Empowerment Technology

Instructor/Facilitator Ms. Erica E. Reyes

Appointment Period
Classroom Instruction Four Times a Week
Period Length 60 minutes per Classroom Period

INTRODUCTION TO ICT

ICT– Information and Communication Technology

• It deals with the use of different communication technologies such as mobile phones, telephone, Internet
to locate, save, send and edit information
• Is a study of computers as data processing tools. It introduces students to the fundamental of using
computer systems in an internet environment.

ICT in the Philippines

• Philippines is dub as the ‘’ICT Hub of Asia” because of
huge growth of ICT-related jobs, one of which is BPO,
Business Process Outsourcing, or call centers.
• ICT Department in the Philippines is responsible for
the planning, development and promotion of the
country’s information and communications
technology (ICT) agenda in support of national
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Computer– an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according
to instructions given to it in a variable program.

Internet– is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the internet protocol
suite (TCIP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide.

• Means of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in the world via dedicated routers and
servers.
• Sometimes called simply ‘’the Net’’, is a worldwide system of computer networks- a network of networks
in which the users at any one computer can get information from any other computer.

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World Wide Web
• An information system on the internet that allows documents to be connected to other documents by
hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another.
• Is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by URLs, interlinked by
hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet.
• Invented by Tim-Berners Lee.

Web Pages
• Web page is a hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web.
• It is a document that is suitable for the World Wide Web.
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1. Web 1.0 – refers to the first stage in the World Wide Web, which was entirely made up of the
Web pages connected by hyperlinks.
2. Web 2.0 – is the evolution of Web 1.0 by adding dynamic pages. The user is able to see
a website differently than others.
– Allows users to interact with the page; instead of just reading the page, the user
may be able to comment or create user account.
3. Web 3.0 – this platform is all about semantic web.
– Aims to have machines (or servers) understand the user’s preferences to be able to
deliver web content.

Static Web Page- is known as a flat page or stationary age

in the sense that the page is ‘’as is’’ and cannot be
manipulated by the user. The content is also the same for
all users that is referred to as Web 1.0

Dynamic Web Pages– web 2.0 is the evolution of web 1.0

by adding dynamic web pages. The user is able to see
website differently than others e.g. social networking sites,
wikis, video sharing sites.

FEATURES OF WEB 2.0

1. Folksonomy- allows user to categorize and classify information using freely chosen keywords e.g. tagging
by FB, Twitter, use tags that start with the sign #, referred to as hashtag.
2. Rich User Experience – content is dynamic and is responsive to user’s input
3. User Participation- The owner of the website is not the only one who is able to put content. Others are
able to place a content of their own by means of comments, reviews and evaluation e.g. Lazada, Amazon.
4. Long Tail– services that are offered on demand rather than on a one-time purchase. This is synonymous
to subscribing to a data plan that charges you for the amount of time you spent in the internet.
5. Software as a services- users will be subscribe to a software only when needed rather than purchasing
them e.g. Google docs used to create and edit word processing and spread sheet.
6. Mass Participation– diverse information sharing through universal web access. Web 2.0’s content is
based on people from various cultures.
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TRENDS IN ICT

1. Convergence– is the synergy of technological advancements to work on a similar goal or task. For example,
besides using your personal computer to create word documents, you can now use your smartphone.

2. Social Media– is a website, application, or online channel that enables web users web users to create , co-
create, discuss modify, and exchange user generated content.

Six types of Social Media:

a) Social Networks – These are sites that allows you to connect with other people with the same interests
or background. Once the user creates his/her account, he/she can set up a profile, add people, share
content, etc
Example: Facebook and Google+

b) Bookmarking Sites – Sites that allow you to store and manage links to various website and resources.
Most of the sites allow you to create a tag to others.
Stumble Upon, Pinterest

c) Social News – Sites that allow users to post their own news items or links to other news sources. The users
can also comment on the post and comments may also be rank.
Ex. Reddit and Digg

d) Media Sharing – sites that allow you to upload and share media content like images, music and video.
Ex. Flickr, YouTube and Instagram

e) Microblogging – focus on short updates from the user. Those that subscribed to the user will be able to
receive these updates.
Ex. Twitter and Plurk

f) Blogs and Forums – allow user to post their content. Other users are able to comment on the said topic.
Ex. Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr

3. Mobile Technologies– The popularity of smartphones and tablets has taken a major rise over the years.
This is largely because of the devices capability to do the tasks that were originally found in PCs. Several of
these devices are capable of using a high-speed internet. Today the latest model devices use 4G Networking
(LTE), which is currently the fastest.

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MOBILE OS
• iOS – use in apple devices such as iPhone and iPad
• Android – an open source OS developed by Google. Being open source means mobile phone companies
use this OS for free.
• Blackberry OS – use in blackberry devices
• Windows phone OS – A closed source and proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft.
• Symbian – the original smartphone OS. Used by Nokia devices
• WebOS- originally used in smartphone; now in smart TVs.
• Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket PCs

4. Assistive Media– is a non- profit service designed to help people who have visual and
reading impairments. A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user.

5. e.g. Yahoo!, Gmail, HotmailCloud computing-distributed computing on internet or delivery of

computing service over the internet.

TYPES OF CLOUDS

PUBLIC CLOUD allows systems and services to be easily accessible to the general public. Public cloud may
be less secured because of its openness, e.g. e-mail

PRIVATE CLOUD allows systems and services to be accessible within an organization. It offers increased
security because of its private nature.

COMMUNITY CLOUD allows systems and services to be accessible by group of organizations.

HYBRID CLOUD is a mixture of public and private cloud. However, the critical activities are performed using
private cloud while the non-critical activities are performed using public cloud.

Exercise:
1. Why do you think microblogging platforms have become popular when
regular blogging platforms already exist?

2. What do you think of Web 3.0? Do you think it will be realized someday in the
future?

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