Empowerment Technologies Chapter 1

1. EMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGIES: CHAPTER 1
PREPARED BY: SHEENA MAE C. BALINO

2. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES
 Information and Communication Technology (ICT) – deals
with use of different communication technologies such as
mobile phones, telephone, Internet, etc. to locate, save, send
and edit information.
 Several international companies dub the Philippines as the
“ICT Hub of Asia.”

3. WEB 1.0
 When the World Wide Web (www) was invented, most web
pages were static.
 Static (also known as flat page or stationary page) in the sense
that the page is “as is” and cannot be manipulated by user.
This is referred as Web 1.0.

4. WEB 2.0
 Web 2.0 is the evolution of web 1.0 by adding dynamic web
pages.
 The user is able to see a website differently than others.
 It allows user to interact with the page, may be able to
comment or create a user account.
 Examples: Social networking sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing
sites, hosted services, and web applications.

5. KEY FEATURES OF WEB 2.0
 Folksonomy – allows user to categorize and classify/ arrange
information using freely chosen keywords(e.g., tagging).
Popular social networking sites such as Twitter use tags that
start with the pound sign(#)also referred as hashtag.
 Rich user experience – content is dynamic and is responsive to
user’s input.
 User participation – the owner of the website is not the only
one who is able to put content.

6. KEY FEATURES OF WEB 2.0
 Long Tail – services that are offered on demand rather than
on a one-time purchase.
 Software as a service – users will subscribe to a software only
when needed rather than purchasing them.
 Mass participation – diverse information sharing through
universal web access.

7. WEB 3.0
 Semantic web – is a movement led by the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C). It provides a common framework that
allows data to be shared and reused across application,
enterprise, and community boundaries.
 W3C standard encourages web developers to include
semantic content in their web pages.
 Tim Berners-Lee – inventor of world wide web.

8. TRENDS IN ICT
1. Convergence - Technological convergence is the synergy of
technological advancements to work on a similar goal or task.
2. Social Media – is a website, application, or online channel that
enables web users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and
exchange user-generated content.
6 types of Social Media
 Social Networks –sites that allow you to connect with other
people with the same interests or background.
 Bookmarking sites – these are the sites that allow you to store
and manage links to various websites and resources

9.  Social News – sites that allow users to post their own news
item or links to other news sources.
 Media Sharing - sites that allow you to upload and share
media content like images, music, and video.
 Microblogging – sites that focus on short updates from the
user.
 Blogs and Forums – allow users to post their content.

10. 3. Mobile Technologies – capable to do tasks that were originally found in
personal computer. Mobile devices use different operating system.
 iOs – used in Apple devices such as the iPhone and iPad.
 Android – an open source operating system developed by Google.
 Blackberry OS – used in Blackberry devices.
 Windows Phone OS – a closed source and proprietary operating system
developed by Microsoft.
 Symbian – the original smartphone OS; used by Nokia devices
 WebOS – originally used for smartphones; now used for smart TV’s
 Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket
PC’s

11. 4. Assistive Media – is a non-profit service designed to help
people who have visual or reading impairments.