Introduction To Information And

Communication Technology
(ICT)

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Information and Communication
Technology (ICT)
• It is the extension of the field of Information
Technology (IT). It is the integration of
telecommunication wires, software, storage, and audio-
visual systems that could manipulate and access
information in the internet.

• It deals with the use of different communication

technologies, such as mobile phones, telephone,
Internet, wireless network, and other communication
mediums, to locate, save, send, and edit information.
Information and Communication
Technology (ICT)

• In the past few decades, information and

communication technologies have provided society
with a vast array of new communication capabilities.
Countries uses ICT?
• USA
• Canada
• Asian Countries – India, Singapore, Malaysia, South Korea,
Japan, PHILIPPINES
• South American Countries – Brazil, Chile, Mexico
• Australia,
• Mauritius
DID YOU KNOW?
• PHILIPPINES is dubbed as the “ICT Hub of Asia”

• Exponential growth of jobs related to ICT, such as Business

Process Outsourcing (BPO) centers

Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) companies

Telecommunications
Financial
Health IT Sectors
9 Advantages of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)
• Opens up new communication models that
can be accessed by everyone

• Opens up new working opportunities for people

• Faster way of accessing information

• Has a near-limitless capacity of storing data or information

• Used to organize learning materials to be taught to students

Advantages of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)
• Used to search a near-infinite volume of information

• Used in military (tactical) purposes

• Used in health purposes

• Used in economic (business) purposes

10 Disadvantages of Information and
Communication Technology (ICT)
• Can be used in criminal purposes
Identity theft
Plagiarism
Cyber crime – cybersex, cyber gambling, cyber bullying, etc.

• Can be used as an act of terrorism

• Can be form of harassment to other people

Cyber harassment

• Becoming dependent on technology

 Continuation of disadvantages
• It might be only the rarest person who disparages information, per se, but when it converges with the
24/7 accessibility of information, the picture takes on a different shape entirely. In this way, the chief
disadvantages of information and communication technology include:

• It creates dependencies that can diminish people's basic competencies, especially their verbal
communication, mathematical and reasoning skills.

• It can isolate people and erode their inter-dependencies, which is harmful if a small business relies
on team efforts.

• It takes time and money to keep current and improve, sometimes just to remain competitive. (Have
you ever heard of a business cutting back on technology?)

• It forces a host of issues that can be difficult and time-consuming to manage, including customer
privacy, data security and intellectual property theft.

• It makes it less feasible to disconnect, and don't think that the demanding customer doesn't know it.
He expects you to snap to attention, or he might turn the tide and leave you "off the hook."
Different fields that can be found ICT:
• BUSINESS • ENTERTAINMENT

• EDUCATION • PUBLIC SECTOR

• E-COMMERCE • MANAGEMENT

• E-GOVERNANCE • HOME ELECTRONICS

• BANKING • MEDICAL SCIENCE

• AGRICULTURE • DEFENSE

• EDUCATION • TRANSPORT
What is ICT?

• The bases, methods and steps used in

communicating, disseminating information, and
performing calculations using all electronic
devices designed for this purpose, such as
computers and various means of communication
within established scientific rules and
regulations.
What is ICT? (continuation)
• It also refers to all the technologies used to
handle broadcast media, telecommunications,
intelligent building management systems,
network-based control and monitoring functions,
audiovisual processing and transmission systems
and others.
STATIC vs DYNAMIC
vs SEMANTIC
• STATIC WEB PAGE
A simple website is made up of one or more static HTML files.

This means the page content does not change.

The only way to update a page is for the author to edit the file

This is fine for small websites or those that require little updating

When the WWW (World Wide Web) was invented, most web pages were STATIC
WWW was invented by Tim Berners – Lee
Static Web Page is also referred as WEB 1.0, Flat Page, or Stationary page
Cannot be manipulated by the user

Static pages will not work for websites that need to deliver lots of
custom and up-to-date content. Examples of these sites are:
Shopping / auctions
Discussion forums
Search engines
Online banking
Blogs
Web-based email
• DYNAMIC WEB PAGE
This was coined by Darci Dinucci

This web page is called as WEB 2.0, where it is the evolution of

WEB 1.0 by adding dynamic web pages where user is able to see a
website differently from others.

Can be manipulated by the user

This allows users to interact with the page;

This also allows users to use web browsers instead of just using
their operating system (OS)
• EXAMPLES OF DYNAMIC WEB PAGE
Search Engine – Google, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer,
Yahoo, YouTube

Email Websites

Banking Sites

National Weather Page

• SEMANTIC WEB PAGE
This web page is a component for WEB 3.0
The term “WWW (Word Wide Web)” is invented by Tim Berners –
Lee
It is a collaboration movement led by International standards body
of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium)
This provides a framework that allows data to be shared and reused
across applications, enterprise, and community boundaries

EXAMPLES:
Supply Chain Management (Biogen Idec)
Media Management
Data Integration in Oil and Gas – Chevron
Web Search and Ecommerce
FEATURES OF STATIC WEB PAGE (Web 1.0)

• Static site is mainly used to distribute a fixed information

from the web server to the browser running on a client
computer.

• All visitors will see exactly the same content each time
when they load the page.

• Static site is more appropriate for distributing fixed content

that does not change with time or not need frequent update.

• Generally site owners create and update the content of static

site by themselves
FEATURES OF DYNAMIC WEB PAGE (Web 2.0)
• Dynamic pages offer customized information according to the
user needs.

• Provides more interactive elements to engage the visitors long

time in a webpage.

• Server side scripting needs access to the server and hence

needs hosting account with the service provider like
GoDaddy, Bluehost, SiteGround, HostGator, etc.

• Though free website builder tools like Weebly allows dynamic

assembly of content (at least for blog post in Weebly), you
can’t access the server for troubleshooting.

• Basic form validations are done with client side scripting and
complex processing are achieved through server side scripting
FEATURES OF SEMANTIC WEB PAGE (Web 3.0)
Below are 5 main features that can help us define Web 3.0:
• Semantic Web
The next evolution of the Web involves the Semantic Web. The semantic web improves web
technologies in order to generate, share and connect content through search and analysis based on the
ability to understand the meaning of words, rather than on keywords or numbers.
• Artificial Intelligence
Combining this capability with natural language processing, in Web 3.0, 
computers can understand information like humans in order to provide faster and more relevant
results. They become more intelligent to satisfy the needs of users.
• 3D Graphics
The three dimensional design is being used extensively in websites and services in Web 3.0. Museum
guides, computer games, ecommerce, geospatial contexts, etc. are all examples that use 3D graphics.
• Connectivity
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.
• Ubiquity
Content is accessible by multiple applications, every device is connected to the web, the services can
be used everywhere.
 Trends in ICT
• Social Media – ex. Instagram, Facebook,
• Convergence Twitter, etc.
• Mobile Technologies Types of Social Media:
Different Types of Social Networks
Operating System (OS) use Bookmarking Sites
in mobile devices Social News
iOS Media Sharing
Android Microblogging
BlackBerry Blogs and Forums
Windows Phone
Symbian
WebOS
Windows Mobile
Cherry Mobile
• Assistive Media
What is the Importance of ICT in Today’s
World?
Answer page 3 - 4 and page
15. Please refer to your
textbook.
Target date: Aug 13, 2021
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