LESSON 1:

What is Information and

Communications
Technology?
By the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
1.Identify varied online platforms and sites.
2.Compare and contrast the nuances of varied
online platforms, sites, and content to best
achieve specific class objectives or address
situational challenges.
3.Evaluate existing online creation tools,
platforms and applications in developing ICT
content.
Reflect on the
following
questions:
• How many times have you
checked your phone this
morning?
• How many updates have you
posted on Facebook, Twitter,
or Instagram today?
• Do you use the internet/ mobile
for an hour after you woke up
this morning?
• Have you followed a celebrity/
a crush on his/ her social
media account?
Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) often deals with the
use of different technologies such as
mobile phones, telephones, computer,
Internet, and other devices, as well as
software and applications to locate,
save, send, and manipulate
information.
Empowering ICT is important for its
innovative uses impacts our daily lives.
It has affected our ways of
communicating, made our lives more
convenient, and assisted countries
towards their modernization plans. Thus,
there is a need to create a foundation of
understanding in the world of ICT.
Our gadgets have become part of our
necessity that we check on them after we
wake up. It made communication easier.
We can use cellular phones that are
designed for communicating with other
people even they are miles away from us. It
has also assisted us in our work since
there are Internet-based jobs. It has
revolutionized our education and in the
modernization of our economy.
 ACTIVITY 1.1: Internet and Computer
Readiness Test

Directions: Read and reflect each item carefully.

State whether you agree or disagree to each of
the statements by drawing a happy face if you
agree and a sad face if you disagree. There is
no right or wrong answers for this activity. Write
your answers on your notebook.
1. I have reliable access to a computer,
mobile phone, tablet, or any gadget that
can act as substitute to computers.
2. I have access to a high-speed internet
connection with video streaming
capabilities.
3. I have experience using email: I can
create, send, forward, reply to, and save
email messages and attachments.
5. I have experience in word processing: I
can create, edit, save, and navigate
documents using software program such as
Microsoft Word or Pages for Mac.
6. I have experience in creating slide
presentations: I can use programs such as
Microsoft PowerPoint or Keynote for Mac.
7. I know how to search the web using
Internet browsers such as Firefox or
Google Chrome.
7. I have experience using online or
mobile social media (ex. Facebook,
Twitter)
8. I have experience viewing videos
online (YouTube)
9. I have experience filling out
forms and taking quizzes online.
10. I have experiences using cloud-
based programs such as Google Drive
or Google Docs.
11. I have experience searching online
for academic resources (ex. Google
Scholar)
12. I have experience with video
conferencing (ex. Skype).
 ICT in the Philippines
Philippines is dubbed as the “ICT Hub of
Asia” because of huge growth of ICT-
related jobs, one of which is BPO,
Business Process Outsourcing, or call
centers. In a data gathered by the Annual
Survey of Philippines Business and
Industries in 2010, the ICT industry shares
19.3% of the total employment population.
• When the internet was fully commercialized
in 1995, it has tremendously impacted
culture and commerce, including the rise of
near instant communication by email, instant
messaging, telephony (Voice over Internet
Protocol or VoIP), two-way interactive video
calls, and the World Wide Web with
its discussion forums, blogs, social
networking, and online shopping sites.
• Internet is the global system of
interconnected computer
networks that uses the Internet
protocol suite (TCP/IP) to
communicate between networks
and devices.
 The World Wide Web
• The World Wide Web is 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 one document to another. It
was invented by Tim-Berners Lee.
• The World Wide Web browser
software, such as Microsoft's Internet
Explorer/Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera,
Apple's Safari, and Google Chrome,
let users navigate from one web page
to another via the hyperlinks
embedded in the documents.
• These documents may also contain any
combination of computer data, including
graphics, sounds, text, video, multimedia and
interactive content that runs while the user is
interacting with the page. The Web has
enabled individuals and organizations to
publish ideas and information to a potentially
large audience online at greatly reduced
expense and time delay.
Types of Web Pages
 Types of Web Pages
• Web 1.0 or The Web. It is the first stage of
the World Wide Web evolution. It is a flat or
stationary page since it cannot be
manipulated by the user.
• Web 2.0 or The Social Web allows users to
interact with the page, the user may be able
to comment or create a user account. Most
website that we visit today are Web 2.0.
 Types of Web Pages
• Web 3.0 or Semantic Web. The semantic web
provides a framework that allows data to be
shared and reuse to deliver web content
specifically targeting the user. Search Engine
will learn about you and your habits from each
search you perform and will gather details
about you from your previous activities like
likes and social postings and present the
answers as per your preferences.
CRITERIA WEB 1.0 WEB 2.0 WEB 3.0
Communicati Broadcast Interactive Engaged/
on Invested
Information Static/ Read- Dynamic Portable &
only Personal
Focus Organization Community Individual
Content Ownership Sharing Immersion
Interaction Web Forms Web Application Smart
Applications
Search Directories Tags/ Keywords Context/
Relevance
Metrics Page Views Cost per Click User
Engagement
Advertising Banners Interactive Behavioral
Technologies HTML/ FTP Flash/ Java/ XML RDF/ RDFS/
OWL
 FEATURES WEB 2.0
FOLKSONOMY allows users to collectively classify and find information
using freely chosen keywords (e.g. "tagging" by facebook).
Tagging uses the pound sign #, often referred to as hastag.
RICH USER dynamic content that is responsive to user input (e.g., a user
EXPERIENCE can "click" on an image to enlarge it or find out more
information)
USER the owner of website is not the only one who is able to put
PARTICIPATION content. Others are able to place a content on their own by
means of comments, reviews, and evaluation.
LONG TAIL services that are offered on demand rather than on a one-
time purchase. 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.
SOFTWARE AS A users will subscribe to a software only when needed rather
SERVICE than purchasing them.
 ACTIVITY 1.2: Where do I
belong?
DIRECTIONS: Using the Internet, look for
the webpages of the pages listed below.
Evaluate whether they are Web 1.0, Web
2.0, or Web 3.0. Write your answers in your
activity notebook.
1. Amazon.co.uk 6. Siri’s Apple Voice Recognition
2. 7.

3. 8. Encyclopedia Britannica
4. 9. Trio Healthcare Group

5. 10.
 LESSON 1.1:
ONLINE PLATFORMS
AND SITES
Because of the wide capacity of Web
2.0, it has helped in creating dynamic
online platform sites. Online platform is
a specially developed platform using
Internet technology. Online platforms
have revolutionized access to any
information.
Online platforms currently include, but
are not limited to:
• Presentation or Visualization
• Cloud Computing
• File Management
• Mapping
• Social Media
1. Presentation or Visualization
Platform allows you to present and
share presentations, infographics
and videos with other people. It is
used to communicate information
clearly and efficiently.
2. Cloud Computing Platform is
also called as “The cloud.” It is the
practice of using a network of
remote servers hosted on the
internet. Instead of using your
computer’s hard drive, you store
and access your data and programs
over the Internet.
3. File Management Platform is
used for the storing, naming,
sorting, and handling of computer
files. Allows you to convert and
manage files without download in
the software tool.
4.Mapping Platform is a
transformation taking the points of
one space into the points of the
same or another space. Uses GPS
to detect location and used for
navigation.
5. Social Media Platform is a
computer-mediated tools that allow
large group of people to create, share or
exchange information, interest and the
information shared can be in the form of
ideas, pictures, videos or anything that
you want to create and share to virtual
communities
 It can be in the following platforms:
• Social Networks. These sites 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.
• Social News. These are sites that allow users
to post their own news items or links to other
news sources.
• Media Sharing. These are sites that allow you
to upload and share media content like images,
music, and video. Media sharing sites can be
specific for video sharing, photo sharing, slide
sharing, social bookmarking, and gaming.
• Microblogging. These are sites that focus on
short updates from the user. Those subscribed
to the user will be able to receive these
updates. Posts are brief that range typically
from 140 – 200 characters.
• Blogs and Forums. These are
websites that allow users to post their
content. Other users can comment on
the said topic.
 ACTIVITY 1.3: Which Website Is It?
DIRECTIONS: Listed below are some of the
platforms. Complete the table below by
providing name of website and a short
description using the internet. Write your
answers on your notebook.
 NAMES OF
PLATFORMS DESCRIPTION
WEBSITES
Presentation or
Visualization
Cloud Computing
File Management
Mapping
Social Networks
Social News
Microblogging
Blogs and Forums
QUIZ
1.How dependent are we on
technology?
2. How do the different online
platforms help you as a
student in your chosen track?