ICT Quiz #1 Study Guide

Information and Communication Technology | Empowerment Technology

Course Description
- This course allows the students to learn Information and communication technologies as a tool for
curating, contextualizing, collaborating, and creating content and experiences for learning in the
professional tracks. It also establishes the essential competencies such as the state of ICT
technologies, online safety, security, ethics, and etiquette; advanced productivity tool; imaging
and designing online content, multimedia and power tools to create a social change.
Overview
- The massive world of Information and Communication technology (ICT) has continues to shape the
world including the Philippines. This unit allows you to discover the world of ICT in general and
also helps you improve your skills in various applications. It also create several real-life scenarios
where you can use these applications and resources properly.

The Current State of ICT Technologies

- As the popular saying goes, “Love makes the world go round.” But before you start looking for
someone to fall in love with, you could argue how the internet has made the world go round for
decades. In this lesson, we will understand how Information and Communication Technologies
have improved our lives in such a short period of time.

Information and Communication Technologies

- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) deals with the use of different communication
technologies such as mobile phones, telephone, internet, etc. to locate, save, send and edit
information. Having a unified way to communicate is one of the goals of ICT. In terms of
economics, ICT has saved companies a lot of resources (time and money). The trends in ICT
includes convergence, social media, mobile technologies, and assistive learning.
Definition:
- Information and Communication Technology (ICT) generally refers to all devices, networking
components, applications, and systems that facilitate interaction with the digital world.

Components of ICT
1. Software
2. Internet Access
3. Hardware
4. Cloud Computing
5. Data
6. Communications Technology
7. Online Transactions
ICT in the Philippines
-Philippines as the “ICT HUB of ASIA”
-According to the 2013 edition of Measuring of Information Society by the International
Telecommunication Union, there are 106.8 cellphones per 100 Filipino in the year of 2012. That would
mean that for every 100 Filipinos you meet, there is a high chance that they have a cellphone.
-Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industries, NSO 2010. ICT shares 19.3% of the total
employment population. Example: BPO
-Time Magazine’s “The Selfies Cities around the World” 2013 place two cities from Philippines in the Top
1 and Top 10 place.
- Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industries, NSO 2010. ICT shares 19.3% of the total
employment population.
- Time Magazine’s “The Selfies Cities around the World” 2013 place two cities from Philippines in the
Top 1 and Top 10 place.

The internet
- Is a global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities,
consisting of interconnect networks using standardized communication protocols.
- Sometimes called simply “the Net”.

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 once document to
another.
- It was invented by Tim Berners Lee year 1989.

Web Page
- A hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web.
- It is a collection of information provided by a website and displayed to a user in a web browser.
- Examples: Html, ASP, Php, Js, etc. file extensions.

Evolution of Web
• Web 1.0 - Static webpage
- It is the first version of Web Page that has a characteristic “Static” (also known as flat page or
stationary page) in the sense that the page cannot be manipulated by the user.
- It was first implementation of the web and it lasted from 1989 to 2005.

• Web 2.0 -Dynamic

- The term was invented by Darcy DiNucci in 1999.
- The evolution of Web 2.0 is by adding dynamic web pages, the user is able to see a website
differently. Examples social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, hosted services and
web applications.
- It allow users to interact with the page: instead of just reading a page, the user may able to
comment or create user account. Most websites that we visit today are Web 2.0.
 • Web 3.0 – The Intelligent Web
- A framework that allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and
community.
- With Web 3.0, information is more connected thanks to semantic metadata. As a result, the user
experience evolves to another level of connectivity that leverages all the available information.
Content is accessible by multiple applications, every device is connected to the web, the services
can be used everywhere.

Trends in ICT
• Convergence
- Using several technologies to accomplish a task conveniently.
- It is the synergy of technological advancement to work on common goal or task.
• Social Media
- A website, application or online channel that enables web users to create, co-create, discuss,
modify, and exchange user-generated content. Internet users spend most of their time in social
media sites that lead to advertisers to promote their product.

Social Media
1. Social Networks – Facebook, Instagram, Google+
2. Social News – Reddit, Digg
3. Media Sharing – Flicker, Youtube and Instagram
4. Microblogging – Twitter, Plurk
5. Blogs and Forums – Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr

• Mobile Technologies
- Smartphone and tablets has taken a major rise over the years, this is because these devices
capable to do tasks originally found in computers. Today latest high-speed mobile internet use
4G (LTE).

• Mobile Operating Systems (OS):

1. IOS – used in Apple devices (iPhone, iPad)
2. Android – open source developed by Google
3. Blackberry OS – used in Blackberry devices
4. WebOs – used for smartphones and Smart TVs
5. Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft and Pocket PCs

Mobile Network Types:

1. GSM
2. GPRS
3. CDMA
4. MOBITEX
5. EDGE
 • Mobile Internet Networks:
1. 2G
2. 3G
3. HSPA+
4. 4G
5. 5G

1. Convergence
2. Social Media
3. Mobile Technologies

Online Platform as tools for ICT content development

Online Tools
Parts of a Website
• Header
• Navigation Bar or Main Menu
• Feature Image
• Website Content
• Sidebar
• Footer

Website Layout
• Classic Layout
• One Page Layout
• Minimal Layout
• Gallery Layout
• Strip Header Layout

Online Platforms

Google Forms
- Google Forms is now a full-featured forms tool that comes free with your Google account. You
can add standard question types, drag-and-drop questions in the order you like, customize the
form with simple photo or color themes, and gather responses in Forms
- Customer feedback surveys, job applications, RSVP forms, quizzes, order forms, time off requests,
and more.
- Google Forms includes 12 field types: 9 question types, along with text, photo, and video fields

Short Answer
- This field is perfect for asking for small bits of text: names, email addresses, values, and more.
You get one line of text to answer the question.
Paragraph
- Length and regular expression are the only data validations available here, so only use it when
you want detailed feedback or longer notes in the answer.
Multiple Choice

Linear Scale

Form Sections and Logic