EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY – Lesson 1

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) • Software as a Service – users will subscribe to a
Deals with the use of different communication software only when needed rather than
technologies such as mobile phones, telephone, internet purchasing them.
etc. to locate, save, and edit information.
• Mass Participation – diverse information
Time Magazine’s The Selfiest Cities around the
sharing through universal web access. Since
World of 2013 places two cities from the Philippines in
the top 1 and top 10 spots. The study was conducted most users can use the internet.
using Instagram, a popular photo sharing application.
Web 3.0 and the Semantic Web
Web 2.0: Dynamic Web Pages
The Semantic Web is a movement lead by the
The internet has been a vital tool to our modern World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The W3C
lives that is why it is also important to make the best of standard encourages web developers to include
the internet. semantic content int their web pages. The term was
When the World Wide Web (www) was coined by the inventor of World Wide Web, Tim
invented, most web pages were static. Static (Also Berners-Lee.
known as flat page or stationary page) in the sense that According to the W3C, "The semantic Web
the page is “as is” and cannot be manipulated by user. provides a common framework that allows data to
This is referred to as web 1.0 be shared and reused across application, enterprise,
Features of Web 2.0 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.
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Trends in ICT • Blogs and forums - these websites allow users to
As the world of ICT continues to grow, the industry post their content. Other users are able to
has focused on several innovations. These innovations comment on the said topic. These are several
cater to the needs of the people that benefits most out
of ICT. Whether it is for business or personal use, these free blogging platforms like Blogger, WordPress,
trends are the current front runners in the innovation of and Tumblr.
ICT.
3. Mobile Technologies
1. Convergence - Technological convergence is the
The popularity of smartphones and tablets has
synergy of technological advancements to work
taken a major rise over the year. This is largely because
on a similar goal or task. of the device capability to do the tasks were originally
2. Social Media - is a website, application, or online found in personal computers.

channel that enables web users to create, co- • IOS - used in Apple devices such as the iPhone
create, discuss, modify, and exchange user- and iPad.
generated content. • Android - an open source operating system
developed by google. Being open source mean
There are six types of social Media: several mobile phone companies use this OS for

• Social Networks - these are sites that allow you free.

to connect with other people with the same • Blackberry OS - used in blackberry devices.

interests or background. • Windows Phone OS - a closed source and

• Bookmarking sites - these are sites that allow proprietary operating system developed by

you to store and manage links to various Microsoft.

websites and resources. Most of these sites • Symbian - the original smartphones OS.

allow you to create a tag that allows you and • WebOS - originally used for smartphones; now

others to easily search or share them. used for smart TVs.

• Social News - these are sites that allow users to • Windows Mobile - developed by Microsoft for

post their own news items or links to other news smartphones and pocket PCs.

sources. The users can also comment on the post 4. Assistive Media
and comments may also be ranked.
Is a non-profit service designed to help who have
• Media Sharing - these are sites that allow you to visual and reading impairments.
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.