Computer education in schools plays important role in students career development. Computer with the internet is the most powerful device that students can use to learn new skills and more advanced version of current lessons. Schools are around the globe teaching student’s basics of computers and internet.
The uses of computers and internet are growing day by day at high speed. In almost all business, companies, schools using computers for various official operations. New tech tools are coming that helping students to learn better.
Computers help students to draw the creativity on the computer such as by using windows paint program. If students are taking Hindi Classes or poem writing then they can do it by typing in Hindi on computers. If students are taking Mathematical classes they can use Microsoft Excel application to solve and understand questions.
2. Role of communication technology:
In the 21st century, technology plays a huge role in all facets of life, we always turn to computers to access information, create and express ourselves, communicate and collaborate, and track the achievement of learning outcomes. And as a part of smart city technology we must understand all factors of it.
Information Access:
Technology plays a central role in searching for information. Online reference material, such as Encyclopedia Britannica Online, offer vast amounts of content supplemented by engaging multimedia and interactive links. E-book collections offer thousands of texts, and the sheer number of online articles and journals devoted to every imaginable topic make research efficient and highly rewarding. Information technology thus plays a key role in the development of the autonomous learner.
Creativity and Self-Expression:
Information and communication technology also plays a role in expressing ourselves. Aided by the digital recording functions integrated into smartphones, tablets and other electronic devices, we are able to index the world the way they see it and add their own perspective to already existing bodies of knowledge to create original work. With audio, photo and video editing software and the various ways to post self-created media on the Web, we can not only access information but also contribute to its creation. The ability to be active members of the learning community, whether on the small scale of a school’s social media site or on the larger canvas of the entire World Wide Web, gives their work broader significance and affirmation.
Communication and Collaboration:
Information and communication technology provides more opportunities to communicate and collaborate. With Learning Management Systems such as Blackboard, many courses have an online space to participate in discussion threads and forums, chats, and video conferences. Collaborative functions in office applications allow us to view revisions and add comments in real time, making the process of relaying feedback more efficient.
Importance of computer in business
Computer speed up the business processes and systems with top quality. Today’s world computer is important to use to start any online and offline business. A computer is important to use in business to automate the manufacturing, marketing and, distribution process.
Computer help business to collect, manages, calculate, arrange, and visualize customer data and information. Computer helps to communicate faster with customer. It’s really important for the administration of the big or small organization and each field that manage resources and Opportunites.
Computer help creates marketing and advertising materials. Computer is used in business to create websites for business. The computer is important in business to automate the business transactions such as online banking, payment Gateway.
Computer is used around the world in almost all the private, government and home based business and organization. Without a computer, it’s impossible to conduct, run and grow the business. That’s why the computer is important to use in business organization and companies.
But let’s understand the importance and uses of computer in business. In following explanations I am including the commonly used computer and internet application that will explore the importance of computer in business.
10 Reasons in points what is the role of the computer in Business?
1. When anyone wants to start the business they use Computer
When you think and want to start or search business idea and facts then you start the computer, open the Internet browser and search innovative business ideas on Google. So, even before starting a business, million people daily search on Google new business ideas, website ideas, online business ideas, offline business or part time business ideas, home based business idea, travel business ideas, blogging business ideas, computer business ideas, data analytics business ideas and cloud storage business idea etc. and thousands other type of quires related to business.
Why? Because of computer search and find the information and data quickly and accurately. It’s the fastest method to share, get data and information related to business and career. That’s why billion people running or starting a business by using Computers.
2. When business owners start executing business idea and plans they use Computer
The role of computer in business is very productive when anyone starts executing business ideas and plans. To create business plan then business owners can use Microsoft Excel to perform financial calculation, marketing budget planning, visualization of data for seminars and meetings and analysis of data analytics to create innovative and unique valuable products and services.
Even if they don’t know how to create business plan, they can download the pre-defined and designed excel templates. They can also buy or purchased full business plan templates by using internet. They can also consult regarding the execution of their business idea, planning and implementation.
3. When they want to Print marketing and Advertising Material they Use Computer
Marketing and advertising is like a blood for business. Especially it’s very important for small business owners and home based businesses to survive. They need marketing and advertising material on daily basis. But to create marketing and advertising materials they have to use popular computer applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Corel Draw, Adobe Illustrator and printer etc. with or on the computer. Without computer it’s tough to create such marketing material (images, videos, slideshows, business cards, letter head, brochure etc.) in quickly and accurately. And also using computer to create online and offline marketing materials it’s really important to use computer in Business.
4. When companies want to hire employees they use Computer
In general it means using Internet, but to use Internet they have to use Computer/laptop to access and run websites. Yes, they can use Mobile, but mobile is also a small version of computer. One more thing is that it’s not convincing so far to hire people using mobile phone.
But using computer accessing freelancing website and online job portal to hire employees and remote workers are very convincing and time savings. Time is very important for higher level productivity. So, hiring remote workers on fixed price, hourly and project based methods it really cut down the cost of conducting the business online and offline.
5. When organizations want to Advertise and Market their products and services they use Computer with internet connection
Online marketing is the fastest way that is utilized ever to advertise and market products and services around the world within few seconds. Every business owners want quick profit, more results and targeted and customer oriented marketing. Without computer and internet it’s not possible. Google is existed still today is not because you can search on free but they charge for advertisements. Google Adwords is their biggest revenue generating machine. Similarly, Facebook also provide advertisement and marketing services to small and big business companies. Everything that you see on the Internet is connected directly or indirectly with advertisement and marketing.
Everyone can promote their business online faster by using and creating effective online marketing strategies.
So the use of computer with internet is more effective.
6. When Businesses want to sell the products around the World they use Computer
As discussed in 5th point that you not only market your products and services fast, but also you can sell the products on the Internet by targeting any country, state and city. Businesses use ecommerce website or create their own ecommerce website where they can sell the products and services to wider audience. Even home based business with 2-3 employees is making big profits by using technologies in business. That’s why it is with Internet become more powerful device to use in business.
7. Reduce the cost of product and service development
Big companies are using Hybrid Computer technologies to speed up the process and reduce the cost of manufacturing and production. Companies are using Robot’s in more complex and difficult works by replacing humans from dangerous environment. You can see Hybrid computers in transportation very soon.
Even in small business, marketing is automated, selling is automated, transactions are automated and hundreds of others things are automated by the use of Business Intelligence applications, artificial intelligence and clouding computing. All that is happening it’s because the use of computer in business.
8. Increase the demand of product and services
When cost of conducting business is low, then business can spend or will spend more money on Marketing and distribution process. That will increase the demand. Even after some time if demand goes negative due to negative demand curve or inflation or government policy change or unbalanced situation between demand and supply, they can modify, reconstruct, and remarket the products and services by using computer and Internet.
It’s because they have customer or client’s data. They collected this data by using business analytics tracking codes (such as Google Analytics code in the website) in the process of marketing and selling. They have feedback and reviews. So, they analyze that data to take future decision. As you know decision based on data is like risk management. In which data can help business consultant or entrepreneurs to take calculated risk and grow in the market silently.
9. Help to faster the business transactions and reports
It’s about Digital economy or cashless transactions in business. In every bank, you see employees are working on Computers, managing and handling daily cash withdrawal, transfers, cash deposits and checks etc. They are writing those details on the diary and also on computer applications. Most of the computer application need internet accesses, some application are banks own intranet based applications and other are offline such as Microsoft Office. Even now Microsoft Office 365 can be used online or cloud based application.
Even understanding computer in banking works can explore various things about the importance of computer in business. But similarly in businesses computer are used in every step. You find a computer in front office or reception, you can see employees working on computer, you can see managers are working on Laptops, you can see they are using transferring money, and communicating about net emails, mobile banking and payment gateway etc. Why? Because of in every part of business, we all have to use computer directly and indirectly. And sometime we use it as a customer and some time as a service provider.
10. Computer Help thousands of people worldwide to earn money by using Computer
If you visited cyber cafe, then you saw that cyber café owners is earning money and running cyber cafe business. They have 2-4-5 or 10 machines. They are creating your documents, checking results, printing documents and various other works only by using computer and his/her own brain.
Various online and offline IT related business are earning money by using computer and technologies. Someone selling computer and earning money, other one teaching computer earning money, someone selling computer application and earning money, someone is earning money by repairing computer. Etc. It’s amazing.
The importance of computers in our daily lives
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