Introduction

Empowerment Technologies is designed to provide students with the

foundation of knowledge and skills needed to succeed in the Digital
Technology Age.
This covers topics for building essential 21st century skills in
working, collaborating, and creating contents online and provide
essential understanding in the information Age, such as the state of ICT
technologies; online safety, security, ethics, and netiquette; advanced
techniques on productivity tools; imaging and designing for online
environment; interactive multimedia; and powerful ICT tools to create a
social change.
This module is divided into two units: the first unit allows the students
to discover the world of ICT in general and also helps them improve their
skills in various applications. Real-life applications are integrated throughout
the activities and exercises. The second unit allows the students to develop,
promote, and publish a campaign for social change using various free tools,
applications and services.
 LESSON 1:
Introduction to Information and Communication Technology
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) plays a vital part in our lives
and in all aspects in our society. ICT has become the main method of communicating
through various technologies, getting information and education, getting services from
businesses, hospitals, government agencies, purchasing products and services, doing
personal and business transactions, and expressing social advocacies and awareness
online (Jema Inc.).
To know more about ICT just go to https://bit.ly/3obA3j5 and watch the video on
the definition of Information and Communications Technology.

LIKE to Engage

I. Motivation

Look around you? Inside your home and among your family members? What have
you observed? What do they usually do? Do some of them frequently check their
Facebook account? Do they check the news on social media?
In a digitally connected era, where do you stand? Are you among those who strive
to empower themselves as well as the community with the ways of technology? Or are
you among those who refuse to succumb to the changes brought by technology.
Technology is a double-edged sword but if you wield it correctly, it can be an ally.
How do you become technologically enabled and empowered?

TAKE A CLICK!
Instruction: Take a selfie or
groufie with your family and
create a post about the activity
(provide a caption) on any
social media account such as
Facebook, Instagram, or
Twitter using the following
Hashtags:
#ICT
#EmpowermentTechnologies
#SY20222023
 PIN the AIM
II. Objectives
At the end of the lesson, you should be able to:
• list the features of web 2.0;
• explore the future of the World Wide Web through Web 3.0;
• compare and contrast the differences between online platforms, sites, and
content;
• differentiate the trends in ICT; and
• express the importance of ICT in the society.

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III. Lesson Proper
Key terms
• Millennials
• Industrial Revolution
• Digital Native
• Empowerment Technology
• ICT
• Static, dynamic and semantic web Scan me to view
• Features of Web 2.0 Lesson 1 in PDF form.
• Trends in ICT

ICT, or information and communications

technology (or technologies), is the infrastructure and
components that enable modern computing. Although there
is no single, universal definition of ICT, the term is generally
accepted to mean all devices, networking components,
applications and systems that combined that allows people
and organizations (i.e., businesses, nonprofit agencies,
governments and criminal enterprises) to interact in the
digital world.
Information and Communications Technology
It deals with the use of different communication Technologies such as mobile
phones, telephone, Internet, etc. to locate, save, send, and edit information. ICT
permeates all aspects of life, providing newer, better, and quicker ways for people to
interact, network, seek help, gain access to information, and learn.
To better understand ICT, its components and uses just go to
https://bit.ly/35D5Umg and watch the video on Introduction to ICT.

“Digital Age”
Emergence and development of different technologies
that help people accomplish tasks in a more effective way.
Example is on use of smartphones for communication.

Empowerment refers to the process of giving yourself, or other people, the

capacity to achieve a specific end-goal. Technology literacy is the ability to use digital
technology and communication tools to define an information need, access, manage,
integrate and evaluate to be able to communicate this information to others.

Who are the Millenials?

What separates Generation Y from X? And hey Gen Z and Gen A, welcome to the party!
What’s the cutoff? How old is each generation? Are they really that different?

The Millennial generation refers to people who were born during the last two
decades of the 20th century. It always takes sociologists and other social scientists a few
years to settle on a name. For a while, millennials were known as Generation Y, since
they are the generation that follows Generation X.
As their name suggests, millennials are known for being born near the very end of
the last millennium. It was during the millennials’ childhoods and teenage years that
technological advancements revolutionized the world we live in. Think of all the many
aspects of life affected or even controlled by the internet—millennials came of age at the
same time all these changes were happening.
Millennial Characteristics
✓ Millennials are good at accepting
change.
✓ Millennials are curious.
✓ Millennials value teamwork.
✓ Millennials like feedback.
✓ Millennials visit public libraries
more regularly than other age
groups.

Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution, in modern history, the process of change from an agrarian
and handicraft economy to one dominated by industry and machine manufacturing. These
technological changes introduced novel ways of working and living and fundamentally
transformed society.

ICT and Society

EDUCATION
✓ Source of learning, teaching, and research materials
✓ Online learning communities
✓ Recording and computation of grades
✓ Managing records and other administrative purpose

ECONOMICS AND TRAVEL

✓ Online marketing
✓ Convenient business transaction
✓ Online payment gateways
✓ Online booking and reservation
✓ Online tracking of reservations
EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Biometrics
Quantum Cryptography
Computer Assisted Translation
3D Imaging and Holography
Virtual Reality

LATEST TECHNOLOGIES
AI and Advanced Machine Learning
Intelligent apps (Virtual personal assistant)
Intelligent Things (Autonomous cars and IoT)
Digital Twin (Robotics)
Blockchain and Distributed Ledgers
(Bitcoin and other tokens)

ICT in the Philippines

✓ “ICT Hub of Asia”
✓ Telecommunications, Call Center or BPM (Business Process
Management), financial, health and IT sectors
✓ IT industry size is worth$22.9 billion dollars
Web 2.0: Dynamic Web Pages
Internet is a vital tool to our modern lives.
When the World Wide Web was invented, most
pages were Static (the page is “as is” and
cannot be manipulated by user).
The content is also the same for all users. This
is referred to as Web 1.0.

In 2017,
58% of the population in the Philippines have internet access (Global average 50%
and SEA Region is 53%)
52% of the population are mobile active social media users (Global 34% and SEA
region is 42%)

“The Selfiest Cities around the World” of 2013 places two cities from the Philippines
in the top 1 and top 9 spots according to Time Magazine. We have Makati and Pasig,
Philippines (258 selfie – 100,000 people) and Cebu City, Philippines.

Web 2.0 (Dynamic) is the evolution of Web 1.0

by adding web pages – the user is able to see a
website differently than others.
Users can also comment and create user
accounts.
Example: social networking sites, blogs, wikis,
video sharing sites, hosted services and web
applications.

Features of Web 2.0

1. Folksonomy – allows users to categorize and classify/ arrange
information chosen keywords (e.g. tagging/hashtag). Popular social
networking sites uses tags that start with pound sign (#)).

2. Rich User Experience – content is dynamic and is responsive to user’s

input. (e.g. modifying personal information on social
media account)

3. User Participation – the owner of the website is not the only

one who is able to put content. Others users comments, reviews,
and evaluation. (e.g. Amazon.com, online stores)
 4. Long Tail – services that are offered on demand rather than on a
one-time purchase. (Data plans – time spent or amount of bandwidth)

5. Software as Service – user will subscribe to software only when

needed rather than purchasing them. (e.g. Google Drive – Docs or
Sheets) It allows you to “rent” a software for a minimal fee.

6. Mass Participation – 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 and Semantic Web

The Semantic Web is a movement led by World Wide Web

Consortium (W3C). The term as coined by the inventor of the World
Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee. Lee also noted that the Semantic
Web is a component for Web 3.0.

According to W3C, “The Semantic Web provides a common framework that

allows data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and the
community boundaries.”
The aim of Web 3.0 is to have machines understand the user’s preferences to be
able to deliver when content specifically targeting the user.
Example:
Web 2.0 – topmost result from several users
Web 3.0 – studies personal preferences and individual users
The Internet is able to predict possible answers by “learning” from the previous choices

Web 3.0 is yet to be fully realized because of several problems:

1. Compatibility – HTML files and current web browsers could not support Web 3.0.
2. Security – The user’s security is also in question since the machine is saving his or
her preferences.
3. Vastness – The WWW already contains billions of web pages.
4. Vagueness – Certain words are imprecise. The words “old” and “small” would depend
on the user
5. Logic – Since the machines use logic, there are certain limitations for a computer to
be able to predict what the user is referring to at a given time.
 Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Web 3.0

Read-only Read-write Portable and Personal

Company Focus Community Focus Individual Focus
Home Pages Blogs/Wikis Lifestreams/Waves
Owning Content Sharing Content Consolidating Content
Web forms Web Applications Smart Applications
Directories Tagging User Behavior
Page Views Cost per Click User Engagement
Table 1.0 Comparison of Web 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0 features.

Trends in ICT

1.Convergence – Technological convergence is the synergy of

technological advancements to work on similar goal or task. It is
the use of several technologies to accomplish a task. Example:
Cloud Technologies using LTE (long Term Evolution)

2. Social Media - It is a website application, or online channel that enables web users to
create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated documents.
According to Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, Internet
users spend more time in social media sites than any other types of sites. With this,
more and more advertisers use social media to promote their product.

a. Social networks – These are sites

that allow you to connect with other
people with the same interests or
background. Set up profile, add people,
groups and share content
Example: Facebook and Google+

b. Bookmarking Sites - These sites that allow

you to store and manage links to various websites
and resources. Users can search and create tags.
Example: StumbleUpon, Pinterest and bitly
c. Social News – These are sites that allow users to post their own news items or links
to other news sources. The users can post and comment. Example: reddit and Digg

d. Media Sharing - These are sites that

allows you to upload and share media
content like images, music, video.
Additional social features like liking,
commenting, and having user profiles.
Example: Flickr, Youtube, and Instagram

e. Microblogging- These are sites that focus

on short updates from the user. Those
subscribed to the user will be able to receive
these updates.
Examples: Twitter and Plurk

f. Blogs and Forums – These websites

allow users to post their content. Users are
able to comment.
Example: Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr

3. Mobile Technologies
The popularity of smartphones and tablets has taken major rise over the years. This is
because of the devices’ capability to do task that were originally found on personal
computers. Also, mobile devices use different Operating System.

4. Assistive Media
Assistive media is a nonprofit service designed to help people who have visual and
reading impairments. A database of audio recording is used to read to the user. Website:
http://assistivemedia.org.

5. Cloud Computing
Distributed computing on the internet or delivery of
computing service over the internet. Example: Gmail,
Yahoo!
 INSTA-practice

IV. Practice
Web 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0
Instruction: How much have you learned about the different online platforms of the world
wide web? Let’s check! A table is shown below. Remember how Web 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0
are related to each other. Write down their similarities, differences and what advantage
does the it has in terms of usability and function.
Web Similarities Differences Advantage
1.0

2.0

3.0

Assess your STATUS

V. Written Work
Compare and Contrast
Instruction: Research online to find out the key features, advantages, and disadvantages
of the technologies shown in the chart.

Social Media
Key features Advantages Disadvantages Purpose
Twitter

Instagram

Discussion and Information Platforms

Key features Advantages Disadvantages Purpose
Blog

Podcast
File Sharing
Key features Advantages Disadvantages Purpose
Google Drive

Dropbox

Video Sharing Platforms

Key features Advantages Disadvantages Purpose
YouTube

Vimeo

Rubric:

Criteria Exemplary Satisfactory Developing Beginning SCORE

Content 9 – 10 6–8 4-5 1-3
Content to the Content is Content Content consists
assigned topic thoughtful and adequately of unsupported
is thorough and fairly well addresses opinions only
well written with written; most some aspects marginally
supported facts. opinions of the assigned related to the
supported with topic. topic.
facts.

Quality 5 4 2-3 1
The output was The output was The output has The output has
written in an written in an no style or no style or voice.
extraordinary interesting style voice. Gives Gives no new
style and voice. and voice. some new information and
Very Somewhat information but poorly organized.
informative and informative and poorly Many instances
well organized. organized. organized. Few of incorrect
Flawless or no spelling spelling and
spelling and errors; some punctuation.
punctuation. minor
punctuation
mistakes.
Completeness 5 4 2-3 1
All components All components One or more All components
are present and are present, but components are incomplete.
complete. some are are missing.
somewhat
incomplete.
TOTAL ___ / 20
 REDDIT to Demonstrate

VI. Performance Task

Identifying the Correct Platform for Social Change
Instructions: You will identify a certain problem in your community and identify the
correct platform used for Social Change. Create a post in any social media application
available (Facebook, Instagram or Twitter) and the teacher will be tagged in the post.
Disclaimer will also be placed in the post.
Sample Output: https://ezekielfronda09.wixsite.com/mysite/community-problem
Community (Barangay) problem:
Vicinity:
Campaign project name:
Type of social media used:
Content:
Solution
Photos of the community problem:
Disclaimer: This post is just an observation. Any views and opinions represented in
this post are personal and do not represent those of people, institutions or organizations
that the owner may or may not be associated with in professional or personal capacity,
unless explicitly stated. Any views or opinions are not intended to malign any religion,
ethnic group, club, organization, company or individual. All content provided on this
post is for informational purposes only. The owner will not be liable for any loses,
injuries or damages from the display or use of this information.

Rubric:
Criteria Exemplary Satisfactory Developing Beginning Score
9-10 6-8 4-5 1-3
Minor issues of
All Confusing The post is very
clarity causing
components writing that can confusing
confusion that
are clear, only be writing. The
can be overcome
organized, and interpreted with platform for the
by careful
easy to follow. significant post was
Clarity reading and
The correct effort. The selected poorly.
interpretation by
platform for the platform for the
the reader. The
post was post was
platform for the
selected selected
post was
excellently. appropriately.
properly
selected.
9-10 6-8 4-5 1-3
All All components One or more No genuine
components are present, but components attempt at a
Completeness are present some are are missing, or complete
and complete somewhat all components solution.
incomplete. are severely
incomplete.
 5 4 2-3 1
All visual One or more
All visual All visual
components visual
Visual components are components
are well components
Presentation present but not need to be
prepared are
Skills much prepared improved.
disorganized
and not well
managed
5 4 2-3 1
Images have a Images are Some images No image or
strong relation related to the are related to images are not
Images
to the post & community the community related to the
most are self- problem. problem. community
produced. problem.
TOTAL ____/30

BOOKMARKS for the Soul

VII. Quotations/Bible Verses

“Technology is not just a tool. It can give the learners a voice that may not have had
before.” – George Couros

SNAP of Key Points

VIII. Lesson Summary

✓ ICT play an integral part in the development of the Philippine Economy
✓ Tim Berners-Lee created the Internet, most web pages are static, which referred
as web 1.0
✓ Web 2.0 is a dynamic web page. Key features of Web 2.0, namely, folksonomy,
rich user experience, user participation, long tail services, software as a service,
and mass participation.
✓ Web 3.0 aims to improve on Web 2.0 by adding user-specific content through user
preferences. Web 3.0 is hampered by several problems namely, compatibility,
security, vastness, vagueness, and logic.
✓ The trends in ICT include convergence, social media, mobile technologies, and
assistive learning.

Today we do not need to go any further than our own home, to see some form of
ICT in our lives. Whether it be a computer, plasma TV, or mobile phone, we all have them
in some part of our lives. In today’s society, people as consumers of ICT, all strive for the
one dream – the dream of a connected life. ICT has invaded and transformed many
aspects of our lives to the extent that we live in an environment that is dominated by
technology which itself is consumer-driven. No matter how we perceive its presence,
there is no denying that it is an important part of our lives and that it is here to stay.
References:
BOOKS/EBOOK/PDF:
Manila. DepEd. (2020). K-12 Most Essential Learning Competencies with
Corresponding Codes [Ebook] (1st ed., pp. 548-551). Manila. Retrieved from
https://lrmds.deped.gov.ph/
Rex publishing. (2019). Empowerment Technologies (2nd ed., pp. 2-15).

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