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EMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGIES
QUARTER 1
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EMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGIES
QUARTER 1
Development Team of the Module:
Authors: Rhessie M. Ambion
Editor: Leylanie V. Adao
Reviewer:
Management Team:
Gemma G. Cortez, Ed.D., CID - Chief
Leylanie V. Adao, EPS - LR
SDO Dasmariñas City
Schools Division Superintendent: Celedonio B. Balderas, Jr.
Asst. Schools Division Superintendent: Bernadette T. Luna
Guide in Using Learner’s Module
For the Parents/Guardian
This module is designed to assist you as the learning facilitator at home. It
provides you with activities and lessons’ information that the learners need
to accomplish in a distance learning modality.
For the Learner
This module is designed to guide you in your independent learning activities
at your own pace and time. This also aims to help you acquire the
competencies required by the Department of Education (DepEd) at the
comfort of your home.
You are expected to answer all activities on separate sheets of paper and
submit the outputs to your respective teachers on the time and date agreed
upon.
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Lesson 1 – Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies
Introduction
Welcome to Empowerment Technologies online class! Lesson 1 covers topics about the
introduction to Information and communication Technologies. It includes the following topics:
 The state of ICT Technologies
 Online systems, functions, and platforms
At the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
1. improve your knowledge on how ICT affects your everyday life and the state of our nation;
2. compare and contrast the differences between online platforms, sites and content;
3. understand the features of Web 2.0;
4. understand the future of the World Wide Web through Web 3.0; and
5. learn the different trends in ICT and use them to their advantage.
Answer the following questions below honestly.
1. How many times have you checked your phone this morning?
2. How many status updates have you posted in Facebook or Twitter today?
3. Did you use the internet for an hour after you woke up this morning?
4. Do you follow a celebrity via his/her social media account?
If you happened to be “guilty as charged” in most of these questions, chances are, you are a
digital native. And chances are, from the moment you were born, you were surrounded by technology.
You are surrounded by ICT.
Development
As the popular saying goes, “Love makes the world go round.” But before you start
looking for someone to fall in love with, you could argue how the internet has made the world
go round for decades. Likewise, the internet has probably made your world go round. In this
lesson, we will understand how information and Communication Technologies have improved
our lives in such a short period of time.
Information and Communication Technologies
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) deals with the use of different
communication technologies such as mobile phones, telephone, Internet, etc. to locate, save,
send, and edit information.
When we make video call, we use the Internet. When we send a text or make a call,
we use cellular networks. When we run out of load or battery, we use payphones which use a
telephone network. Having unified way to communicate is one of the goals of ICT. In terms of
economics, ICT has saved companies a lot of resources (time and money) with the kind of
communication technology they use, nowadays. In a similar way, we spend less because of
ICT. As it normally costs us a peso to send a text message or SMS, with the internet, we can
send multiple messages and only be charged by a fraction.
ICT in the Philippines
Several International Companies dub the Philippines as the “ICT Hub of Asia.” It is no
secret that there is a huge growth of ICT-related jobs around the country, one of which is the
call center of BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) center.
According to the 2013 Edition of Measuring the Information Society by the
International Telecommunication Union, there are 106.8 cellphones per 100 Filipinos in the
year 2012. That would mean that for every 100 Filipinos you meet, there is a high chance
that they have a cellphone and approximately for the seven of them, they have two.
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In a data gathered by the Annual Survey of the Philippine Business and Industries,
NSO, in 2010, the ICT industry shares 19.3 of the total employment population here in the
Philippines.
To Add to this statistics, Time Magazine’s “ The Selfiest Cities around the World” of
2013 places two cities from the Philippines in the top 1 and top 10 spots. The study was
conducted using Instagram, a popular photo sharing application.
With these numbers, there is no doubt that the Philippines is one of the countries
that benefits most out of ICT.
Web 2.0: Dynamic Web Pages
The internet has been a vital tool to our modern lives that is why it is also important
to make the best of the Internet.
When the World Wide Web 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 the user. The content is also the same for all users. This is referred to as
Web 1.0.
However , the World Wide Web is more than just static pages. Pretty soon, Web 2.0
came to the picture.
Web 2.0 is aterm coined by Darcy DiNucci on January 1999. In her article titled,
“Fragemented Future,” she wrote:
The web we know now, which loads into a browser window in essentially atatic
screenfuls, is only an empty embryo of the web to come. The first glimmerings of
Web 2.0 are beginning to appear, and we are just starting to see how that embryo
might develop.
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. Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking
sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing sites, hosted services, and web applications. Web 2.0 allows
users to interact with the page: instead of just reading a page, the user may be able to
comment or create a user account. Web 2.0 also allows users to use web browsers instead
of just using their operating system. Browsers can now be used for their user interface,
application software (or web applications), and even for file storage. Most websites that we
visit today are Web 2.0.
Activity 1. Static vs. Dynamic
Look for 10 websites and classify them as static or dynamic. What makes each
website static or dynamic? Use the table below.
Website URL
Static
Dynamic
Reason
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Features of Web 2.0
The key features of Web 2.0 include:
1. Folksonomy- allows users to categorize and classify/arrange information using
freely chosen keywords (e.g., tagging). Popular social networking sites such as Twitter,
Instagram, Facebook, etc. use tags that start with the pound sign (#). This is also referred to
as hashtag.
2. Rich User Experience – content is dynamic and is responsive to user’s input. An
example would be a website that shows local content. In the case of social networking sites,
when logged on, your account is used to modify what you see in their website.
3. User Participation – the owner of the website is not the only one who is able to put
cont. Others are able to place a content of their own by means of comments, reviews, and
evaluation. Some websites allow readers to comment on an article, participate in a poll, or
review a specific product (e.g., Amazon.com, online stores).
4. Long Tail – services that are offered on demand rather than on a one-time purchase.
In certain cases, time-based pricing is better than file size-based pricing or vice versa. This is
synonymous to subscribing to a data plan that charges you for the amount of time you spent
in the Internet or a data plan that charges you for the amount of bandwidth you used.
5. Software as a Service – users will subscribe to a software only when needed rather
than purchasing them. This is cheaper option if you do not always need to use a software. For
instance, Google Docs is a free web-based application that allows the user to create and edit
word processing and spreadsheet documents online. When you need a software, like a Word
Processor, you can purchase it for a one-time huge amount and install it in your computer and
it is yours forever. Software as a service 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 the Semantic Web
The Semantic Web is a movement led by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The
W3C standard encourages web developers to include semantic content in their webpages.
The term was 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 the W3C,” The Semantic Web provides a common framework that allows
data to be shared and reused across application, enterprise, and community boundaries.” The
aim of Web 3.0 is to have machines (or servers) understand the user’s preferences to be able
to deliver web content specifically targeting the user. For example, when doing a web search
in Web 2.0, the topmost result is based on the preference of several users who already
searched for the item. The search engine then labels it the most common answer to the search
query. Though there are instances wherein several preferences are considered like geographic
location, Web 3.0 aims to do better. This is through studying personal preferences of an
individual user and showing results based on those preferences. The internet is able to predict
the best possible answers to your question “learning” from your previous choices.
For example, if you search the Internet for “where is the best place to go shopping?”
Web 3.0 will aim to give you results depending on how you have made choices in the past. If
you have purchased several shoes online, the Internet will give you result on the best place
with the highest rated shoes around your vicinity.
Another example is when you search for the best restaurant to visit in a specific area.
First, it may look for your previous visits from other restaurants and if you have rated them
whether good or bad. In return, Web 3.0 will search for restaurants that have similar menu,
good rating, and budget that fit your preference in the past.
Web 3.0 is yet to be fully realized because of several problems:
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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 World Wide Web 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 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.
Trends in ICT
As the world of ICT continues to grow, the industry has focused on several
innovations. These innovations cater to the needs of the people that benefit most out of ICT.
Whether it is for business or personal use, these trends are current front runners in the
innovation of ICT.
1. Convergence
Technological Convergence is the synergy of technological advancements to work on
a similar goal or task. For example, besides using your personal computer to create word
documents, you can now use your smartphone. It can also use cloud technologies to sync files
from one device to another while also using LTE technology which means you can access your
files anytime, anywhere. Convergence is using several technologies to accomplish a task
conveniently.
2. 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. According to
Nielsen, a global information and measurement company, Internet users spend more time in
social media sites than in any other type of sites. With this, more and more advertisers use
social media to promote their product.
There are 6 types of social media:
a. Social Networks – These are the sites that allow you to connect with other people
with the same interest or background. Once a user creates his or her account, he or she can
set up a profile, add people, create groups, and share content. Examples: Facebook and
Google +
b. Bookmarking Sites. These are sites that allow you to store and manage links to
various websites and resources. Most of these sites allow you to create a tag that allows you
and others to easily search or share them. Examples: StumbleUpon and Pinteres.
C. Social News. These are sites that allow users to post their own news items or links
to other news sources. The users can also comment on the post and comments may also be
ranked. They are also capable of voting on these news articles of the website. Those who get
the most amount of votes are shown most prominently. Examples: reddit and Digg
d. Media Sharing. These are sites that allow you to upload and share media content
like images, music, and video. Most of these sites have additional social features like liking,
commenting, and having user profiles. Examples: Flicker, 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 those updated. Examples: Twitter and Plurk
f. Blogs and Forums. These websites allow users to post their content. Other users are
able to comment on the said topic. There are several free blogging platforms like Blogger,
WordPress, and Tumblr. On the other hand, forums are typically part of a certain website or
web service.
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3. Mobile Technologies
The popularity of Smartphones and tablets has taken a major rise over the years. This
is largely because of the devices’ capability to do tasks that were originally found in personal
computers. Several of these devices are capable of using high-speed internet. Today, the latest
mobile devices use 4G Networking (LTE), which is currently the fastest mobile network. Also,
mobile devices use different operating systems:
a. iOS – used in Apple devices such as iPhone and iPad
b. Android – an open source operating system developed by Google. Being open
source
means several mobile companies use this OS for free.
c. Blackberry OS – used in Blackberry devices
d. Windows Phone OS – a closed source and proprietary operating system developed
by Microsoft.
e. Symbian – the original smartphone OS; used by Nokia devices
f. WebOS – originally used for smartphones; now used for smart TVs.
g. Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket PCs.
4. Assistive Media
Assistive Media is a nonprofit service designed to help people who have visual and
reading impairments. A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user. You may visit
http://www.assistivemedia.org/ for several of their audio recordings.
Engagement
Activity 2. Identifying the correct Web platform for Social Change
1. Identify a problem in your community (e.g., littering, garbage disposal, blocked drainages,
etc.).
2. Imagine that you are going to create a website to persuade both community leaders and
members to solve this problem.
3. Fill out the form below and submit your output in Activity 2 Submission Bin using this
filename format: Section_lastname_firstname_activity2
Community Problem: ________________________________________________________
Vicinity: ___________________________________________________________________
Campaign Name: ___________________________________________________________
Type of Social Media Used: ___________________________________________________
Website Used: _____________________________________________________________
What will be the content of your social media site?
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Why do you choose that type of social media?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
Why did you choose that website?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
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Assimilation
Activity 3. Reflection Paper
Compose a 300-word insightful reflection paper on the nature of ICT in the context
of your life, society, and enrolled senior high school track/strand.
Quiz
True or False: Choose True if the Statement is Correct; Otherwise Choose False.
1. Tim Berners-Lee created the World Wide Web
2. People Magazine conducted the research on “The Selfiest cities in the World.”
3. Web 2.0 introduced static webpages that allow users to interact with the webpage.
4. Folksonomy allows users to categorize and locate information
5. Technological convergence is the synergy of technological advancements to work on a
similar goal or task.
6. According to Nielsen, users who use the Internet spend more time in social media sites
than in any other type of site.
7. Blogging sites are sites that focus on short updates from the user.
8. Android is a mobile operating system for Apple devices
9. Assistive Media is a nonprofit service designed to help people who have visual and
reading impairments.
10. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) deals with the use of different
communications Technology to locate, save, send, and edit information.
References:
(2016). Empowerment Technologies, Innovative Training Works, Inc. First Edition. Rex Bookstore
Lesson 2: Online Safety, Security, Ethics, and Etiquette
Introduction
In the previous lesson, you learn how Information and Communication Technologies have
improved our lives in such a period of time. In this lesson you’ll learn to consider one’s and other’s
safety when sharing information using the Internet and be responsible in the use of social networking
sites.
Most of us use the internet every day. Sometimes, we do not pay attention on how much
information we share online. Below is a questionnaire about how much information you have shared
so far. Put a check (/) under Shared or Not Shared
How Safe Are You?
Type of Information
Shared
1. First Name
2. Last Name
3. Middle Name
4. Current and Previous School (s)
5. Your Cellphone Numbers
6. The name of your father and mother
7. Name of your siblings
8. Your address
9. Your home phone number
10. Your birthday
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Not Shared