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EMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGIES
QUARTER 1

SELF- LEARNING MODULE

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INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY
QUARTER 1

Development Team of the Module

Authors: Kristine Mae M. Daprosa

Editor: Jomari D.Macayan

Reviewer: Dannel A. Pon-an

Management Team: Celedonio B. Balderas, Jr., SDS

Gemma G. Cortez, Ed.D., CID - Chief

Leylanie V. Adao, EPS - LR

Learning Area EPS (Insert name here)

SDO Dasmariñas City

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Guide in Using Learner’s Module

For the Parents/Guardian

This module is designed to assist you as the learning facilitator at home. It
provides you with activities and lesson information that the learners need
to accomplish in a distance learning modality.

For the Learner

This module is designed to guide you in your independent learning
activities at your own pace and time. This also aims to help you acquire
the competencies required by the Department of Education at the comfort
of your home.
You are expected to answer all activities on separate sheets of paper and
submit the outputs to your respective teachers on the time and date
agreed upon.

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 Week 1
I What I need to know?

This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
master the nature of Empowerment Technologies. The scope of this module permits it
to be used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the
diverse vocabulary level of students. The lessons are arranged to follow the standard
sequence of the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to
correspond with the textbook you are now using.

The module is about Information and Communication Technology as a global

communication tool (MELC Week 1).

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Describe Information and Communications Technology.
2. Distinguish the varied ICT technologies.
3. Compare and contrast the nuances of varied online platforms and sites.
4. Appreciate the benefits of ICT.

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I What is new?
Directions: Given the picture below, answer the following guide questions on a
separate sheet of paper:

A. How many of the items or icons in the image below are you familiar with?
B. Which ones are you unfamiliar with?
C. What ICT tools do you use every day?
D. What do you like about those tools? Why?
E. What is your understanding about ICT?

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 D What is it?

In this part of your journey, we provide something for you to deepen your
understanding about culture.

Please continue reading with comprehension as you discover further knowledge that will
help you out in your quest on the remaining phases of this lesson.

WHAT IS INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)?

 The term ICT, short for Information and Communication Technology refers to the
various technologies, tools and devices that are used to gather, create, edit,
display and store information that are communicated or exchanged with others
by means of electronics.
 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.
 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.

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THREE COMPONENTS OF ICT

1. Information - means valuable context that gives meaning and relevance to many
people such as name of place, birth date, color, money, your name, depending
on the context.
2. Communication - refers to the conveying of information between two or more
people in different places. 
3. Technology - means of devoting to create new tools to accomplish various tasks
in our daily lives
ONLINE PLATFORMS - is a specially developed platform using Internet technology. 

Examples:

INTERNET

Internet, a system architecture that has revolutionized communications and

methods of commerce by allowing various computer networks around the world to
interconnect. Sometimes referred to as a “network of networks,” the Internet emerged in
the United States in the 1970s but did not become visible to the general public until the
early 1990s. By 2020, approximately 4.5 billion people, or more than half of the world’s
population, were estimated to have access to the Internet.

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 The Internet is composed of millions of small computer networks all brought
together to form the vast “Inter-Network”. It has a powerful capability that can be used
for any purpose that depends on the information and it is accessible to every individual
who connects to their respective networks. It supports communication and allows
people to work collaboratively even indifferent locations. It supports access to digital
information through World Wide Web.

WORLD WIDE WEB

A large part of the Internet is the World Wide Web (WWW). This is made up of
web sites that have one or more web pages. This is the part of the Internet that you
probably use most of the time. It is the system that enables you to access hypertext
documents and other files over the internet. The technology was proposed by Tim
Berners-Lee in 1989.

Evolution of the Web

WEB 1.0
 When the World Wide Web was invented, most web pages were static.
 Static (also known as flat page or stationary page) in the sense that the page is “as
is” and cannot be manipulated by the user. The content is also the same for all
users.
 This is referred to as Web 1.0.

WEB 2.0
 Web 2.0 is the evolution of Web 1.0 by adding dynamic web pages.
 Web 2.0 allows users to interact with the page: instead of just reading a page, the
user may be able to comment or create a user account
 Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing
sites, and web applications.
KEY FEATURES OF WEB 2.0
1 It allows users to categorize and classify/arrange
Folksonomy information using freely chosen keywords (e.g., tagging).
.
2 Rich User Content is dynamic and is responsive to user’s input.
. Experience
3 Long Tail Services are offered on demand rather than on a one-time
. purchase.
4 User The owner of the website is not the only one who is able to
. Participation put content.
5 Software as a Users will subscribe to a software only when needed rather
. Service than purchasing them.

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 6 Mass It is a diverse information sharing through universal web
. Participation access.

WEB 3.0
 The Semantic Web is a movement led by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
The W3C standard encourages web developers to include semantic content in their
web pages.
 The aim of Web 3.0 is to have machines (or servers) understand the user’s
preferences to be able to deliver web content specifically targeting the user in fast
manner

TRENDS IN ICT

1. 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.

2. Social Media- Social media is a term used to describe a variety of Web-based

platforms, applications and technologies that enable people to socially interact with
one another, create, share or exchange information, ideas, and pictures/videos in
virtual communities and networks online. Also, it is described as websites and
applications dedicated to forums, microblogging, social networking, social
bookmarking, social curation, and wikis. Some examples of social media sites and
applications include Facebook, YouTube, Del.icio.us, Twitter, Digg, blogs and other
sites that have content based on user participation and user-generated content
(UGC).

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 SIX TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
1. Social Networks These are sites that allow you to connect with other people
with the same interests or background. Ex. Facebook,
Google+
2. Bookmarking These are sites that allow you to store and manage links to
Sites various websites and resources. Ex. Pinterest
3. Social News These are sites that allow users to post their own news
items or links to other news sources. Ex. Reddit, Digg,
Quora
4. Media Sharing These are sites that allow you to upload and share media
content like images, music, and video. Ex. Youtube,
Instagram, Flickr
5. Microblogging These are sites that focus on short updates
from the user. Ex. Twitter, Tumblr
6. Blogs and These websites allow users to post
Forums their content. Ex. Wordpress, Medium,
Weebly, Blogger

3. 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.”

4. Mobile Media/Technologies - Mobile technology includes portable electronic

devices (i.e., computers) that use a liquid crystal display to project digital images and
are manipulated by touching the screen using a stylus, or by entry of characters from
a digital keypad. Typically, mobile devices include tablets (e.g., iPad,
LeapPad, Android tablets), smartphones, and laptop computers. Several of these
devices are capable of using high-speed internet. Today, the latest model devices
use 4G - LTE Networking and 5G which is the fastest mobile network.

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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.”

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E What is more?

General Directions: On a separate sheet of paper, write a reflection paper on the

impact of ICT in the following fields:

1. Education
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________.

2. Business
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________.

3. Medicine
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________
__________________.

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 A What I have learned?
Direction: Read the following items carefully. Write the letter that corresponds
to your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Which is an umbrella term that includes any communication device or

application?
a. ICT
b. Internet
c. Online Systems
d. World Wide Web
2. Which of the following is composed of millions of small computer networks?
a. World Wide Web
b. Internet
c. Web 2.0
d. Web 3.0
3. What is the part of internet that is made up of web sites?
a. World Wide Web
b. Web Pages
c. Web 2.0
d. Web 3.0
4. Which of the following has static web pages?
a. World Wide Web
b. Web 1.0
c. Web 2.0
d. Web 3.0
5. Which is an intelligent web?
a. World Wide Web
b. Web 1.0
c. Web 2.0
d. Web 3.0
6. What version of the web features dynamic web pages?
a. World Wide Web
b. Web 1.0
c. Web 2.0
d. Web 3.0
7. Which of the following is the coming together of two or more disparate disciplines
or technologies?
a. Assistive media
b. Convergence
c. Mobile technologies
d. Online Systems
8. What trend in ICT benefits the people with disabilities?
a. Assistive media

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 b. Convergence
c. Mobile technologies
d. Online Systems
9. What type of social media allows you to connect to other people with the same
interests or background?
a. Bookmarking Sites
b. Microblogging
c. Social media
d. Social News
10. Which is the most used social media today?
a. Facebook
b. Instagram
c. Google+
d. Twitter

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Key To Correction

Assessment
1. A
2. B
3. A
4. B
5. D
6. C
7. B
8. A
9. C
10.A

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References

Lujero R. P. (2017), Empowerment technologies, Vibal Publishing House

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