Monday, January 17, 2011

❤Review of Chapter 1❤

     The chapter 1 lecture of Information Systems and Technology  has made us realized that how important of the technology in our life. Besides that, we also able to know about the contributions of the scientist's invention since the earlier century towards our urban life today.

     In this chapter we knew that the 5 basic part of an information system are the people, producer, software, hardware and data. On the other hand, we have also searched the IT information from the internet and found that technologies has brought us a very rapid changes towards the global. It also brought us a lots of convenience and catalysed the improvement the many fields such as transportation, food industry, clothing etc.

     For example, long time ago, human being record their notes on the wall or on the sand, but the technologies soon solved the ineffective way of doing so. The invention of papers and stationery allows us the transmit the information effectively. The improvement of civilization if human being motivated them to increased the living standard. Nowadays, majority of the society are using the computer to record their notes. The scientists today are looking forward to bring us the perfect tools as to bring us the most convenient one of the most effective ones.

     Living in the new era of technologies, we have to improve and ready ourselves from time to time as to face the challenges all over the world. The most important thing is we must not abuse the invention of technologies but to use them correctly to make our life better.#

Sunday, January 16, 2011

❤ The History Of Technology Information❤

http://www.tcf.ua.edu/AZ/ITHistoryOutline.htm

❤Communications Of People Around The World❤

❤Technology Information Changing Global Economic❤

❤ The Changes of Technology ❤

❤ Chapter 1: Information Technology, The Internet, and You ❤

  ·°♡ Five parts of an information system ♡°·
1. People
2. Procudures
3. Software
4. Hardware
5. Data

      PEOPLE
Most important part of any system
♡ Contact is
  • Direct
  • Indirect
Computer Uses
  • Business & Entertainment
  • Education & Medicine

      SOFTWARE
Software is another name for programs
2major kinds of software
  • System software
  • Application software

       HARDWARE - types of computers
Supercomputers
Mainframe computers
Minicomputers (also known as mid-range computers)
Microcomputers
  • Desktop
  • Media center system units
  • Notebook or Laptop
  • Netbooks
  • Tablet PC
  • Handheld

      DATA
Raw, unprocessed facts
Processed data becomes information
Stored electronically in files
  • document files
  • worksheet files
  • database files
  • presentation files

❤Course Outline❤

   ๑• LECTURER •๑
       Sharin Hazlin Huspi

   ๑• Course Objectives •๑
  ♡ To identify the requirements and job specification in brief for a career in IT.
  ♡ To describe the hardware and use of basic productivity software for small office home office computers.
  ♡ To explain different types of information systems and the lifecycle of information systems.
  ♡ To explain the fundamental issues related to security in computer networks especially related to the 
     Internet and WWW.     

   ๑• Course Policy •๑
  ♡ Attendance must be more than 80% otherwise not eligible to sit for final exam.
  ♡ Plagiarism is completely disallowed (0 mark!!)
  ♡ Re-examination is only given for those who are ill and certified by the doctor.

   ๑• Course Assesment •๑
   ♡ Online Quiz : 10%
   ♡ Assignments (report) : 10% (2 – 5% each)
   ♡ Project : 20%
   ♡ Presentation : 10%
   ♡ Test 1 : 15%
   ♡ Final Exam : 30%
   ♡ Participation : 5%

   ๑• Reference •๑
   ♡ Computing Essentials – Complete 2011, by O` Leary, O`Leary. McGraw Hill (Text Book).
   ♡ Shelly, G.B., Cashman, T.J. & Vermaat, M.E., (2010) “Discovering Computers 2010 Complete'',
       Thomson Course Technology.
   ♡ Computing Essentials – Complete 2010, by O` Leary, O`Leary. McGraw Hill.
   ♡ Beekman, G. & Quinn, M. (2008) “Tomorrow`s Technology and You, Complete” 8th Edition, Pearson.
   ♡ Daley, B.A., (2008) “Computers Are Your Future, Complete”, Pearson