13th September 2008

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Technology At HomeHome telephone (land-line)CD players / digital radioTelevision / DVD players / digital TV / HD TVDigital camerasPCs / laptops / wireless networks / gamestationsMobile phones / MP3 players / PDAsCredit cardsWashing machines / dishwashers / microwavesCars / SatNav / GPS tracking

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Technology At LargeSchool – teaching & learningOffice – office systems, document storage,

entry & surveillanceFactory – manufacturing control systems,

roboticsShopping – EPOS, barcodes, scanners, RFIDWarehousing and Distribution – stock control,

product expiry, route planning, GPSTransport – buses, trains and planesMilitary and space programmes Film and programmes – production, CGI

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30 Years Ago...vs NowSize and capacity

mainframe to laptop ( + client/server & supercomputer)User Interface

punched tape/cards to GUI + virtualFunctionality

record keeper & calculator to business driverDiversity

academic, commerce, home, control, roboticsImpact and Attitudes

low impact to global Career progression

job for life + limited roles/skills to fluid/flexible market + multiplicity of roles/skills

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A Job in IT!

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Issues, Challenges and OpportunitiesIT Professional

Professional ethics Business ethics Christian responsibility

Technology affects us all Misuse and abuse vs power for good IT does it quicker, easier, cheaper, more efficiently

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Exploit TechnologyInformation and Learning – Internet: daily

lectionary, sermon ideas, information, images, visual aids, music, CME

Communication – email, mobile phones, Forum, webcasts, live links

Presentations, documents – PowerPoint etc.IT does it quicker, easier, cheaper, more efficiently

Do things quicker, easier, better – and leave time for those things that technology is incapable of handling!

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