices. The same injury can also be obtained from playing too many video games.
• Lack of Social Boundaries – Cyber-stalking someone or sending unsolicited nude photos are examples of grossly social boundaries.
• Lack of Social Boundaries – Exposure to sexual content is more likely to happen at a much younger age.
• Lack of Social Bonds – The more we isolate ourselves with technology the fewer we

  bonds we will form.
• Constant distraction – When we are focused on a device instead of what’s going on around us we miss a great deal,
• Neck and Head Pain – Constantly looking down at devices can cause neck pain and over time will cause the neck to lose its natural curve. Eyestrain can also cause headaches, blurred visions and migraines.
• Shortened Attention Span - People who are online an average og 5 hours a day have troubled remembering people’s names, forget pots on stove and even their own birthday.
• Addiction – People are not only dependent on technology they are also addicted to it.