STIC - Engineering:
The Workplace
 Technology
ACTIVITY: Reading, followed by Q&A
TIME: 30 min.
LEARNING OUTCOME: Participants will isolate 2-4 ways
in which technology is affecting members of their profession.
DESCRIPTION:
- Instruct participants to use
the Technology materials in their Resource Package to complete the
exercise on page 43
 of
their workbook. Have them hand in their work and return it the next
day.
- Mention some emerging technologies that may have an
impact on the engineering profession and society in general.
- According to Human Resources and Skills Development (HRSD) new and
emerging sectors in the economy include;
- Aerospace
- Biotechnology in: agriculture; forestry; fishing;
- Pharmaceuticals
- Call Centres
- Environment-related technologies
- Multimedia
- Telehealth
- Tele-learning
- Also in the "2020 Engineering forum" held in 2001 the following
areas of engineering were identified as areas of increasing activity
in the next 20 years:
- New Materials and Biomaterials
- Informatics
- Surface Science
- Nanotechnology
- Imaging
- Biotechnology
- Proteomics and Genetics (Protein Engineering and
Genetics Engineering)
- Microarrays or Gene Chips
- Metabolic Engineering
- Catalysis
- Advanced Microscopy
- Sensors
- These new and emerging sectors will continue to rely on traditional
occupations although the duties for many jobs may be broadened and
will acquire new skills.
- Internet usage is increasing around the world. E-commerce for Business-to-Business
(B2B) and Business to Consumer are transforming key business processes.
- Futurists predict that someday the three most powerful technologies -the
telephone, television and computer- will merge into one " media appliance" that
will be inexpensive and available to everyone. No one knows what's
going to happen when these three technologies merge, but everyone
agrees about one thing- incredible changes in how we live, work,
shop and use our leisure time will take place.
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- Lesson Plan
- Participant Workbook page 43
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