The impact of ICT on Industry and Careers

You are going to complete a short project on the impact ICT has had on the way we work.
You can choose how you want to present your project. (Word, PowerPoint, FrontPage, Mediator etc)

Unit Check list

Task 1 - Choose a Career

Choose a career to research, it might be a career you are thinking about when you leave school or a career that a relative of yours does, or just a career you are interested in.
Describe the career, make sure that you include:
Where the work takes place: Outside, in an Office, Hospital, SChool etc.
What the sort of work the job involves

Careers Websites

Task 2 - How the job is done today

Describe how ICT is used by people in that Career.

Task 3 - How the job was done in the past

Describe how the job was done before ICT had such a big impact on the way we work.

If the job didn't exist before there was ICT explain:
Why the job didn't exist.
Why it is needed today
See if you can find a similiar job that did exist and describe it

Task 4 - Comparison

Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the use of ICT in this Career.

Task 5 - Effects on Society

How has the use of ICT within the Industry effected:
- the lives of people that do the work
- their families
- the communities that they live in?

Task 6 - Conclusion

Overall do you think that this Career has benefitted from the introduction of ICT?
Give reasons for your answer.