Application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

1. Technology-
A boon or myth
B. Santhosh
Assistant Professor
ANGRAU

2. Technology
Use of technology brought Digital Divide
Digital Natives – born and grown up with digital technology
Digital immigrants – incorporate and learn to live with technology
Dalgarno & Gray 2010
Application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes

3. Technology

4. Penetration of technology into social life
cultural contents
staying permanently informed
easily contact people far from us
ubiquitous learning
Computer security and the management of private data

5. Child is a human being below the age of 18 years
(United Nations Convention)
Adolescent is a person between ages 10 and 19 years
(WHO)
Teenager is a person aged between 13 and 19 years
Terminology

6. International Telecommunication Union, 2015
Mobile phone lines - > 7000 million
Internet users - 3174 million
Internet Protocol Traffic in 2015 -
72.42 exabytes/month (21% rise over 2014)
Cisco - In India, mobile phones with internet connectivity
expected to 651 million by 2019
nomophobia – No Mobile Phobia

7. Technology??