Assalamualaikum and a very good evening to the honourable judges , teachers and friends .

Have you watched the Movie, “ i-robot” ? The one that the main role was played by Will Smith ? Do you

remember, in that movie , how the world was very peaceful , lively and convenient for everyone when

they invented robots , to assist the humans .. but at the end , man was eaten by his own technology . ?

Of course you do remember , it was a famous movie ! Ladies and gentlemen , I’m Nur Farahin Binti

Samsudin from Smk Skudai .

So , my topic today is related to the message from this movie . “The Cost of Computer Literacy” . There

is definitely more than one interpretation of the word cost . In my topic today , cost is defined as to

cause to lose or suffer . While computer literacy is defined as the knowledge and ability to use

computers and related technology efficiently , with a range of skills . Thus , the meaning of the cost of

computer literacy is what people have to suffer when they have gone too far with the ability and

knowledge to use the computer .

I know , most of you cannot live without a computer , handphones , Windows 8 , Samsung Note 3 ,

Galaxy S3 … Me too . These days , all these technology is replacing the important people in our lives

like parents , sisters , brothers and our bestfriends .

Yes . Computer literacy gives us a lot of benefis. It makes everything easy , fast , useful in the widest way

and that is why you must have heard “The world is on our fingertips” . We can manage and control

things if we are computer literate.

However , when people get too much and lose control in the world of computer and related technology ,

the word of “cost” comes creeping in .

Today , I will discuss 3 main costs when people have a high level of computer literacy . Lets start with the

first point shall we , “Social implications” . Tell me how many social web have been invented nowadays ?

How many do we have ? and how often do we use them? 6.00 am , facebook , - updating status

“ Morning and sunshine people , wakey…wakey.. !” , 9.00 am , twitter , “Happy breakfast!” , 1.00pm –

chatting with boyfriend no.1 , 3.00pm skyping with boyfriend no.2 .. 7.00pm – watching Youtube ,

10.00pm playing Farmville …

What kind of life is this ? Did you even have your prayers ? Did you help your parents at home ? Not yet

if i ask , did you even take your bath ? Haha . Well , what I want to explain here is that , as I told you ,

having a computer is like replacing the important people in your lives , so it makes you feel that , you

don’t have to spend more time with the people in the real world . You don’t need them . You could just

sit in your room all day long with your laptop and that is okay to you . I admit it , this is the lifestyle of

youngsters nowadays .

Sosial implications is divided into two . So this is the first , it affects your relationship with your family ,

close friends and other people in the real world for spending more time on computer , than being with

them . Secondly , it costs you more being active in the social web . The social web is used by people all

around the world . Everyday , you start to chat with someone you don’t know and you easily let them

know everything about you . These will lead these both people to bad consequences like sharing bad

habits and bad influences with no shame . You , should be careful with people you don’t know !

Ladies and gentlemen , now , I will go to my secondpoint , that is communication implications .

I bet everyone here knows what is ‘fyi’ ? Yes . For your information . what about “brb” ? Of course , Be

Right Back , and “ily” … Yes . I love you . Is it romantic when you say to your girlfriend,

“Honey , ily” ?

Noo… right . Its supposed to be “Honey.. I love you ..” . That is more romantic and polite !

More and more people spend time using computer or handphones or tab , this is the effect of daily

texting , instant messaging and gaming language . Everything becomes short now , even words . Of

course , no one will type all the full words when communicating in a message, he or she will be sound

like a nerd ! However , we don’t realize that these daily texting language, could affect our

communication with others . Maybe , what we mean is different from what they interpret. Also , it gets

a bad perception from the elders . Don’t speak like that to the people who are older than you , cause

that is rude . For children especially , having a good language and communication skill is very important

for their schools and exams . Children with computer literacy nowadays are very common . So , it is

worrying they will be influenced by these kind of language . This is the cost of computer literacy that we

don’t want our children to be involved in.

Lastly is cyber crime . What do you think people who have entelligence , or usually we call as the genius

of computer literacy , can do with their skills ? Some may use the skills beneficially , but don’t forget , in

every story there is the good guy and the bad guy . The bad guy in this case will misuse their knowledge

to steal secret information , to spread viruses and to hack systems or anything harmful that linked to the

ICT . People like this not just harm to us , our families but also to the community and the country . Do

you know , other than soldiers and police, ICT is one of Malaysia’s protection system from the enemies ?

So , it is very important for our government to prevent these crime from happening because the victims

are always the people who lack computer literacy .

In conclusion , the cost of computer literacy depends on the individual who uses the technology in the

right or the wrong way . These problems are difficult to solve and is getting serious while the people …

are getting clever and intelligent .. and genius . We can only put our effort to control it and make

computer literacy to be a better course for the future generation to learn .

Thank you .