Empowerment Technologies

1. ICT as an Agent of Change
EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES

2. Understand the
importance of ICT as a
platform for social
change.
OBJECTIVES
Understand the events
that ICT helped realize and
use prior ICT knowledge in
planning a campaign
using online resorces.

3. Does the Philippines we
know today became
what she is without ICT?

4. Pre-ICT
During Tribal age, our ancestors
communicating through body and verbal
communication
By 1440, Johannes Gutenberg invented
the printing press in Europe that made
possible to reproduce documents using
ink.
Finally, electronic-based communications
started with the invention of the
telegraph, telephone, radio and TV's.

5. The Evolution of ICT
1 FIRST PHASE - THE FIRST COMPUTER
World War II marked the
creation of the first
electromagnetic calculator. This
device weighed about 5 tons,
that's about 1972 modern day
laptops.
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6. The Evolution of ICT
2 SECOND PHASE - PERSONAL COMPUTERS
During the 1970's, the
development of personal
computers started. this made
possible by chip technology
and magnetic discs.

7. The Evolution of ICT
1 THIRD PHASE - MICROPROCESSORS
Microprocessors, also known as
the logic chip, were eventually
invented which reduced the cost
of processing power of
computers
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8. The Evolution of ICT
2 FOURTH PHASE - NETWORKING
small connections were
made so that computers
were able to communicate
with each other. this all
started in small distances
then eventually broke the
distance barrier which gave
birth to the Internet.

9. The Evolution of ICT
1 FIFTH PHASE - WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY
Wired connections were already
a huge advancement for the
Internet, but to travel to different
places while still being able to
browse websites and other social
medias.
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10. ROLE OF ICT IN RECENT
PHILIPPINE HISTORY
EDSA People
Power Revolution
Second People
Power Revolution
Million
People March
During a radio broadcast
of Radyo Veritas, Cardinal
Sin encouraged the
Filipinos to help end the
regime of Pres. Marcos Sr.
It is known as the 2001 EDSA
Revolution happened in January
17 - 21, 2001. 10 senator
judges and 11 prosecutor of
then Pres. Estrada walked out of
the Impeachment Trial.
The crowd in EDSA grew over a
course of a few days through
text brigades.
This is a series of protests
that mainly took place in Rizal
Park from August 22 - 26,
2013. The organizers and
promoters of the Million
People March used Facebook
and Change.org as their
media.

11. ROLE OF ICT IN RECENT
PHILIPPINE HISTORY
Yolanda Person
Finder
Change.org
During Typhoon Yolanda,
the People Finder (built by
Google) was a vital tool
for people across the
globe to track the
situation of their relatives.
Change.org is dubbed as
the "world's platform for
change" where anyone
from the online
community can create a
petition and ask others to
sign it.

12. IN A WHOLE SHEET OF PAPER, NAME 3
INSTANCES IN THE PAST WHERE SOCIAL MEDIA
HAS KEPT THE PUBLIC INFORMED ABOUT THE
LATEST NEWS IN THE COUNTRY.
CHOOSE ONE AND MAKE A PETITION FOR SOCIAL
CHANGE YOU HAVE LISTED ABOUT THE LATEST
NEWS IN THE COUNTRY?