INTRODUCTION TO

INFORMATION
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY
•information and Communication
Technology (ICT) deals with the
use of different communication
technologies such as mobile
phones, telephone, Internet, etc. to
locate, save, send and edit
information.
Computer is 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. 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.
World Wide Web is an information system
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 internet.
WEB 1.0
•REFERS TO THE FIRST STAGE
IN THE WORLD WIDE WEB,
WHICH WAS ENTIRELY MADE
UP OF THE WEB PAGES
CONNECTED BY HYPERLINKS.
WEB 2.0
• IT IS THE EVOLUTION OF WEB 1.0 BY
ADDING DYNAMIC PAGES. THE USER IS
ABLE TO SEE A WEBSITE DIFFERENTLY
THAN OTHERS , ALLOWA USER TO
INTERACT WITH THE PAGE: INSTEAD OF
JUST READING THE PAGE, USER MAY BE
ABLE TO COMMENT OR CREATE USER
ACCOUNT.
WEB 3.0
•THIS FLAT FORM ALL ABOUT
SEMANTIC WEB. AIMS TO HAVE
MACHINES (OR SERVERS)
UNDERSTAND USER
PREFERENCES TO BE ABLE TO
DELIVER WEB CONTENT.
 STATIC WEB PAGE
•IT IS KNOWN AS FLAT PAGE OR
STATIONARY AGE IN A SENCE THAT THE
PAGE IS “AS IS”AND CANNOT BE
MANIPULATED BY THE USER . THE
CONTENT IS ALSO THE SAME FOR ALL
USERS THAT IS REFERED TO AS WEB 1.0
DYNAMIC WEB PAGES
•WEB 2.0 IS THE EVOLUTION OF
WEB 1.0 BY ADDING DYNAMIC
WEB PAGE. SOCIAL NETWORK
SITES, WIKIS, VIDEO SHARING
SITES.
FEATURES OF WEB 2.0
•FOLKSONOMY ALLOWS USER TO
CATEGORIZE AND CLASSIFY
INFORMAITION USING FREELY CHOSEN
KEYWORDS EX. TAGGING BY
FACEBOOK,TWITTER, USE TAGS THAT
START WITH THE SIGN #, REFERS TO AS
HASHTAG.
 USER PARTICIPATION
•THE OWNER OF THE WSEBSITE 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 REVIEW AND EVALUATION
EX. LAZADA, AMAZON ETC.
 LONG TAIL
•SERVICES THAT 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 IN THE INTERNET.
•Software as a service. The users
will be subscribe to a software
only when needed rather than
purchasing them eg. Google docs
used to create and edit word
processing and spread sheet
 MASS PARTICIPATION.

•Diverse information sharing

through universal web access.
Web 2.0's content is based on
people from various cultures.
 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 AWEBSITE, APPLICATION OR
ONLINE CHANNEL THAT ENABLES
WEB USERS TO CREATE, CO-
CREATE,DISCUSS MODIFY, AND
EXCHANGE USER GENERATED
CONTENT.
•Examples: Pinterest, Flipboard, Diggs
4. Media Sharing
EXAMPLES: PINTEREST, YOUTUBE, VIMEO
MEDIA SHARING WEBSITES ALLOW USERS TO
SHARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MEDIA, WITH THE
TWO MAIN ONES BEING IMAGE SHARING AND
VIDEO HOSTING SITES.
• SITES THAT ALLOW YOU TO UPLOAD AND SHARE
MEDIA CONTENT LIKE IMEGES, MUSIC AND VIDEO.
 5. Microblogging
EXAMPLES: TWITTER, FACEBOOK
THESE ARE JUST WHAT THEY SOUND LIKE, SITES THAT
ALLOW THE USERS TO SUBMIT THEIR SHORT WRITTEN
ENTRIES, WHICH CAN INCLUDE LINKS TO PRODUCT AND
SERVICE SITES, AS WELL AS LINKS TO OTHER SOCIAL
MEDIA SITES. THESE ARE THEN POSTED ON THE ‘WALLS’ OF
EVERYONE WHO HAS SUBSCRIBED TO THAT USER’S
ACCOUNT. THE MOST COMMONLY USED MICROBLOGGING
WEBSITE IS TWITTER.
6. BLOG COMMENTS AND
FORUMS
•AN ONLINE FORUM IS A SITE
THAT LETS USERS ENGAGE IN
CONVERSATIONS BY POSTING
AND RESPONDING TO
COMMUNITY MESSAGES.
 •True or False
Write T if the statement is true
and write F if the statement is
false.
1. Web 2.0 is classified as
dynamic webpage.
2. Web 2.0 introduced static web
pages that allow users to
interact with the web page.
3. Folksonomy allows user to
categorize and locate
information.
4. Blogging sites are sites that
focus on short updates from the
user.
•5. ICT deals with the use of
different communication
technologies such as mobile hones,
telephones, internet, etc. to locate,
save, send and edit information
6. Social Media is a website,
application, or online channel
that enables web users web users
to create, co-create, discuss
modify, and exchange user
generated content.
•7. Rich User Experience
content is dynamic and is
responsive to user's input.
8. ICT also refers to the
technologies, both hardware, and
software, that enables human to
communicate with one another.
9. Web 2.0's content is
based on people from
various cultures.
•10. Computer- an electronic
device for storing and processing
data, typically in form, according
to instructions given to it in a
variable program.