EMPOWERMENT

TECHNOLOGY
MR. JEFFREY DE BELEN, LPT
LESSON 4

TRENDS IN ICT
OBJECTIVES – Lesson 4
Understand the different platforms
and trends in ICT.
ONLINE SYSTEMS, FUNCTIONS, AND
PLATFORMS ( Programmed)
 Onlineplatforms can be overwhelming due to
the number of choices. They can be
categorized as follows:
 Social Media
 Search Engines
 Communication Services
 Payments Systems
 Advertising Platform
 Creative Content Outlets
ONLINE SYSTEMS, FUNCTIONS, AND
PLATFORMS ( Programmed)
 Social Media
 Facebook
 Twitter
 Instagram
 Skype
 Snapchat
ONLINE SYSTEMS, FUNCTIONS, AND
PLATFORMS ( Programmed)
 Search Engines
 Google.com
 Wikipedia.org
 Brainly.ph
 Answer.com
 Slideshare.net
ONLINE SYSTEMS, FUNCTIONS, AND
PLATFORMS ( Programmed)
 Communication Services
 Google Meet
 Zoom Meeting
 Skype
 Viber
 Messenger
ONLINE SYSTEMS, FUNCTIONS, AND
PLATFORMS ( Programmed)
 Payment Systems
 Gcash
 Paymaya
 Paypal
 Coins.ph
ONLINE SYSTEMS, FUNCTIONS, AND
PLATFORMS ( Programmed)
 Advertising Platforms
 Facebook
 Pinterest
 Instagram
 Youtube
 Tiktok
ONLINE SYSTEMS, FUNCTIONS, AND
PLATFORMS ( Programmed)
 Creative Content Outlets
 Facebook
 Pinterest
 Instagram
 Youtube
 Tiktok
 Twitter
TRENDS IN ICT
1. CONVERGENCE
Technological Convergence is the
synergy of technological
advancements to work on a similar
goal or task.
Ex. Cloud technologies, Office 365
TRENDS IN ICT
2. SOCIAL MEDIA
Is a website, application or
online channel that enables web
users to create, co-create,
discuss, modify, and change the
user-generated content.
TRENDS IN ICT
SIX TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
a) Social Networks
b) Bookmarking Sites
c) Social News
d) Media Sharing
e) Microblogging
f) Blogs and Forums
TRENDS IN ICT

SIX TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

a) Social Networks
Ex. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram,
Snapchat
TRENDS IN ICT
b. BOOKMARKING SITES
Sites that allows you to
store and manage links to
various websites and
resources
Ex. StumbleUpon, Pinterest
TRENDS IN ICT
b. SOCIAL NEWS
Sites that allows user to post
their news items or links to
other news sources.
Ex. Reddit and Digg
TRENDS IN ICT
d. MEDIA SHARING
Sites that allows you to
upload and share media
content like images, music
and video.
Ex. Flicker, YouTube,
Instagram
TRENDS IN ICT
e. MICROBLOGGING
Sites that focus on short updates
from the user.
Ex. Twitter, Plurk
TRENDS IN ICT

f. BLOGS and FORUMS

Sites that allow users to post
their content.
Ex. Blogger, WordPress and
Tumblr
TRENDS IN ICT
3. MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
Capable of 4G Networking
(LTE), currently the fastest
mobile network
 Following are some of the online platforms and applications
that you can use to create online presentation, web page,
news letters, infographics, music, video, and other
multimedia contents.

 Presentation tools – Prezi, Zoho Show, MS

PowerPoint
 Newsletter, ICT content platforms- Dropbox,
Tublr, Wix
 Photo editing tools – Picasa, Adobe Photoshop, MS
Paint
Following are some of the online platforms and applications
that you can use to create online presentation, web page,
news letters, infographics, music, video, and other
multimedia contents.

 Photo uploading and hosting tools- Dropbox,

Flickr
 Online
Collaborative Tools- Google Drive, Viber,
Facebook
 Cloud Computing - Dropbox, Google Driove, Microsoft
One Drive
Blog Tools- Blogger, WordPress, LIveJournal
 Mapping tools – Google Maps, Wikimapia
 Music Production- Sibelius
 Survey and Forms – Google Forms
 ICTProjects and contents publishing and
uploading platforms – WordPress, MS Office
Project Server, File Manager
 ContentManagement Systems platforms-
WordPress, Drupal, Joomla
 File
Management platforms – Zamzar,
Word2pdf
 Curating tools- Pinterest, Storify, Trapit
 Web design platforms- Wix, Weebly,
Dreamweaver
 Web Management platforms- Drupal,
WordPress, Joomla
MOBILE
OPERATING SYSTEMS
a. iOS
Used in Apple devices such
as iPhone and iPad
MOBILE
OPERATING SYSTEMS
b. Android
An open source operating
system developed by
Google.
MOBILE
OPERATING SYSTEMS

c. Blackberry OS
Used in blackberry devices
MOBILE
OPERATING SYSTEMS

d. Windows Phone OS
A closed source and
proprietary operating
system developed by
Microsoft.
MOBILE
OPERATING SYSTEMS
e. Symbian
The original smartphone
OS; used by Nokia.
MOBILE
OPERATING SYSTEMS

f. WebOS
Originally used for
smartphones, now used for
smart TV’s
MOBILE
OPERATING SYSTEMS
f. Windows Mobile
Developed by Microsoft for
smartphones and pocket
PC’s
TRENDS IN ICT
4. ASSISTIVE MEDIA
Is a nonprofit service designed
to help people who have visual
and reading impairments.
A database of video recording is
used to read to the user.