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LESSON 1: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGIES

CONTENT STANDARD
The learners demonstrates an understanding of:
ICT in the context of global communication for specific professional track

PERFORMANCE STANDARD
The learners shall be able to:
at the end of the 2-week period independently compose an insighful
reflection paper on the nature of ICT in the context of their lives, society,
and professional tracks (Arts, Tech-Voc, Sports, Academic)

LEARNING COMPETENCIES
The learners:
1. compare and contrast the nuances of varied online platforms, sites, and
content to best achieve specific class objectives or address situational
challenge

QUARTER 1 → WEEK 1 → MODULE 1 Competency code: CS_ICT11/12-ICTPT-la-b-1

SPECIFIC LEARNING OUTCOMES:

At the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:

• Improve their knowledge on how ICT affects their

everyday lives and the state of our nation;
• Compare and contrast the differences between
online platforms, sites, and content;
• Understand the features of Web 2.0;
• Understand the future of the World Wide Web
through Web 3.0; and
• Learn the different trends in ICT and use them to
their advantage.

PRE-TEST 1
Name: ____________________________________________________ Score: ____________________

Section: _____________________________________________________ Date: ____________________

Multiple Choice: Circle the letter the corresponds to the correct answer.

1. A web page that allows interaction from the user.

a. Static c. Social
b. Dynamic d. Comment

2. This refers to the features where users are able to categorize and locate information
through tagging.
a. Hashtags c. Taxonomy
b. Folksonomy d. Rich user experience
3. A feature of a dynamic website that allow users to put their own content
a. Rich user experience c. User participation
b. Long tail d. Mass participation
4. It provides a common framework to allow data to be shared and reused across platform,
enterprise, and community boundaries.
a. W3C c. Web 1.0
b. Semantic Web d. Web 2.0
5. According to this magazines, two Philippine cities are part of the top 10 in their research
about “The Selfish Cities around the world.
a. People c. Reader’s Digest
b. Time d. Candy
6. This is the operating system for blackberry phones.
a. Blackberry OS c. Windows Mobile
b. Symbian d. iOS
7. Pinterest is social media website that can be classified as
a. Bookmarking site c. Microblogging
b. Media sharing d. Blogs and forums
8. Currently, this is the fastest mobile network.
a. 2G c. 4G
b. 3G d. 5G
9. This media is designed to help people who have visual and reading impairments.

a. Assistive c. Bookmarking
b. Social d. Accessibility
10. This type of social media website focuses on short updates posted by the user.
a. Blogging c. Social media
b. Microblogging d. hashtagging

STUDY
TIME 2
INTRODUCTION

As the popular saying goes, “Love makes the world go round.” But before you start
looking for someone to fall in love with, you could argue how the internet has made the world
go round for decades. The internet has probably made your world go round. In this lesson, we
will understand how Information and Communication Technologies have improved our lives in
such a short period of time.

ICT- Information and Communication Technology

• It deals with the use of different communication technologies

such as mobile phones, telephone, Internet to locate, save,
send and edit information
• Is a study of computers as data processing tools. It
introduces students to the fundamental of using computer
systems in an internet environment.

ICT IN THE PHILIPPINES

• Philippines is dub as the “ICT Hub in Asia” because of huge growth of ICT-related jobs, one
which is BPO, Business Process Outsourcing, or call centers.

• ICT Department in the Philippines is responsible for the planning, development and
promotion of the country’s information and communications technology (ICT) agenda in
support of national development.

COMPUTER – an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form,
according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
Internet– is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the internet
protocol suite (TCIP/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 the users at any one computer can get information
from any other computer.

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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 Pages
Web page is a hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web. It is a document that is
suitable for the World Wide Web.

The different online platforms of World Wide Web

The internet has been a vital tool to our modern lives that is why it is also important to
make the best of the Internet.

1. WEB 1.0 OR STATIC WEBPAGE

When the World Wide Web (WWW) was invented, most webpages
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.
• A site that is usually written in plain HTML and what is in the
code of the page is what is displayed to the user.

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2. WEB 2.0 OR DYNAMIC WEBPAGE

Web 2.0 is the evolution of Web 1.0 by adding dynamic webpages.

The user is able to see a website differently than others. 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.

Web 2.0 is a term coined by Darcy DiNucci on January 1999. In her

article titled, “Fragmented Future,” she wrote:

“The Web we know, which loads into a browser window in essentially

static screenfuls, is only an embryo of the Web to come. The first
glimmerings of Web 2.0 are beginning to appear, and we are just
starting to see how that embryo might develop.”

FEATURES OF WEB 2.0

1. FOLKSONOMY – allows users to categorize and classify or arrange information using

freely chosen keyword (e.g., tagging). Popular social networking sites such as Twitter,
Facebook, Instagram, etc. use tags that start with the pound sign (#). This is also
referred to as “Hashtags”.

2. RICH USER EXPERIENCE – 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.

3. USER PARTICIPATION – the owner of the website is not the only one who is able to
put content. Others are able to place a content of their own by means of comments,
reviews, and evaluation. Some websites allow readers to comment on an article,
participate in a poll, or review a specific product (e.g., Amazon.com – online store.

4. LONG TAIL – service that are offered on a demand rather than on a one-time purchase.
In certain cases, time-basedpricing is better than file-size based pricing or vice-versa.
This is synonymous to subscribing to a data plan that changes 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.

5. SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE – users will be subscribe to a software only when needed

rather than purchasing them e.g. Google docs used to create and edit word processing
and spread sheet.

6. MASS PARTICIPATION – diverse information sharing through universal web access.

Web 2.0’s content is based on people from various cultures

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 3. WEB 3.0 AND THE SEMANTIC WEB

The Semantic Web is a movement led by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The
W3C standard encourage web developers to include semantic content in their web pages.
The term was coined by the inventor of the World Wide
Web, Tim Berners-Lee. Lee is also noted that the Semantic
Web is a component for Web 3.0.

• According to the W3C, “The semantic Web provides a

common framework that allows data to be shared and reused
across application, enterprise, and community boundaries”.
• The aim of Web 3.0 is to have machines (or server)
understand the user’s preferences to be able to deliver web content specifically targeting
the user.
✓ For example, when doing a web search in Web 2.0, the topmost result is based on the preferences
of several users who already searched for the item.

• The search engine then labels it the most common answer to the search query.
• Though there are instances wherein several preferences are considered like geographic
location, Web 3.0 aims to do better. This studying personal preferences of an individual user
and showing results based on those preferences.
• The internet is able to predict the best possible answer to your question by learning from
your previous choices.
✓ For example, when you search for the best restaurant to visit in a specific area.

• First, it may look for your previous visits from other restaurant and if you have rated them
whether good or bad.

• In return, Web 3.0 will search for restaurants that have a similar menu, good rating, and
budget that fit your preferences in the past.

WEB 3.0 IS YET TO BE FULLY REALIZED BECAUSE OF SEVERAL PROBLEMS:

1. COMPATIBILITY – HTML files and current web browsers could not support Web 3.0

2. SECURITY – The user’s security is also in question since the machine is saving his or her
preferences.

3. VASTNESS – The World Wide Web already contains billions of web pages.

4. VAGUENESS– Certain words are imprecise. The words “old” and “small” would depend on the
user.

5. LOGIC– Since the 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.

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 TRENDS IN ICT:

➢ As the world of ICT continues to grow, the industry has focused on

several innovations. These innovations cater to the needs of the
people that benefit most out of ICT. Whether it is for business or
personal use, these trends are the current front runners in the
innovation of ICT.

1. TECHNOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE – the synergy of technological advancement 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.
- Convergence is using several technologies to accomplish a task conveniently.

2. SOCIAL MEDIA – a website, application, or online channel that enables web users to create, co-
create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated content.
- Internet users spend more time in social media sites than in any other type of site.
- With this, more and more advertisers use social media to promote their product.

THERE ARE 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 – Sites that allow you to store and manage

links to various website and resources. Most these sites allow you
to create a tag that allows you and others to easily search or share
them.
Example: Stumble Upon, Pinterest

c. Social News – Sites that allow users to post their own news items
or links to other news sources. The user can also comment on the
post and comments may also be ranked. There are also capable of
voting on this news article of the website. Those who get the most
amount of votes are shown prominently
Example: Reddit and Digg

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 d. Media Sharing – sites that allow you to 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.
Example: Flickr, YouTube and Instagram

e. Microblogging – 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 – allow user to post their content. Other users are
able to comment on the said topic.

Ex. Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr

3. MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES

The popularity 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 personal computers. Several of these
devices are capable of using a high-speed internet.
Today the latest model devices use 4G Networking Long
Term Evolution (LTE), which is currently the fastest mobile
network. Also, mobile devices use different operating system:

a. IOS – use in apple devices such as

iPhone and iPad. An operating
system used for mobile devices
manufactured by Apple Inc.

b. ANDROID - an open source OS developed by Google. Being open

source means mobile phone companies use this OS for free. An
open-source operating system used for smartphones and tablet
computers

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 c. BLACKBERRY OS – a proprietary mobile operating system
developed by BlackBerry Limited for its BlackBerry line of
smartphone handheld devices

d. WINDOWS PHONE OS – a closed source and proprietary operating

system developed by Microsoft.

e. SYMBIAN – the original smartphone Operating System; used by

Nokia devices. The operating system developed and sold by
Symbian Ltd. The OS is used primarily by Nokia with its S60 user
interface and by Sony Ericsson with its UIQ user interface, but the
Symbian OS is also used by a number of Japanese mobile phone
manufacturers for handsets sold inside of Japan.

f. WebOS – originally smartphones Operating System; now used for

smart Tvs. WebOS is an LG owned, Linux-based, smart TV operating
system that is set up to allow control and access of LG Smart TV’s
more advanced features and connected devices through a graphical
user interface (GUI). WebOS was developed by Palm as a mobile
OS.

g. WINDOWS MOBILE – developed by Microsoft for smartphones and

pocket Personal Computers. A family of mobile operating systems

4. ASSISTIVE MEDIA

ASSISTIVE MEDIA – founded by David Erdody in 1996 and was the

first Internet-based spoken-word audio reading service for persons
with print reading barriers thereby opening a unique avenue of
accessibility for many individuals with cognitive, physical, and
communication disabilities.

A non-profit service designed to help people who have visual and

reading impairment and etc. A database of audio recording is used
to read to the user.
SKILL
EXPLORATION
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TASK - 1

Direction: Using the concept map, write words that are related to ICT.

ICT

TASK - 2

Direction: Form your group into 5 with 8 members. Take turns answering the questions.

Share by group.

1. How many times have you checked your phone this morning?
2. How many status updates have you posted in FB or Twitter today?
3. Did you use internet for an hour after you woke up this morning?
4. Do you follow a celebrity via his/her social media account?

TASK - 3

Direction: Form your group into 5 with 8 members. Take turns answering the questions.

Share by group.

1. How many of you use social media?

2. What is the most popular social media site?
3. Who among your members use Internet to get News?
4. Who among your members use Iphones?
5. Who among you here are familiar with assistive media?

POS
TEST 10
 I. STATIC VS. DYNAMIC

Look for ten websites and classify them as static or dynamic. What makes each website
static or dynamic? Use the table below.

Website URL STATIC DYNAMIC REASON

II. TRUE OR FALSE: Write T if the sentence is correct; otherwise, write F on the blank before
each item.

________1. Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web.

________2. People magazine conducted the research on “The Selfiest Cities around the World”.
________ 3. Web 2.0 introduced static web pages that allow users to interact with the web page.
________4. Folksonomy allows users to categorize and locate information.
________5. Technological convergence is the synergy of technological advancements to work on a
similar goal or task.
________6. According to Nielsen, users who use the Internet spend more time in social media site than in
any other type of site.
________7. Blogging sites are sites that focus on short updates from the user.
________8. Android is a mobile operating system for Apple devices.
________9. Assistive media is a nonprofit service designed to help people who have visual and
reading impairments.
________10. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) deals with the use of different
communications technology to locate, save, send, and edit information.

III. Write SO if the social media website is a social network, BS for bookmarking site, SN for
social news, MS for media sharing, MI for microblogging, and BF for blogs and forums.

_____1. Facebook _____6. Google +

_____2. Plurk _____7. Instagram

_____3. Twitter _____8. Pinterest

_____4. Reddit _____9. Blogger

_____5. Tumblr _____10. StumbleUpon

Learner’s Name : __________________________ Year: ________ Section: ___________

Parents/Guardian : ___________________________ Date: ________ CP#: _____________

(Signature over Printed Name)

Subject Teacher : ___________________________ Date: ________ CP#: _____________

(Signature over Printed Name)

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