The purpose of this blog is to show my competence to produce an online resource package which will discuss the application of technology to a specific occupational therapy context.This blog also explores a chosen occupation that I participate in, breaking it down for a greater understanding of it. Read away :)
Last activity engagement for these blogs on 23.10.2011
Today I focussed on finishing the song I had started to learn just over a week ago, which was 'Hero of war' by Rise Against. While playing the rest if this song, I thought hard about each of these engagements in terms of all the things we were asked to think about. I Recalled examining ergonomics, affordances, ambience and practical considerations. Everything under these headings I found really pulled apart my guitar playing as an occupation, and even though it was already so important to me, I found out so much more about it, and what it really means to me. It's been a very meaningful, and mindful experience.
In conclusion of these blogs:
Through the weekly activity accounts, i've learnt about my chosen occupation of guitar playing and learnt alot about myself also. I already knew of the great importance occupation played in the lives of humans, but going through it in this way has helped me recognise the simple vitality of it.
I've found that my chosen occupation of guitar playing fits under the framework umbrella of WORK, and under that umbrella is the framework of PLAY. I will use this to further reflect and analyse my engagement in this occupation.
Reference #5
"Occupation based activity analysis places the person in the foreground. It takes into account th particular persons' interests, goals, abilities, and contexts, as well as demands of the activity itself. These considerations shape the practitioner's effort to help the person reach his or her goals through carefully designed evaluation and intervention", (Crepeau, 1991)
I chose this as the last reference, because I think it's perfect in outlining why this blog was such a perfect way to find out more about a certain occupation. With analysis, you learn so much about it, and can use these learning to better your experience with the occupation. I will definitely feel more prepared and more connected to my guitar whenever I play after learning so much about it.
Peer reviewing:
#1 Amanda Bierre - 1st posting on the 11.09.2011
#2 Godhelp - 6th posting on the 13.10.2011
#3 Erin Hancock - 4th posting on the 14.10.2011
#4 Cara Tate - 6th posting on the 25.10.2011
All References cited across ALL blogs:
Caulton, R. (1994). Occupation and healing: at home, at work, at play. Occupation Journal, Vol. 1, No.1.
Crepeau, E, B. (1991). Achieving intersubjective understanding: Examples from as occupational therapy treatment session. American Journal of Occupational Therapy, 44, 311-317
Gaimen, N. (2005). Anansai Boys: Harper Torch
Gibson, B. (2001). Performing matters. Great Britain: England. Athenaeum Press.
Today I learnt one of my all time favourite songs which is 'Hero of war' by Rise against, my favourite band presently. It gave me huge joy to sit and learn this song, and play tunes to match the song in my itunes. I've held off learning this song previously because it has many chords and cold prove difficult, but I gave it a go, and I got to the first chorus in an hour, and had verse 1 nailed. I plan to finish the song in my next activity engagement for the conclusion of these postings. But for today, while I played, I focused on what was needed in order for me to play, and why I need them, which made focus on why I need my guitar. What I found is as follows:
Bits and Peices:
Some of the things that are essential to my guitar playing are as follows:
Guitar
pick
correct strings
tuner
chords and notes
capo
Those are the main bits and peices I would expect anybody to have a hold of when picking up a guitar to play it. Other considerations that would need to be made is a practical place in which to play. Firstly, you can just play anywhere, but being considerate to others is key. I mostly play in my room while practising, so that not everyone has to listen when I mess up. I've also found it is an essential part of playing the guitar to practise often enough to form calluses on your fingertips, that way you get a much cleaner sound from your chords, because you can press down so much harder.
The main consideration I would say is the toughest for me is money. I didn't buy the guitar itself, but I paid for the capo and for the strings, and a set of replacement strings because the break often, which shows the need for ongoing costs. Being a student, that can be quite a big deal for me.
Why I need my guitar:
This is an occupation I would never give up, simply because it brings me such joy. This is the occupation I definitely share the most passion for and will for the rest of my life. A part from the considerations of WHAT is needed, I focus primarily on NEEDING to need it. My guitar is a part of me, so that would be the biggest practical consideration for me.
Today I simply picked up my guitar and playing for half an hour. I played finger picking techniques that are used for practise, I practised strumming techniques, I played the few songs that I knew from beginning to end including 'Hey there delilah' by the Plain White T's and 'Hey, soul sister' by Train.
I sat on my bed, propped up by pillows, my guitar over my lap and I just played, and enjoyed the sun on my back from the windows behind me. Today, while I enjoyed playing, I focussed on noticing the environment around me, and how it made me feel. The nature of guitar playing, to me, is feeling serene, in control, and absolutely at ease with the world in that moment. I defintely felt all that when playing today. I don't do this for anyone else but me, it is something for me to enjoy, and to me, that is the essence of this activity. It creates such a rich sense of enjoyment and satisfaction that could rarely be replicated with another activity.
Music can be an important identifying aspect of who I am, and how people perceive me. I'e never hidden my love for music and therefore could relate to how I interact with others and they respond to me. I connect to others on a different level who always share a joy and passion for music, and I think this is a place for me in human society. I engage well with these people, and says a lot about who I am. I find songs deep and meaningful if written will and have great music to go with it. Songs aren't just songs, music isn't just music. It's so much more than that for me. It creates great feelings and memories and so much more.
Reference #4
"Songs remain. They last. The right song can turn an emperor into a laughing stock, can bring down dynasties. A song can last long after the events and the people in it are dust and dreams and gone. That's the power of songs" (Anansai boys, 2005).
I chose this quote, because it pulls out what I was saying earlier, about how music isn't just music. The Anansai boys created these lines to show that songs have a power behind them, and I believe that power can show through certain people and their beliefs and values, whether it's guitar playing, song writing, painting or any other activity that one might engage in. I very much value songs and music, and can always pull out underlying meanings from lyrics, and use my own lyrics to express my feelings and emotions. That is the power of songs to me.
Account of my participation in this activity on 30.09.2011
This time, instead of devoting a few hours to learning an entire song, I was given a lesson on strumming techniques from my partner, who has been a participant of this activity for 9 years now.
Communications:
Today, communication was crucial for my engagment in this activity, because I was being taught strumming types, so I had to be able to listen and mimic effectively. I was also given praise from Tom, my partner, when I got certain strumming types right, and I also gave out praise from his excellent teaching strategies. I found I got frustrated at times when I couldn't get it right, but I would keep trying, with encouragement.
Connections:
It was Tom, who first introduced me to guitar playing, making a hobby out of something I was already very interested in. Tom gave me my first acoustic guitar, it's name is nyley, because it has nylon strings. From this, I'm able to see the relevance of using affordance to pull apart my chosen activity, in terms of connections, because every time I pick up my guitar to start playing it, I am reminded of Tom, who lives in Tauranga, so it is always a comforting reminder and adds extra passion for my guitar involvement.
With Tom's, legendary skills, he took me over 3 different strumming techniques that will be useful in my future playing for when I move from finger picking songs to proper chord involvement. While playing a certain strum type, I am reminded of a song that John Mayer plays, which immediately reminds me of my grandmother, who passed away last year, who adored John Mayer. From playing, I can always pull out things that spawn memories and connections that make me feel as though playing the guitar brings me closer to people who are fr away, or who have passed.
Reference #3
"Having good connections, making connections, finding the right connection, are the ways in which human beings got on in the world", (Wilson, 1976).
I chose this quote for my third reference in these blogs because to me it shows the vitality of engaging in something that you experience and pull connections from. To me, I wouldn't participate so often in an activity if it meant nothing to me. However, I find that connections are what I pull the most from my activity engagement when playing my guitar, and so I completely agree with Wilson when it is said that it is how "human beings get on in the world" -- having meaning in something makes it worthwhile, makes it something you NEED to do, not just WANT. Ethics
In further regards to affordances, and from this certain activity engagement today, I can point out some good and bad things about playing the guitar.
Good:
Learning this skill makes me and others happy
Makes me feel a sense of accomplishment when I nail it
It allows to spend time among others, being taught, or playing in front of others
I feel joy that I can do something that not everyone else can do
Joy of playing something I am very passionate about
Bad:
Takes up a lot of time
Can be painful on my fingers
Can cause calluses to form on my fingertips
From this activity account, and from writing about it in this blog, pulling out the affordance aspects, I can see the things that make this activity a NEED, and not just a WANT. I find that I pull out more connections than anythings else, which shows me that I NEED to play the guitar because the connections around it that much more important to me.
References:
Wilson, P.J. (1976). At our wits beginnings. Anthropology department, Otago university, Dunedin, New Zealand.
Account of my participation in this activity on 22.09.2011
Today I picked a song to learn to play, and after scouring the internet for a good guitar tab for "Hey there Delilah" by the Plain white T's, I found one that was more appropriate to my style of playing. Ergonomics comes into this because I adapted my search for guitar tabs to my own abilities so that I can still participate in my activity. For example, had I chosen a guitar tab that was far beyond my abilities (Bar chords and palm muting for example), then my participation would be slack, whereas I made adjustments to the activity, by finding a finger picking guitar tab to play the chosen song in order to ensure that I can play it. In choosing my guitar tab, I went through the chords in all the verses first, and once I had those nailed, I worked on the chorus. It took me just over two hours to learn to play song, as it is quite a basic song for those who aren't mega pros just yet...
Again from playing the guitar today, I can see the relevance of ergonomics in this activity, as while I went through all of the notes and where my fingers had to be in the frets etc, I found myself making adjustments all the time to make it easier for me to play. For example, in verse two, the guitar tab told me to have my pinky in fret 4 in prep for the next chord, but since my hands are relatively small, this is difficult, so instead I moved my hand over a fret to play the same chords, but allowed me to use my ring finger instead of my pinky finger.
Reference #2
"Whether we play an instrument on a regular basis, or just occasionally, or even when performing on it for the first time, we form a relationship with it. People talk to machines such as computers, washing machines, bikes toys (especially when they don't seem to be cooperating), this includes instruments. It can be helpful to allow an instrument to to take on a kind of separate 'identity', or even 'personality'", (Gibson, 2001).
I thought this quote was a good reference to have in terms of ergonomics, simply because it is taking an instrument and literally giving it a life of its own in order for it to work better for you. Gibson is speaking of forming that relationship with an object in order to feel more connected with it, creating a better relationship which not only creates a better participative style but for me, creates btter music, because it's not just a guitar to me, and because of that, My guitar playing is better for me, and suits me better.
Here is an example of the "Hey there Delilah" Guitar Tab from 'Ultimate Guitar', Verse Two
Verse 2: D F#m D F#m e---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3---2---2---2-------| G---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------| D-0---0---0---0---4---4---4---4---0---0---0---0---4---4---4---4----| A--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bm G A Bm A e---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B---3---3---3-------3---3---2---2---3---3---3---3---2---2---5---5---| G---4---4---4-------4---4---2---2---4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2---| D--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A-2---2---2---0-----------0---0---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----| E-----------------3---3----------------------------------------------------|
D F#m D F#m e---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B---3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2---3---3---3---3---2---2---2-------| G---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-------| D-0---0---0---0---4---4---4---4---0---0---0---0---4---4---4---4----| A--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bm G A Bm A e---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B---3---3---3-------3---3---2---2---3---3---3---3---2---2---5---5---| G---4---4---4-------4---4---2---2---4---4---4---4---2---2---2---2---| D--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A-2---2---2---0-----------0---0---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0-----| E-----------------3---3----------------------------------------------------|
This blog is a continuation of the Participation in Occupation One blog from last semester. Though this time around, I will talking about an occupation that I have great interest in.
My chosen occupation is: PLAYING THE GUITAR! :)
What does playing the guitar really mean to me?
I have always had a great passion for music from all kinds of genres. It was something that allowed me to mellow out in my own comfortable space with some great tunes that will relax me. It was the perfect time for me to reflect on things. In learning the guitar, which I have been doing for the past 2 and a half years, I was able to feel like I really connect to this passion of mine, and it has become a great way for me to have time to myself, time to think, and is also a great social stimulant also, allowing the extreme opposites of solo time and social time within one hobby.
Personal experiences with my guitar (Mindfulness).
Playing the guitar requires me to have great concentration and the ability to repeat notes and chords over and over until I manage to get it right. This can take hours and hours of time to myself, taking me out of my current reality, where it's just me and my guitar.
Keys word that spring to mind when thinkging about playing the guitar:
Being an OT student, what does playing the guitar mean to me in terms of Occupation?
The guitar requires great dexterity in the hands and fingers, where the basis of playing the strings come from fine motor movement. The constant playing will help me exercise my fingers and keep my fine motor movements up to par
As a student, the ability to concentrate can be key, so I find that being able to concentrate for long periods of time to master a song is a good ability to have.
Meaningful occupations should be something a person enjoys to do, so I think I nailed it with choosing to learn the acoustic guitar because it makes me so happy to play and gives me a sense of great satisfaction. Its such a great tool for me to have time to myself, but it can also provide great entertainment for social gatherings, even if the singing along with the guitar playing isn't exactly on tone...
Reference #1
"Those who are occupied, people who are 'playing' are likely to be active, aroused, and full of life, commited, organised, structured, responsible, and have a vested interest in their surroundings. They are orientated, interested, motivated, concerned, attentive, involved, careful, heedful, attached, connected and enthusiastic", (Caulton, 1994)
I chose this reference, because it is perfect to outline how important occupying ourselves are, and what it can mean and create for an individual person. All of these identifying characters in the quote above outline how an occupation can make something evolve in a person, can shape who they are and how they are perceived, and perhaps how they want to be perceived. I feel like a part of me chose to play the guitar to show the world that I can learn something that's difficult, that I have talent, that I'm hard-working, passionate for music, motivated, attentive, commited to something I am passionate about. This reference from Caulton, I think, snapshots how an identity is formed through doing. Through occupation, we become who we are. I am a guitar player, and I love being that person and doing that occupation.
Reference List
Caulton, R. (1994). Occupation and healing: at home, at work, at play. Occupation Journal, Vol. 1, No.1.
Cook and Hussey (1995) have defined assistive technology as being "any item or piece of equipment or product system whether acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized that is used to increase functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities". To me, this definition means that assistive technology is any piece of equipment that will help someone return to function in terms of day to day tasks. An example of this, is speech recognition.
(Image one)
Speech recognition is a software that allows people to communicate with technology through speaking to it, and it generates the words for them. This is useful for someone has trouble texting, writing & typing etc. It is easy to use, as it comes with manuals, and it is compactible and small which makes it prime to carry around to have for use when needed. It is compatible with all types of technology, such as computers or cellphones. The costs range from $40-$150, which won't break the bank.
(You tube, 2011)
The above video from you Tube, is an example of somebody who is wheelchair bound and uses assistive technology to be able to use a computer, and this is speech recognition. With this video, we can see how much speech recognition can help a person get back to doing a task they enjoy, such as using a computer.
References:
Cook, A. M. & Hussey, S. M. (1996). Assistive technologies: Principles and practice. USA: Mosby
For this tutorial, we were taught how to add links to pages of interest to our blogs, in this case, we are linking to other blogs related to occupational therapy, so I linked my fellow classmates how have blogged this year. These links can be shown to the right of the page on my blog. I also commented on Amanda's blog to show my interest in her written blog to show my understanding of exchanging comments when interest is supplied.
I have a picture example of this exchanging of comments, but the blogger server is rejecting it as an image.
I have also linked to Google, Facebook and YouTube, as they are useful sites to cater for all kinds of things, such as finding information, socialising and viewing examples of all kinds of things. These sites are defintely of interest
In this entry I am going to talk about a few online communities in relation to topic from my placement at Child and adolescent mental health services. I spent four weeks assisting an occupational therapist in a child and adolescent mental health care unit at Tauranga Hospital. The tpoic I will talk about is the social interaction between children. These are three online communities that would relate to my time spent there and help me understand the tasks I was undergoing much better.
Facebook is a large online social network that is worldwide. As of January 2011, it has over 600 million active nusers. This online community allows you to create your own profile, add other users as friends and excahnge messages including automatic messages when their profiles are updated. It is extremely interactive, allowing people to make their profiles and contribute ideas and interests. Additionally, the users can join common interest groups and connect with others with similar interests. I found this an interesting site in respect to CAMHS, as a lot, if not all, the clients used this site to connect with their friends, family etc. Being a facebook user myself, it helped me to understand the social standing of the kids I was working with. The ethical issue that can arise from facebook, is that anyone can send mssages or post on anyones pages, which can mean that some people may get messages or have comments posted on their public page that they dont want there.
Equine therapy: Riding for the Disabled
Riding for the disabled (RDA), is a therapeutic nteraction with horses in order to develop increased ability and self esteem for children with physucal and inteleectual difficulties. This website goes over how equine therapy helps to work with the children and how it can beneift them. Its not very interactive, as its mainly an informational site for people to refer to. I found this a useful website to refer to, as on my placement at CAMHS, I attended an RDA with a few of my clients, and understanding how it helps is a useful tool in this situation. This was one of many therapeutic activities that were used in this setting.
Blogspot
Blogger is a website where you can create your own blog and write about whatever you desire. People create blogs to write demonstrations and tutorials, write about their own lives, or create stories and explore their own imaginations. Blogger is very interactive, where people can make their own blogs, contribute ideas and information and interact with other peoples blogs. I found blogger and interesting website in terms of CAMHS as they are encouraged to explore their own lives, and I think Blogger wold be a good place to do so, as it allows you to create insight and understand things better when great thought is put into it.
http://www.youtube.com/
This is a website call youtube, which is a video sharing website on which users can upload, share and view videos posted by other users of this online source. This site includes all kinds of videos, such as; movie clips, TV clips and music videos.
Youtube can be super useful to find information and learn more about a specific topic, or how to do something. My second fieldwork I was in a retirement village, and there I learned a lot about adaptive devices to help people carry out their ADL's (Activities of Daily Living). So, I am going to show you 5 video clips taken from youtube, which will help you understand a bit more about adaptive devices, which is useful in a retirement setting.
This video goes over the understanding of adaptive devices for ADL's
This video helps a person to understand a little bit about using adaptive equipment in the bathroom, such as helping a person use the toilet or get into the shower.
This video helps a person to understand a little bit about the use to adaptive equipment in the bedroom, such as helping a person get dressed.
This next video goes over how to use adaptive equipment in the kitchen, such as using an object to help you pour water from a jug, or something that aids you in taking lids off containers.
This last video I found on youtube goes over a specific adaptive device to help someone who is deaf.
With these youtube videos we can see how we can go onto this site and learn about something specific so that we can understand it better and be better equipped in some situations, such as working in a retirement village where a general knowledge of adaptive equipment would be necessary as it can improve sometimes ability to function independently with their day to day tasks.
We were asked to create a video to show our understanding of using technology, such as a camera, and to create this video around a specific letter. The chosen letter for my video was "c", and I went around the house as I was away at school the day these were done, and I filmed things that begun with "c" to show my understanding of using a camera and a tripod. The use of scripting was integrated into my video making, as I added special effects such as fade in and fade out.
In this tutorial, I am showing my competency in setting up a tripod and camera and using it to capture 5 photos, which will be uploaded in the next tutorial. The task will then be to upload these photos to a Flickr account, which then be connected to our blog here on blogspot.com.
Some hardware and software that I am familiar with are video cameras, digital cameras, desk top computers, lap top computers, handhelds and camera phones.
There are many examples of digital imaging used to provide information and take digital images. These examples are:
Video cameras
(Digital Video, Personal video, 2009)
A video camera is used for electronic motion picture acquisition. There are two ways that a video camera is primarily used for. The first one is for live television broadcast. The second is used to capture moving images and store them to be broadcasted on television on a later date. This includes video manipualtion and editing. Another way that digital video is being used is to caputre moving image for personal reasons with your own portable device, such as speeches at a birthday party or a family event.
Digital Cameras
(Digital Camera Image, Personal Image, 2010)
A didgital camera is primarily used to capture still photographs. We can see how the 21st century is the advanced technology century, using digital cameras as an example, as most cameras of the 21st century are digital. Digital cameras somewhat replace film cameras, because they can do things that film cameras cannot. Examples of this is that digital cameras can display the images on screen immediately after being captured, it can store thousands of images on the one small memory device and can choose to keep or delete the recorded images at your own will. This has allowed us to quikly and effectively capture images and use them in many different ways.
Web cameras
(Ehow, 1999-2011)
A webcam is essentially a video camera which feeds its images in real time to a computer network. This is called a video link, permitting the computer to act as a video conference station.
Laptops
(Laptoppicker, 2011)
A laptop provides the same technology services as a desktop computer, but is known for its mobile use and its compactibility. It is essentially a display screen, keyboard, a pointing device and speakers in a single unit. The main upside of a laptop is its portability. Portability means that a laptop can be used in many places; not only at home and at the office, but also during commuting and flights, in coffee shops, in lecture halls and libraries, at clients' location or at a meeting room, etc.
Camera phones
(Slipperybrick, 2011)
A camera phone is a mobile phone which is able to capture either still photographs or videos. This has only recently become available, and is another example of the advancment of technology in the 21st century. The downside to camera phones in comparison to digital cameras is that their fixed focus lenses and smaller sensors limit the performance and quality of the photo.
"A new technology is rarely superior to an old one in every feature"
I think there is truth to this quote, simply because there are definite upsides and downsides to new technology. The technology available in terms of digital imaging, allows us take thousands of photos on one smal device, look at them straight after being taken, delete or keep at will, upload in a matter of seconds and manipulate. Whereas with the old technology, we would have to take a few photographs, print them in order to see how they turned out, and then store into albums as an example. A downside to the new technology, is that we don't build this attachment to the photographs we have taken, because its so quick and easy and we no longer have to have them in an album in order to view them. Now a days, we can just upload them to a social networking site for everyone we know to view and because of this, it becomes easy to forget about them.
There are many ethical issues that can arise from digital imaging because we now have the ability to take thousands of photos, but we don't necessarily know who is in the photos. If taking pictures in public, we may accidentally snap photos of strangers, and if we were to upload them onto the internet without the persons permission, they may not want their photograph on the net. An example of this is when Google maps snapped images for their mapping system without seeing if there was anybody in the picture first, and ended up with a photo(s) that not everyone would like to see, which invaded someones privacy.
This video shows a lady falling down an escalator, filmed by somebody at the airport and uploaded to youtube for everyone to view. I know that if it were me, I wouldn't want this posted on the internet as it would be very embarassing, and couldv'e seriously been injuring. This shows that ethical issues need to be considered in terms of digital imaging as not everything should be uploaded for public viewing and permission should be asked for.
Digital imaging can be a very useful tool for Occupational Therapists as it can help us to teach or facilitate ideas to clients. It can be a very good learning tool, as well as help us as OT's to keep track of our client's progress with their treatment. An example of using digital imaging as a learning tool, is by taking snapshots of putting an intervention technique into practise and giving it to the client to refer to when practising this techniques. Such as how to use a dressing stick to safely and effectively put on a coat for someone with haemoplegia. Another way is to video a techinique for the client to refer to. This shows how OT's can use digital imaging to their benefit in their practise.
This post will explore the use of digital technology as well as the ethical issues related to technological use as a medium for information distribution.
InformationTechnology, by dictionary defitinion, is the production, storage and communicatnion of information using computers and microelectronics, (Collins English Dictionary, 2003).
This definition tells me that through the use of technology, and more specifically computers, we have become able to communicate with others world wide, create various documents and store them and altogether use this source of technology to do a vast variety of things. This defintion from the Collins Dictionary has covered the main basis of what technology is able to do, but in specualtion, the amount of things that can be achieved through the use of technology is phenominal.
In todays society, the majority of job occupations use technology in their settings, whether just for communication, or to carry out the job tasks altogether. A wide range of technology is availble for leisure occupations also, and many of the adolescents of this time enjoy occupying their time through technology with computer games, online streaming or social networks.
"Information and communication technologies, such as online shopping, instant messaging, digital photography, computer games and mobile phones, are becoming everyday meaningful occupations", (British Journal of OT, 2008).
Technology has become so well known, that to be in a place void of technology would seem like an alien place, showing the extent to how common place technology has become. Generation Y has even been deemed the 'Techno-savvy generation' as they are the first generation to have technology from birth (Theage, 2011). Through this we can see how technology has infused with our everyday lives, showing how prevalent it has become in our society. The steady progress of technoloys is ever inspiring and will only spawn continuous advances, meaning technonlogy will always be a part of our society.
This video from Youtube goes through the use of information technology in everyday lives and how it has become implanted into our lifestyles, (Youtube, 2011)
IT devices and systems that I am familiar and comfortable with are a wide variety of what is available such as cellphones, Ipods, computers etc. I find that I'm quite techno-savvy myself, being generation Y, and that I'm quite computer literate, finding it easy to navigate most things technological.
Information technology is being used by Occupational Therapists to ensure that therapy remain meaningful to their clients. Technology can be useful to improve both functional independence and occupational performance. I think IT is useful to be a part of as it plays such a big role in the lives of ordinary everyday people.
Ethical implications that can arise is that if someone were to upload a picture or video of someone where consent wasn't given to upload it, it could have ethical implications. It could cause embarrassment etc for the person who is involved in these.
Intellectual property is a way of saying that something belongs to you, and you have the exclusive rights to that something. Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets. An exapmple of intellectual property would be the use of the copyright symbol.
Social Justice generally refers to the idea of creating a society or institution tha is based that is based on the principles of equality and solidarity, that understands human rights and recognizes the dignity of every human being.
Informed consent is the consent from a patient or client to undergo a certin treatment plan or to be a particpant in an experiment, and that they understand the risks that involved with the treatment or experiment etc.
References
Collins English Dictionary. (2003).
Ryan, S., & Verdonck, Michelle. (2008). Mainstream Technology as an Occupational Therpay Tool: Technophobe or Technogeek?. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71(6), 253-256.
