(EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY)

Information and Communication Technology

WEEK 1
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.

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.

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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

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 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.

 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 humangenerated

content

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  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.

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

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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 A. Folksonomy
Government of KNCHS organized a B. Rich User Experience
successful unity run for a cost called C. User Participation
KapatiRUN. Everyone especially the D. Mass Participation
official page of KapatiRUN had included E. Software as a Service
#KapatiRUN2020 on their social media F. Technological Convergence
posts. They categorize the information G. Assistive Media
on their page by the use of tags. H. Social Networks I. Bookmarking
______2.Celine used her smartphone sites
instead of using her laptop in doing her J. Media Sharing
research. K. Microblogging
______3. Angelo created a website L. Blogs and Forums
intended 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.