Technology information is a set of tools and processes that encompass different types of technology to create, store, exchange and use information in various forms while information system is a combination of technical and human resources that store, compute, distribute and communicate for a company. One special form of information system is management information system which provides information to make decisions. There are many ways to collect and process data, and some of them are used in our daily life, such as sign in function, customer data tracking and i-clickers.

Sign in function is widely used in companies to see whether the employees are punctual to work or early to leave. Whenever they insert the card into the machine, the machine can type the current time on the card. This helps to regulate the phenomenon of being late and leaving early.

Customer data tracking is extremely useful for the companies have large group of memberships or very essential consumers. It’s really convenient to record and store the customer information by the automatic system instead of manual operations. It’s easier to recall the information as well.

I-clickers are mainly used in class to see the attendance and obtain the answers from large number of students. It’s easier for professors to check the answers and can directly give feedback to the students.

(source is from class notes.)