lesson 5

• Information and Communication Technology (ICT)


  All technologies that, combined, allow people and organizations to interact in the digital world
• Technologies included in ICT


  • Telecommunication
  • Broadcast media
  • Intelligent building management systems
  • Audiovisual processing and transmission systems
  • Network-based control monitoring functions
• Information Technology (IT)


  The use of computers to store, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate data, or information
• IT system


  Generally an information system, a communications system or, more specifically speaking, a computer system
• IT system components


  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Peripheral equipment
• ICT skills


  • Word processing
  • Spreadsheets
  • Databases
  • Slide presentations
  • Search engines
• Using MS Word


  Type / encode your document; bring out your best writing
• Using MS Excel


  Manipulate numbers and data for computation; discover and connect to data, analysis
• Using MS PowerPoint


  Generate slides for presentation; design professional presentations
• Using MS Publisher


  Create everything from labels to newswriting and marketing materials
• Copying and pasting from the internet


  Copy (Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+V) any items - images, video clips, music and be able to embed them in your outputs
• Save any files with appropriate file formats or associate yourself as a Techie person
• Cloud computing


  Used to describe data centers available to many users over the internet
• Software


  Set of instructions, data or programs used to operate computers and execute specific tasks
• Hardware


  Refers to the physical elements that make up a computer or electronic system and everything else involved that is physically tangible
• Digital transactions


  Defined as online or automated transactions that take place between people and organizations – without the use of paper
• Communications technology


  Setting of interaction
• Digital data


  Data that represents other forms of data using specific machine language systems that can be interpreted by various technologies
• Internet access


  The process of connecting to the internet using personal computers, laptops or mobile devices by users or enterprises