ADVANTAGES 1.Communication - Speed / time – money can be saved because it’s much quicker to move information around. With the help of ICT it has become quicker and more efficient.
2. Globalization - Video conferencing saves money on flights and accommodation. ICT has not only brought the countries and people closer together, but it has allowed the world's economy to become a single interdependent system to contact either a business or family member.
3. Cost effectiveness - It feels free to send an email (although it isn’t); it’s without doubt cheaper than phone calls. ICT has also helped to automate business practices, thus restructuring businesses to make them exceptionally cost effective.
4.Greater Availability - ICT has made it possible for businesses to be automated giving clients access to a website or voicemail 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
5.Bridging the cultural gap – Greater access to technology has helped to bridge the cultural gap by helping people from different cultures to communicate with one another, and allow for the exchange of views and ideas, thus increasing awareness and reducing prejudice.
6.Creation of new jobs - Probably, the best advantage of ICT has been the creation of new and interesting jobs.
7.Education – Computer’s along with their programs and the Internet have created educational opportunities not available to previous generations.
8.Through ICT , images can easily be used in teaching and improving the retentive memory of student.
9.Complex structure - through ICT, teachers can easily explain complex structure ,instruction and ensure students comprehension.
10.Through ICT , teachers are able to create interactive classrooms and make the lesson more enjoyable..
DISADVANTAGES 1.Education – Computer’s along with their programs and the Internet have created educational opportunities not available to previous generations.
2.Lack of job security – Experts in a wide variety of fields believe that ICT has made job security a big issue, since technology keeps on changing nearly every day. This means that individuals need to be constantly studying or at least keeping up with changes in their profession, if they want to feel secure in their jobs to be secure.
3.Overriding Cultures - While ICT may have made the world a global village, it has also contributed to one culture consuming another weaker one. For example, it is now argued that teenagers in the US influence how most young teenagers all over the world now act, dress, and behave
4.Privacy - Though information technology may have made communication quicker, easier, and more convenient, it has also brought along privacy issues. From cell phone signal interceptions to e-mail hacking, people are now worried about their once private information becoming public knowledge.
5. Reliance on Technology – Professor Ian Robertson, a neuropsychology expert based at Trinity College Dublin who carried out the study, said: “People have more to remember these days, and they are relying on technology for their memory but the less you use of your memory, the poorer it becomes. . people don’t bother learning to spell because they use spell-checker, or need a calculator do perform minor addition or subtraction.
6. Reliability of Information – Anyone with access to a computer and an internet connection internet can start a blog or post something up on a website, so just because something’s on the web doesn't mean it’s reliable. A prime example of this is the open source encyclopedia, Wikipedia, although considered a good source of information it is not recognized by academic institutions as a trustworthy reference.
7.Computer viruses, worms, Trojans, malware, spam, phishing- any or all can cause chaos and disrupt our daily lives
8.Setting - setting up the device can be very trouble some.
9.Expansive - too expansive to afford.
10.Lack of experience - hard for teachers to use with a lack of experience using ICT tools
Our world would be different because without the printing press we would have no books, so school would be different and probably more difficult. Without the printing press we never would have printed bibles so church and any religious studies would be different (and probably more difficult) AND of course we would have no newspapers so there would be less advertising, and nothing to read on Sunday morning.
