LIVING IN THE IT ERA (Week 2) - The term used to refer to the first stage of

development on the World Wide Web that was

Introduction: The Current State of ICT Technologies
characterized by simple static websites.
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.” - The term Web1.0 didn’t appear until the term Web
2.0 was coined in 1999 by Darci DiNucci.
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
- It is a term coined to differentiate the first stage of
- Umbrella term used to encompass all rapidly the World Wide Web (www) in comparison with
emerging, evolving and converging computer, present stage of the internet technology.
software, networking,  Static pages: pages didn’t offer interactive
VLAN_network_04telecommunications, Internet, features that changed based on website visitor
programming and information systems technologies. behavior. At that point websites were largely
- It is an extended term of Information Technology informational.
(IT).  Website content stored in files: Virtually
- It stresses the role of unifies communications and every modern website makes use of a database
the integration of telecommunications, computers, as to store the majority of website content. During
well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, Web 1.0 this was not the case and most
storage, and audio-visual systems, which enables website content was stored directly in the
users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate website files, not in a separate database.
information.  Combination of content and layout: good
- Information and Communication Technologies web design practice today dictates the
(ICTs) is a broader term for Information Technology separation of webpage markup and styling.
(IT), which refers to all communication technologies, Virtually every modern website makes use of
including the internet, wireless networks, cell external style sheets to determine the look and
phones, computers, software, middleware, video- layout of webpages. During Web 1.0 most
conferencing, social networking, and other media styling was built into the page markup itself,
applications and services enabling users to access, often by misusing HTML elements such as
retrieve, store, transmit, and manipulate information tables.
in a digital form.  Proprietary HTML tags: During Web 1.0
browsers attempted to stand out by offering
“Information”
support for proprietary tags, creating significant
 Information is a processed data incompatibility problems between websites that
 Aids decision-making used these tags and site visitors using
 Could be visualized as a commodity, which could be unsupported browsers.
or solid.  Guestbooks: Website visitor comments were
 Any potentially useful fact, quantity that can be usually added to a Guestbook page rather than
expressed uniquely with exactness. Information is attached directly to content pages.
whatever is capable of causing a human mind to  E-mailing of forms: Web hosting servers
change its opinion about the current state of the during the Web 1.0 phase rarely offered support
world. for server-side scripting, which is required to
use the web server to submit a form. As a
“Communication” result, during Web 1.0, when the Submit button
 The transfer or exchange of information from person was clicked on most forms the website visitor’s
to person or from one place to another. e-mail client would launch, and the visitor would
 A process: a transfer of information, ideas, thoughts, have to e-mail their form to an e-mail address
and messages. provided by the website.
 Involves a sender, a receiver, a code and a Web 2.0
language that is understood by both the sender and
receiver. - Term introduced in 2004 and refers to the second
generation of the World Wide Web.
“Technology” - Term "2.0" comes from the software industry, where
 The use of scientific knowledge to invent tools that new versions of software programs are labeled with
assist human beings in their efforts to overcome an incremental version number. Like software, the
environmental hazards and impediments to comfort. new generation of the Web includes new features
and functionality that was not available in the past.
Web 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0 However, Web 2.0 does not refer to a specific
Web 1.0 version of the Web, but rather a series of
technological improvements.
 - In contrast, Nova Spivack defines Web 3.0 as
connective intelligence; connecting data, concepts,
applications and ultimately people. While some call
the The Semantic Web 'Web 3.0', Spivack's opinion
is that The Semantic Web is just one of several
converging technologies and trends that will define
Web 3.0.

Some examples of features considered to be part of

Web 2.0 are listed below:
 Blogs - also known as Web logs, these allow users
to post thoughts and updates about their life on the
Web.
 Wikis - sites like Wikipedia and others enable users
from around the world to add and update online
content.
 Social networking - sites like Facebook and
MySpace allow users to build and customize their
own profile sand communicate with friends.
 Web applications - a broad range of new
applications make it possible for users to run
programs directly in a Web browser.
 Web 2.0 technologies provide a level user
interaction that was not available before. Websites
have become much more dynamic and
interconnected, producing "online
communities”, and making it even easier to
share information on the Web. Because most Web Differences between Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 for
2.0 features are offered as free services, sites like the education sector
Wikipedia and Facebook have grown at amazingly
fast rates. As the sites continue to grow, more
features are added, building off the technologies in
place. So, while Web 2.0 may be a static label given
to the new era of the Web, the actual technology
continues to evolve and change.

Web 3.0 
- The term used to describe the evolution of the Web
as an extension of Web 2.0.
- This definition of Web 3.0 is the popular view held by
Tim O’Reilly.
Web Evolution Summary Technology Convergence
- Technology Convergence is an evolution of
technological developments that merge into a new
system bringing together different types of
applications and media. It is the single most
important example of technological convergence.
Media Technological Convergence
- Media technological convergence is the tendency
that as technology changes, different technological
system sometimes evolve toward performing similar
tasks. 
- Previously separate technologies such as voice (and
telephony features), data (and productivity
applications), and video can now share resources
and interact with each other synergistically. 
Telecommunications Convergence
- Telecommunications convergence (also called
"network convergence") describes emerging
telecommunications technologies, and network
architecture used to migrate multiple
communications services into a single network.
Specifically, this involves the converging of
previously distinct media such as telephony and data
communications into common interfaces on single
devices, such as most smartphones can make
phone calls and search the web.
Assistive Media
- The first internet-based audio reading service for
persons with print reading barriers thereby opening a
unique avenue of accessibility for many individuals
with cognitive, physical, and communication
disabilities. 
- Allows access to previously inaccessible reading
Global ICT Developments materials leading to greater independence and
integration into the mainstream of society and
community life.
Mobile Media
- A range of handheld devices, from mobile phones,
tablets, and e- readers to game consoles, primarily
used as personal, interactive, Internet-enabled and
user-controlled portable platforms that allow
interconnected users to exchange personal and
nonpersonal information (Wei, 2013).
Social Media
- It is a collection of internet-based communication
tools and computer assisted channels dedicated to
allow users to interact, communicate, and share
information in a virtual community and network.
- Facebook: It is a popular free social networking site
with more than a billion users around the globe that
allows its users to create profiles, upload photos and
videos, create and join groups, react to friend’s
 posts, creative events, send messages, keeping in that makes me really thankful but what about those
touch with close friends, and relatives. with disabilities? I know how it is hard adopting to
- Twitter: With more than 300 Million users in 2016, some things and it makes me glad that there is
this social networking site allows users to microblog assistive media that makes access to reading
or broadcast short messages called “tweets.” materials for those disabled persons. Assistive
Registered Tweeter members can also read and media helps persons with visual and reading
follow tweets of other users. impairments enjoy and learn things through audio.
- Also include Snapchat, Instagram, and others.
 Input is made using input device like the keyboard
that is needed to type and a mouse to click for
QUIZ NO.1 something in the computer. The computer is being
run by the processor. In the Google Forms, we have
 Large file size makes download and uploads slower
to type something to answer the question on it and
than that with small files size. In terms of data
then the processor will process what we type using
speed, faster data makes faster uploads and
the keyboard and show it on the computer’s screen.
downloads that that with slow data.
The words and sentences showed in the screen are
the output. After finishing the quiz, the form needs to
 Information is the fact we receive. It is the
be submitted for the creator to receive it and store it
knowledge we perceive to learn something and also
in her account and devices and will be able to see it
change the way we think about things.
anytime.
Communication is the process of sending
information and messages from the sender to the
receiver. In communication, a sender sends a  Hardware devices are the physical components of a
message to a receiver and the receiver will make computer where the processes take place. Software
feedback to the sender. Technology is the use of are the programs and applications that are run in the
scientific knowledge to develop and improve tools for computer. The software commands the hardware to
human works be more convenient. It helps human perform tasks. Hardware device like a keyboard for
works become better than the past. example is used in typing while the software to be
use can be Microsoft Word where the typed words
 Information and Communications Technology (ICT) will be showed.
are the latest technologies that come out that are
able to help humans with work. It is definitely needed
in the community we live in today as it makes work
easier for human. Some works are made to be done
with technologies now and will be hard without it
here. ICT also helps humans do more task that
usual.

 A bit is the basic and smallest unit in the computer.

A byte is composed of eight bit because a bit is too
small to be used. Bytes also represents data speeds
and sizes.

 WEB 1.0, Web 2.0 AND Web 3.0 is more convenient

especially during the pandemic. This pandemic,
people are needed to stay at homes. Students,
professors, and office workers are able to study and
work in homes with the use of the internet. For some
students, some lessons may be hard to understand
and one of the choices that can be made is search
the web for information. This is where web becomes
important. Web 3.0 makes its easier for students and
professors to search for something and the web is
also recognizing the user the more they use it that
makes searching more convenient.

 I appreciate assistive media the most among the

global ICT developments. I live with no disabilities