State of ICT Technologies
Online Systems, Functions,
and Platforms
Empowerment Technologies
Form groups with 5 members and take turns
answering the questions below.
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 media account?
If you happened to be, you are “guilty as charged”,
chances are you are a digital native!
- How many of the items
or icons in the image
above are you familiar
with?
- Which ones are you
unfamiliar with?
Analysis:
1. How do you feel about the activity?
2. Does ICT make the world go round? Why?
3. How important is it in our daily lives?
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.
- Is an umbrella term that includes
any communication device or
application encompassing: radio,
television,
cellular
phones,
computer and network hardware
and software, satellite systems, and
etc.
ICT in the Philippines
 Several international companies
dub the Philippines as the “ICT
Hub of Asia” because of the huge
growth of ICT related jobs
around the country.
 What are the ICT related jobs in
the country?
ICT, Me and My Community
To fully understand the importance of ICT, let us
look around the community. Think of a small
business around your community and answer the
following:
Company Name:
Address:
Nature of Business:
1. What are the different ways for customers and suppliers to
contact the business?
2. Estimate how often does the business use phone and cellular
phones for transactions.
3. Does the establishment have internet connection? What is the
purpose?
4. Does the business have a website? How does it help the
company?
5. Does the business have free wifi access for customers? How does
it help boost sales?
Internet
 is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use
the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide.
 means of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in
the world via dedicated routers and servers.
 sometimes called simply "the Net," is a worldwide system of computer
networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer
can get information from any other computer.
World Wide Web
 an information system on the Internet that allows documents to be connected to other
documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving
from one document to another.
 is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by
URLs, interlinked by hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet.
 Invented by Tim-Berners Lee
 a system of Internet servers that support specially formatted documents.
Web Pages
Web page is a hypertext document connected to
the World Wide Web.
 It is a document that is suitable for the World
Wide Web
Websites
 a location connected to the Internet that maintains one or more pages on the
World Wide Web.
 It is a related collection of World Wide Web (WWW) files that includes a
beginning file called a home page.
Web browser
 It displays a web page on a
monitor or mobile device
 is a software application for
retrieving, presenting, and
traversing information
resources on the World Wide
Web.
 Web 2.0
- describes World Wide Web sites that emphasize usergenerated content, usability, and interoperability.
 Web 3.0
- refers to a supposed third generation of Internet-based
services that collectively comprise what might called “The
Intelligent Web.”
Static Web pages
 Static is Web 1.0
 Dynamic is Web 2.0, 3.0
 Static web page is 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 that is referred to as
Web 1.0
Static Web pages
Dynamic Web pages
 web 2.0 is the evolution of Web 1.0 by adding dynamic web pages
 The user is able to see website differently than others e.g social
networking sites, wikis, video sharing sites
 Web 2.0 evolution of Web 1.0 by adding dynamic webpages – the
user is able to see a website differently than the others. Allows
users to interact with the page, the user may be able to comment
or create a user account
 Allows users to use web browsers instead of just their operating
system.
 Most website that we visit today are Web 2.0
Dynamic web pages
Static vs. Dynamic Web page
 Static" means unchanged or constant,
"dynamic" means changing or lively.
while
 A static site is one that is usually written in plain HTML
and what is in the code of the page is what is displayed
to the user. A dynamic site is one that is written using a
server-side scripting language such as PHP, ASP, JSP, or
ColdFusion.
Look/Think of 10 websites and classify them as
static or dynamic.
Website
Static
Dynamic
Reason
Features of Web 2.0
1. Folksonomy- allows user to categorize and classify information
using freely chosen keywords e.g tagging by facebook, twitter, use
tags that start with the pound sign #, referred to as hashtag.
2. Rich User Experience- content is dynamic and is responsive to
user’s input
3. User Participation- The owner of the website is not the only one
who is able to put content. Others are able to place a content of
their own by means of comments, reviews, and evaluation e.g
lazada.com, amazon.com
Features of Web 2.0
4. Long Tail- services that are offered on demand rather than on a onetime purchase. 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 be subscribe to a software only
when needed rather than purchasing them e.g Google docs used to
create and edit word processing and spread sheet. Software as a
service allows you to to “rent” a software for a minimal fee.
Features of Web 2.0
6. Mass Participation- diverse information sharing through universal
web access. Web 2.0’s content is based on people from various
cultures
Web 3.0 and Semantic Web
 Semantic Web is a movement led by the World Web Consortium (W3C).
 W3C is an international community where member organization, s full-time staff, and the
public work together to develop Web standards. Led by Web inventor and Director TimBerners-Lee.
 The W3C standard encourages web developers to include semantic content in their web
pages. W3C’s mission is to lead the Web to its full potential
 Semantic web is a component of Web 3.0
 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.
“ The internet is able to predict the best possible answers to your question by “learning”
from your previous choices”
Problems with Web 3.0
 Compatibility – HTML files and current web browsers cannot support Web
3.0.
 Security – user’s security is in question since the machine is saving his/her
preferences
 Vastness – WWW already contains billions of WebPages
 Vagueness – Certain words are imprecise. The words “old” & “small” would
depend on the user
 Logic – Since machines use Logic, there are certain limitations for a computer
to be able to predict what the user is referring to.
Trends in ICT
1. Convergence- is the synergy of technological
advancements to work on a similar goal or task.
Convergence is using several technologies to accomplish a
task conveniently.
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. A
computer-mediated tools.
Trends in ICT: Six Types of Social Media:
a. Social Networks- these are sites that allow you to connect with other people with
the same interests or background. (Facebook, Google+)
b. Bookmarking Sites- these are sites that allow you to store and manage links to various
websites and resources. (StumbleUpon, Pinterest)
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.
(Reddit, Digg)
d. Media Sharing- these are sites that allow you to upload and share media content like
images, music, and video. (Youtube, Flicker, Instagram)
e. Mircoblogging- these are sites that focus on short updates from the user. Those
subscribed to the user will be able to receive these updates. (Twitter, Plurk)
f. Blogs and Forums- these websites allow users to post their content. Other users are able to
comment on the said topic. (Blogger, WordPress, and Tumbler)
List of Digital Media and Related Concepts
 Aggregator – a website or Web application where headlines and other content
are collected for easy viewing. Aggregators such as Google News compile news
articles and posts.
 Avatar – a two or three-dimensional icon that represents a computer user or a
gamer. Avatar can be a cartoonish graphic, a photograph, a screen name, or a
fully developed character.
 Flaming – the act of saying mean things online, usually in ALL CAPS, and often in a
public forum with the intention to humiliate.
 Mash-up – a remix or blend of multiple songs, videos, or other media content into
one product.
List of Digital Media and Related Concepts
 Massively Multiplayer Online Game (MMOG) – usually an online virtual world that
multiple player navigate and play together.
 Peer to Peer (P2P) – network allows for sharing of mp3s, videos, and other digital
files by transferring information directly between two computers rather than by
going through a central server.
 Podcast – a downloadable video or audio file.
 Short Message Service (SMS) – or text message, a short message of fewer than
characters sent from a cellular phone. A Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is a
text message that contains as attached multimedia file, such as a picture or song.
Trends in ICT
3. Mobile Technologies- popularity of smartphones and tablets. Latest mobile
devices use 4G Networking LTE, which is currently the fastest mobile network.
Mobile devices use different operating systems.
iOS
Windows Phone OS
Symbian
Android
Web OS
Windows Mobile
Trends in ICT
4. Assistive Media
- is a non-profit service designed to help people who have visual and reading
impairments. A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user.
- a component under Assistive Technology (AT), which is a generic term used to
refer to a group of software or hardware devices by which people with disabilities can
access computers.
- Assistive Media is also a name of a company: “the Internet’s first audio
solution for persons with print reading/access barriers. The audio recordings of the
literary works produced by Assistive Media are now easily accessible, on-demand, to
the ever growing number of persons with disabilities who now use the Internet.”
You may visit http://www.assistivemedia.org/ for several of their audio recordings.
Key Terms
 Web 1.0- static website without interactivity
 Web 2.0- websites that contain dynamic content
 Web 3.0- a concept of the World Wide Web that is designed to cater to
the individual user
 Static-refers to the web that are the same regardless of the user
 Folksonomy- allows users to categorize and classify/ arrange information
 Hashtag- used to categorize posts in website
 Convergence- the synergy of technological advancements to work on a
similar goal or task
 Social media- websites, applications, or online channels that enable users
to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated
content.
Identifying the correct Web Platform for Social Change
1. Identify a problem in your community (e.g. littering,
garbage disposal, blocked drainage, 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.
Community Problem: ________________________________________________
Vicinity: ___________________________________________________________
Campaign Name: ____________________________________________________
Type of Social Media Used: _____________________________________________
What will be the content of the social media site?
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Why did you choose that type of social media?
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Why did you choose that website?
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