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Ethical Issues
Ethical issues of breach of consent is probably one of the most serious ones. The photos that are circulated around the net can be misused causing much mental stress and harm to someone.
It is often an argumented and a debateable topic as to who actually is the creator and owner of the picture.......!!!
The other topic would be what sort of material is advisable to be circulated in the net. Some are quite culturally, religiously and ethnically sensitive and create a major upheaveal in society.INTERNET SAFETY POLICY 

Digital Images used in OT
OT's are using Digital Images to provide a better service and  life skills to their clients.
It enhances their practice. With the consent of the client, they can record their sessions and monitor their progress.
Many images are displayed and advertised in the net for the OT to choose from to bring to the client to make their life easier and safer and prolong their life with a better quality of equipment.
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http://wiihabtherapy.blogspot.com/

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Digital Cameras versus Films - The Old world photos versus The New World photos.

The old world charm of film camera is out dated now.

• Pluses for Film

1. Far more socially interractive involving the community and business to buy the film and print them.
2. The pleasure of tactile photos and enjoying them in your photo album  .
3. Pouring over old faded photos and bringing nostaligc memories....."photographs and memories" as in the famous song the lyrics go.......one cannot replace that.
4. Being an expensive affair to take photos and print them, one treasured them far more and held them as prized heirlooms in families.
5. There was a sense of anticipation and excitment waiting to develop films, never knowing how it would turn out.
6. Being able to develop a relationship with the printing shop and the whole social interraction was accepted in the society.

The Minus points of Films

1. It is restrictive in taking photos and cannot adjust the light and distances or zoom in or out.
2. No concept of optical zoom etc. 
3. Once the picture is bad cannot adjust or rectify the photos before printing it.
4. There is no back up system for films, once the films are lost there is no way of getting them back.
5. It takes time for printing and developing the films.

Pluses of Digital Photos

1. Has many features like optical zoom, and micro pixels that can make the picture clearer.
2. Colour and light can be adjusted.
3. Is quicker and time saving to print photos.
4. Is cheaper to develop photos.
5. It can be saved in different media,like the usb stick, cd, and archives.
6. Can be shared with family and friends globally from the comforts of your own home.

Minuses of Digital Photos

1. There is less interraction with people therefore being a bit isolated.
2. Can be misused and shared with everyone around the globe without consent , therefore ethical issues are breached.
3. Is not very treasured as it is cheap and people have an access to it more quickly and easily.
4. There is no need to print out photos as one can view it on the computer or the camera , therefore the tactile issue is lost.

      However, with keeping up with IT and its needs a digital Camera and photos are very reveloutionary and help to connect with the world and family within nano seconds saving time but  cannot replace the nostaligia and  memories of "photographs and memories".
Therefore one cannot replace the other....... rather they have their own importance and their charm and has encapsulated human life throught the ages..........

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List some of the ways that digital images are sorted transferred and manipulated using IT.
Digital images and photography are a common use in our times. Digital photos can be captured by not just a digital camera but also, mp3 players, mobile cameras and computers with in built web cameras. There are various software systems that enable the manipulation and enhancement of photos for storage and printing purposes. photos can be stored on line in photos archieves as well. for example photos that are stored in an archieve can be restored  as well. mozy.com is a site where you can reterieve your stored images.
Photos are also burnt and stored in CD's that can stay without any damage for 100 years if stored in the right temperature and condition.
For instance in the medical world the professionals are quite dependent on images for operations and getting to the core of the problem .Varian Medical Systems shows all kinds of digital images used in the medical world.
http://www.flickerphotoclub.com/ is a site where one can share ones photos online with others. It is a easy and cheap way of sharing ones photos globally.
Sources of Raw Image Materials in Grokking the GIMP. is another way of storing and sharing your images globally.Sources of Raw Image Materials in Grokking the GIMP.

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• What is informed consent?

Informed Consent, is a viatl part of client, therapist relationship and helps develop a healthy, safe and close professional realtionship. The therapist is bound by legal and professional code of conduct and ethics not to disclose any personal information about the client to any other party without the prior permission written or documented from the client. this consent should not be taken lightly, as it is simply not just asking the client to sign a piece of paper allowing or authorising disclouser of information, but also the sensitivity and the saftey of the client should be taken into consideration.
Retrieved on april 29 2011 from
http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/informed+consent   

In the OT practice while using IT the clinician must have prior permission and authorisition from the client before he discloses any digital material that he may have recorded in his therapeutic session. The use of digital camera or the computer to record the progress of a clinical session cannot be published or shared in public without infromed consent from the client.

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Provide a defination of Social Justice ( APA reference required)

• Interpret this defination in your own words providing an example of considerations of social justice and information technology in OT practice.

Social Justice in society is based primarily upon the equality and the solidarity of human rights and the undersatnding  the dignity of human rights in all starta of society.
The equality of opportunity for all concerned that covers a wide range of people in society of all ethnicity, caste, religion and economic dimension.
According to Sociology Guide.Com(2011).
"His first statement of principle was made in A Theory of Justice (1971) where he proposed that, "Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override. "
http://www.sociologyguide.com/weaker-section-and-minorities/Social-Justice.php

Social Justice requires equal justice and rights to technology for all. Therefore for an OT practicing as a clinician, he should be able to provide equal amount of innovative technology for his clients if that is going to enhance his qulaity of life and sustain his life better. If IT is going to make his life comfortable, then he should be able to justify his funding applications and provide his client iwth the necessary tool. Sometimes, cost and funding is a deterrant for providing clients with the necessary technology. However it is the OT's challenge to prove that it is beneficial for his client.

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Provide a defination of Intellectual Property (APA reference required)

• Interpret this defination in your own words providing an example of considerations of intellectual property and information technology in OT practice.

The term intellectual propert refers to the various  exclusive rights that an individaul is allowed to have over his or her creations in whatever fields he has his creation is in.  Under the protection of the Intellectual Property Law, the owner is protected and has a legal copy right over his creations, in various fields, like, music, art, litery works, poems and books and stories he has written, etc.
Basically IP refers to any kind of creations by the human mind and the knowledge that is imparted that is intangible, which is protected by a set of rights and laws and they have a patent and a copy right over it.

http://www.investorwords.com/2526/intellectual_property.html 

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• What ethical implications arise from the capturing, sharing and transferring of information via IT devices ( e.g. mobile phones) or systems (e.g. internet)

Mobile phones and internet are a media that have become both a useful tool to support and sustain life and on the other hand quite intrusive and invasive in our personal lives.
For instance there are great examples of mobile phones being abe to capture images of bullying amonst kids at school and therefore recording some socila evils that exist, and the guilty party can be brought to justice.
The flip side is that mobile phones can also captur images of people being in the wrong place at the wrong time.....etc. !! wives can track errant and cheating husbands with their mobile phones, which can be very intrusive, i suppose!!
The computer is another media which is widely misused to create virtual reality that is not true and people start living double lives.
The need to take consent and permission is totally ignored and people take advantage of this and use it for their benifit or their sick obsession.
Due to this sick obsession and callous atttitude much social evil has arisen, there have been instances where this has caused such anguish that people have lost their lives due to the mental stress and torture they have felt.
Marriges have broken up due to the negative use of the informattion being shared around via the internet.
There is no respect shown to one anothers private and personal life. The sensitivity and the gentleness of human contact and socialising has been lost.