ICT and the Community
What is the technology that you can see? How does it work? What do people say about this technology? What do you think - are they a good thing or a bad thing? Click on the pictures to enlarge them
- Speed Camera 1
- Gatso home Page
(Gatso make Speed Cameras) - Speed Camera 2
These pictures were taken at Sheffield Station. What are the advantages of an automatic ticket machine? How might it let people down sometimes? Do you think that automatic ticket machines are a good thing on the whole or are they a waste of time and money?
Information about trains is displayed via monitors all around the station. What are the advantages of giving out information in this way? Are there any disadvantages?
What are the advantages of CCTV? Does anyone object to CCTV? What do you think about it?
What do cash machines allow people to do? What are the advantages of cash machines and what are the disadvantages?
Things to think about:
- Convenience
- Fraud
- Muggings
- Bank Charges
These pictures were taken at Sheffield Station car park.
What are the advantages of an automatic computerised car parking system for the user of the car park? What are the disadvantages? Do you thing on balance that the passengers are better served by an automatic system or a manual one?
How does an automatic machine for paying car parking fees serve the customer? What are the alternatives? Would they be better or worse? Do you think that automatic paying machines are a good thing?
How can the local community take advantage of the internet?
Here are some links to give you some ideas:
This document was last modified by Ian Livingston on 2005-04-10 19:39:46.