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DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: -- How it changed the way…
DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY
: -- How it changed the way we do things
Communication
Connecting with individuals who are physically apart🧒👶👵
Use of messaging application (e.g. whatsapp)
Use of social media platform
communication for stay home work
Promotes work-life balance🏦🏡
Distanced medical attention
Doctors are able to diagnose patients via telecommunicating👩⚕️👨⚕️
Commerce & Payment
Evolution of payment methods:
Cash
Card
Paywave: using card to tap
QRcodes
PayLah, GooglePay, GrabPay
NFC: tapping phone/watch to pay
GooglePay, Samsun Pay, Apple Pay
Shopping platforms
Shoppee, Lazada, Amazon, Taobao
Online shops of various brands
Increased outreach for business to extend beyond local market (esp useful for small businesses)
Food delivery services
Grab, Food Panda, Deliveroo
Increase in accessibility to food stores🎂
Shared platforms
Car sharing
BlueSG 🚘
Grab Hitch 🚖
Pros: reducing waste and carbon emission
Bike Sharing 🚲
Obtaining of information
Ease of access to information
Search Engines 🔎
Books and journal articles 📚📖
Health documents (e.g. Healthhub to view the list of vaccinations)
PDPA, Leaks of private material and information
Teaching and Learning
Group Collaboration
Differentiated instruction
Learning beyond the classroom
Different modes of teaching
More personalised learning
Increase in formative assessment
Distraction from learning
Cyber issues
Cyber security
Phishing of information 🐠
information leakage 💧💧
PDPA regulations
Identity fraud 🕵️♀️
Catfishing 🐱🐟
Bullying
Blurs the line of bullying
Keyboard Warriors
Leisure
Streaming movies and shows
Youtube
Netflix
Viu
Playing online games 📱📞💻
Spending time on social media
Addiction to mobile devices
Google translation
Google Maps for directions to attractions and landmarks🌏🌎🌍
Websites that compares the best prices for hotels, attractions etc
Food 🌮🥙🥗
Food reviews
Food delivery platforms
Photography/Videography 📷🎥
Increase in availability of photographic devices
Increase in number of photos taken (especially of oneself)
Capturing of nature and wildlife in images 🦡🐑🐏🐃🦘🦔
Aids in conservation efforts
Increased awareness and appreciation of nature
Quality of photos increased drastically
Transportation
GPS system🪐🌌🌍
Planes✈
Grab, Uber🚖🚘
