In today's society we have the option to use as many or as little devices from the technological word as we can wish. For some like me this only includes the basics such as the computer, mainly e-mail and a word programme, a cell phone and digital camera, and DVD video recorder. As I contemplate my future in the working world and consider how these things are being used to enhance an Occupational Therapist job I realise these objects are going to be essential for information gathering, multi note taking, communication and assessment.
"We hold to the philosophy that it’s not what’s going on inside a computer’s plastic container that is of greatest importance, but how this technology benefits those who are using it. Plus, we believe that computer technology is now a vital part of everyday life – from how washing machines operate to how running shoes are designed – and its possible uses are limitless!" Retrieved 15 March, 2009 Otago Polytechnic. Information Technology, from http://www.otagopolytechnic.ac.nz/schools-departments/information-technology.html
The use of devices that take video or photo's has ethical implications that need to be considered. These images once put 'out there' in cyber world loose there intended purpose and can become ill used by others. The issue of 'who' has access to the images we put on our tools needs to be addressed.(see: http://library.thinkquest.org/26658/)
Intellectual Property (IP) for New Zealand, refer Intellectual Property of New Zealand (IPONZ), run by the Ministry of Economic Development http://www.iponz.govt.nz/cms/what-is-ip/what-is-intellectual-property
For an interesting overview from a US perspective of global issues around IP refer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eejH0ANk-M
What is social justice and who does it effect? Why do we think about it in relation to technology? In Computer Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Bynum and Rogerson say that "social justice requires that society develops policies and practices to more fully include people who, in the past, have had limited access to computer resources: women, the poor, the old, persons of colour, rual residents, person's with disabilities".
Informed consent is a legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon an appreciation and understanding of the facts and implications of an action.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informed_consent
As technology moves into our lives more and more we are forced to learn, comprehend and teach. There is an advantage to being able to download information quickly, video a client and send it through to a supervisor for comment or view techniques on line. But were does the 'person, feelings etc' come into the equation? How do we keep information private, is social justice being served? The techology is there but the privacy, ethical and intellectual property issues are not well known enough to future proof a person's rights, just yet.
"We hold to the philosophy that it’s not what’s going on inside a computer’s plastic container that is of greatest importance, but how this technology benefits those who are using it. Plus, we believe that computer technology is now a vital part of everyday life – from how washing machines operate to how running shoes are designed – and its possible uses are limitless!" Retrieved 15 March, 2009 Otago Polytechnic. Information Technology, from http://www.otagopolytechnic.ac.nz/schools-departments/information-technology.html
The use of devices that take video or photo's has ethical implications that need to be considered. These images once put 'out there' in cyber world loose there intended purpose and can become ill used by others. The issue of 'who' has access to the images we put on our tools needs to be addressed.(see: http://library.thinkquest.org/26658/)
Intellectual Property (IP) for New Zealand, refer Intellectual Property of New Zealand (IPONZ), run by the Ministry of Economic Development http://www.iponz.govt.nz/cms/what-is-ip/what-is-intellectual-property
For an interesting overview from a US perspective of global issues around IP refer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-eejH0ANk-M
What is social justice and who does it effect? Why do we think about it in relation to technology? In Computer Ethics and Professional Responsibility, Bynum and Rogerson say that "social justice requires that society develops policies and practices to more fully include people who, in the past, have had limited access to computer resources: women, the poor, the old, persons of colour, rual residents, person's with disabilities".
Informed consent is a legal condition whereby a person can be said to have given consent based upon an appreciation and understanding of the facts and implications of an action.
Retrieved February 14, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informed_consent
As technology moves into our lives more and more we are forced to learn, comprehend and teach. There is an advantage to being able to download information quickly, video a client and send it through to a supervisor for comment or view techniques on line. But were does the 'person, feelings etc' come into the equation? How do we keep information private, is social justice being served? The techology is there but the privacy, ethical and intellectual property issues are not well known enough to future proof a person's rights, just yet.
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