OCR Cambridge National in

ICT(Level 1/2)

Unit 2Using ICT to create business solutions

The use of ICT in everyday life has

grown rapidly in the last 50 years

In many workplaces, ICT is used all the time,

and replaces many manual tasks which

would take much longer to do

ICT has changed the way we do business…

First dial up internet

available1990

First PC modem

1977 1991First

webcam available

1995

Internet shopping launched

1996Hotmail

launched

1998

Google launched

2001Wikipedia launched

2004

Social networking emerged

2007Mobile internet access

available

1977

PCs available in the shops

Email invented

1971

Instead of hand writing a letter

We use a word processor and send

it by email

We don’t need to refer to an encyclopaedia to

find facts

Google and Wikipedia are popular places to

start research

Internet shopping and online business

transactions take seconds

We don’t need to be present in the shop to pay

for goods or services

Business associates don’t just keep in touch on the

telephone, or when they see each other at meetings

They keep in touch through social networking

We don’t even need to be in the same building

as our computer to check our emails

Laptops, smartphones and tablets make

business-on-the-go a reality

We don’t need to be in the same building as

our colleagues to meet with them

Conference calls and webcams make some

travel unnecessary

Wherever you work, ICT will be used to support the work you do

Searching for information

Formatting data and completing complex

calculations

Presenting data in a variety of ways

Managing systems and processes on both large and

small scalesStoring information

Providing communication systems

How is it used?

In this unit you will learn how to…

…store data efficiently

…search for information

or an intraneton the internet

…analyse data to produce and share reports

…learn how to select and use the

appropriate software to handle this data

and present information

…search for, and store files effectively

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