Empowerment Technologies Module1

Empowerment
Technologies
Prepared by:
EULALIA S. DAGUNAN, MSCS

UNIT 1
Information and Communications Technology Today:
Development and Commonly Used Tools

Century Ago
 Alexander Graham Bell revolutionize the communications field by
inventing the telephone.
 Invention of telecommunications network to support telephone
services.
 Invention of Internet and mobile phones
These technologies and methodologies are now collectively
referred to as Information and Communications Technology.

The fast development and improvement of technology,
especially in the fields of electronics and telecommunications
- introduced high productivity
- ease in our daily activities

Electronic devices for everyday use
- desktop computer, mobile phones, laptop computer
Applications and uses:
- entertainment such as playing games
- listening to music
- watching video clips
- sending electronic mails (emails)
- making calls
- sending text messages

Electronic devices for everyday use
Other applications and uses:
- productivity such as word processing, spreadsheets,
presentations, and digital imagery.
- access online search engines

Information and Communications
Technology (ICT)
 is a dynamic field and its innovations are
endless.
 its applications are continuously evolving and
improving to cater and ease human activities.

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refers to the technologies, both hardware and
software, that enable humans to communicate with
one another.
Common misconception: ICT is Internet or
computer alone.
ICT is any form of technology that enables you to
communicate.
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Evolution of ICT
The beginning of ICT can be traced back when human started
to use objects to communicate with one another.
Four main periods in history that divide the era of ICT:
- premechanical
- mechanical
- electromechanical
- electronic
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The devices, technologies,
and processes that humans
enjoy today are products
of centuries of
improvements and
innovations built on
foundations prepared by
the early humans.

 around 3000 BCE to 1450 CE
 humans started communicating with one another
using words and pictograms curved in rocks
 started to write symbols as substitutes for pictures to
depict ideas, objects, and animals
 when paper was finally produced from the papyrus plant,
storing of information was revolutionized
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Periods of ICT:
PREMECHANICAL
PERIOD

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ABACUS

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PascalineBlaise Pascal

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Telegraph
first device to use electricity to transmit information over an electrical media
first invented in 1837 by William Cooke and Sir Charles Wheatstone
the first working model used five magnetic needles that could be pointed
around set of letters and numbers by using electric current
in 1844, American inventor Samuel Morse successfully introduced the first
single-circuit telegraph that gave rise to Morse Code
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Periods of ICT:
ELECTROMECHANICAL
PERIOD
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ELECTROMECHANICAL
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 humans were not satisfied with simply transmitting symbols or
letters
 became fascinated with the idea of voice transmission
 in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell was granted the patent for the
telephone
 the telephone converts sounds into electricity and enables the
telephone network to transmit it over copper wires

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ELECTROMECHANICAL
PERIOD

 started in the 1940s and continues to the present
 focused on the advent of solid state devices or electronic devices
Four main events:
 vacuum tube machines
- Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer (ENIAC) is
the first electronic and general purpose computer that marked a
revolutionary period in computing
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Periods of ICT:
ELECTRONIC
PERIOD

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ENIAC

Four main events:
 transistor
- was invented in 1947
- it is an electronic device with properties and functions similar to
vacuum tubes but it is lightweight and faster
- foundation of every electronic device today
- you can find transistor for every electronic device
- full transistor computer was developed in 1957 and was faster
than vacuum computer
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ELECTRONIC
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TRANSISTOR

Four main events:
 integrated circuit (IC)
- American engineer Jack Kilby introduced the IC
- it is a device that is composed of a group of transistors
and circuit elements compressed in a single package
- it revolutionized the use of computers and electronic
devices
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- it is integrated in a chip or a
single package, limiting the distances
between components, resulting in a
faster operating speed
- smaller devices intended for
information processing and
communication were developed
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ELECTRONIC
PERIOD

Four main events:
 computer processor
- constructed in the forms of IC
- PC used these processors to
deliver user applications
- computers are evolving from
basic textual interfaces to
GUI
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ELECTRONIC
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GROUP ACTIVITY
List at least 10 technological advances you
think should be included on a timeline of the
most important technological advances in human
history.
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Social Media
Oral Recitation
What social media applications affect your day-
to-day activities,
and how did it improve your life?
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Authenticity Verification of Information from the
Web
Oral Recitation
1.What are the Web sites that you frequently
visit?
2.Based on the discussions, assess and compare
the authenticity and reliability of information
of your frequently visited Web sites.
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Online Ethics and Etiquette
Netiquette
Oral Recitation
Are there any instance when you misbehaved online?
How do you think should you behave now that you have
learned netiquette and proper behavior on the WWW?
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Government Provisions for Online Courtesy and
Etiquette
Oral Recitation
Have you witnessed cyberbullying on social media?
When can you say that a person is being cyberbullied?
As a responsible netizen, what is your role in
helping the person who is being cyberbullied?
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