Introduction to ICT

1. Em-Tech
Empowerment Technologies

2. How does technology
empower people and
affect social change?

3. Empowerment Technology
• E-Tech refers to the process of giving
yourself or other people the capacity to
achieve a specific end goal with the help of
technology.

4. • Definition of ICT
• Evolution of the Web
• Technological Convergence
Introduction to ICT

5. ⮚Information – means valuable context that gives
meaning and relevance to many people such as
name of place, birth date, color, money, your
name, depending on the context
⮚Communication – refers to the conveying of
information between two or more people in
different places
⮚Technology – means of devoting to create new
tools to accomplish various tasks in our daily lives
ICT refers to the use of any means of technology to
perform access, process, and computation of data or
any means of communication.
ICT
Information and Communications Technology

6. ICT
Information and Communication Technology

7. 2 Most Commonly Used ICT
Internet
an infrastructure
that connects
users together
World Wide Web
a huge collection of
information, data, and
resources that facilitates
communication between
users and computers

8. 1.0
2.0
3.0
W
E
B
STAGES OF THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THE
WORLD WIDE WEB

9. Web 1.0 (Crawl/Readable)
- flat data
- limited interaction between sites and web users
- an information portal where users passively receive
information without being given the opportunity to
post reviews, comments, and feedback.
• Mostly Read Only Web (One way)
• Company Focus
• Owning Content
• Home Pages
• Advertising

10. Web 2.0 (Social Network/Writable)
• Wildly Read and Write
• Community Focus
• Blogs/Wikis
• Sharing Content
• Tagging/Folksonomy
• Cost Per Click
- interactive data
- facilitates interaction between web users and sites
- encourages participation, collaboration, and
information sharing

11. Web 3.0 (Intelligent Web/Executable)
• Portable/Personal
• Semantic Web
• Consolidating Content
• Life Streaming
• User Behavior
- dynamic applications, interactive services, and “machine-
to-machine” interaction
- a semantic web which refers to the future

12. ICT TRENDS

14. Technological Convergence
• is the evolution of two or more different
technologies towards one, performing the same
task but in a more efficient way.

15. Assistive Media
is an internet-based audio hearing service aimed to
help people with disability in visual and/or hearing.
-Screen Reader
-Screen Magnification Software
-Motion Pointer

16. Social Media
Social Media is a website, application, or online channel that enables
web users to create, co-create, discuss, modify and exchange user-
generated content.
Common Types of Social Media
1. Social Networks – allow users to connect with other people
with the same interests or background. Ex: Facebook and
Google+
2. Bookmarking Sites – allow users to store and manage links to
various websites and resources. Ex: StumbleUpon and
Pinterest
3. Social News – allow users to post their own news items or links
to other news sources. Ex. Reddit and Digg
4. Media Sharing – allows you to upload and share media content
like images, music and video. Ex: Youtube and Instagram
5. Microblogging – focus on short updates from the user. Ex:
Twitter and Plurk
6. Blogs and Forums – allow users to post their content. Ex:
Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr

17. Latest Technology Trends
Intelligent Apps / AI
Virtual and Augmented Reality

18. Activity #1: List down 3 websites / apps
that you use, identify its uses and web
version (Web 1.0, Web 2.0, or Web 3.0) then
explain your answer.
Website/App Uses Web Version Reason
1)
2)
3)
NOTE: Submit your work to our Google Classroom

19. Activity #2:
Essay: How does technology empower
you as a student and future
professional? Give a real-life scenario.
(Max. of 5 sentences)
Rubric for Grading:
Quality of Writing – 7pts
Grammar and Mechanics – 3pts
NOTE: Submit your work to our Google Classroom