EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY – Lesson 1

Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Deals with the use of different communication
technologies such as mobile phones, telephone, internet
etc. to locate, save, and edit information.
Time Magazine’s The Selfiest Cities around the
World of 2013 places two cities from the Philippines in
the top 1 and top 10 spots. The study was conducted
using Instagram, a popular photo sharing application.
Web 2.0: Dynamic Web Pages
The internet has been a vital tool to our modern
lives that is why it is also important to make the best of
the internet.
When the World Wide Web (www) was
invented, most web pages were static. Static (Also
known as flat page or stationary page) in the sense that
the page is “as is” and cannot be manipulated by user.
This is referred to as web 1.0
Features of Web 2.0
• Software as a Service – users will subscribe to a
software only when needed rather than
purchasing them.
• Mass Participation – diverse information
sharing through universal web access. Since
most users can use the internet.
Web 3.0 and the Semantic Web
The Semantic Web is a movement lead by the
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The W3C
standard encourages web developers to include
semantic content int their web pages. The term was
coined by the inventor of World Wide Web, Tim
Berners-Lee.
According to the W3C, "The semantic Web
provides a common framework that allows data to
be shared and reused across application, enterprise,
and community boundaries."

• Folksonomy – allows user to categorize and Web 3.0 is yet to be fully realized because of several
problems:
classify/arrange information using freely chosen
• Compatibility - HTML files and current web
keywords (e.g., tagging)
browsers could not support Web 3.0
• Rich User Experience – content is dynamic and is
• Security - the users security is also in
responsive to user’s input.
question since the machine is saving his or
• User Participation – the owner of the website is
her preferences.
not the only one who is able to put content.
• Vastness - the world wide web already
Others are able to place a content of their own
contains ls billions of web pages.
by means of comments, reviews, and evaluation.
• Vagueness - certain words are imprecise.
Some websites allow readers to comment on an
The words "old" and "small" would depend
article, participate in a poll, or review a specific
on the user.
product.
• Logic - since machine use logic, there are
• Long Tail – services that are offered on demand
certain limitations for a computer to be able
rather than on a one-time purchase. In certain
to predict what the user is referring to at a
cases, time-based pricing is better than file sized-
given time.
based pricing or vice-versa. This is synonymous
to subscribing to a data plan that charges you for
the amount of time you spent in the internet, or
a data plan that charges you for the amount of
bandwidth you used.
 EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY – Lesson 1
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 benefits most out
of ICT. Whether it is for business or personal use, these
trends are the current front runners in the innovation of
ICT.
1. Convergence - Technological convergence is the
synergy of technological advancements to work
on a similar goal or task.
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.
There are six types of social Media:
• Social Networks - these are sites that allow you
to connect with other people with the same
interests or background.
• Bookmarking sites - these are sites that allow
you to store and manage links to various
websites and resources. Most of these sites
allow you to create a tag that allows you and
others to easily search or share them.
• 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 ranked.
• Media Sharing - these are sites that allow you to
upload and share media content like images,
music, and video. Most of these sites have
additional social features like liking,
commenting, and having user profiles.
• Microblogging - these are sites that focus on
short updates from the user. Those subscribe to
the user will be able to receive these updates.
• Blogs and forums - these websites allow users to
post their content. Other users are able to
comment on the said topic. These are several
free blogging platforms like Blogger, WordPress,
and Tumblr.
3. Mobile Technologies
The popularity of smartphones and tablets has
taken a major rise over the year. This is largely because
of the device capability to do the tasks were originally
found in personal computers.
• IOS - used in Apple devices such as the iPhone
and iPad.
• Android - an open source operating system
developed by google. Being open source mean
several mobile phone companies use this OS for
free.
• Blackberry OS - used in blackberry devices.
• Windows Phone OS - a closed source and
proprietary operating system developed by
Microsoft.
• Symbian - the original smartphones OS.
• WebOS - originally used for smartphones; now
used for smart TVs.
• Windows Mobile - developed by Microsoft for
smartphones and pocket PCs.
4. Assistive Media
Is a non-profit service designed to help who have
visual and reading impairments.