Advantages and Disadvantages of Using IT

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Advantages and Disadvantages of Using IT

Using a computer to produce my work is better and easier then any alternative method i.e. producing it on paper as it saves time and you can edit the work and also be more creative. Theses are some of the advantages and disadvantages of producing my work on a computer.

Advantages:

  • Takes less space and effort.
  • Files can easily be copied or edited if there is an error.
  • The file can be backed up in case the main copy gets corrupted are deleted.
  • Can be more creative on computer programs then on paper.
  • A computer can aid you better in making the best outcome for anything you want to do.
  • Can’t as easily lose data as if it was paper.

Disadvantages:

  • Cannot access computers all the time.
  • There can still be human errors.
  • Risk of catching viruses or memory sticks being wiped.
  • Files can get accessed by other users on the network if they find out your password.
  • Files can be copied easily than on paper.

Copyright and Confidentiality

In my project, I had to deal with copyright issues. I used my school logo on the layout of every page – so I asked permission from the Head Teacher is I was allowed to use it. All of the images in the ‘Pictures’ section are ones that I took myself, so all I needed to do ask permission of the students I took photographs of. They all agreed but I did not include their names or any other information about students as the website will be public and they have their right to on confidentiality.

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On the ‘School Uniform’ page, I had images of a school uniform taken from George LTD Asda © so I stated the URL address from which I got them from to avoid copyright.

Any other information I used from other websites as research, I have stated on the website where I had got it from. I also adapted some of my information from secondary sources to show variation in my work.

Viruses

Computers don’t always work as we expect.  Sometimes this is because of hardware faults, but often there are software-based problems, which may be either ...

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