Module

The Current State of ICT

1 Technologies

What I Need to Know

Information and Communication Technology

It refers to the use of communication technology such as laptop, smart phones,
tablet, telephone, internet and etc. to send, save, and edit information.

ICT in the Philippines

The use of communication technology spread in the entire country now a day
even in rural areas. According to Rappler blog site there are 119 million mobile phone
subscriptions from a total population of 101 million and 47 million active Facebook
accounts. The Philippines is the fastest growing app market in Southeast Asia and the
highest digital population in the world. The top online activities are social media,
videos, online mobile games, location-based search and online shopping. Staying
connected with loved ones, friends, and relatives is a fundamental need for Filipinos.

What’s New

Activity 1: Visiting Websites Part 1

Directions: List down three (3) websites that you have browsed.

No. Website
1.
2.
3.

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 What Is It

Activity 1 shows the different websites in World Wide Web. The behavior and
characteristics of a website depends on what version of the development of WWW it
was created.

World Wide Web

It is also known as WWW or W3 introduce by Tim Berners-Lee. It consists of
different pages that are formatted in a markup language called HTML (Hypertext
Markup Language) and linked to each other that contain text, graphics, multimedia
files, hyperlinks and etc.

Web 1.0
The first development of World Wide Web where web pages are static. It also
known as flat or stationary page and it cannot be manipulated by users.

Web 2.0
It is a dynamic web page where user can interact with page like creating a user
account, posting comments, uploading files and images, and others.
Example: Blog sites, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube

Features of Web 2.0

1. Folksonomy – users can classify and arrange information by adding tag or

label. Pound sign (#) is used in Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social
networking sites.
Example in tagging on Facebook: #TeamKawayan, #Single
2. Rich User Experience – user can have high interaction with the content of the
page and can achieve level of expertise.
3. User Participation – user can put content on their own in web page like
comment, evaluation, and etc.
4. Long Tail – A site that offers services and brings individual and businesses into
selling different goods and commodities such as shopping site like OLX,
Lazada, Shopee, Zalora and others.
5. Software as a service – users can subscribe to a software when they need it
instead of purchasing them.
6. Mass Participation – sharing of diverse information through universal web
access.
Web 3.0 The Semantic Web
A new paradigm in web interaction extension of led by World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) where it provides framework that allows data to be shared and
reuse.

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 What’s More

Activity 2: Visiting Websites Part 2

Directions: Based on the list of websites you have written in activity 1, identify the
version of the web of each website and defend your answer by writing on the Reason
column.

No. Website Web Version Reason

1.
2.
3.

What’s New

Activity 3: Social Media

Directions: List down five (5) social media that you have been used.
No. Social media used
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

What Is It

Technology keeps rising and improving every time. The use of technology
connects us to the people around the globe and gives us current information on the
trends in information and communication. As what you have written in the activity
above, it shows that social media is mostly used by people and one of the current
trends in information and communication technology.

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Trends in ICT
1. Convergence – it refers to fusing of technological advancement to work on a
similar task.
Example. Using smartphone as camera in taking pictures instead of DSLR
camera.
2. Social Media – an application and website where user can communicate,
create and share content, and participate in online communities.

Photo Credit: https://www.pexels.com/photo/apps-blur-button-close-up-267350

Type of Social Media
A. Social Network – A website where people with the same come
together to share information.
Examples: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

Image taken from https://www.facebook.com

B. Social News – A website where user can post stories and are
ranked based on the popularity through voting.
Examples: Digg, Reddit, Propeller, Slashdot, Fark

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 Image taken from https://www.reddit.com

C. Bookmarking Sites – A website that allows you to share and store

internet bookmarks, articles, posts, blogs, images and others.
Examples: Pinterest, StumbleUpon, Dribble

Image taken from https://www.pinterest.ph/autologin=true

D. Media Sharing – A website that allows you to share and store

multimedia files such as video, photos and music.
Examples: Instagram, YouTube, Flickr

Image taken from https://www.youtube.com

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 E. Microblogging – a website that allows you to broadcast short
message. Examples: Twitter, Tumblr, Meetme

Image taken from https://www.tumblr.com/login

F. Blogs and Forums – a discussion website that allows user to ask

questions and comments on a journal posted by an individual or
group. Examples: Wordpress, Blogger

Image taken from https://www.wordpress.com

3. Mobile Technologies – a technology used in cellular and other devices such

netbook, laptop, tablet, smartphones and etc.

4. Assistive Media - A platform that assist people with disability. It will guide the
individual like a blind person by using an audio recording.

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MODULE 1: THE CURRENT STATE OF ICT TECHNOLOGIES
ACTIVITY SHEET

Name: ________________________________________ Grade and Section: ___________

What I Have Learned

Activity 1: Generalization
In what way is ICT very useful in your studies?

What I Can do

Activity 2: Let Me Join!

Instructions:
1. Visit the www.facebook.com and create account.
2. Login in your Facebook account.
3. Search for “CAMHI EmTech101” Page and Like it.
4. Take a selfie and post your picture in the Page.

Rubrics:
Score Description
4 Demonstrate understanding on tasks given. All tasks are completed
Demonstrate understanding on tasks given. Most of the tasks are
3
completed.
Demonstrate understanding on tasks given. Many of the tasks are
2
completed
1 No response