Trends, Networks, and Critical

Thinking in the 21st Century

Senior High School Grade 11
Unit 6
INFORMATION COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
The twenty-first century has been
characterized as the information age. No
doubt, one of the greatest achievements of
this age has something to do with the
technology, especially the increasing power of
communications. ICT is providing an extra-
ordinary opportunity to hone our critical
thinking and problem-solving skills,
communication skills, creativity and
innovation.
ICT - is an extended term for information
technology (IT) which stresses the role of
unified communications and the integration of
telecommunications. The phrase information
and communications technology has been
used by academic researchers since the
1980s, and the abbreviation ICT became
popular after it was used in a report to the UK
government by Dennis Stevenson in 1997.
Benefits of ICT to:
1. Economic
2. Political
3. Social
4. Cultural
5. Personal
Researcher make it clear that ICT advances
social improvement by sharing learning,
encouraging social innovativeness, expanding
popularity based support and upgrading
social cohesion. We are challenged to
harness the potential of information and
communication technology to promote the
attainment of a more peaceful, just and
prosperous world.
ICT positively affected the life of the
members of the society or the digital citizens
through:

Education – Many educators are already using

and infusing technology as a teaching-
learning pedagogy through the use of
different platforms.
 
Business – Most entrepreneurs are making
use of the internet and different social
networking sites to promote their businesses
and products.
Government – In the Philippines, many
transactions with government offices are now
possible and available online. Application for
birth certificates, passport, NBI and like are
maximized by some Filipinos.
Computers, e-mail, internet, fax machines,
mobile phones are only among the
information communication tools that can be
considered an integral part of work activities
in almost all companies or institutions in the
Philippines and abroad. The development
and access of different technologies like
wireless networking and mobile devices
significantly transformed user into content
producers.
ICT and Global Networks
With ICT in our schools, learners are not only
consumers but content creators as they write,
edit, publish, participate, co-create and
collaborate with others through the use of
technologies. ICT hastens global and
democratic network across the planet. The
Internet is an apparatus for causal connection
as well as open spaces where individuals can
voice out their issues.
ICT can generate global social awareness
through social network sites. Social
networking sites also facilitate the
mobilization of grass root movements and
advocates especially among the younger
generation. ICT promotes social development
by sharing knowledge, fostering cultural
activity, increasing democratic participation,
and enhancing social cohesion. Technological
advances have improved life and brought the
world’s people closer.
 HISTORY OF ICT:

COMPUTER
• 3000 BC – Abacus, 1st calculator
• 1833 – Charles Babbage - designed the
Analytical Engine which was became the
concept of a digital programmable
computer.
• 1931 – 1st electronic calculator was
assembled by Kondrad Zuse
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RADIO AND TELEVISION
• 1894 – Guglielmo Marconi invented the
“wireless telegraphy” (radio telegraph
system) which paved way to the
development of Radio.
• 1920’s – Commercial Radio, Earliest television
transmission

• 1940’s – color television

TELEPHONE
• 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell invented the
telephone
• 1930’s – widespread of telephone sets
• 1970’s - mobile phone technology
• 1980’S – earliest mobile phone sold
Late 20th century – Computer Development
-1971 introduction of the first microprocessor
by Intel
-1981 initial version of computers by IBM
-1991 creation of the World Wide Web by Tim
Lee
Recent developments of ICT
-desktop computers were made portable
because of LAPTOPS and TABLETS
-mobile phones innovation: internet
access, camera, am/fm radio, television,
data storage, calculators etc.
Disadvantage of the use of ICT:
1) Cost
More and more resources are being put into
ICT in schools – the cost of laptops, wireless
broadband, projectors for example contribute a
large percentage of the school’s budget.
2) Misuse of ICT
Instead of using their laptops or tablets for
their studies and online tests, more often
than not students stray away and visit social
networking sites like Facebook or Twitter.
Students would be too focused on playing
games or visiting social networking sites
resulting to lower academic grades.
3) School Bags + Laptops
Each student who owns a laptop with heavy
textbooks, notes and homework is quite a
burden to the students’ back. Schools are
becoming more dependent on e-learning
(learning on the internet) but textbooks are
mostly print publications. Hence, the weight of
this laptop, textbooks, and homework may
bear health consequences in the near future.
DIGITAL DIVIDE
-natural consequence of advancements in ICT
-discrepancy in peoples access and skill related
to ICT
Factors: geographical location, economy,
income, age, education, race, and government
support among others
Levels of Disparity of Digital Divide
Level 1 –the disparities of ICT between people
living in different parts of the world. Ex.
Developed and Developing countries
Level 2 – unequal opportunities for ICT use
within countries
Ex. A person with low income and education
is likely to be excluded from information flows
and network.
Level 3 – participation in a democracy and the
possibilities that may develop after the digital
revolution
Ex. Although children and the youth
expressing ideas and opinions about issues
with cellphones, there is less interaction
between children and parents
To maximize the potentials and benefits of ICT
and fill the gap caused by the divide,
governments must train and educate the
citizens in accessing ICT equipment by
providing better economic and social
condition to make it possible for them to
acquire the equipment.