Community and Family StudiesHSC Enrichment Day

2012

OptionSocial Impact of Technology

HSC Question

Identify ONE piece of technology, and outline its economic impact.

(4 Marks)

Students require knowledge of: • ONE piece of technology• Economic impact of technology –

positive and/or negative impacts• Relevant examples

B – Betterment of society

I – Improvement on existing technology

G – Global community emergence

C – Competition with existing technology

O – Other

R – Response to social problems

E – Economic benefit

(taken from Mitchell et al, 2011)

Reasons for the Development of Technology

Reasons for the Development of Technology

Reason Description Examples

* Improve upon existing technology

New and improved technologies are created to provide more advanced, superior products.

•Telephone•Television•Music•Refrigerators

* Economic benefit The production of technology can result in economic gain for both producers and consumers.

•E-tags• Mobile phones

* Competition with existing technology

A means of competing for consumer demand with other organisations or products.

•Mobile phones•MP3 players

* Social betterment Promote social change for the betterment or improvement of society as a whole.

•Dishwashers• Assistive technologies• Motor vehicle• Communication technologies

Reasons for the Development of Technology

Reasons Descriptions Examples

* Emergence of a global community

Creating an interactive global community, in which communication is made possible between communities.

•Webcam• Video conference

* Responses to social problems

Developed in an attempt to prevent or respond to current or future social problems.

•Medical care• Human mobility• Justice• Parenting

* Others * Performance enhancing technologies

HSC Question

Describe reasons for the development of technology.

(8 marks)

HSC Question

Identify technologies that have developed in response to social

problems and assess the impact of these technologies on communities.

(10 marks)

Technology as a Response to a Social Problem

Technology as a Response to a Social Problem – Prosthetic Limbs

What social problems have been addressed by this technology?

Impact of Technology on Community Life in the Future

Area of life Impact

Building

Communications

Consumer services

Entertainment

Finance

Food

Health and medicine

Knowledge

Leisure

Transport

References• http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_hsc/pdf_doc/communit

y-family-studies-st6-syl-from2010.pdf

• * Mitchell, K. Et al . (2011). Community and Family Studies: HSC Course. McGraw Hill; Sydney.

Useful Sources• http://hsc.csu.edu.au/

* Harrison, J. (2010). Excel Senior High School: Community and Family Studies. Pascal Press.