the information age of technology

2. Highly modernized, automated, data-driven, and technologically
advanced – these best describe our society nowadays, as
evidenced by how information could be transferred or shared
quickly. The different areas of society have been influenced
tremendously such as communication, economics, industry, health,
and the environment. Despite our gains due to the growing
development of information technology, the rapid upgrade of
information also has disadvantages.

3. The Information Age is considered a historical period in the 21st
century. Characterized by the rapid shift from traditional industry, it
is also called the computer age, the digital age, and the new media
age. It is marked by a very growth in communication and
information technology. This age holds a significant influence on
educators and learners.

4. This invention of the computer which gave people access to
information with the touch of a button. The internet has turned
society into homebodies and individuals who do everything from
the comfort of their homes. People do their tasks only such as
shopping, paying bills, working, education, entertainment, and
ordering food.

5. HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT
It began around the 1970s and still going on today. This era brought
about a time period in which people could access information and
knowledge easily. As in the field of literature, the Renaissance
influenced this age by creating the idea and inventions that led to
modern ones.

6. The information age also referred to people, information, and
societies that chronicle the birth and growth of electronic
information from ancient times to Samuel Morse’s invention of the
telegraph in the 1890s through the development of the telephone,
the radio, television, and computers. (http.//www/tcf.va.edu/az/thistory.outline.htm).

7. There are four periods of the Information Age, namely:
•Pre-Mechanical – 3,00 BC 1450 A.D.
•Mechanical – 1450-1840
•Electro-Mechanical – 1840-1940
•Electronic/Information – 1940 – presents
Some pioneers who belonged to these periods were Blaire Pascal, Alexander Graham Bell, Steven Wozmak,
Steven Jobs, Bill Gates.

8. Personal computers have become widespread by the end of the
1980s. They can be connected to local or national networks.
Through a device called the modern, individual users could list their
computers to a wealth of information using conventional phone
lines.

9. The internet was developed during the 1970s. In the early days, it
was used mainly by scientists to communicate with other
scientists. At this time, the internet users’ problem was speed. The
development of the fiber optic hastened the rate of sending
messages.

10. In the 1990s, the world wide web was developed mainly for
commercial purposes. New services were created to sell products.
Now, airline tickets, hotel reservations, books, and even cars and
houses can be purchased online. Colleges and universities would
post research data on the internet so students could find valuable
information without leaving their homes.
Claide Shannon is regarded as the Father of the Information Age.

11. LIVING IN THE INFORMATION AGE
Technology is increasingly playing a crucial role in the success of
organizations, particularly in schools in this information age. The
impact of IT has been enormous in various domains including
education. Computers and the information they process and store
have transformed every aspect of society.
EFFECTS/IMPACT

12. Since we live in the information age, IT has become a part of our
everyday lives. There have been tremendous changes in the ways
people live work and play over the past three decades IT is
composed of computers, networks, mobile and wireless devices,
satellite communications, robotics, videotext, cable television,
electronic mail (e-mail), electronic gadget, and automated office
equipment. Technological innovation and entrepreneurship have
been the key players in the changes that we experience.

13. Everyday, we use technology in new ways. computers are becoming
increasingly affordable and they continue to be more powerful as
information and enabled countries to share ideas and information
processing tools. Some of the advantages of Information
TechnoEvery daylogy are:

14. 1. Globalization – it has brought the world closer together, led to
sharing information more quickly and efficiently, and enabled
countries to share ideas and information with each other.
2.Communication – it has made communication cheaper, quicker
and more efficient. The use of the internet opened face-to-face
communication from different parts of he world.

15. 3. Cost-effectiveness – it has led to the computerization of
business processes and increased productivity that gave more
profits, better pay, and working conditions.
4.Creation of new jobs – it has led to the opening up of
opportunities for computer programmers, system analysts,
hardware and software developers, and web designers.

16. The Information Age has introduced changes in the different
aspects of people’s lives, because of the ff.
1. Emergence of online companies
2.Creation of economic and stimulating businesses
3.More mature and educated people
4.Reshaping governments with new technologies

17. The Information Age also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age or New Media Age is
a historical period in the 21st century. The idea it upholds is that access to and control
of information is the defining characteristic of this current era in human civilization.
The driving force behind changes and new options given to us is an innovation called
the internet. May possibilities are limitless and convenience is greatly improved. Now
forms of communication were introduced. Educational opportunities were greatly
enhanced because of the wealth of knowledge now placed at the fingertips. There may
be those who do not favor this occurrence citing the creation of a technological
divide, the impersonal nature of electronic communication and the unregulated
nature of the use of the internet. Regardless of these drawbacks, the world continues
to become wired.
SUMMARY

18. Read the selection entitled “ The Effects of Using the Facebook”
then present the positive and negative effects of using The
Facebook in a tabular form.
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