LESSON 1:

INTRODUCTION TO
ICT

JUHANNA O. BALINDONG, LPT

WHAT IS
ICT?
• It deals with the use of different communication
technologies such as mobile phones, telephone,
and internet to locate, save, send and edit
information
• Is a study of computers as data processing tools.
It introduces students to the fundamental of
using computer systems in an internet
environment
 ICT IN THE
PHILIPPINES
• Philippines is dub 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.
• ICT Department in the Philippines
is responsible for the planning,
development and promotion of
the country’s information and
communications technology (ICT)
agenda in support of national
development.
 ICT IN THE
PHILIPPINES
• 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
Filipinos you meet, there is a high chance that they have a cellphone
and approximately for the seven of them, they have two.
• In a 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 places two cities from the Philippines in the top 1
and top 9 spots. The study was conducted using Instagram, a popular
• Computer– an electronic device for storing and processing data,
typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a
variable program.
• Internet– is the global system of interconnected computer
networks that use the internet protocol suite (TCIP/IP) to link
billions of devices worldwide.
Means of connecting a computer to any other computer
anywhere in the world via dedicated routers and servers.
Sometimes called simply ‘’the Net’’, is a worldwide system of
computer networks- a network of networks in which the users at
any one computer can get information from any other computer.
• World Wide Web
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.
Is an information space Tim-Berners Lee invented
where documents and other the WWW on 1989.
web resources are identified by
Web Pages
• Web page is a hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web. It is a
document that is suitable for the World Wide Web.
The different online platforms of World Wide Web:
• Web 1.0 – refers to the first stage in the World Wide Web, which was entirely
made up of the Web pages connected by hyperlinks.
• Web 2.0 – is the evolution of Web 1.0 by adding dynamic pages. The user is able
to see a website differently than others.
– Allows users to interact with the page; instead of just reading the page, the user
may be able to comment or create user account.
• Web 3.0 – this platform is all about semantic web.
– Aims to have machines (or servers) understand the user’s preferences to be
able to deliver web content.
• Static Web Page- is known as a flat page or stationary age in
the sense that the page is ‘’as is’’ and cannot be manipulated
by the user. The content is also the same for all users that is
referred to as Web 1.0

• Dynamic Web Pages– web 2.0 is the evolution of web 1.0 by

adding dynamic web pages. The user is able to see website
differently than others e.g. social networking sites, wikis, video
sharing sites.
• FEATURES OF WEB 2.0
1. Folksonomy- allows user to categorize and classify information
using freely chosen keywords e.g. tagging by FB, Twitter, use tags
that start with the sign #, referred to as hashtag.

2. Rich User Experience – content is dynamic and is responsive to

user’s input

3. 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 comments, reviews and evaluation e.g. Lazada,
Amazon.
4. Long Tail– 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 amount of time you spent in the internet.

5. Software as a services- users will be subscribe to a software

only when needed rather than purchasing them e.g. Google docs
used to create and edit word processing and spread sheet.

6. Mass Participation– diverse information sharing through

universal web access. Web 2.0’s content is based on people from
various cultures.
TRENDS IN ICT

1. 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.

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.
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+
b) Bookmarking Sites – Sites that allow you to store and
manage links to various website and resources. Most of the
sites allow you to create a tag to others.
Stumble Upon, Pinterest
c) Social News – 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.
Ex. Reddit and Digg
d) Media Sharing – sites that allow you to upload and
share media content like images, music and video.
Ex. Flickr, YouTube and Instagram
e) Microblogging – focus on short updates from the user.
Those that subscribed to the user will be able to receive these
updates.
Ex. Twitter and Plurk
f) Blogs and Forums – allow user to post their content. Other
users are able to comment on the said topic.
Ex. Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr
• 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 the tasks that
were originally found in PCs. Several of these devices are capable of using a high-speed
internet. Today the latest model devices use 4G Networking (LTE), which is currently the
fastest

MOBILE OS
• 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.
• Blackberry OS – use in blackberry devices
• Windows phone OS – A closed source and proprietary operating system developed by
Microsoft.
• Symbian – the original smartphone OS. Used by Nokia devices
• WebOS- originally used in smartphone; now in smart TVs.
• Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket PCs
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.
5.) e.g. Yahoo!, Gmail, HotmailCloud computing-
distributed computing on internet or delivery of computing
service over the internet
Instead of running an e-mail program on your
computer, you log in to a Web e-mail account remotely.
The software and storage for your account doesn’t exist on
your computer – it’s on the service’s computer cloud.
It has three components
• Client computers – clients are the device that the end
user interact with cloud.
• Distributed Servers – Often servers are in geographically
different places, but server acts as if they are working next to
each other.
• Datacenters – It is collection of servers where application is
placed and is accessed via Internet.
TYPES OF CLOUDS
• PUBLIC CLOUD allows systems and services to be easily
accessible to the general public. Public cloud may be less secured
because of its openness, e.g. e-mail
• PRIVATE CLOUD allows systems and services to be accessible
within an organization. It offers increased security because of its
private nature.
• COMMUNITY CLOUD allows systems and services to be
accessible by group of organizations.
• HYBRID CLOUD is a mixture of public and private cloud.
However, the critical activities are performed using private cloud
while the non-critical activities are performed using public cloud.