assignment 9
The pace of change seems to increase relentlessly, especially changes involving information technology. Using your crystal ball, identify and discuss three changes likely to have substantial impact on your school services in the next three years. (1500 words)
Information technology changes rapidly as we all know. From time to time technology upgrades. We can’t even notice the fast changes of the technology nowadays. In response, many organizations create a formal group of IT professionals to evaluate emerging IT so they can better cope with its change. A survey based on structured interviews was mailed to a nationwide sample of 1,000 IT organizations. Two hundred forty-six respondents provided data to identify categories of coping mechanisms to handle changing IT. Five categories emerged: Education and Training, Internal Procedures, Vendor Support, Consultant Support, and Endurance. Organizations apply Education and Training more extensively than the others. Thus the research contributes to understanding the means by which organizations cope with rapid IT change. The research also found that organizations with a group dedicated to investigating emerging IT cope more extensively, but not more successfully, than do those without one. Thus the research contributes not only by providing an understanding of how organizations cope with rapid IT change, but also by suggesting the need to achieve more from the group charged with emerging IT. The pervasive influence of information technology (IT) in the computing age cannot be overstated. Since the 90s, IT has brought about a revolution at the workplace. The recent development and fast-paced adoption of Internet communication and Web-based technologies and applications has enhanced the potential of IT. IT and computer systems deployed strategically can impact the operational aspects and productivity parameters of a business. IT and attendant technologies and tools can be used to automate key business operations, functions and activities of a business. Businesses can invest in desktop computers, workstations, laptops, minicomputers, notebook computers and high-end servers for a host of organizational tasks and functions. Market-available software, computing applications, networking and other IT productivity tools installed in computers and computer systems can help professionals, workers and staff in a business to streamline work processes and execute tasks and functions faster in order to achieve organizational-defined goals and targets. Internet communication and telecommunication technologies and IT software systems can enable workers to work, interact and share information across locations and geographical boundaries. With the help of IT, businesses with multi location offices and manufacturing facilities in different geographical zones can help staff members and employees to collaborate and work simultaneously on projects. Use of proprietary collaborative software and workgroup support systems can foster greater collaboration, streamline workflow management and encourage proactive human interactions. Information Management Businesses generate vast reserves of data and information on a daily basis. Investing and deploying IT software systems such as enterprise resource planning solutions, management information system, data-processing data centers and related information management technologies can help businesses to manage, leverage and optimize terabytes of data. Information processing, classification and management is the key to operational efficiency and decision making for workers, professionals and top executives in an organization. Investment in large-scale IT systems, networks and technologies calls for budgeting and allocation of resources. Businesses need to account for long-term planning, evaluation and deployment of relevant strategic-fit IT solutions to address business growth, manpower needs and ambitious expansion plans. Used strategically, IT systems can boost employee productivity and impact the bottom line of businesses.
IT or Information Technology is clearly defined as the use of computers and software to manipulate information in different organizations of different field of interest. Information Technology is becoming a discipline out of the research and development activities in the fields of technology. Nowadays, change in Information Technology is very massive that it changes environment and organizations, and it goes to show that life is also constantly changing in any aspect. New technology is creating opportunities to produce more timely, accurate, and useful information. As time goes by, organizations are performing critical functions related to information technology to optimize the usefulness of Information Technology. Information Technology has helped develop more advanced community learning environment. School environment is one of those organizations which is very adaptive when it comes to technology changes, for most of the teachings of today’s education conformed with the teachings of the current technology; and so schools have this common objective that people in nearly every career are required to have some knowledge of computers and software since these are the components of information technology. A variety of learning institutions believe that Information technology helps organizations function more efficiently so they can improve. Information Technology is very important to learning communities like school, Information Technology resources are very vital in the learning of the students; it caters a vast of information which sometimes copes up to the limited resources which the school provides. Utilizing IT allows teachers to enhance the curriculum. Software programs are available to make lessons more appealing to students and help them grasp concepts. In addition, students use IT to research topics for papers and discuss their classes with other students locally or in other parts of the country. Information technology has opened up the world to students and if used properly in classrooms will enhance their learning experiences. Teachers must be committed to using IT in their classrooms for the sake of student learning. Attitudes toward technology use within the school setting are an important and often overlooked component of successful curriculum integration of technology. Much of the research done on technology integration assumes that once appropriate technological tools are in place in the classroom, students, teachers, and parents will overwhelmingly support the change toward a technologically based curriculum. Technology becomes a more prevalent part of the education culture with each passing year. Schools cannot ignore the impact of technology and the changing face of curriculum.
as what they said the only thing that is constant is changes.when we say pace..
it is the manner of moving or simply the manner of changing.
i can foresee our school in the next three years having these services
that has a substantial impact on our school:
Automated Systems for students advantages
**automated library system
this automated library system can be online or offline.
online== the students can do reservation online by just registering to have an account
and give the books information such as title, author, date of publication, and the section
where you can found this book.
you can also search the books in the university library online, just input onthe search engine,
this would also show if it was in the library or it was borrowed already.
offline== in borrowing books offline, the students will only swipe their library card in the
device, the students data will automatically inputed to the borrowing sheet in the library system.
and let the book's barcode will be able to read by the barcode reader so that it will automatically
be inputed to the borrowing sheet of the database. with this,the students and even the library personnel
have leessen their effort.since,this will also give the due date and calculate the penalties if ever
the book will return late.
**attendance tracker of faculties
with this, the students will able to know whether the faculty is on duty,in class or in office, or on leave
it is possible by just downloading the list of the faculties that is categorized by department
through your cellular phones.
it is advantage to the students who want to see their busy professor.
**event manager for all organizations
this will give you calendar of the events of all of the organization in the university.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
--"is the use of an object (typically referred to as an RFID tag) applied to or
incorporated into a product, animal, or person for the purpose of identification
and tracking using radio waves. Some tags can be read from several meters away and
beyond the line of sight of the reader."
wireless fidelity (WI-Fi)
--"is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance that may be used with certified products that belong to a class of wireless local area network (WLAN) devices based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. Because of the close relationship with its underlying standard, the term Wi-Fi is often used as a synonym for IEEE 802.11 technology."
is wireless technology which enables connection between two or more devices wirelessly for data sharing purposes. It is wireless networking which is based on IEEE 802.11 standards. it is now being used by millions of people using various devices such as personal computers, laptops, pads', printers, camera, games, mp3 players etc, more and more gadgets are coming with built in feature of this amazing wireless technology.In the whole USEP, WI-Fi is very pertinent in order to facilitate convenient access to information, to eliminate the need for wires and cables in order to access data and media, to aid compatibility and connectivity between different systems in the network and most especially to eliminate the need for other paraphernalia like switchboards, adapters and plugs that clutter up the work station.
references:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wi-Fi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-frequency_identification
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