EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTION TO ICT
 How many times have you checked your phone this morning?
How many status updates have you posted in Facebook,
Twitter or Instagram today?
Did you use the Internet/mobile for an hour after you woke
up this morning?
Do you follow a celebrity/crush via his/her social media
account?
Information and Communication Technologies

- It deals with the use of different

communication technologies such as mobile
phones, telephone, Internet to locate, save,
send and edit information.
ICT in the Philippines
Philippines is dub as the ICT Hub
of Asia because of huge growth
of ICT-related jobs, one of 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.
 Internet
is the global system of interconnected
computer networks that use
the Internet protocol suite (TCP/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 users at any
one computer can get information from any
other computer
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
 Websites
a location connected to the Internet that
maintains one or more pages on the World
Wide Web.
It is a related collection of World Wide Web
(WWW) files that includes a beginning file
called a home page.
 Web browser
It displays a web page on a monitor or
mobile device
is a software application for retrieving,
presenting, and traversing information
resources on the World Wide Web.
Static Web pages
Static is Web 1.0
Dynamic is Web 2.0, 3.0
Static web page is 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
that is referred to as Web 1.0
Static Web pages
Dynamic Web pages
web 2.0 is the evolution of Web 1.0 by
adding dynamic web pages
The user is able to see website differently
than others e.g social networking sites,
wikis, video sharing sites
Web 2.0 allows users to interact with the
page, the user may be able to comment or
create a user account
Most website the we visit today are Web
2.0
Dynamic web pages
Static vs. Dynamic Web page
Static" means unchanged or constant, while
"dynamic" means changing or lively.

A static site is one that is usually written in

plain HTML and what is in the code of
the page is what is displayed to the user.
A dynamic site is one that is written using a
server-side scripting language such as PHP,
ASP, JSP, or ColdFusion.
Features of Web 2.0
1. Folksonomy- allows user to categorize and
classify information using freely chosen
keywords e.g tagging by facebook, twitter, use
tags that start with the pound sign #, referred
to as hastag
2. Rich User Experience- content is dynamic and
is responsive to users input
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 e.g lazada.com, amazon.com
Features of Web 2.0
4. 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, 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.
Features of Web 2.0
5. Mass Participation- diverse information sharing
through universal web access. Web 2.0s content
is based on people from various cultures
Web 3.0 and Semantic Web
Semantic Web is a movement led by the World Web
Consortium (W3C).
The W3C standard encourages web developers to
include semantic content in their web pages.
Semantic web is a component of Web 3.0
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 is to have machines or
servers understand the users preferences to be able
to deliver web content specifically targeting the user.
Problems with Web 3.0
Compatibility
Security
Vastness
Vagueness
Logic
 Trends in ICT
1. Convergence- is the synergy of technological
advancements to work on a similar goal or task
2. Social media- is a website, application, or online
channel that enables web users to create, co-create,
discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated
content.
Six Types of Social Media:
a. Social Networks- these are sites that allow you to
connect with other people with the same interests or
background.
b. Bookmarking Sites- these are sites that allow you to
store and manage links to various websites and resources.
 Trends in ICT
c. Social news- these are sites that allow users to post their
own news items or links to other news sources. The users can
also comment on the post and comments may also be ranked .
d. Media Sharing- these are sites that allow you to upload
and share media content like images, music, and video.
e. Mircoblogging- these are sites that focus on short
updates from the user. Those subscribed to the user will be able
to receive these updates.
f. Blogs and Forums- these websites allow users to post their
content. Other users are able to comment on the said topic.
 Trends in ICT
3. Mobile Technologies- popularity of
smartphones and tablets. Latest mobile devices
use 4G Networking LTE, which is currently the
fastest mobile network. Mobile devices use
different operating systems.

iOS

Android
Blackberry OS

Windows Phone OS

Symbian

Web OS

Windows Mobile
 Trends in ICT
4. Assertive Media- is a nonprofit service
designed to help people who have visual and
reading impartments. A database of audio
recordings is used to read to the user.
 Key Terms
Web 1.0- static website without interactivity
Web 2.0- websites that contain dynamic content
Web 3.0- a concept of the World Wide Web that is designed to cater to
the individual user
Static-refers to the web that are the same regardless of the user
Folksonomy- allows users to categorize and classify/ arrange information
Hashtag- used to categorize posts in website
Convergence- the synergy of technological advancements to work on a
similar goal or task
Social media- websites, applications, or online channels that enable
users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated
content.