LESSON 1: What is Information and Communications

Technology?

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) often deals

with the use of different technologies such as mobile phones, telephones,
computer, Internet, and other devices, as well as software and
applications to locate, save, send, and manipulate information.
Empowering ICT is important for its innovative uses impacts our daily
lives. It has affected our ways of communicating, made our lives more
convenient, and assisted countries towards their modernization plans.
Thus, there is a need to create a foundation of understanding in the world of
ICT.

ICT in the Philippines

Philippines is dubbed 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. In a data gathered by the Annual Survey of
Philippines Business and Industries in 2010, the ICT industry shares
19.3% of the total employment population.
When the internet was fully commercialized in 1995, it has
tremendously impacted culture and commerce, including the rise of near
instant communication by email, instant messaging, telephony (Voice over
Internet Protocol or VoIP), two-way interactive video calls, and the World
Wide Web with its discussion forums, blogs, social networking, and online
shopping sites. Internet is the global system of interconnected computer
networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate
between networks and devices.
The World Wide Web

The World Wide Web is 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. It was invented by Tim-Berners Lee. The World Wide Web
browser software, such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer/Edge, Mozilla
Firefox, Opera, Apple's Safari, and Google Chrome, let users navigate
from one web page to another via the hyperlinks embedded in the
documents. These documents may also contain any combination of
computer data, including graphics, sounds, text, video, multimedia and
interactive content that runs while the user is interacting with the page.
The Web has enabled individuals and organizations to publish ideas and
information to a potentially large audience online at greatly reduced
expense and time delay.

Types of Web Pages

• Web 1.0 or The Web. It is the first stage of the World Wide Web
evolution. It is a flat or stationary page since it cannot be
manipulated by the user.
• Web 2.0 or The Social Web allows users to interact with the page,
the user may be able to comment or create a user account. Most
website that we visit today are Web 2.0.
• Web 3.0 or Semantic Web. The semantic web provides a
framework that allows data to be shared and reuse to deliver web
content specifically targeting the user. Search Engine will learn
about you and your habits from each search you perform and will
gather details about you from your previous activities like likes and
social postings and present the answers as per your preferences.
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Below is a comparison of Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0:
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CRITERIA WEB 1.0 WEB 2.0 WEB 3.0

Communication Broadcast Interactive Engaged/ Invested
Information Static/ Read-only Dynamic Portable & Personal
Focus Organization Community Individual
Content Ownership Sharing Immersion
Interaction Web Forms Web Application Smart Applications
Search Directories Tags/ Keywords Context/ Relevance
Metrics Page Views Cost per Click User Engagement
Advertising Banners Interactive Behavioral
Technologies HTML/ FTP Flash/ Java/ XML RDF/ RDFS/ OWL

Features of Web 2.0

FEATURES WEB 2.0

FOLKSONOMY allows users to collectively classify and find information using
freely chosen keywords (e.g. "tagging" by facebook). Tagging
uses the pound sign #, often referred to as hastag.
RICH USER dynamic content that is responsive to user input (e.g., a user
EXPERIENCE can "click" on an image to enlarge it or find out more
information)
USER the owner of website is not the only one who is able to put
PARTICIPATION content. Others are able to place a content on their own by
means of comments, reviews, and evaluation.
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.
SOFTWARE AS users will subscribe to a software only when needed rather
A SERVICE than purchasing them.

Because of the wide capacity of Web 2.0, it has helped in creating

dynamic online platform sites. Online platform is a specially developed
platform using Internet technology. Online platforms have revolutionized
access to any information. Online platforms currently include, but are not
limited to:

Presentation or Visualization
Cloud Computing
File Management
Mapping
Social Media

Let us go through them one by one!

1. Presentation or Visualization Platform allows you to present and

share presentations, infographics and videos with other people. It is
used to communicate information clearly and efficiently.
2. Cloud Computing Platform is also called as “The cloud.” It is the
practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the
internet. Instead of using your computer’s hard drive, you store and
access your data and programs over the Internet.
3. File Management Platform is used for the storing, naming, sorting,
and handling of computer files. Allows you to convert and manage
files without download in the software tool.
4. Mapping Platform is a transformation taking the points of one
space into the points of the same or another space. Uses GPS to
detect location and used for navigation.
5. Social Media Platform is a computer-mediated tools that allow
large group of people to create, share or exchange information,
interest and the information shared can be in the form of ideas,
pictures, videos or anything that you want to create and share to
virtual communities. It can be in the following platforms:

Social Networks. These sites allow you to connect with

other people with the same interests or background.
 Bookmarking Sites. These are sites that allow you to store
and manage links to various websites and resources.

Social News. These are sites that allow users to post their
own news items or links to other news sources.

Media Sharing. These are sites that allow you to upload

and share media content like images, music, and video.
Media sharing sites can be specific for video sharing, photo
sharing, slide sharing, social bookmarking, and gaming.

Microblogging. These are sites that focus on short updates

from the user. Those subscribed to the user will be able to
receive these updates. Posts are brief that range typically
from 140 – 200 characters.

Blogs and Forums. These are websites that allow users to

post their content. Other users can comment on the said
topic.

Trends in ICT

1. Convergence

Technological convergence is the synergy of technological advancements to

work on a similar goal or task.

2. Social Media

Social media is a website, application, or online channels that enable web users
to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-
generated content.

1. Convergence
Technological convergence is the synergy of technological advancements to
work on a similar goal or task.

2. Social Media

Social media is a website, application, or online channels that enable web users
to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-
generated content.

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.

c. Social News. These are sites that allow users to post their own news
items or links to other news sources.

d. Media Sharing. These are sites that allow you to upload and share
media content like images, music, and video.

e. Microblogging. These are sites that focus on short updates from the
user.

f. Blogs and Forums. These websites allow users to post their content.

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.

Kinds of operating systems:

a. iOS

b. Android

c. Blackberry OS
d. Windows Phone OS

e. Symbian

f. WebOS

g. Windows Mobile

h. 4. Assistive Media

i. Assistive media is a nonprofit service designed to help people who

have visual and reading impairments. A database of audio recordings
is used to read to the user