Lesson-1-Introduction-to-ICT

Empowerment Technologies
Module 1: Information and Communication

Technology
Let’s Set Your Targets
Learning Competency/Competencies
1. Compare and contrast the nuances of varied online platforms, sites, and
content to best achieve specific class objectives or address situational
challenges.
Learning Objective/Objectives
1. Differentiate IT from ICT.
2. Identify the different components of ICT.
3. Recognize the roles of ICT in different fields.
Let’s Get Started
Group Activity (Sharing):
Form groups with five members each. Take turns answering the questions below.
Answer the following honestly.
1. How many times have you checked your phone this morning?
2. How many status updates have you posted on Facebook or Twitter today?
3. Did you use the Internet for an hour after you woke up this morning?
4. Do you follow a celebrity via his/her social media account?

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If you happen to be "guilty as charged" in most of these questions, chances are, you are a
digital native. And chances are, from the moment you were born, you were surrounded
by technology. You are surrounded by ICT.
As the popular saying goes, "Love makes the world go round." But before you start
looking for someone to fall in love with, you could argue how the Internet has made the
world go round for decades. Likewise in the motivation activity, the Internet has probably
made your world go round. In this lesson, we will understand how Information and
Communication Technologies have improved our lives in such a short period of time.
Module 1.1: Introduction to ICT
Let’s Begin Your Journey
Introduction to ICT
ICT or Information and Communication Technology refers to technologies that
provide users access to information through telecommunications. It may also refer to the
use of these technologies such as the internet, wireless networks, communication
devices, computer hardware and software, and satellite systems, as well as the various
services and applications associated with them.
IT vs. ICT
ICT is commonly confused with IT. Information Technology (IT) deals with the
entire information domain, which involves the hardware, software, peripherals, and
various sub-specialties including networking, communications, and software engineering.
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An item belongs to the IT umbrella when it is used for storing, protecting, retrieving, and
processing of electronic data.
On the other hand, the term Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) is mostly used academically referring to the branch of IT associated with digital
devices that are used to communicate or interact with digital information. ICT is used to
describe a particular area of IT, and is more specific than the general idea of networking.
The entire industry that uses computers, networking, software, and other
equipment to handle information is referred to as Information Technology while the
integration of IT with media broadcasting technologies, audio or video processing and
transmission, and telephony is known as IT. ICT is broadly used in the context of
education while IT is extensively used in the industry itself. Furthermore, IT can also be
considered as the integration of information technology with communication technology.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY
Install and configure computer hardware, Responsible for ICT governance and
software, systems, networks formal control over IT systems
Diagnose and solve hardware or software Support, maintain, and monitor all
faults and issues applications or file servers
Monitor and maintain computer systems Support and maintain an ICT
and networks infrastructure
Provide technical support across the Support and maintain the ICT Core
company Platform
Repair and replace equipment as Maintain the standards for server
necessary installations and applications
Test new technology Update ICT Governance Framework
Identify problematic areas and implement Administration and support of the
strategic solutions in time LAN/WAN infrastructure
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Ensure security of data, network access, Support and maintain 300 Active Directory
and backup systems end users
Design, develop, implement, and Responsible for networking and security
coordinate systems, policies, and of ICT Infrastructure
procedures
Preserve assets, information security and Responsible for procurement of new
control structures hardware and software
Components of ICT
1. Data – these are raw facts, figures, and statistics that are encoded so that it can be
processed by the system to provide information.
2. Hardware – these are the physical components of a computer required to input and
process data. Examples of hardware are as follows:
a. Communication devices – facilitate communication by using specific media.
b. Input devices – devices that can be used by the user to give instructions to the
computer. Keyboards, mouse, joysticks, microphones, and touch screens are
all input devices.
c. Processor – refers to a component of a computer that processes data,
specifically CPUs.
d. Storage – refers to all the hardware that are capable of holding information,
either temporarily or permanently such as hard disks.
3. Information – result of processing data. This is the output from the system.
4. People or users – these are the individuals that supply and enter the data through
various methods. They make the decisions that affect the output that will be supplied
by the system.
5. Procedures – actions and steps that must be taken to ensure that the system
executes the tasks that is expected to do.
6. Software – computer programs that provide the step-by-step instructions which must
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be done to finish a task.

ICT in the Philippines

Several international companies dub the Philippines as the "ICT Hub of Asia." It is
no secret that there is a huge growth of ICT-related jobs around the country, one of
which is the call center or BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) centers.
According to the 2013 edition of Measuring the Information Society by the
International Telecommunication Union, there are 106.8 cellphones per 100 Filipinos in
the year 2012. That would mean that for every 100 Filipinos you meet, there is a high
chance that they have a cellphone and approximately for the seven of them, they have
two.
In data gathered by the Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industries, NSO,
in 2010, the ICT industry shares 19.3% of the total employment population here in the
Philippines.
To add to these statistics, Time Magazine's "The Selfiest Cities around the World"
of 2013 place two cities from the Philippines in the top 1 and top 10 spots. The study was
conducted using Instagram, a popular photo sharing application.
With these numbers, there is no doubt that the Philippines is one of the countries
that benefits most out of ICT
Let’s Value Your Learning
Activity: What’s New?

Read carefully and follow the given instructions.
1. Divide the class by head counting. Each group should have three to five members.
2. Using the Internet, make group research about the latest and newest technologies as
of the moment--may it be local or international.
3. Name as many as you can. Just make sure to collect relevant details about each, not
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just limited to its date of release, brand developer, and cool features.
4. Include some photos too so one will have an idea of how do they look like.
5. Summarize and organize all the gathered data and information on a slide
presentation.
6. 'Do this using MS PowerPoint. Add some graphics and animations.
7. On the second to the last slide, type all your sources and references.
8. Type your group's name and its members on the last slide. Then, save the file as
"ilabib-yourgroupsname.pptx".
9. Make sure that each member will have his copy of the group's output in his own folder
under "Documents"
References
Asuncion, Alfred P., et. al. (2020). Empowerment technologies (1st Edition). iBook Publishing
Inc.
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Empowerment Technologies

Module 1: Information and Communication

Let’s Set Your Targets

Let’s Get Started

Group Activity (Sharing):

Answer the following honestly.

4. Do you follow a celebrity via his/her social media account?

Module 1.1: Introduction to ICT

Let’s Begin Your Journey

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

be done to finish a task.

ICT in the Philippines

Let’s Value Your Learning

Activity: What’s New?

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