Empowerment Technology

Lesson 1

UNIT 1: INFORMATION AND

Communications Technology

LESSON 1:
Understanding ICT and Its
Relevance to Society
Objectives
⮚ DEFINE “EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY. ”
⮚ EXPLAIN HOW INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) HAS
BEEN USED FOR PEOPLE EMPOWERMENT.
 Objectives
⮚ UNDERSTAND THE FEATURES OF WEB
1.0, WEB 2.0, AND WEB 3.0.

⮚ DESCRIBE THE CURRENT STATE OF ICT

TECHNOLOGIES, ONLINE SYSTEMS,
FUNCTIONS, AND PLATFORMS.
What is information and
communications
technology (ICT)?
ICT is made
up of three
words, namely
information,
communications and
technology.
 INFORMATION
✔ Information refers to the knowledge obtained from
reading, investigation, study, or research.

✔Some of the tools that transmit information are the

telephones, televisions, and radio.
 INFORMATION
✔ Information is needed to make decisions and to
foresee the future. For example, scientist can detect
the formation of a tsunami using the latest
technology and warn the public to avoid disaster in
the affected areas.
COMMUNICATION
✔ Communication is an act of transmitting
messages. It is a process in which formation is
exchanged between individuals through verbal
and non-verbal mean.
 COMMUNICATION
✔ Form of communications have evolved through
time a communicating more and more complex ideas
has become necessary.
✔ With technology, communication is faster, more
convenient, and more efficient.
 TECHNOLOGY
✔ Technology has evolved in ways that improved people’s daily
activities.
✔ Technology has made communications easier and faster through
telephones, fax, machines, mobile devices, and the internet
✔ It has also made broadcasting of information, such as news or
weather reports, more effective.
 ICT
⮚ Is any Information and
Communications Technology that helps
us to find, process and communicate
information.
 What are the
components of
ICT?
 PEOPLE
⮚ Individuals
responsible for the
development,
improvement, and
maintenance of an
ICT system
PROCESS
⮚ Actions performed
in a certain order and
conditions to make
sure an ICT system
runs smooth.
HARDWARE
⮚ Technical
term used to
describe physical or
tangible parts of a
computer system
Examples of Hardware

⮚ Desktop
Computers
⮚ Laptops
⮚ Tablets
⮚ Smartphones
SOFTWARE
⮚ Generic term for computer
programs and applications
installed in your hardware.
⮚Responsible for providing sets
of instructions that the computer
has to follow to accomplish a
specific task.
Examples of Software
⮚ Word processing app
⮚ Spreadsheets
⮚ Graphic manipulation
software
⮚ Antivirus software
⮚ Computer games
⮚ Operating systems
 DATA
⮚ Raw facts or
figures that can be
processed, stored,
and transmitted by an
ICT system
INFORMATION
⮚ Result of
processed,
organized, and
structured data
 After knowing what ICT is,
what ICT device or devices
do you own and how do they
help you in your everyday
tasks?
 ICT at Home
What are the common uses of ICT devices in
your home?
ICT as Communication Tool
What ICT device do you often use in
communicating?
ICT and Education
How does ICT help you learn?
ICT and Employment
How does ICT assist people in doing their jobs?
 ICT and Government
How do ICT devices assist in government
operations?
ICT and Commerce
What are the advantages that you experienced while
purchasing products online?
ICT and Entertainment
What ICT devices do you often use for
entertainment?
We have been talking about the
benefits of ICT in society. Do
you think it’s possible that ICT
can also impact society
negatively? Why? Why not?
THE INTERNET &
THE WORLD
WIDE WEB
 INTERNET
⮚ The internet is a massive network of
networks, a networking infrastructure.
⮚It connects millions of computers
together globally.
 WORLD WIDE WEB
⮚ A way of accessing information over the medium of
the internet.
⮚ The web uses the HTTP protocol, only on of the
languages spoken over the Internet, to transmit data.
⮚ HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol - the foundation
of data communication for the WWW.
HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
ROBERT KHAN
⮚ Invented the Transmission
Control Protocol/Internet
Protocol
HISTORY OF THE INTERNET
VINT CERF
⮚ Considered as one of
the founders of the
internet
THE WEB
 THE WEB
⮚ Invented by the English scientist Tim
Berners-Lee in 1989.
⮚ By 1996 it became the mostly read-only
web with 250,000 sites and 45 million
global users.
 VERSIONS
OF THE WEB
 WEB 1.0
⮚ Collection of Static website that ⮚ Its introductory release which
was unable to support interactive has limited interaction between
content. sites and web users.

⮚ From 1995 to 2000 the we is ⮚ Back then it was just a

simply an information portal collection of static website that
where netizens cannot post was unable to support
reviews, comments or give interactive content.
feedbacks
 WEB 2.0
⮚ Able to facilitate communication between web
users and sites.

⮚ It encourages the participation, collaboration

and information sharing of netizens and the web.
 WEB 2.0 KEY FEATURES
⮚ FOLKSONOMY – allows the users to categorize
and classify/arrange information using freely chosen
keywords (tagging) which start with pound sign (#), referred
to as hashtag.

⮚ RICH USER EXPERIENCE / INTERFACE – contents are

dynamic and responsive to the user’s input. It provides
pleasant looking web pages to the user or the enhanced GUI
(Graphical User Interface).
 WEB 2.0 KEY FEATURES
⮚ USER PARTICIPATION – it allows the users to participate
among online topics / forums, comment / critic / review a
specific product or article.

⮚ LONG TAIL – services are offered rather than on a one-

time purchase. This is synonymous to subscribing to a certain
plan that charges you for the services that you are enjoying.
(example: Monthly subscription of Spotify & PLDT Home
Fiber)
 WEB 3.0
⮚ It has dynamic applications, interactive services,
and “machine-to-machine” interaction.
⮚The computers can now interpret information like
humans and intelligently generate and distribute
useful contents that fits to the needs of the user.
WEB 1.0/ WEB 2.0/ WEB 3.0
 TYPES OF
SOCIAL MEDIA
 SOCIAL NETWORKS
⮚ Sites that allow you to connect with
other people with same interests and
backgrounds. (example: Facebook and
Google+)
 SOCIAL NEWS

⮚ Sites that allow you to post your own

news items or links to other news
sources. (example: reddit and Digg)
 BOOKMARKING SITES
⮚ Sites that allow you to store and mage
links to various websites and resources.
(example: StumbleUpon and Pinterest)
 BLOGS & FORUMS

⮚ Websites that allow users to post their

own content (example: Blogger,
Wordpress, Tumblr)
 MEDIA SHARING
⮚ Sites that allow you to upload and
share media content like images, music,
and video. (example: Flicker, YouTube,
and Instagram)
 MICROBLOGGING
⮚ Sites that focus on short updates from
the user (example: Twitter and Plurk)
 MOBILE
TECHNOLOGIES
 A. iOS
⮚A mobile operating system created and
developed by Apple Inc. and distributed
exclusively for Apple hardware.
 B. ANDROID
⮚An open source operating system
developed by Google.
 B. ANDROID
⮚An open source operating system
developed by Google.
 C. ASSISTIVE MEDIA
⮚ A nonprofit service
designed to help people who
have visual and reading
impairments as well as
cognitive, physical, and
communication disabilities.
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