Project: Information and Communication technologies

Nowadays, technology is used practically everywhere. More specifically, the ICTs, the technology used to transmit data is used in almost every aspect of our life. For example, the school. In the schools there are lots of ICTs, some of them are:

1. The ebooks: Now, people instead of using paper textbooks, they can use digital books, you just need a device to open it.
2. Projectors: the projectors are used to make presentations, instead of using the white board
3. Mobile devices: Now, people use iPads or laptops in school, to search easier for information.
4. Computers: In schools, there are computers in a room to teach students ow to use them
5. Smart boards: those are interactive boards that combine technology and handwriting. 
6. E readers: electronic devices that are used to contain hundreds of digital books.
7. Interactive games: Now, there are games that are use to make people learn (as an example: kahoot)
8. Scholar social media: there are applications that are use to make easier the communication between students and teachers. Also to send works and homework (showbie,
9. Speakers: when displaying multimedia things, like videos, the using of speakers is needed to make the sound be listenable.

Conclusion

I think that there are a lot of ICTs that can be used to teach, and not just that, there are a lot of ICTs to make our life easier. People should know how to use it in a good, responsible way, to make life easier, but, non letting the technology make you “useless”. You should not make ICTs domain you. You just need to take the best of them.

Bibliography:

Learning portal. (No date). Information and communication technology (ICT) in education. October 30th, de Learning portal Sitio web: https://learningportal.iiep.unesco.org/en/issue-briefs/improve-learning/curriculum-and-materials/information-and-communication-technology-ict

Areas where ICTs are used.

ICTs in Medicine

ICTs are used a lot in medicine. For example, it is used on body scanners to look inside the patient and see what the problem/ disease is., also to look for tumors and other abnormalities. Other use is for patient monitoring. When you are in the hospital, workers connect you to a monitor, that tell the vitals, like pulse. It helps the doctor to be monitoring patient easier. Also for organ transplants, because all the people who needs a organ are in a database, so when there is a organ, see who is compatible.

ICTs in food design and production

Some examples of uses of ICTs in food design and production are: making the wrapper for the food with apps and send it to their supervisors. Other is using machines to coordinate the work, or make it, like there are machines with the data of what is supposed to be the people doing, or machines doing things. Also for administrating the workplace and the design ideas. 

ICTs in supermarkets

One use of ICTs in here is to monitor and control stock, because there is a database to keep in control the quantity of objects in the market. Also the supermarket checkout machines (EPOS terminals) that are used to charge the price of the object. Also to make sales analysis to know what are the most sold objects and which ones are not that popular.

ICTs in banks

The ICTs are used in the Automated Teller Machines (ATM) for withdraw cash, check an account balance, order a cheque book, etc. Also the smart cards, credit or debit cards to use money to buy things. Also there is the Electronic Funds transfer (EFT) used also to pay things instead of using cash. But on this one is that the bank account is updated right away so there is no need to wait for cheques to clear.

I think that ICTs are used a lot in actual world because of the advances of technology. Technology is the use of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, to make life easier. So in this technological world, the applications of ICTs are increasing non stop, because every day you discover something new.

References:

• Revision World. (S.f). ICT in Medicine. October 9,2018, de Revision World Sitio web: https://revisionworld.com/gcse-revision/ict/applications-ict/ict-medicine
• Revision World. (S.f). ICT in Food design and production. October 9,2018, de Revision World Sitio web: https://revisionworld.com/gcse-revision/ict/applications-ict/ict-food-design-and-production
• Revision World. (S.f). ICT in supermarkets. October 9,2018, de Revision World Sitio web: https://revisionworld.com/gcse-revision/ict/applications-ict/ict-supermarkets
• Revision World. (S.f). ICT in banks. October 9,2018, de Revision World Sitio web: https://revisionworld.com/gcse-revision/ict/applications-ict/ict-banks

Internet and Cloud services

The internet is a huge network, because it is connected in a global magnitude. This network uses a protocol to transmit data via different types of media. A browser is a program that allow the users to access web pages on the Internet. Some browsers are Firefox, chrome, safari, Microsoft edge and Opera. A search engine is a service that is used to search for information and other content on the WWW. Some search engines are Yahoo, Google, bing, ask.com and  msn. Lastly we have the Cloud service,  that is any IT services that are provisioned and accessed from a cloud computing provider. Some examples are iCloud, Dropbox, Google drive, OneDrive and Verizon cloud.

Sources
- www.techopedia.com
- www.thewindowsclub.com

My favorite movie

My favorite movie: Hachi: A dog´s tale

This movie is about one dog, that after his owner mr Wilson dies, he waits for him like any other day at the station, and even if sometimes the family of Wilson tries to get him back home, he always escaped to go to the station to wait for his owner to come back.
I really liked it because I personally love drama movies (even if they make me cry, like this one), but this story is also about the strong bond between Mr Wilson and Hachi, and the hopes of the dog to see him again, really made me feel melancolic. also, I really love dogs and I think they are creatures that give lots of love, and that story just make my belief stronger.

Networks and WWW

A network is a set of devices that communicate with one another. It can be small, just 2 devices, or larger, with billions of devices. There are different types of networks, 11 to be specific, and they’re cataloged by the “function” (who uses it) of the network and/or the size (where).
These are:

1. Personal Area Network (PAN)
2. Local Area Network (LAN)
3. Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN)
4. Campus Area Network (CAN)
5. Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
6. Wide Area Network (WAN)
7. Storage-Area Network (SAN)
8. System-Area Network (Also SAN)
9. Passive Optical Local Area Network (POLAN)
10. Enterprise Private Network (EPN)
11. Virtual Private Network (VPN)

Now, the World Wide Web consist of all the pages you can get into using a web browser, and it’s not the same as internet, because internet is a big network, the WWW isn’t.

Sources

• https://techterms.com/definition/network
• https://www.belden.com/blog/digital-building/11-types-of-networks-explained-vpn-lan-more
• https://techterms.com/definition/www

Information and communication technologies

The information and communication technologies, also known as ICT, refers to “all the technology used to handle telecommunications, broadcast media, intelligent building management systems, audiovisual processing, transmission systems, and network-based control and monitoring functions”. In other word, is all that the technology used to communicate information. It is used everywhere: education, entertainment, communication, etc. For example, in education for browsing information of specific subjects, in  entertainment by all the tv shows and series and the social media, in communication by the online newspapers, by tv, by radio, etc. I personally use it a lot, almost every time, by using internet, the radio, the tv, and almost everywhere: school, house, in the car, in public places, etc. Now, this world is technically always using the ICT for anything, because is an easy way to get informed and to communicate.

Sources

• https://www.techopedia.com/definition/24152/information-and-communications-technology-ict

My first entry

I am Ariadna Valdés, and I am 14 years old girl studying at middle school. I have a ot of expectations for this school year, and from my classes too. In the case of the class of Applied technology, I expect it to be fun, to learn new things about computes and programs, also, to improve my skills on these subjects.