HOW DO THE ICT USES MEET MY NEEDS?
SOCIAL/PERSONAL
SMS (SIMPLE MESSAGE SERVICE)
I use SMS quite often. My phone has fast text so I can quickly and easily send messages. I find it great and use it loads – my Dad thinks I am solely responsible for T-Mobiles brilliant performance in the FTSE 100.
I can send my parents a text message letting them know where I am and what time I will be home. I often use it if I get invited to a friends’ house for tea unexpectedly. I just text my Dad and he doesn’t have a fit, which is much better for his health.
I text my Sister who is at Uni. It is a great way of keeping in touch.
I text my mates if I can’t remember my homework or can’t do it.
It is much cheaper and easier to text message my mates about going out. I can send the same message to several people if I need to. I can use my phone in the middle of the night if I turn the delivery noise off.
The only downside of SMS is the cost. It costs me 12p per text message.
Sometimes it is a pain. The message report often disturbs me if I am doing my homework and I need some quiet to concentrate.
MOBILE
I think mobile phones were a great invention. The sheer possibilities are endless. I can ring my mum from school if I have forgotten my PE kit. I can also use the calculator on the phone in maths. You can use them in emergencies or just for personal use.
The down side to using a mobile phone is the costs. Every time I call someone it cost me at least 30-40pence.
TELETEXT
I feel teletext is underestimated. You can gain a lot of information from this. I mostly use it to check the football scores. In school we used teletext to check the weather in French as you can change the language settings, which was good for our French knowledge.
I can also check such things as the movie times at our local cinema; it really is a great device
DVD
My DVD player is very state of the art. DVD’s are amazing. The image and sound quality are phenomenal. I use it a lot at the weekend to watch films. I can also use it to write word documents for my dad’s work as it has computer capabilities.
TELEVISION
The television has to be one of the greatest inventions ever. Everybody has them and they are so easy to use. As technology grows televisions are becoming more advanced with such things as SKY Digital viewing. I use the television every day and I can use digital television for a whole number of purposes.
With digital viewing I can play games, e-mail my friends or even shop. At school we can watch programmes of valuable education for our benefit.
COMPUTER
For social and personal use the computer is brilliant. I often play games on it or I can play music on it. I can also use it to help my father with his business paper work.
The only thing I really don’t like about it is it can be very complicated and often it crashes and with me not being a computer wizard, I have difficulty sorting it out.
DIGITAL CLOCK
My digital clock is great; it wakes me up every morning 365 days a year. The batteries seem to last for an eternity, which is great value for money.
