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ICT4D Course Work on how we can use ICT and Modernization to develop our people and culture.



Submitted By: Morris Emmanuel J.

Registration No: 2020-01-00387

Course: Master of Science in Software Engineering

Course Unit: ICT4D

Course Code:  ITE 7103

Year:                ONE

Semester:         ONE

Session:           DAY

Lecturer:         Pro. Muwanga Zaake

Submission Date: February 29th, 2020

Question: If ICT and Modernization is development, how are we going to use them to develop our people?





The ways in which we can use ICT and Modernization to development our people or culture are as below:

1.      Information & Communication Technology (ICT) has been and will ways be an instrument  for developing our People and Culture in the below paragraph:
a)      We can encourage the uses of cell phones in a more convincing and agreed manner, especially in rural areas where there is a low-cost for communication. Our people in those villages should use these cell phones to transact their business by means of communicating with one another during and after business transactions
b)      Farmers should also be encouraged to use ICT to track their crops information such as: When will be the next harvest, weather updates from those cell phones will helped our farmers to have a clear idea on their projects and plans for days and weeks ahead
c)      Farmers should also be encouraged to use tracking devices to monitor their livestock’s locations and safety from harms
d)       Agriculture farmers, Livestock’s farmers, and Agro farmers should be encouraged to use electronic payment system for all their goods and services, transactions between sellers and buyers is increasing on a daily basis, and if a   saved medium like electronic payment is introduced, transactions of money for our people that have unreachability bank issues will be things of the past

2.      Since Modernization is interpreted as the social transformation from agrarian societies to industrial ones, it is important to look at the technological viewpoint; however, societal changes should not be imposed, but rather it should be discussed, agreed upon, and gradually integrated into our people culture and ways of life. Below are few details:
a)      Development makes it possible for more innovative society and social changes to take place between and among our people, but those changes should not be forced on our people, but rather it should be defined and understood by our people for their own forward march
b)      Development had been characterized as the engine of innovative change in ideas and thoughts, its implications on our people and culture should not reflect negatively on our people by discouraging them from their ways of life but rather its should improve their ways of life through agreed integration of programs that will not abolished our people culture but rather improve our people life and culture

In conclusion, if the aforementioned is well followed and improve upon, I am very show that we can used both ICT and Modernization to develop our people and culture.     




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