Check Your Understanding 1.How can becoming proficient with technology help you understand and participate in important issues in the world at large? 2.How.

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Check Your Understanding

1. How can becoming proficient with technology help you understand and participate in important issues in the world at large?

2. How can knowledge of technology help you influence the direction our society takes?

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Technologyin Action

Alan Evans • Kendall Martin

Mary Anne Poatsy

Twelfth Edition

Technology in Action

Chapter 1

Using Technology to Change the World


How Will You Put Technology in Action?

• Technology on the World Stage• Technology and Our Society

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Technology on the World Stage

Objective1. How can becoming proficient with

technology help you understand and participate in important issues in the world at large?

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Technology and Our Society

Objective2. How can knowledge of technology help you

influence the direction our society takes?

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How Will You PutTechnology in Action?

• Technology is not just:A means for career advancementA skill set needed to survive in society

• Technology can provide ways you can make an impact

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Technology on the World Stage

• Accelerating change around the world • Galvanizing people in new ways

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Technology on the World StagePolitical Issues

• Social networking tools enable groups to connect and exchange ideas

• Crisis-mapping tools collect and map information and make it publicly available

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Technology on the World StageGlobal Issues

• Health careDevelop and deliver vaccines

Retinal prosthetics

• EnvironmentData could alert scientists to new trends

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Technology on the World StageGlobal Issues

• The Digital DivideGreat gap exists between levels of Internet

access and availability of technical tools

Prevents use of all minds to solve problems

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Technology and Our SocietyHow We Think

• Web 2.0 New set of features and functionality

International collaboration

• Cognitive SurplusCombination of leisure time and tools to be

creative

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Technology and Our SocietyHow We Think

Modern Theories of Motivation

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Technology and Our SocietyHow We Connect

• Music (virtual choir)

• Business (Kickstarter, Crowdfunding)

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Technology and Our SocietyHow We Consume

• Marketing technology helps to:Decide what to purchaseActual buying process of goods and services

• StrategiesQR (quick response) codesLocation-aware price comparison toolsMobile coupons (mobicoupons)Crowdsourcing

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Technology and Our SocietyHow We Consume

• Access Versus OwnershipZipCar

Call a Bike/Citi Bike

• Collaborativeconsumption

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How will Technology Improve Your Life?

• Technology at Home• Technology and Your Career

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Technology at Home

Objectives3. What does it mean to be computer-literate?

4. How does being computer-literate make you a savvy computer user and consumer?

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Technology and Your Career

Objective5. How can becoming computer-literate help

you in a career?

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How Will TechnologyImprove Your Life?

• Computer-literateUnderstanding capabilities and limitations of

computers

Knowing how to use computers safely and efficiently

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Technology at Home

• Avoiding hackers and viruses

• Protecting your privacy

• Understanding the real risks

• Using the Web wisely

• Avoiding online annoyances

• Maintain, upgrade, and troubleshoot

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Technology and Your Career

• Information Technology (IT)Management and processing of informationAutomatic retrieval of informationPerform your job more effectivelyEasily and quickly react to next round of new

technologies

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Technology and Your CareerRetail

• Data miningProcess of searching huge amounts of data

for patterns

Respond to consumer buying patterns

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Technology and Your CareerArts

• Many artists work exclusively with computers

• Create and manage websites

• Dance and music programs

• Enhance visitors’ experiences at museums

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Technology and Your CareerEducation

• Course management softwareBlackboard

Moodle

• Research tool

• Simulations and instructional software

• Virtual tour websites

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Technology and Your CareerLaw Enforcement

• Solve crimes

• Search databases

• Computer forensics

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Technology and Your CareerMedicine

• Modern biomedical chip researchProvides technological solutions to physical

problems

Can verify a person’s identity and medical information

Could be used to keep Alzheimer’s patients safe

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Technology and Your CareerScience

• Simulations are used in:Weather forecasting

Archeology

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Technology and Your CareerPsychology

• MACH—My Automated Conversation Coach

• Affective computing

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Check Your Understanding

3. What does it mean to be computer-literate?

4. How does being computer-literate make you a savvy computer user and consumer?

5. How can becoming computer-literate help you in a career?

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