EMPOWERMENT

TECHNOLOGIES
Student Reader for Senior High School

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 2D2C of Social Software by Joel Yuvienco 1

This Student Reader and its corresponding Teacher’s Guide consider

the instructional design based on Section 5 of RA 10533: Pedagogical
approaches in Curriculum Development. Thus Learning activities are
designed to be:

inquiry-based, reflective, constructive, collaborative, and integrative.

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 UNIT 1
A connected world needs more than a network of
computers and gadgets. It needs a technology-enabled,
confidently mindful, and compassionate digitally aware
community of lifelong learners.

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 Lesson 1 Weeks 1-2

What is Information and Communications Technology (ICT)?

GOAL
At the end of the 2-week period, you will be able to independently compose
an insightful reflection paper on the nature of ICT in the context of your lives,
society, and chosen professional (i.e. Arts, Technical Vocational, Sports, and
Academic Tracks) track.

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 Take a quick look at the page containing the Glossary of Terms to get a
glimpse of what ICT and related concepts are.
What do these mean to you?
So do you think you are ready for the Networked World? Or better yet, is
your community ready for the Networked World?

Search anything about Information and Communications Technology (ICT) or

digital tools2 that interest you. Find out the latest about them or something
similar to them that you have used so far. Be ready to share them in class
using traditional learning tools, e.g. pen and paper, or via ICT tools, e.g.
online.

Your search, ideally done online, should take you on an exploration about:
1. The current state of ICT tools (i.e., Web 2.0, Web 3.0, convergent
technologies, social, mobile, and assistive media).
2. Online systems, functions, and platforms

CHALLENGE QUESTION

A survey called “Networked World Readiness” contains 5 categories,

namely: Access, Learning, Society, Economy, and Policy.

Which category is most important to you?

As you continue your work using this Student Reader, you may realize that
digital tools, such as those appearing in the following image would give you
an idea of the range of possibilities to discover, disclose, connect, and co-
create, in a Networked World.

2 http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/digital-tools/

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 some common digital tools3

How many of the items or icons in the image above are you familiar with?
Which ones are you unfamiliar with?

Whatever your answer, take a closer look at the Trivia/Glossary of Terms.

The list contains some key phrases that characterize the ICT tools that, when
used properly, can empower users to make positive social change.

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 TRIVIA/GLOSSARY OF TERMS

1. Assistive Media - a component under Assistive technology (AT), which

is a generic term used to refer to a group of software or hardware
devices by which people with disabilities can access computers.
Assistive Media is also a name of a company: “the Internet's first audio
solution for persons with print reading/access barriers. The audio
recordings of the literary works produced by Assistive Media are now
easily accessible, on-demand, to the ever growing number of persons
with disabilities who now use the Internet.”

2. Collaborative platforms - “is a category of business software that adds

broad social networking capabilities to work processes.”

3. Convergent Technologies - an extension of the term convergence,

which means a “coming together of two or more disparate disciplines
or technologies. For example, the so-called fax revolution was
produced by a convergence of telecommunications technology, optical
scanning technology, and printing technology.” Convergent
Technologies also refers to an American computer company formed by
a small group of people who left Intel Corporation and Xerox PARC in
1979.

4. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) - ICT is an

umbrella term that includes any communication device or application,
encompassing: radio, television, cellular phones, computer and
network hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, as well as
the various services and applications associated with them, such as
videoconferencing and distance learning. ICTs are often spoken of in a
particular context, such as ICTs in education, health care, or libraries.
The term is somewhat more common outside of the United States. It
may also be defined as, Information and Communication Technologies
(ICT or ICTs) are digital forms of communication including tools
available on the Internet, such as blogging and email, as well as
computer software, such as Microsoft PowerPoint and Word4.

4 Connecting in and Out-of-School Writing Through Digital Tools by Emily Howell and David Reinking in Handbook
of Research on Digital Tools for Writing Instruction in K-12 Settings, edited by Rebecca S. Anderson, 2014

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 5. Mobile Media - This refers to “media devices such as mobile phones
and PDA’s were the primary source of portable media from which we
could obtain information and communicate with one another. More
recently, the smartphone (which has combined many features of the
cell phone with the PDA) has rendered the PDA next to obsolete.5 The
growth of new mobile media as a true force in society was marked by
smartphone sales outpacing personal computer sales in 2011.”

6. Online systems - are online versions of information systems, which is

“the process of and tools for storing, managing, using, and gathering of
data and communications in an organization. An example of
information systems are tools for sending out communications and
storing files in a business.”

7. Social Media - “are computer-mediated tools that allow people or

companies to create, share, or exchange information, career interests,
ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks.”

8. Web 2.0 - “describes World Wide Web sites that emphasize user-
generated content, usability, and interoperability. The term was
popularized by Tim O'Reilly and Dale Dougherty at the O'Reilly Media
Web 2.0 Conference in late 2004, though it was coined by Darcy
DiNucci in 1999.”

9. Web 3.0 - “a phrase coined by John Markoff of the New York Times in
2006, refers to a supposed third generation of Internet-based services
that collectively comprise what might be called ‘the intelligent Web’—
such as those using semantic web, microformats, natural language
search, data-mining, machine learning, recommendation agents, and
artificial intelligence technologies—which emphasize machine-
facilitated understanding of information in order to provide a more
productive and intuitive user experience.”

5 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_media#cite_note-3

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 ACTIVITY

1. Explore the content of the Networked World Readiness6 assessment

via this link: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/readinessguide/intro.html or
whenever available, its printed version.
2. Compare and contrast the implications of varied online platforms,
sites and content; to best achieve specific needs, objectives; or to
best address the challenges in the classroom or that of your
community. On a piece of paper or in whatever suitable digital tool is
available, write down your insight in 300 words7.

6 This is also available online via the Supplement containing additional resources, https://goo.gl/44vFXy
7 A word counting online tool can be used via this link, https://wordcounter.net/

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