The+way+in+which+ICT+is+used

=Section 7 The ways in which ICT is used= 7.1 Candidates should have an understanding of a range of ICT applications in their everyday life and be aware of the impact of ICT in terms of


 * Topic || Student ||
 * a) Communications applications (suc as newsketters, websites, multimedia presentations, music scores, cartoons, flyers and posters) || Safwaan ||
 * b) I|Interactive communication applications such as blogs, wikis and social networking websites || Anna ||
 * c) Data handling applications (such as surveys, address lists, tuck shop records, clubs and society records, school reports and school libraries) || Maria ||
 * d) Measurement applications (Such as scientific experiments, electronic tiiming and environmental monitoring) || hassan ||
 * e) Control Applications (such as turtle graphics, control of lights, buzzers and motors, automatic washing machines, auto matic cookers, central heating controllers, burglar alarms, video recorders/players, microwave ovens and computer controllet || Mornay Carstens ||
 * f) Modelling applications(such aas 3D modelling, simulation (e.g. flight or driving) and use of spreadsheets for personal finance and tuck shop finances) || Edward Fitzgerald ||

7.2 Candidates should understand the differences between batch processing, online processing and real-time processing. They should have an understanding of a wider range of work related ICT applications and their effects including


 * Topic || Student ||
 * a) Communication applications (such as the internet, electronic mail, fax, electronic conferencing, mobile telephones and internet telephony services) || Hussein ||
 * b) Applications for publicity and corporate image publications (such as business cards, letterheads, flyers and brochures) || Maria azra ||
 * c) Applications in manufacturing industries (such as robotics in manufacture and production line control) || Humayraa ||
 * d) Applications for finance departments (such as billing systems, stock control and payroll) || Mahomed/sagar ||
 * e) School management systems (including registration, records and reports) || jordan ||
 * f) Booking systems (such as those in the travel industry, the theatre and cinemas) ||  ||
 * g) Applications in banking (including Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), ATMs for cash withdrawals and bill paying, credit/debit cards, cheque clearing, phone banking and internet banking) || Hun ||
 * h) Applications in medicine (including doctors' information systems, hospital and pharmacy records, montitoring and expert systems for diagnosis) || Xana ||
 * i) Applications in libraries ( such as records of books and borrowers and the issue of books) || Azra ||
 * j) The use of expert systems (for example in mineral prospecting, car engine fault diagnosis, medical diagnosis ) || hassan ||
 * k) Applications in the reatil industry (stock control, POS, EFTPOS, internet shopping and automatic re-ordering) || Bill ||