THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNET ON ICT

DEPARTMENT IN LEATON SCHOOL

TOLEDO CITY
B. CHAPTER ONE: THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY

Internet is one of the most exceptional innovations in the 20th and 21st centuries whose
significance in the other industry cannot be overemphasized. Most of the work place or work
organizations have accepted and embraced the benefits of utilizing the internet in their everyday
work, making it a very essential tool in work.

Using internet in the work place makes the business more competitive and productive and
enhances the movement of work tasks. Internet accelerates communication to the point that it is
almost used 24 hours a day. Internet enhances the effectiveness of some wireless devices such as
phones and laptops by enabling the devices to send and receive emails at any time of the day.
Workers can access their colleague, data and documents while seamlessly working from virtually
anywhere. The Internet also has a positive impact on management and leadership. It enables the
employee to communicate with their co-workers without meeting them personally. They can easily
chat with their co-workers via common application or software such as Skype, Yahoo, and Facebook
messenger they can also find any data on almost any subject they are looking for.

The Internet has a capability of long distance learning, it is called and e-learning classroom.
Thorough online school, the workers can widen their knowledge without leaving the job or the work
place. The time of the workers spend in training from work would reduce.

In our generation, the internet is basically fit to our daily needs. In the age of information, it is almost
impossible to cope up without the access of internet.

By having the internet in the workplace, the workers gain access to big volume of information. This
information can assist them in solving work-related problems and increase the organizations
productivity. By using search engine such as Google and Yahoo, they can also find any data they
need.

The Internet is a new and innovative medium that can completely change the lives of people
much as television did in the 1950s and 1960s. The Internet changes people’s lives in terms of
reaching, disseminating, creating, and evaluating a huge amount of information easily and quickly,
communicating with many different kinds of people separated by space and time, and reallocating
time for their daily activities. Through various types of Internet uses, such as, e-mail, newsgroups,
and chatting, the way people communicate is changed. Since the Internet has changed our lives in a
revolutionary way, we cannot help but study and investigate the Internet as to what influence it has
on us.

Based on the statistics of the United States indicate that, the end of 2002 connected 166 million
people connected to the Internet, representing 59 percent of the population (CyberAtlas, June 11,
2003). Coupled with this high connection rate and increasing use of fast connection systems such as
cable modems, Americans also spend a lot more time on the Net than the citizens of other countries.
As reported by Nielsen//NetRatings Inc. in May 2003, the average Web usage in the United Kingdom

was about 12 hours per month for both home and work combined, while the corresponding
statistics for Australia was 13.5 hours per month (CyberAtlas, June 16 2003). In the United States,

the total time spent on the Web was about 99 hours per month (25.5 hours at home and 73.5 hours
at work). The rapid diffusion of the Internet is not a unique to the United States. Internet
penetration in the European Union has also shown very rapid growth during the last few years. The
number of households online has increased from18.3 percent in March 2000 to 40.4 percent in June
2002. Five countries now exceed the 50% penetration rate with the Netherlands leading the pack (66
%), followed by Denmark (65 %), Sweden (64 %), Luxembourg (55 %) and Finland (54 percent).
Greece had the lowest penetration rate in EU with 9 percent (eEuropa). By the end of 2002, 48
countries in the world had Internet populations of 1 million or more (Cyber Atlas, June 11). The
United States leads the world in Internet technology and usage. Overall, it was estimated that 143
million Americans (54 percent of the American population) were using the Internet, up from 45
percent in August 2000 (DOC, 2002). Japan had the second largest online population with 56 million
people and 44 percent access rate while China, the most populous country in the world, ranked
number three with 46 million people but only 4 percent access rate. Turkey had 2.5 million people
online with an access rate of 4 percent. Countries with similar access range were Romania (4 %),
China (4 %), Mexico (3 %), Colombia (3 %), Indonesia (2 %), Pakistan (1 %) and India (1 %). With
widespread connectivity and constantly emerging tantalizing online activities, people are spending
more and more time online for studying, learning, communicating, creating, and entertaining
themselves. There is a fine line between healthy use and problematic use, which is getting blurred
these days. Individuals found to be “Internet-dependent” have also frequently been found to be
more attracted to interactive Internet applications, such as chatting, games, and shopping, whereas
nondependent individuals seem to use the Internet almost exclusively for sending emails and
searching for information. Researchers documented that half of those labelled “Internet-dependent”
had been online for less than 1 year indicating that new users may be more inclined to develop
problematic behaviors associated with their internet use, whereas more than two-thirds of “non-
Internet-dependent” who had been using online activities for over a year indicate that excessive
Internet could wear off over time among users.

According to Chron, some employers monitor Internet use in the workplace to protect their
companies from legal problems that could arise if employees use company computers for
inappropriate or illegal online activities. Other employers are concerned about a decline in
productivity as some workers use the Internet to handle personal business on company time. The
ethical challenge that companies face involves protecting their interests through Internet monitoring
while ensuring they don't go so far that employees lose all sense of privacy in the workplace.

Companies that monitor workers' Internet use may install software on computers that blocks
access to specific sites or restricts the amount of time that employees can spend on sites that are
unrelated to their jobs. In any case, a "PC World" article by Tony Bradley indicates that employers
 can establish respect for employees' privacy by creating a written policy that clearly defines
acceptable uses for company computers. The policy should outline the consequences for violating
the policy as well as the company's right to monitor Internet use. Bradley notes that Internet

monitoring could be a breach of privacy if employees never receive written notice on the
appropriate use of company computers and the employer's right to monitor online activities.

CONCEPTUAL FRAME WORK

In the diagram below, it shows the flow, the direction how the study will end up in a credible
answers and solutions to the problem. The first part of the diagram shows the Input. In this part, the
needed information are shown and enumerated. This information will serve as the basis of our
research. The second part which is the Process shows what will be the action and treatment of the
researchers with the given data and how are they going to use it as their basis for the formulation of
the possible solutions. The Output which is the third and the last part of the shows the completed
product of the-whole-research- paper.

INPUT PROCESS OUTCOME

A. How does the internet

possibly fasten the works
inside the ICT department?

B. How does the internet helps

the ICT Department in terms
of:

*Exchange of files or
documents.*Update about the
trend innovation in
ICT.*Verifies the latest A. Documentation
improvements of software and A. Internet in ICT
hardware. B. Observation Department

C. What are the advantages of C. Analysis

Internet inside the ICT
Department?

D. What are the dis-

advantages on Internet inside
the ICT Department?

E. How does the Internet help

the ICT teachers and ICT
students to clearly understand
the lessons?
STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
This research aims to discuss the Effectiveness of the internet on ICT Department in Leaton School
Toledo City. Specifically the following questions will be verified and answered:

1. How does the internet possibly fasten the works inside the ICT department?

2. How does the internet helps the ICT Department in terms of:

2.1. Exchange of files or documents.

2.2 Update about the trend innovation in ICT.

2.3. Verifies the latest improvements of software and hardware.

3. What are the advantages of Internet inside the ICT Department?

4. What are the disadvantages on Internet inside the ICT Department?

5. How does the Internet help the ICT teachers and ICT students to clearly understand the lessons?

RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
ALTERNATIVE

 There is significant effect of the internet on ICT Department in Leaton School Toledo City.

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 There is no significant effect of the internet on ICT Department in Leaton School Toledo City.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

This research will be significant on promoting of how the internet is more effective on ICT
Department to have a good and advance learning that we needed on our school.

For the Students

The significance of this study to the students is to help them in advance learning and to make an
easy way of acknowledging the lessons.

For the School

The significance of this study to the teachers is to have a materials if in case they needed to search
for some lessons for the students in our school most especially on ICT teachers in ICT Department
for the computer problems inside the lab in our school.
For the Administration

The significance of this study to the administration is to give them another information on creating
projects for the school not even for school but also for the area where they reign of.

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY

This study was based on the information’s that had been gathered on the other studies about the
effectiveness of the internet on ICT Department in Leaton School Toledo City.

The researchers will do documentation, observation and analysis on how the internet is effective on
ICT Department. This research will be conducted exclusively at Leaton School Toledo City.

DEFINITION OF TERMS
To help readers get a clear understanding of this study, the following terms are specifically defined:

Colleague- a person with whom one works, especially in a profession or business.

Communication- connection between people or places, in particular.

E-mails- messages distributed by electronic means from one computer user to one or morerecipients
via a network.

E- Learning- learning conducted via electronic media, typically on the Internet.

Information- facts provided or learned about something or someone.

Internet- a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities,
consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols.

Internet-Dependent- is a term for excessive use of the Internet to the detriment of one's physical,
psychological, social, or vocational well-being.

Non- Internet-Dependent -groups concerning Eating Attitudes Test and Eating Disorder Inventory
scores.

Skills- the ability to do something well; expertise.

Technology- the application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry.

Wireless Devices- means transmitting signals over invisible radio waves instead of wires. Garage
door openers and television remote controls were the first wireless devices to become a part of
everyday life. Now the cordless keyboard and mouse, PDAs, and digital and cellular phones are
commonplace