Information Technology Milestones Worksheet
Complete the chart below. Include a minimum of 10 information technology milestones or events that impacted human services.
Year
Milestone or Event
Impact on Human Services
1996
Amber Alerts
Provides an online integrated national database for missing children
Initiates a widespread alert when a child goes missing
2000
Family Watchdog
Provides an online database of sex offenders.
Enables citizens to search the latest information on sex offenders.
2012
Emergency Weather Text Alerts
Delivers emergency alerts to a cell phone of severe weather.
These alerts are sent out to enchace public safety. The unique ringtone and vibration will help a person to know the difference from a regular text message.
1994
Online Banking
View balances, pay bills, make transfers, and deposit checks.
Can elect to receive an e-statement this reduces the sisk of identity theft.
Bank on the go with a mobile phone or device.
1972
Electronic Meedical Filing
By filing the client’s records online it is easier to access them and they have less system errors.
Nurses and human service personal won’t have to dothe job over and over again all they have to do is print the client’s record.
1965-1970
Decision support System
This system intergrates organizational skills and human services to provide better service to clients.
By intergrating organization in human services, it has become easy to diagnose problems and find faster solutions to the client’s issues.
1999
Service Provider Plataform
It allows the use of credit cards to pay bills online.
It makes pahyments easier from the convience of our houses, and now from every mobile.
1995
Online Shopping
Allows customers to shop for merchandise or services from the comfort of their home.
Using credit and debit cards.
1986/87
Token Ring LAN Technology
IBM was able to discover the token-ring technology.
The technology was supporting LAN PCs.
The technology was short lived.
1986