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MATHEMATICS & ICT Blooms Academy

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Computers made every day life and work much easier. Additional technology was also expanding,
the flash dive device meant that you didn't have to carry around hand written work with you or just
store it on your computer, you could also save work to this small device and use it on any other
computer. Since then technology has not stopped providing us with useful advantages. The “heavy
load” computer has been over taken by the slim and light weight and portable laptop. It became
the new generation of technology as it was portable and you could carry it around with you
everywhere and anywhere this meant that people had their work accessible to them instantly.
Similarly, in the employment market, if you wanted to send off a job application it would have
taken so much longer because you would have had to post it and not fill it in at home and quickly
send it online. There were no online applications and assessments and this slowed the process of
recruitment down.
Technology also changed our social lives with the Play Stations 1,2 and 3.The Nintendo Ds's, The
slim line Mobile phone with new technology, The PSP's ( the portable version of the Play station!).
Most recently Apple introduced their most advanced technology out there with the latest Iphone.
The new Iphone released by Apple has changed the face of mobile phones forever; these phones
are extremely similar to laptops but are still able to sit in the palm of your hand. The new wave of
TV's that have come out are the slim-line, 3D TV's that give you the experience of being in a cinema
when you are only in your living room. There is also the development of social networking sites
such as facebook, twitter, instagram, whatsApp, telegram and so on which make it easier to stay
in touch with people and make new friends.
In the classroom things changed also. Blackboards and chalk were abolished because of
interactive whiteboards. There is access to all the images, maps and information available on the
net. New opportunities had arisen for those who chose to pursue further education. The option to
pursue further studies online is becoming a well-known, widely used and appreciated
development. It allows students of every age to study from home while maintaining their jobs,
social lives and family time.
The telephone brought people closer together in the sense that distance did not inhibit a phone
call, but it also had an unanticipated effect, according to some early studies that people spent less
time actually in each other's presence.
The internet is vast and can reach everyone, wherever there is a computer, there is access to the
internet and a worldwide community.
Overall technology has changed the way of the world dramatically. I think
that there will forever be a question of “Has technology changes us for the
better or for the worse?” Some people may say that technology has helped
us so much and will encourage the use of new technology. However others
may say that people of this new society don't know what it is like without all
of these luxuries and should know what it is like because they rely too much
on technology.
However, ICT is not without its own down sides, but, in my opinion, the
benefits far outweigh all the negative sides of it.
ADENIYI, Ma hew
HOD Math & ICT

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