Introduction to

Information and
Communications
Technology
1. This media is designed to help people
who have visual and hearing
impairments.
a. Assistive media
b. Long tail
c. Facebook
d. Blogger
2. It is dubbed as the ICT hub of Asia.
a. Hongkong
b. Philippines
c. Singapore
d. Vietnam
3. An interconnected system of public
webpages accessible through the
internet.
a. World Wide Web
b. Browser
c. Website
d. URL
4. This is a type of social media that
allow users to post their own news items
or links to other news sources.
a. Social networks
b. Social news
c. Blogs
d. Forums
5. This is the operating system used in
iPhones.
a. Android
b. Symbian
c. Blackberry OS
d. iOS
6. Twitter is a social media site that can
be classified as
a. Media sharing
b. Microblogging
c. Blog
d. Social news
7. A feature of Web 2.0 in which a user
can give a feedback to a certain
product.
a. User participation
b. Rich user experience
c. Mass participation
d. Folksonomy
8. This type of social media allows user
to download videos from a website.
a. Blogs and forums
b. Bookmarking sites
c. Social News
d. Media sharing
9. Facebook is a type of social media
website that can be classified as
a. Microblogging
b. Media sharing
c. Social networks
d. Social news
10. This is a read-only webpage.
a. Web 1.0
b. Web 2.0
c. Web 3.0
d. Web 4.0
Do you have a
social media
account?
What is it?
How many times
have you posted
in Facebook
today?
Did you use the
internet
yesterday? How
many hours?
Information and
Communications
Technology
 Information refers to the
ideas or concepts obtained from reading,
investigation, study or research which are
transmitted through media such as telephone,
television and radio. Information is necessary to
make decisions and to predict the future. For
example, scientists can detect the formation of a
typhoon using the latest technology and warn the
public to avoid disasters in the affected areas.
 Communication is a
means of transmitting messages or sending and
receiving information between individuals using
symbols, signs or verbal interactions. Before,
people transmit messages through signs or symbols
and performing drama and poetry. However, these
‘older’ forms of communication are less utilized
due to the advent of technology like the use of the
Internet, e-mail or video conferencing.
 Technology is the use
of scientific knowledge,
experience and
resources to create processes and
products that fulfill human needs.
 Information and
Communications
Technology or ICT
deals with the
use of different communication tools such as
telephone , mobile phones, Internet, etc. to locate,
save, send, and edit information. For instance when
we make a video call, we use the internet.
ICT in the
Philippine
s
 Philippines is considered as the ICT Hub of Asia
because of the tremendous growth of ICT related
jobs like Business Process Outsourcing, or
call centers. It started with Accenture in 1992 with
Frank Holz who was responsible for developing and
marketing the first Global Resource Center in
Manila. Annual Survey of Philippines Business and
Industries in 2010 revealed that the ICT industry
shares 19.3% of the total employment population.
Moreover, according to 2013 edition of Measuring
the Information Society by the International
Telecommunication Union, in the year 2012 there
were 106.8 cell phones per 100 Filipinos. While
Time magazines declared Makati City, Philippines-
Rank 1 as the “Selfiest Cities around the world, and
Rank 9 is Cebu City. With these statistics,
Philippines is indeed the ICT hub of Asia.
 World
Wide Web
 The World Wide Web, commonly
referred to as WWW, W3, or web is
an interconnected system of public
web pages accessible through the
internet, invented by Tim Berners-
Lee in 1989.
Web
1.0
Web 1.0 refers to the first generation
of the Internet when most websites
were read-only or static. Webpages
are usually just single files in
Hypertext Markup Language (html or
htm) format that are displayed in a
web browser when the URL is
entered.
 Users are merely
audiences or readers who
absorb
information from
websites.
Web
2.0
 Web 2.0 means the second
generation of the Internet. It is
dynamic and focuses on user
participation. There is a give-and-take
relationship between a website and
its users, in which the latter has the
power to share different types of
information such as texts, images,
sounds, and videos.
This allows for the creation of
interactive application with
more real-life uses like online
banking, online shopping, and
media-sharing.
Features
Web 2.0
 1. Folksonomy:
It is a way to classify and to
find information. It enables
users to find information in an
organized way, like tagging
photos, websites, or links.
Some social networking sites
use tags that start with a
pound sign (#) which
is termed as hashtag.
 2. Rich user experience
It has a dynamic and interactive
content. For instances a user can
click on an image of a flower to
get more information about that
flower like its growth conditions,
nutrient requirements, and more.
 3. User participation
It helps with the flow of
information between the user and
the owner of a certain website.
For instance, a user can interact
by liking, commenting, or sending
reviews to a certain post or site.
 4. Mass participation
Allows universal web access from
a traditional internet user to a
wider variety of users of various
cultures that leads to
differentiation of concerns.
 5. Long Tail
Services that are offered on demand
rather than on a one-time purchase.
This means user can either subscribe
to a data plan that charges users for
the amount of time spent in the
Internet or a data plan that charges
for the amount only of bandwidth
used.
 6. Software as a Service (Saas)
Allows the user to subscribe to a
software rather than purchasing
them subscribing and using
Google Docs, a free web-based
application, to create
or edit word documents online.
Features
Web 3.0
 The third version of the internet
which is an upgrade of Web 2.0.
It’s main characteristics include
but are not limited to:
1. Real-time
Events and information are made
available to users as they take
place.
2. Everywhere
Internet can be accessed by users
in all places.
3. Machine learning
Computers and mobile devices
can create data and make
decisions based on the user’s
previous actions.
Trends
in ICT
 1. Technological Convergence is an
evolution of technological
developments that integrate different
types of applications and media to
form a new system. For example, a
system can be used for calling and
texting, browsing the internet or
creating a word document using the
smartphone.
 2. Social Media is a collection of
internet-based communication tools
and computer-assisted channels
dedicated to allow users to
collaborate, communicate, and share
information or content in a virtual
community and network.
There are six types of social media:
a. Social Networks - enables people
to connect with other people with
the same interests or background
(e.g. ,Facebook and Twitter).
 There are six types of social media:
b. Bookmarking Sites - allow user to
store, manage links or create a
tag to various websites and resources
that allows you and others to
easily search or share them
(e.g. ,StumbleUpon and Pinterest).
 There are six types of social media:
c. Social News - sites that allow users
to post their own news
articles or links to other news sources
and comment to the post or vote
on the news articles of the website
(e.g. ,Reddit, Digg)
 There are six types of social media:
d. Media Sharing - sites that allow
users to upload and share
media content like music, images and
video (e.g. ,Flicker, Youtube
and Instagram)
 There are six types of social media:
e. Microblogging - sites that focus on
short updates from the user
wherein subscribers of this user will
be able to receive these updates.
(e.g. ,Twitter and Plurk)
There are six types of social media:
f. Blogs and Forums - websites that
allow users to post their content
where users are able to comment to
the said topic. Some of the
free blogging platforms are Blogger,
Wordpress, and Tumblr
 3. Mobile Technologies refer to
devices ranging from basic mobile
phones to tablet PCs, PDAs, MP3
players, memory sticks, e-readers,
and smartphones. It is a combination
of hardware, operating systems,
networking, and software, including
content, learning platforms, and
applications.
 Mobile devices use different
operating systems:
a. iOS - used in Apple devices like
iPhone or iPad
b. Android - open source operating
system developed by Google.
c. Blackberry OS- used in Blackberry
devices
d. Symbian – an original smartphone
OS used by Nokia devices.
e. WebOS - used for smartphones
but now used for smart TVs
f. Windows Mobile - developed by
Microsoft for smartphones and
pocket PCs.
 4. Assistive Media
A technology that includes assistive,
adaptive, and rehabilitative devices for
people with disabilities and also includes
the process used in selecting, locating,
and using them. It enables people to
perform tasks that they can’t accomplish
or great difficulty of accomplishing it by
changing methods of interacting with the
technology needed to accomplish such
tasks.
 Examples of Assistive Media:
• Mobility impairments
Wheelchairs, transfer devices, walkers,
prosthesis
• Visual impairments
Screen readers, braille and braille
embossers, desktop video magnifier,
screen magnification software, large-
print and tactile keyboards
• Hearing impairments
Hearing aids, assistive listening devices,
 Examples of Assistive Media
• Hearing impairments
Hearing aids, assistive listening devices,
amplified
telephone equipment
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