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 Lesson # 1:
Introduction to
ICT
Lesson Objectives:
• Improves their knowledge on how ICT
affects their everyday lives and the state
of our nation;
• compare and contrast the differences
between online platforms, sites, and
content;
• understand the future of the World
Wide Web through Web 3.0;

• learn the different trends in ICT and

use them to their advantage.
ICT (Info. & Comm. Tech.)
• ICT deals with the use of different
communication technologies such as
mobile phones, telephone, Internet,
etc. to locate, save, send, and edit
information.
• Example: video call, text or call in
mobile phone
 ICT in the Philippines
• Philippines as the “ICT Hub of Asia”.
• huge growth of ICT related jobs around
the country, one of which is call center
or BPO (Business Process Outsourcing)
centers.

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ICT in the Philippines
• According to 2013 edition of
Measuring the Information
Society by the International
Telecommunication Union, there
are 106.8 cellphones per 100
Filipinos in the year 2012.
ICT in the
Philippines
•Time magazines declared
Makati City, Philippines-
Rank 1 as the “Selfiest Cities
around the world, and Rank
9 is Cebu City.
 WWW(World Wide Web)
•World Wide Web is created by Tim
Berners-Lee
•When WWW was invented, most web
pages were static. Static (also known as
flat page or stationary page) in the same
that the page “as is” and cannot be
manipulated by the user. This referred
to as Web 1.0.
Example of Web 2.0
•Social Networking sites
•Blogs
•Wikis
•Video sharing sites
 Web 2.0
•Web 2.0 allows the user to interact
with the page known as DYNAMIC PAGE;
instead of just reading a page, the user
may be able to comment or create a
user account.
•Dynamic page refers to the web pages
that are affected by user input or
preference.
 Web 2.0
•First used around the year 2004
•The users can now interact,
contribute and create their own
internet space and content resulting
in the explosion of information
available for everyone on the net.
•Web 2.0 is the advent of the “read-
write” web.
Key Features of Web
2.0:
• Folksonomy – 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 a pound sign (#) or hashtag.
Key Features of Web
2.0:
• Rich User Interface – content is
dynamic and is responsive to user’s
input.
•Example: 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.
Key Features of Web
2.0:
• User Participation– the owner of
website is not the only one who is
able to put content. Others are able to
place a content on their own by
means of comments, reviews, and
evaluation.
Key Features of Web
2.0:
• Long Tail – services 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
on Internet or a data plan that charges
you for the amount of bandwidth you
used.
Key Features of Web 2.0:
•SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE-users will
subscribe to a software only when
needed rather than purchasing them.
ex: Word Processor
•MASS PARTICIPATION-diverse
information sharing through universal
web access.
Web 3.0 and the
Semantic Web
• Semantic Web– is a movement led by
the World Wide Web Consortium(W3C).
The semantic web provides a framework
that allows data to be shared and reuse
to deliver web content specifically
targeting the user.
 AIM OF WEB 3.0
• To have machines (or servers) understand the
user’s preferences to be able to deliver web
content specifically targeting the user.
• Example: when doing a web search in Web 2.0,
the top most result is based on the preference of
several users who already searched for the item.
The search engine then labels it the most
common answer to the search query.
• The internet is able to predict the best possible
answers to your question by “learning” from
your previous choices.
Web 3.0 is yet to be
fully realized because of
several problems:
• Compatibility-HTML files and
current web browsers could not
support Web 3.0.
•Security – The user’s security is
also question since the machine is
saving his or her preferences.
• Vastness-The World Wide Web already
contains billions of web pages.
•Vagueness – Certain words are
imprecise. The words “old” and “small”
would depend to the user.
• Logic- since machines use logic, there
are certain limitations for a computer to
be able to predict what the user is
referring to at a given time.
Trends in ICT
1. Technological 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.
Combined technologies that enable convergence?

Cell phone with GPS

Google Earth
Trends in ICT
2. Social Media– is a website,
application, or online channel that
enables web users to create, co-
create, discuss, modify, and exchange
user generated content.
Accdg. To Nielsen, a global information
and measurement company, Internet
users spend more time in social media
sites than any other type of sites.
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+
Six types of Social
Media:
b) Bookmarking Sites– These are
sites that allow you to store and
manage links to various website
and resources. Most of these sites
allow you to create a tag that
allows you and others to easily
search and share them.
Ex. : StumbleUpon/Pinterest
www.stumbleupon.co
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Six types of Social
Media:
c) Social News– These are 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.
Example: reddit and Digg
www.reddit.com
Six types of Social
Media:
d) Media Sharing – These are sites
that allow you to upload and
share media content like images,
music and video.
Example: Flickr, Youtube and
Instagram.
www.instagram.com
Six types of Social
Media:
e) Microblogging– These are sites
that focus on short updates from
the user. Those that subscribed
to the user will be able to receive
these updates.
Example: Twitter and Plurk
www.twitter.com
Six types of Social
Media:
f) Blogs and Forums– These
websites allow user to post their
content. Other users are able to
comment on the said topic.
Example: Blogger, WordPress and
Tumblr
www.tumblr.com
Trends in ICT
3. Mobile Technologies – Several
of these devices are capable of
using high-speed internet. Today
the latest model devices use 5G
Networking(LTE), which is
currently the fastest mobile
network.
Mobile Operating S
ystem
 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.
Mobile OS
 Blackberry OS– use in
Blackberry devices.
 Windows Phone OS – a closed
source and proprietary operating
system developed by Microsoft.
Mobile OS
 Symbian– the original
smartphone OS; used by Nokia
devices.
 WebOS– originally used in
smartphones; now used in
smartTVs.
Mobile OS
 Windows Mobile – developed
by Microsoft for smartphones and
pocket PCs.
Trends in ICT
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.
Key Terms:
• Web 1.0 – static websites without
interactivity.
• Web 2.0 – websites that contain dynamic
content.
• Web 3.0 – a concept of the World Wide
Web that is designed to cater to the
individual user.
•Static – refers to the web that are the same
regardless of the user.
Key Terms:
• Dynamic – refers to the that are affected by
user input or preference.
• Folksonomy – allows user to categorize and
classify/arrange information.
• Hashtag # – used to “categorize” posts in a
website.
•Convergence – the synergy of technological
advancements to work a similar goal or task.
Key Terms:
• Social Media – websites, applications or
online channels that enable users to co-
create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-
generated content.