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Key Takeaways:
 Know how ICT affects our daily lives and the state of out nation;
 Compare and contrast the differences between online platforms, sites, and
content;
 Understand the features of Web 2.0;
 Understand the future of WWW through Web 3.0; &
 Learn the different trends in ICT and use them to their advantage.

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ICT…defined:
 Deals with the use of different communication technologies such as mobile
phones, telephone, Internet, etc. to locate, save, send, and edit information.

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ICT Generations: Web 1.0
 First ever invented World Wide Web where most web pages are static (flat or
stationary page) as it stays “as is” and cannot be manipulated by the user. Its
content is also the same for all users. They are usually Web pages which are
supported by Hypertext Mark-up Language (html) – the language for
describing the structure of Web pages (W3C 2016).

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ICT Generations: Web 2.0
 Coined by Darcy DiNucci (January 1991), is an evolution of Web 1.0 by adding
dynamic web pages where the user is able to see a website differently than
others. (e.g. Social Networking Sites, Blogs, Wikis, Video Sharing Sites, Hosted
Services, & Web Applications)

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ICT Generations: Web 2.0
 Features of Web 2.0
 Folksonomy: allows users to categorize and classify/arrange information
using freely chosen keywords (e.g. tagging; use of pound sign: #).

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ICT Generations: Web 2.0
 Features of Web 2.0
 Rich User Experience: content is dynamic and responsive to user’s input.
(e.g. when you log in to your Facebook account, you’ll be able to see only
whatever is in your timeline)

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ICT Generations: Web 2.0
 Features of Web 2.0
 User Participation: users can place a content of their own by means of
comments, reviews and evaluation. Some websites may even allow poll
participation and product review.

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ICT Generations: Web 2.0
 Features of Web 2.0
 Long Tail: services that are offered on demand rather that on a one-time
purchase. This is similar to subscribing to a data plan that charges you for the
amount of time you spent in the Internet.

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ICT Generations: Web 2.0
 Features of Web 2.0
 Software as a Service: users will subscribe to a software only when needed
rather than purchasing them (e.g. Google Docs is a free Web-based
application for editing online. But when a software is needed, like Word
Processor, you can just purchase it for a one-time payment and install it in
your computer).

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ICT Generations: Web 2.0
 Features of Web 2.0
 Mass Participation: diverse information sharing through universal web
access.

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ICT Generations: Web 3.0
 Is composed of a Semantic Web – a term coined by Tim Berners-Lee, the
founder of WWW, to refer to a common framework that allows data to be shared
and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries. This aims
to have servers understand the user’s preferences to be able to deliver web
content specifically targeting the user. (e.g. Searching for “the best place to go
shopping.” Web 3.0 will aim to give you results depending on how you have
made choices in the past)

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ICT Generations: Web 3.0
 Problems of Web 3.0:
 Compatibility. HTML files and current web browsers could not support Web
3.0.
 Security. The user’s security is also in question since the machine is saving
his or her preference.
 Vastness. The WWW already contains billions of web pages
 Vagueness. Certain words are imprecise. (the world “old” and “small” would
depend on the user)

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ICT Generations: Web 3.0
 Problems of Web 3.0
 Logic. Since 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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ICT Trends: TECHNOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE
 Technological convergence is the
synergy of technological
advancements to work on a similar
task or goal. It uses several
technologies to accomplish a task
conveniently.

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ICT Trends: TECHNOLOGICAL CONVERGENCE
 Technological convergence is the
synergy of technological
advancements to work on a similar
task or goal. It uses several
technologies to accomplish a task
conveniently.

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ICT Trends: SOCIAL MEDIA
 Social media is a website, application, or online channel that enables web users
to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated content.

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ICT Trends: SOCIAL MEDIA
 Six Types of Social Media:
 Social Networks. These are sites that allows users to connect with other
people with the same interests or background.

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ICT Trends: SOCIAL MEDIA
 Six Types of Social Media:
 Bookmarking Sites. These are sites that allows users to store and manage
links to various websites and resources. Most of these allows users to create a
tag that allows them to easily search or share them.

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ICT Trends: SOCIAL MEDIA
 Six Types of Social Media:
 Social News. These are sites that allows users to post their own news sources.
They can also comment on the post and these comments may be ranked. They
can also vote on the articles posted.

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ICT Trends: SOCIAL MEDIA
 Six Types of Social Media:
 Media Sharing. These are sites that allows users to upload and share media
content like images, music, and video. Additional features may include
liking, commenting, and having user profile.

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ICT Trends: SOCIAL MEDIA
 Six Types of Social Media:
 Microblogging. These are sites that focus on short updates from the user.
Those subscribed to the user will be able to see these updates.

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ICT Trends: SOCIAL MEDIA
 Six Types of Social Media:
 Blogs and Forums. These are sites that allow users to post their content.
Other users are able to comment on the said topic. Forums are typically part
of a certain website or web service.

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ICT Trends: MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
 These are handy devices that are capable to do tasks that were originally seen in
personal computers. The latest mobile devices uses Fifth Generation Mobile
Network (5G Network) which is designed to connect virtually everyone and
everything together including machines, objects, and devices (Qualcomm
Technologies, 2022).

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ICT Trends: MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
 Operating System used in Mobile Devices:
 iOS. Used in Apple devices such as iPhone and iMac.
 Andriod. An open source operating system developed by Google. Being
open source means several mobile phone companies use this OS for free.
 Blackberry OS. Used in Blackberry devices.
 Windows Phone OS. A closed source and proprietary OS developed by
Microsoft.

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ICT Trends: MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES
 Operating System used in Mobile Devices:
 Symbian. The original smartphone OS; used by Nokia.
 WebOS. Originally used for smartphones; now used for smart TVs.
 Windows Mobile. Developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket PCs.

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ICT Trends: ASSISTIVE MEDIA
 It 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.

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