ICT at Home

Question 1

Benefits of ICT at home

Answer 1

Online banking

Can telework

Better communications

Entertainment

Access to huge store of information

Online shopping

File/Photos can be shared in other countries instantly

Can videoconference (ip phone call) with family and friends making it easier to keep in touch.

Question 2

Advantages of Email

Answer 2

—Messages can be sent across the world for the price of a local phone call.

—You can send not only simple text messages but also attached files in a
variety of formats.

—You can use an address book to send the same message to several different people for the same cost as one call.

—The message will arrive much more quickly than conventional mail.

—Don’t have to leave the house to send the information / disabled use.

—Documents and attachments are editable.

—Environmentally friendly.

Question 3

Disadvantage of Email

Answer 3

—Need a computer system to use email.

—There are security and privacy issues. Confidential mail is travelling across a very public network.

—E-mail attachments have proved to be a security ‘Achilles heel’, providing an entry point for destructive viruses.

—Junk email can clog your system.

—Damage done by email scams / phishing.

—Can’t send physical items.

—Users need to be computer literate.

—Removing social interaction.

Question 4

Games on a device Advantages

Answer 4

• -+Play people all over the world
• -+Enhanced ‘real life’ experience
• -+Team Building skills

Question 5

Games on a device Disadvantages

Answer 5

• –Addiction
• –Social isolation
• –Incitement to violence

Question 6

Social networking Advantages

Answer 6

• -+Keep in touch
• -+Make views known/join debates Use in job applications
• -+Cheap way to advertise own services and companies

Question 7

Social networking Disadvantages

Answer 7

• -Identity theft
• -Grooming
• -Empowered rioters
• -Potential employers seeing unsuitable photos
• -Popups spreading viruses
• -Pornographic material

Question 8

Music downloads Advantages

Answer 8

Saves money on buying whole albums

Question 9

Music downloads Disadvantages

Answer 9

Copyright issues/illegal downloads

Question 10

Interactive TV (Smart/3D) Advantages

Answer 10

• -+On demand/anytime

- -+Parental controls

Question 11

Interactive TV (Smart/3D) Disadvantages

Answer 11

• –Closure of dvd shops
• –Addiction
• –Increased costs- monthly subscription etc
• –Social isolation