The printer is an essential technology in an ICT room. We can’t have one without the other. The printer plays a very important part, without it we couldn’t hand in our finished work or print things we need to add on to our project or work. I use it most to print out my work and be able to hand it out. I try to make my work look as presentable and colourful as possible. It is also used to make a room more colourful; with a printer we can print our work out and stick it up on the walls to show everyone how well we do in ICT. To be able to use the printer, it must be connected to a pc or connected to a circuit of computers, like in an ICT room. The printer has improved immensely since it first came out. It first started with only black and white ink, then became only primary colours and now we have all the main colours, presenting a nice piece of work. Anyone can use the printer, it is very easy. Some schools can put a password on it therefore we can only print if we know the password.
Social:
E-mail is a very useful tool. I can communicate with people without audio. At home, I use e-mail to talk to my family abroad because I never get to see them during the school year, only on the holidays. So this is an easy and efficient way for me to catch up on daily conversations and get up to date on all the gossip that’s been happening on the other side of the world. I can use e-mail to transport my work from school to home and vice versa. This can be a very big help seeing as I can finish my work wherever I am. E-mail can bring people closer together, for example, if people hardly ever chat because there not close to each other, maybe in another country or something, and they haven’t got a mobile or no credit, they can easy just pop into an internet café or even if they have internet at home, people can chat much, much more and get to know each other better.
- MSN ( MicroSoft Network ) Messenger
This technology is basically to interact with other people that have the same software. You could do many, many things with MSN Messenger. MSN has evolved a lot, from Windows Messenger to the most recent one that has come out, Windows Live Messenger. You can chat with people anywhere over the world, send files, communicate using audio, see each other through a webcam, and play games against each other, use application sharing. Application Sharing is when a person that you allow can look at what you are doing and can even take over your computer if you let them to. This can help if you have some sort of problem and you don’t know how to fix the problem of any sorts, they can help you to actually resolve the problem themselves. In order to have MSN Messenger, you must have a computer compatible with the MSN Messenger such as Windows 98, Windows 2000 or Windows XP and an internet connection. You can only talk to people who also have a MSN Messenger or any other IM Messenger of any sort, examples, Yahoo Messenger, AOL IM, Sapo Messenger. These are very popular because it helps you to keep in touch with people and most importantly, it’s free!
The most important fact about mobile phones is that you can use them almost everywhere without cables or electricity. By using mobile phones, you can communicate with everyone whenever you want and wherever you are. Beside this, if there is an urgent situation, such as an accident or a meeting with someone, you certainly need a mobile phone. Furthermore, you can access the internet by using a cell phone. Recently, the most common way of communication in the world has been the SMS. Mobile phones include this system; in this way you can communicate with someone for cheaper than a normal call. When somebody wants to reach you, he can get in touch with you by touching a few buttons. In addition, you can carry a mobile phone easily. Cell phones are not only used for communication, but they can also be used for taking pictures, listening to music, playing games, getting onto the internet, and so on.
Home:
Digital TV is one of the most important things in a person’s life. Digital TV offers a far wider choice of TV viewing with lots of extra channels, and uses digital technology to reduce the interference that you may experience on analogue TV (the five channels you get via your standard TV aerial). Digital TV also offers other benefits, such as a greater selection of widescreen programming, and on-screen electronic programme guide, interactive services, and in some cases, Dolby 5.1 surround sound. This is really good because it allows me to be entertained while I’m at home. Instead of having the standard channels, we have a much wider variety to choose from what we want to be entertained with. The interactive services can be really good to a person because it lets them choose what they want to do, and it’s available for every one of all ages to use. The little ones can play games; the older ones can send emails and much, much more.
A PS2 is a Sony’s Console. With this I can play games that are PS2 readable and is also used as a CD/DVD Player. I can watch a DVD or be listening to a CD while I’m tiding my room. The console can help me in a lot of ways, whether it’s for learning, entertainment or just so time can go by, there is always something we can do and something we can learn. The games can be very simulating. There are many genres of games and games suitable for all ages. Everyone can play at least one game that suits them. All the games have a way of finishing and a lot of the games, the objectives are to finish. Not many people are able to finish a game in one day unless you’re too many hours playing it but that is just bad for you. That is why we have memory cards, we can save the game at the point we get up to and next time we want to play we can just carry on. That simple! The graphics are high-quality and games that are meant to be life-like really look real life, these games are 3D. The PS2 has a great sound quality; everything is very sharp and clear. The PS2 is a good way to keep entertained and can also be used for learning.
An MP3 Player is hardware or a software device used for playing audio files. An MP3 is very useful if you love listening to music. With an MP3 you can listen to music whenever you want and wherever you are. There are a lot of types of MP3 Players, different shapes and sizes but also different space capacity. For example, you can have different space capacities such as;
128MB holds up to 32 songs.
256MB holds up to 64 songs.
512MB holds up to 120 songs.
1G holds up to 240 songs.
2G holds up to 400 songs.
4G holds up to 1000 songs.
So, if you listen to a lot of music then the more space the MP3 player, the more songs you can put on. Of course, the more space you require the more expensive it’s going to be. People say that the best MP3 Players are the iPods, this may be because you have more features such as; games, photo gallery etc but normal MP3 Players like Sony, Philips etc usually last longer, especially the battery life. MP3 Players which run on batteries don’t last as long as rechargeable MP3 Players. Can you imagine the amount of money you waste in buying new batteries? If you listen to your MP3 Player often, like everyday, then the batteries are only going to last about 1-3 days, depending on the amount you listen to it and how loud you listen to it. The louder you listen to it, the more battery it wastes.
