ICT: Reading about CT All Around Us
Information and communications technology in everyday life
Nowadays, technology is all around us. ICT is an abbreviation for Information and Communications technology. You use ICT everyday when you
- talk on the phone,
- use an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM)
at the bank,
- text someone using your mobile phone,
- use your remote control to change TV channels,
- scan shopping at the supermarket.
All of these things are now done by using computers. Banks, supermarkets, hospitals and mobile phone companies all use computers. In your home, you can use computers to
- write documents such as letters and stories,
- print out your writing,
- find information using the Internet, and
- send emails to friends and family all over the world.
Everyone uses computers now and you can too. To find out more about computers, you can
- contact your local VEC Adult Learning Centre,
- call into your local library, or
- use the Internet to check out www.rug.ie
