SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEPARTMENT

JAMIATU MUSLIM MINDANAO

Darussalam, Matampay, Marawi City

Grade : 11
Course Title : Empowerment Technologies
Course Description : Information and communication technologies as a tool for curating, contextualizing,
collaborating, and creating content and experiences for learning in the professional
tracks.
Subject Teacher : Abunaim Macapado Oraco, Lpt
Contact No. : 0956 133 7140 (Globe)
0909 029 6264 (Smart)
Email Address : [email protected]

ICT in the Context of Global Communication

Lesson 1: What is Information and Communications Technology?

Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Often deals with the use of different technologies such as mobile phones, telephones,
computer, Internet, and other devices, as well as software and applications to locate, save, send, and
manipulate information. Empowering ICT is important for its innovative uses impacts our daily lives. It
has affected our ways of communicating, made our lives more convenient, and assisted countries
towards their modernization plans. Thus, there is a need to create a foundation of understanding in
the world of ICT.

ICT in the Philippines

Philippines is dubbed 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. In a data gathered by the
Annual Survey of Philippines Business and Industries in 2010, the ICT industry shares 19.3% of the
total employment population.
When the internet was fully commercialized in 1995, it has tremendously impacted culture and
commerce, including the rise of near instant communication by email, instant messaging, telephony
(Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP), two-way interactive video calls, and the World Wide Web with
its discussion forums, blogs, social networking, and online shopping sites. Internet is the global
system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to
communicate between networks and devices.

The World Wide Web

The World Wide Web is 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. It was invented by Tim-Berners Lee. The World Wide Web
browser software, such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer/Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Apple's Safari,
and Google Chrome, let users navigate from one web page to another via the hyperlinks embedded
in the documents. These documents may also contain any combination of computer data, including
graphics, sounds, text, video, multimedia and interactive content that runs while the user is interacting
with the page. The Web has enabled individuals and organizations to publish ideas and information to
a potentially large audience online at greatly reduced expense and time delay.

Types of Web Pages

 Web 1.0 or The Web. It is the first stage of the World Wide Web evolution. It is a flat or
stationary page since it cannot be manipulated by the user.
 Web 2.0 or The Social Web allows users to interact with the page, the user may be able to
comment or create a user account. Most website that we visit today are Web 2.0.
 Web 3.0 or Semantic Web. The semantic web provides a framework that allows data to be
shared and reuse to deliver web content specifically targeting the user. Search Engine will
learn about you and your habits from each search you perform and will gather details about
you from your previous activities like likes and social postings and present the answers as per
your preferences.

Below is a comparison of Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0:

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CRITERIA WEB 1.0 WEB 2.0 WEB 3.0
Communication Broadcast Interactive Engaged/ Invested
Information Static/ Read-only Dynamic Portable & Personal
Focus Organization Community Individual
Content Ownership Sharing Immersion
Interaction Web Forms Web Application Smart Applications
Search Directories Tags/ Keywords Context/ Relevance
Metrics Page Views Cost per Click User Engagement
Advertising Banners Interactive Behavioral
Technologies HTML/ FTP Flash/ Java/ XML RDF/ RDFS/ OWL

Features of Web 2.0

FEATURES WEB 2.0
allows users to collectively classify and find information using freely chosen
FOLKSONOMY keywords (e.g. "tagging" by facebook). Tagging uses the pound sign #,
often referred to as hastag.

RICH USER dynamic content that is responsive to user input (e.g., a user can "click" on
EXPERIENCE an image to enlarge it or find out more information)

the owner of website is not the only one who is able to put content. Others
USER
are able to place a content on their own by means of comments, reviews,
PARTICIPATION
and evaluation.

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
LONG TAIL
amount of time you spent in the Internet, or a data plan that charges you for
the amount of bandwidth you used.
SOFTWARE AS A users will subscribe to a software only when needed rather than purchasing
SERVICE them.

Lesson 1.1: Online Platforms and Sites

Because of the wide capacity of Web 2.0, it has helped in creating dynamic online platform
sites. Online platform is a specially developed platform using Internet technology. Online platforms
have revolutionized access to any information. Online platforms currently include, but are not limited
to:

Presentation or Visualization
Cloud Computing
File Management
Mapping
Social Media
Let us go through them one by one!

1. Presentation or Visualization Platform allows you to present and share presentations,

infographics and videos with other people. It is used to communicate information clearly and
efficiently.
2. Cloud Computing Platform is also called as “The cloud.” It is the practice of using a network
of remote servers hosted on the internet. Instead of using your computer’s hard drive, you
store and access your data and programs over the Internet.
3. File Management Platform is used for the storing, naming, sorting, and handling of computer
files. Allows you to convert and manage files without download in the software tool.
4. Mapping Platform is a transformation taking the points of one space into the points of the
same or another space. Uses GPS to detect location and used for navigation.
5. Social Media Platform is a computer-mediated tools that allow large group of people to
create, share or exchange information, interest and the information shared can be in the form
of ideas, pictures, videos or anything that you want to create and share to virtual communities.
It can be in the following platforms:

Social Networks. These sites allow you to connect with other people with the same
interests or background.

Bookmarking Sites. These are sites that allow you to store and manage links to
various websites and resources.

Social News. These are sites that allow users to post their own news items or links
to other news sources.

Media Sharing. These are sites that allow you to upload and share media content
like images, music, and video. Media sharing sites can be specific for video sharing,
photo sharing, slide sharing, social bookmarking, and gaming.
Microblogging. These are sites that focus on short updates from the user. Those
subscribed to the user will be able to receive these updates. Posts are brief that
range typically from 140 – 200 characters.

Blogs and Forums. These are websites that allow users to post their content.
Other users can comment on the said topic.