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Empowerment
Technologies
Quarter 1 – Module 1:
Information and
Communication
Technology
 What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master
the Information and Communication Technology. The scope of this module permits
it to be used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the
diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook you are now using.

The module contains one lesson, namely:

 Lesson 1 – Information and Communication Technology

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. differentiate Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and 3.0; and
2. compare and contrast the nuances of varied online platforms, sites and
content.

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 What I Know

Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on a separate sheet of
paper.

1. This media is designed to help people who have visual and reading
impairments.
a. Assistive Media
b. Social Media
c. Bookmarking Site
d. Media Sharing

2. Pinterest is a social media website that can be classified as

a. Media Sharing
b. Microblogging
c. Blogs and Forums
d. Bookmarking Sites

3. This operating system is used by apple devices such as iPhone.

a. Symbian
b. Windows OS
c. iOS
d. Black

4. Which of the following is an example of a social networking site?

a. Pinterest
b. Google +
c. Flickr
d. YouTube

5. This feature of Web 2.0 allows users to categorize information through

tagging.
a. Hashtag
b. Folksonomy
c. User participation
d. Taxonomy

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 Lesson
Information and
1 Communication Technology

What’s In

Directions: Search the words that are related to ICT. The words have been placed,
horizontally, vertically, or diagonally frontwards or backwards. Write your answers
on the separate sheet of paper.

T W I T T E R O S A T T E L I
E S O C I A L N E T W O R K S
C O Y C L S Y M B I A N O T T
H C W M O N W E B S I T E E U
N I U C B O M A L W A R E L N
O A I H R I D E A I K O P E E
L L L A N I A T D O W Q I P I
O O N C O N V E R G E N C E N
G V V R S I M O O L B Y U R S
Y E D M A L B I P A P N T E T
S N R S A E M S F D A R P A A
A O M I C R O B L O G G I N G
W F C A M E R L I A E A R S R
R O F T O P S O C Z O T E D A
S I G N I N G G K A O S P A M

1. _____________________________ 6. _____________________________

2. _____________________________ 7. _____________________________

3. _____________________________ 8. _____________________________
4. _____________________________ 9. _____________________________

5. _____________________________ 10. ___________________________

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 What’s New

Are you a digital native? Let’s find out.

Directions: Answer the following questions honestly.

1. How many times have you checked your phone this morning?

2. How many status updates have you posted in 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?

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.

Digital Native is a person born or brought up during the age of digital technology
and therefore familiar with computers and the Internet from an early age.

What is It

As the famous saying goes, "Love makes the world go round." But you might argue
how the Internet has made the world go round for decades before you start searching
for someone to fall in love with. Likewise, the Internet has probably made your world
go round in the motivation activity. In this lesson we will understand how
information and communication technologies in such a short period of time have
improved our lives.

What is Information and Communication Technology or ICT?

 It deals with the use of different communication technologies such as mobile
phones, Internet and etc. to locate, save, send, and edit information.

Having a unified way to communicate is one of the goals of ICT. We spend less
because of ICT.

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World Wide Web

 The World Wide Web, commonly referred to as WWW, W3, or simply the Web
is an interconnected system of public webpages accessible through the
Internet. It was invented Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989.
 Web pages are what make up the world wide web and it can either be static
or dynamic.

Web 1.0

 Web pages are static and not interactive. You can’t post comments or
create an account.

Examples of Websites in Web 1.0

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Web 2.0

 term used to describe the present generation of the World Wide Web that
concentrates on its capability of providing people the means to collaborate and
share information online.
 The second stage in World Wide Web
 Dynamic Website
o The content of the website changes
 Interactive
o The user may be able to comment or create user account
 enables an increased user participation in the web
 Darcy DiNucci, an information architecture consultant, coined the term Web
2.0 in her 1999 article,
“Fragmented Future”.
 The term was popularized by Tim
O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty at the
O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 Conference
in late 2004 (TechTarget, 2015).

Features of Web 2.0

 Folksonomy - It allows users to categorize and classify/arrange information

using freely chosen keywords (e.g., tagging). Popular social networking sites
such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc. use tags that start with the pound
sign (#). This is also referred to as hashtag.

 Rich User Experience - Content is dynamic and is responsive to user’s input.

An example would be a website that shows local content. In the case of social
networking sites, when logged on, your account is used to modify what you
see in their website.

 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
comment, reviews, and evaluation. Some websites allow readers to comment
on an article, participate in a poll, or review a specific product (e.g.,
Amazon.com, online stores).

 Software as a Service - Users will subscribe to a software only when needed

rather than purchasing them. This is a cheaper option if you do not always
need to use a software. For instance, Google Docs is a free web-based
application that allows the user to create and edit word processing and
spreadsheet documents online. When you need a software, like a Word
Processor, you can purchase it for a one-time huge amount and install it in
your computer and it is yours forever. Software as a service allows you to
“rent” a software for a minimal fee.

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  Mass Participation - It is a diverse information sharing through universal
web access. Since most users can use the Internet, Web 2.0’s content is based
on people from various cultures.

Web 3.0

 also called as Semantic Web

 Semantics – ability of Web technologies to understand and interpret human-
generated content
 The aim of Web 3.0 is to have machines understand the user’s preferences to
be able to deliver web content specifically targeting the user.
 The Internet is able to predict the best possible answers to your question by
“learning from your previous choices

Trends in ICT
As the world of ICT continues to grow, the industry has focused on several
innovations. These innovations cater to the needs of the people that benefit most out
of ICT. Whether it is for business or personal use, these trends are current front
runners in the innovation of ICT.

1. Convergence
 Technological convergence is the combination of two or more
different entities of technologies to create a new single device.
 Example: Using of smartphone to create word documents that was
previously can only be created using desktop computer.
2. Social Media
 It is a website, application, or online channel that enables web users
to create, co-create, modify, and exchange user-generated content.

 Types of Social media:

1. Social Networks - sites that allow you to connect with other
people with same interests or background.
Examples: Facebook, Google+

2. Bookmarking Sites - sites that allow users you to store and

manage links to various websites and resources, and to tag
Examples: StumbleUpon, Pinterest

3. Social News - sites that allow users to post their own news
items or links to other news sources.
Examples: reddit, dig

4. Media Sharing - sites that allow you to upload and share

media content like images, music, and video.

Examples: Flickr, YouTube, and Instagram

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 5. Microblogging - sites that focus on short updates from the
user. Those who are subscribed will receive updates.
Examples: Twitter Plurk

6. Blogs and Forums - sites that allow users to post their

content.
Examples: Blogger, WordPress, 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 tasks that were originally found in personal computers.
 Different types of mobile operating systems:
1. iOS – used in Apple devices such as the iPhone and iPad
2. Android – an open source operating system developed by
Google. Being open source means several mobile phone
companies use this OS for free.
3. Blackberry OS – used in blackberry devices
4. Windows Phone OS – a closed source and proprietary
operating system developed by Microsoft
5. Symbian – the original smartphone OS used by Nokia
devices
6. WebOS – originally used for smartphones; now used for
smartTVs
7. Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft for smartphones
and pocket PCs.

4. Assistive Media
 It is a nonprofit service designed to help people who have visual and
reading impairments. A database of audio recordings is used to read
to the user. You may visit http://assistivemedia.org/ for several of
their audio recordings.

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 What’s More

Activity 1: Matching Type

Directions: Match column A with the correct answer on column B. Write only the
letter of your answer on the space provided before each number.

Column A Column B
______1. The Supreme Student Government A. Folksonomy
of KNCHS organized a successful B. Rich User Experience
unity run for a cost called C. User Participation
KapatiRUN. Everyone especially the D. Mass Participation
official page of KapatiRUN had E. Software as a Service
included #KapatiRUN2020 on their F. Technological
social media posts. They categorize Convergence
the information on their page by the G. Assistive Media
use of tags. H. Social Networks
______2. Celine used her smartphone I. Bookmarking sites
instead of using her laptop in doing J. Media Sharing
her research. K. Microblogging
______3. Angelo created a website intended L. Blogs and Forums
to help people with visual and
reading impairments.
______4. Albert is fond of pinning things he
finds on the web using Pinterest.
______5. Ana likes to post short updates on
her Twitter account.
______6. Lucy uploads her pictures in
Instagram to update her followers of
her daily activities.
______7. Alice uses Facebook to connect with
her friends.
______8. Most Internet users subscribe to
Netflix for new movies.
______9. Justine posted an article on his blog
and his followers commented on his
post.
______10. Aside from news article websites,
journalists post their news item on
platforms like Reddit.

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 What I Have Learned

Information and communications technology or ICT is an important part of Philippine

economic growth.

The Philippines is known as Asia's "ICT Hub". When the Internet was created by Tim
Berners-Lee, most of the web pages were static, which are now called Web 1.0. A
static Web page is a page with content that cannot be manipulated by the user. On
the other hand, a dynamic web page, introduced in Web 2.0, is a page in which its
contents depend on the user or the website visitor.
Web 2.0 has many main features, including folksonomy, rich user interface, user
interaction, long tail services, web apps, and mass participation. Folksonomy deals
with information tagging; rich user experience deals with how a site uses user
information for a personalized content; user participation means that those who view
the website can also put their own information; long tail services on demand as
opposed to a one-time purchase; software as a service contains how user would
subscribe to a software as opposed to purchasing them; and mass participation deals
with diverse information sharing through universal web access. Web 3.0 seeks to
enhance Web 2.0 by implementing user-specific content through user preferences.
Nonetheless, Web 3.0 implementation is hindered by several issues, namely
compatibility, security, vastness, vagueness, and logic.

The trends in ICT include convergence, social media, mobile technologies, and
assistive learning.

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 What I Can Do

Differentiate Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0 in your own words.

WEB 1.0 WEB 2.0 WEB 3.0

Compare and contrast the implications of varied online platforms, sites and
content. Write down your insight below.

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 Assessment

True or False. Write T if the statement is correct, otherwise write F.

1. Web pages that are the same regardless of the user are referred to static.
2. Blogging sites are sites that focus on short updates.
3. Android is a mobile operating system for Apple devices.
4. Folksonomy deals with information tagging.
5. ICT deals with the use of different technologies to work on a similar goal or
task.

Identification. Write SO if the social media website is a social network, BS for

bookmarking site, SN for social news, MS for media sharing, MI for
microblogging, and BF for blogs and forums.

1. Facebook
2. Blogger
3. Twitter
4. Reddit
5. WordPress
6. Google+
7. Instagram
8. Pinterest
9. YouTube
10. Flickr

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 Additional Activities

Answer the following questions:

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

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

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What I Know What's More Assessment
1. A 1. A 1. T
2. D 2. F 2. F
3. C 3. G 3. F
4. B 4. I 4. T
5. B 5. K 5. F
6. J
7. H 1. SO
8. E 2. BF
9. D 3. MI
10.M 4. SN
5. BF
6. SO
7. MS
8. BS
9. MS
10. MS
Answer Key
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