LESSON 1 – Empowerment Technology

ICT (Information and Communications Technology) -deals with the use of different communication
technologies such as mobile phones, telephone, Internet, etc. to locate, save, send, and edit information.
• Example: when we make a video call, we use internet.
• Philippines as the “ICT Hub of Asia”.
• Huge growth of ICT related jobs around the country, one of which is call center or BPO (Business Process
Outsourcing) centers.
• According to 2013 edition of Measuring the Information Society by the International Telecommunication
Union, there are 106.8 cellphones per 100 Filipinos in the year 2012.
•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.
•Time magazines declared Makati City, Philippines-Rank 1 as the “Selfiest Cities around the world, and
Rank 9 is Cebu City.
Internet - is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite
(TCP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide
- means of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in the world via dedicated routers
and servers.
- sometimes called simply "the Net," is a worldwide system of computer networks
- a network of networks in which users at any one computer can get information from any other
computer
WWW (World Wide Web)
-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.
- is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by URLs, interlinked
by hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet.
- Invented by Tim-Berners Lee
Web page - is a hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web. • It is a document that is suitable for
the World Wide Web
•When WWW (World Wide Web) was invented, most web pages were static.
Static (also known as flat page or stationary page) in the same that the page “as is” and cannot be
manipulated by the user. This referred to as Web 1.0.
Examples of Web 2.0
•Social Networking sites
•Blogs
•Wikis
•Video sharing sites
•Web 2.0 allows the user to interact with the page known as DYNAMIC PAGE; instead of just reading a page,
the user may be able to comment or create a user account. Dynamic page refers to the web pages that are
affected by user input or preference.
Key Features of Web 2.0
• Folksonomy – allows users to categorize and classify/arrange information using freely chosen keywords (e.g.
tagging). Popular social networking sites such as Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, etc. use tags that start with a
pound sign (#) or hashtag.
• Rich User Interface – content is dynamic and is responsive to user’s input. An example would be a website
that shows local content. In the case of social networking sites, when logged on, your account is used to modify
what you see in their website.
• User Participation– the owner of website is not the only one who is able to put content. Others are able to
place a content on their own by means of comments, reviews, and evaluation.
• Long Tail – services 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 on Internet or a data plan that
charges you for the amount of bandwidth you used.
Web 3.0 and Semantic Web
• Semantic Web– is a movement led by the World Wide Web Consortium(W3C). The semantic web
provides a framework that allows data to be shared and reuse to deliver web content specifically targeting the
user.
Note: Web 3.0 is yet to be fully realized because of several problems:
• Compatibility-HTML files and current web browsers could not support Web 3.0.
•Security – The user’s security is also question since the machine is saving his or her preferences.
• Vastness-The World Wide Web already contains billions of web pages.
•Vagueness – Certain words are imprecise. The words “old” and “small” would depend to the user.
• Logic- since machines use logic, there are certain limitations for a computer to be able to predict what the user
is referring to at a given time.
Trends in ICT
1. Convergence– is the synergy of technological advancements to work on a similar goal or task. For example,
besides using your personal computer to create word documents, you can now use your smartphone.
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.
Six Types of Social Media
a) Social Networks – These are sites that allows you to connect with other people with the same
interests or background. Once the user creates his/her account, he/she can set up a profile, add people, share
content, etc. Example : Facebook and Google+
b) Bookmarking Sites– These are sites that allow you to store and manage links to various website and
resources. Most of these sites allow you to create a tag allows you to and others easily share them. Ex. :
StumbleUpon/Pinterest
c) 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 rank. Example: reddit and Digg
d) Media Sharing – These are sites that allow you to upload and share media content like images,
music and video. Example: Flickr, Youtube and Instagram.
e) Microblogging– These are sites that focus on short updates from the user. Those that subscribed to
the user will be able to receive these updates. Example: Twitter and Plurk
f) Blogs and Forums– These websites allow user to post their content. Other users are able to comment
on the said topic. Example: Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr
3. Mobile Technologies
– The popularities of smartphones and tablets has taken a major rise over the years. This is largely
because of the devices capability to do the tasks that were originally found in PCs.
– Several of these devices are caple of using high-speed internet. Today the latest model devices use 4G
Networking(LTE), which is currently the fastest mobile network.
Mobile OS
a. iOS– use in apple devices such as iPhone and iPad.
b. Android – an open source OS developed by Google. Being open source means mobile phone
companies use this OS for free.
c. Blackberry OS– use in Blackberry devices.
d. Windows Phone OS – a closed source and proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft.
 e. Symbian– the original smartphone OS; used by Nokia devices. WebOS– originally used in
smartphones; now used in smartTVs.
f. Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket PCs.
4. Assistive Media – is a non- profit service designed to help people who have visual and reading impairments.
A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user.
Key Terms
• Web 1.0 – static websites without interactivity.
• Web 2.0 – websites that contain dynamic content.
• Web 3.0 – a concept of the World Wide Web that is designed to cater to the individual user.
•Static – refers to the web that are the same regardless of the user.
• Dynamic – refers to the that are affected by user input or preference.
• Folksonomy – allows user to categorize and classify/arrange information.
• Hashtag # – used to “categorize” posts in a website.
•Convergence – the synergy of technological advancements to work a similar goal or task.
• Social Media – websites, applications or online channels that enable users to co- create, discuss, modify, and
exchange user- generated content.