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Students learn about: Historical perspectives: - the digital revolution, - The information age
Students Learn to: Outline how the nature and use of information and communication technology has evolved, - Examine data from the ABS to compare trends in household use of information and communicatiuon technology over time.
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES:
Historical perspectives including the Digital Revolution and the Information Age have contributed to the evolution, nature and use of information and communication technology.
The Information Age:
The Information Age:
The information age is a period in time that is characterised by the use of computers and is associated with the Digital Revolution or otherwise known as the Digital or Computer Age. This technological era has sparked changes to industry, business, communities and families in the way technology is innovated, researched, created and used to transfer information, access information, communicate locally and globally, and perform daily tasks. The flow of information through computers, smart phones, entertainment, household technologies etc has altered life.
Discuss how the information age has changed school, work and life? Is it for better or worse?
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The Digital Revolution:
The Digital Revolution:
The experimentation and technological development during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s paved the way for an increase in the presence of personal computers and the Internet in the 1980s. These increases have lead to the Digital Revolution and can be described as change from analogue, electronic and mechanical technology to digital technology. Watch the development of the metaverse and discuss thoughts/findings/implications.
Watch ChatGPT and discuss limitations and capabilities
Discuss and brainstorm:
Make a table in your books to identify the benefits/implications of the digital revolution and information age.
Student Activity:
Both the Digital Revolution and the Information Age have also contributed to the nature and use of how information and communication technology has evolved by creating global platforms for networking all across the world.
Using the ABS website, look at the statistics/trends of technology use within households. Make a dot point summary of key points.Then complete question 1 of exam prep questions.
Things to include:
What impact does geographical location have on someones access to ICT?
How many households have access to the internet?
Which age group has the most ICT access?
Why do you think there is a dramatic increase in ICT use in the last 10 years? Link to wellbeing...
Exam Prep Questions:
Outline how the nature and use of information and communication technology has evolved (4)
Describe complex technologies that are examples of technology as software (4)
Examine both primitive and complex technologies in technology as organisation of knowledge (6)
Past HSC Questions
Describe how both the nature and use of information and communication technologies have evolved (5) 2016
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