Empowerment Technologies

Unit 1
Lesson 1
Introduction to Information and Communication
Technologies
⚫ ICT deals with the use of different
communication technologies such as mobile
phones, telephone, video and audio call, internet
etc to locate, save, send and edit information.
Philippines is the “ICT Hub of Asia” A 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.
⚫ The World Wide Web (WWW) is a network of
online content that is formatted in HTML and
accessed via HTTP. The term refers to all the
interlinked HTML pages that can be accessed over
the Internet. The World Wide Web was originally
designed in 1991 by Tim Berners-Lee while he
was a contractor at CERN.
⚫ When WWW was invented, most web pages
were static.
⚫ Web 1 is a static website without
interactivity. Static refers to web pages that
are the same regardless of the user.
⚫ Web 2.0 allows the user to interact with the
page known as DYNAMIC PAGE.
Dynamic page refers to the web pages that
are affected by user input or preference.
Web 3 is a concept of the World Wide Web that is
designed to cater to the individual user.
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.
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⚫ 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.
⚫ Software as a service – users will subscribe to
a software only when needed rather than
purchasing them. Ex. Google docs
⚫ Mass participation – diverse information
sharing through universal web access.
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.
 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 capable of using
high-speed internet. Today the latest model devices
use 4G Networking(LTE), which is currently the
fastest mobile network.
Mobile Technologies with different operating systems
⚫ iOS– use in apple devices such as iPhone and iPad.
⚫ Android – an open source OS developed by Google. Being
open source means mobile phone companies use this OS for
free.
⚫ Blackberry OS– use in Blackberry devices.
⚫ Windows Phone OS – a closed source and proprietary
operating system developed by Microsoft.
⚫ Symbian– the original smartphone OS; used by Nokia
devices.
⚫ WebOS– originally used in smartphones; now used in
smartTVs.
⚫ 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.