ICT Report 3B

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Report 3(B)

Impact of ICT on an adult in employment, including the effect on working style

Introduction

I will be investigating Marcus Hamilton, an associate of my uncle, who is in the career of web design. As a web designer, Marcus creates and arranges the pages that make up a website. He often has to balance how a page looks versus how a web page functions, which can involve some compromises. One of his recent acknowledgements is website accessibility; this refers to creating web pages that are accessible to anyone, no matter what device they are using. Website accessibility also stresses the importance of making a website accessible to those with any kind of disability. Marcus works for a website design company called “Perfect Blue”, he usually works from home and so his work can sometimes invade his personal life as his employer expects lots more work to be done than in the time span of a normal 9am-5pm job.

Internet

Description of technology

The Internet is the worldwide, freely accessible network of interconnected computer networks that transmit data by packet switching using the standard Internet Protocol. It is a network of networks that consists of millions of smaller domestic, academic, business, and government networks, which together carry various information and services, such as electronic mail, online chat, file transfer, and the World Wide Web.

        

The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked, hypertext documents that runs over the Internet. With a web browser, a user can view Web pages that may contain text, images, and other multimedia and navigates between them using hyperlinks.

E-mail allows the user to send and receive messages which may include images, documents or video via a telephone signal. Additionally, web based messengers such as windows live messenger allow the user to communicate with contacts through the internet.

Advantages

  • He can publish anything which he creates online.
  •  It is easy to use.
  • Search engines that are fast and powerful for finding resources.
  • Ability to link to him and contacts almost immediately.
  • He can buy/download the latest software for web design.
  •  He can use email to transfer files without the need to leave his home.

Disadvantages

  • Search engines that show results based on who pays them the most.
  • Speed takes precedence over quality.
  • Personal information being accessed by others.
  • Malware such as adware or spyware become a nuisance and can be very harmful.
  • Spam - receiving many unnecessary and useless emails.

Professional needs and effect on working style

Marcus needs to be able to transfer his completed work back and forth from home to work when his employer demands them and when he does not want to go to work. He can attach the files, which his employer needs, to an email and send them without having to go to work. He can also use Windows Live Messenger to send the files to his employer without going to work.

Marcus needs to be able to view his work when it is in progress as his customers would, he needs to do this to make improvements or fix bugs. To do this he uses a web browser and navigates to the website, he then tests the website by navigating around it, searching for errors or where improvements need to be made.

Since the internet is what his work depends upon, it is very good at meeting Marcus’ professional needs. Marcus can choose his working hours and so can wrap his work around his social life, to a certain extent. Additionally, the same aspect of the internet can be interpreted as an obligation of if working at home that he is forced to complete his work at home, this is highly conflicting with his personal life.

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Personal needs

Marcus needs to be able to be able to update his music collection with the new songs without having to buy a CD album with unwanted tracks on it. Marcus uses iTunes to buy and download songs from the iTunes Music Store and can easily update his collection.

Marcus needs to be able to withdraw and deposit from his bank account when it is difficult to get to the bank or when it is closed. He uses online banking to perform transactions, payments etc. over the Internet through a bank, credit union or building society's ...

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