ICT for a Working Adult

ICT for a Working Adult

I am going to review a working adult and how he or she uses ICT at

work and in their every day lives.

My working adult is called Mike he works at Watkin Jones in the

offices. Watkin Jones is a company that builds houses and apartments.

In Mike's day at work he uses all sorts of ICT such as PC Technology,

the Internet and he uses Mobile phones and Pagers.

While Mike is at home he uses a lot of ICT. He uses the Internet,

Mobile phone and his MP3 player.

Internet

While Mike is in work he uses the internet (WWW) to find information

for example, reading information of the NHBC standards, getting phone

numbers for plumbers, etc., getting directions to his site and others.

Some time the search engine Mike uses can bring up plumbers from all

around the world because he is not specific enough with the search, it

also maybe slow depending on the time of the day and internet

connection but is still quicker that getting a phone book and flicking

through the information which is his second option if he cannot find

any plumbers, etc. in the local area

He uses e-mail a lot because it is a very quick and easy way to send

messages to people. It cost little and will arrive within seconds of

you sending the e-mail. Although e-mail is a good way of sending

information to people it also has its bad points too. When you send an

e-mail it may get accidentally deleted in junk if the filter is not

set correctly. The e-mail can also only be received when the person

you are sending the message to is online and will not be able to read

the e-mail until the recipient is logged on with there username and

password. Viruses are also sent through email so if Mike's not careful

he could lose all the work he has done in the morning.

Mike gets sent emails off his boss every morning with a memo, and then