How ICT affects people with special or particular needs
Unit Information - how to make the grade
To do list
Facts about disabled people
Creating the Presentation
Introduction
Describe the group that your presentation will be about, and their special needs.
The Technology
Describe the different technologies that the group can use to help them.
Include an image if you can find one
Give advantages and disadvantages for each technology
How well does the tehnology meet the users needs
The effect of Technology on this group over the last few years
• Describe how the group managed without modern technology.
• Describe the changes technology has made.
• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of technology on this group.
Create timelines, charts or graphs that show changes in the use of Technology over the last few years.
• Major events in the development of communications
• trends over time data
• Describe how these changes effect society as a whole as well as the group you have looked at.
• Describe the decisions the group might have to make about ICT.
Summary
Look over the slides and technologies that you have written about
in your presentation and write a summary that describes how the technology helps the group:
• Personally
• Socially
• At work
Overall how has technology effected this group:
Improving your work
1. Create a contents Page
Create a new slide (or slides) and list all of the different headings in your presentation.
Create hyperlinks from the contents page to each of your slides.
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Create hyperlinks from each slide to take you back to the contents slide
2. Include sources
If you have used a web page for information, make sure that you put the web address on your slide.
Useful websites
Timelines
The Impact of Information Technology on Work and Society
A potted history of computers - early twentieth century
A Brief History of Computing - Complete Timeline
History of British Telecom
History of the Post Office