Computer Studies - Junior Secondary 3 - Digital divide

Digital divide

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Term: 1st Term

Week: 6

Class: Junior Secondary School 3

Age: 14 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:

Subject:      Computer studies

Topic:-       Digital Divide

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Explain the meaning of new economy
  2. Enumerate the features of the new economy
  3. State the benefits of the new economy

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher revises the previous lesson on digital divide

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She defines new economy

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She enumerates the features and benefits of the new economy

 

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

CONCEPT OF DIGITAL DIVIDE

NEW ECONOMY

By “New Economy” we mean a new kind of economy driven around the use of ICT tools and applications and focused towards the delivery of service.

 

FEATURES OF NEW ECONOMY

The following are features of new economy:

  1. Knowledge – driven:- Intellectual capital as a strategic factor; a set of understanding used by the people to make decisions or take actions that are important to the company
  2. Change - driven:- Continuous, rapid and complex; generates uncertainty and reduces predictability
  3. Technology – driven:- The use of technology in different spheres of life. This has led to globalization in research and development, production, trade, finance, communication and information, which has resulted in opening of economies, global hyper-competition and interdependency of business.
  4. Time, space, and distance are irrelevant to activities due to advent of information and Communication Technologies (ICTs).
  5. Digitalisation of technologies.

BENEFITS OF NEW ECONOMY

The following are benefits of new economy:

  1. Low capital to start business
  2. Focus is now on service provision
  3. Payment is now less cash based
  4. Gives room for continuous self-development
  5. Opening up of economies

EVALUATION:  1. Define new economy

       2. Enumerate four

  1. features of the new economy
  2. benefits of the new economy

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively