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Technology: Serving God’s World. 13 th September 2008. Technology At Home. Home telephone (land-line) CD players / digital radio Television / DVD players / digital TV / HD TV Digital cameras PCs / laptops / wireless networks / gamestations Mobile phones / MP3 players / PDAs Credit cards
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Technology:Serving God’s World 13th September 2008
Technology At Home • Home telephone (land-line) • CD players / digital radio • Television / DVD players / digital TV / HD TV • Digital cameras • PCs / laptops / wireless networks / gamestations • Mobile phones / MP3 players / PDAs • Credit cards • Washing machines / dishwashers / microwaves • Cars / SatNav / GPS tracking
Technology At Large • School – teaching & learning • Office – office systems, document storage, entry & surveillance • Factory – manufacturing control systems, robotics • Shopping – EPOS, barcodes, scanners, RFID • Warehousing and Distribution – stock control, product expiry, route planning, GPS • Transport – buses, trains and planes • Military and space programmes • Film and programmes – production, CGI
30 Years Ago...vs Now • Size and capacity • mainframe to laptop ( + client/server & supercomputer) • User Interface • punched tape/cards to GUI + virtual • Functionality • record keeper & calculator to business driver • Diversity • academic, commerce, home, control, robotics • Impact and Attitudes • low impact to global • Career progression • job for life + limited roles/skills to fluid/flexible market + multiplicity of roles/skills
Issues, Challenges and Opportunities • IT Professional • Professional ethics • Business ethics • Christian responsibility • Technology affects us all • Misuse and abuse vs power for good • IT does it quicker, easier, cheaper, more efficiently
Exploit Technology • Information and Learning – Internet: daily lectionary, sermon ideas, information, images, visual aids, music, CME • Communication – email, mobile phones, Forum, webcasts, live links • Presentations, documents – PowerPoint etc. • IT does it quicker, easier, cheaper, more efficiently • Do things quicker, easier, better – and leave time for those things that technology is incapable of handling!