EMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGIES
INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
[Link] many times have you checked your phone this morning?
[Link] many status updates have you posted in FB or Twitter
today?
[Link] you use internet for an hour after you woke up this
morning?
[Link] you follow a celebrity via his/her social media account?
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
• Information refers to the ideas or concepts obtained from
reading, investigation, study or research which are
transmitted through media such as telephone, television
and radio.
• Communication is a means of transmitting messages or
sending and receiving information between individuals
using symbols, signs or verbal interactions.
• Technology is the use of scientific knowledge, experience
and resources to create processes and products that fulfill
human needs.
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY OR ICT
• deals with the use of different communication tools
such as telephone , mobile phones, Internet, etc. to
locate, save, send, and edit information.
ICT IN THE PHILIPPINES
• Philippines is considered as the ICT Hub of Asia because of the
tremendous growth of ICT related jobs
• the ICT industry shares 19.3% of the total employment population
according to the Annual Survey of Philippines Business and
Industries in 2010
• in the year 2012 there were 106.8 cell phones per 100 Filipinos
according to 2013 edition of Measuring the Information Society by
the International Telecommunication Union
• Time magazines declared Makati City, Philippines- Rank 1 as the
“Selfiest Cities around the world, and Rank 9 is Cebu City
WORLD WIDE WEB
• commonly referred to as WWW, W3, or web is an
interconnected system of public web pages accessible through
the internet, invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989
WEB 1.0
Web 1.0 refers to the first stage in the World Wide Web, which was
entirely made up of web pages connected by hyperlinks. Although
the exact definition of Web 1.0 is a source of debate, it is generally
believed to refer to the web when it was a set of static websites that
were not yet providing interactive content. In Web 1.0, applications
were also generally proprietary
WEB 2.0
• Term used to describe the present generation of the World Wide
Web that concentrates on its capability of providing people the
means to collaborate and share information online
The second stage in World Wide Web
Dynamic Website
The content of the website changes
Interactive
The user may be able to comment or create user account
Enables an increased user participation in the web
Darcy DiNucci, an information architecture consultant, coined
the term Web 2.0 in her 1999 article, “Fragmented Future”
The term was popularized by Tim O’Reilly and Dale Dougherty
at the O’Reilly Media Web 2.0 Conference in late 2004
(TechTarget, 2015).
FEATURES OF WEB 2.0
• Folksonomy – It allows users to categorize and
classify/arrange information using freely chosen keywords (e.g.,
tagging). Popular social networking sites such as Twitter,
Instagram, Facebook, etc. use tags that start with the pound
sign (#). This is also Referred to as hashtag.
• Rich User Experience – Content is dynamic and is responsive
to user’s input. An example would be a website that shows local
content. In the case of social networking sites, when logged on,
your account is used to modify what you see in their website.
FEATURES OF WEB 2.0
• 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
comment, reviews and evaluation. Some websites allow readers to comment
on an article, participate in a poll, or review a specific product (e.g.,
[Link], online stores).
• Software as a Service – Users will subscribe to a software only when needed
rather than purchasing them. This is a cheaper option if you do not always
need to use a software. For instance, Google Docs is a free web- based
application that allows the user to create and edit word processing and
spreadsheet documents online. When you need a software, like a Word
Processor, you can purchase it for a one-time huge amount and install it in
your computer and it is yours forever. Software as a service allows you to
“rent” a software for minimal fee.
FEATURES OF WEB 2.0
• Mass Participation – It is a diverse information sharing
through universal web access. Since most users can use
the Internet, Web 2.0’s content is based on people from
various cultures
WEB 3.0
• The third version of the internet which is an upgrade of Web 2.0. It’s
main characteristics include but are not limited to:
1. Real-time
Events and information are made available to users as they take
place.
2. Everywhere
Internet can be accessed by users in all places.
3. Machine learning
Computers and mobile devices can create data and make
decisions based on the user’s previous actions.
TRENDS IN ICT
1. Technological Convergence is an evolution of technological
developments that integrate different types of applications
and media to form a new system. For example, a system can
be used for calling and texting, browsing the internet or
creating a word document using the smartphone.
2. Social Media is a collection of internet-based communication
tools and computer-assisted channels dedicated to allow
users to collaborate, communicate, and share information or
content in a virtual community and network.
TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
• a. Social Networks - enables people to connect with other people
with the same interests or background (e.g. ,Facebook and
Twitter).
• b. Bookmarking Sites - allow user to store, manage links or create
a tag to various websites and resources that allows you and
others to easily search or share them (e.g. ,StumbleUpon and
Pinterest).
• c. Social News - sites that allow users to post their own news
articles or links to other news sources and comment to the post
or vote on the news articles of the website (e.g. ,Reddit, Digg)
TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
• d. Media Sharing - sites that allow users to upload and share media
content like music, images and video (e.g. ,Flicker, Youtube and
Instagram)
• e. Microblogging - sites that focus on short updates from the user
wherein subscribers of this user will be able to receive these
updates. (e.g. ,Twitter and Plurk)
• f. Blogs and Forums - websites that allow users to post their content
where users are able to comment to the said topic. Some of the
free blogging platforms are Blogger, Wordpress, and Tumblr.
3. Mobile Technologies
The popularity of smartphones and tablets has taken a
major rise over the years. This is largely because of the
devices’ capability to do tasks that were originally found
in personal computers.
Different Types of Mobile Operating Systems:
o iOS – used in Apple devices such as the iPhone and iPad
o Android – an open source operating system developed by Google. Being
open source means several mobile phone companies use this OS for free.
o Blackberry OS – used in blackberry devices
o Windows Phone OS – a closed source and proprietary operating system
developed by Microsoft
o Symbian – the original smartphone OS used by Nokia devices
o Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket
PCs
devices’ capability to do tasks that were originally found in personal
computers.
4. Assistive Media
A technology that includes assistive, adaptive, and
rehabilitative devices for people with disabilities and also
includes the process used in selecting, locating, and using
them. It enables people to perform tasks that they can’t
accomplish or great difficulty of accomplishing it by changing
methods of interacting with the technology needed to
accomplish such tasks.
Examples of Assistive Media:
Mobility impairments
Wheelchairs, transfer devices, walkers, prosthesis
Visual impairments
Screen readers, braille and braille embossers, desktop
video magnifier, screen magnification software, large-print
and tactile keyboards
Hearing impairments
Hearing aids, assistive listening devices, amplified
telephone equipment
