Trends, Networks, and Critical Thinking in the 21st Century | Second Semester Midterm S.Y.

2020-2021

Aguinaldo J. Santos National High School (Formerly Tibagan National High School)

TRENDS, NETWORKS AND CRITICAL THINKING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
ACTIVITY SHEET
Second Semester-Q4-Week 4
I. OBJECTIVES
1. Content Standards
The learner understands how ICT enslaves, emancipates, and empowers individuals.
2. Performance Standards:
The learner organizes and mobilizes an event that deals with a significant global issue,
using ICT.
3. MELCs:
1. Explain how information communication technology can facilitate social
relationships and political movements (occupy movements) (HUMSS_MCT12-IId-f-5)
2. Propose a creative intervention to improve human life using ICT (HUMSS_MCT12-IId-f-
6)
II. CONTENT

SECOND SEMESTER-Q4: WEEK 4 – INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

References: (ICT)
1. Textbook:
2. Other Learning Resources:
https://commons.deped.gov.ph\
III. PROCEDURES:
A. Review of the Previous Topic
Multiple Choice: Write the letter of the correct answer before each number.
_______1. What are some freedoms that come with a democratic government?
a. Freedom of speech c. Right to take part in the government b. The right to vote d. All
of the above
_______2. Democratic governments are typically run by______________
a. Dictator c. King b. President d. Military personnel
_______3. What is the most important right for Filipino citizen?
a. Freedom of speech c. Right to take part in the government b. The right to vote d. All
of the above
_______4. It has the most persistently undemocratic democracy in Asia
a. Philippines b. Malaysia c. China d. Singapore
_______5. Which of the following are the characteristic of democracy except?
a. Legal equality b. Classless society c. Political freedom d. Rule of law
B. Presenting the new lesson
Identify the given image below. Write your answer on the space provided.

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C. Discussion of the Topic: (ABSTRACTION)

Communication technologies, despite their huge corporate, military, and surveillance

applications, also afford opportunities within political movements to debate, mobilize, reflect,
imagine, fantasize, critique, archive, and inform, and will be pivotal to developing a future for
humans rather than for capital.

The rapid spread of the information and communication technologies (ICTs) has
changed the way social movements use Public Communication and will do so again in the
future.

Researchers have examined the relationship between social movements and new
information and communication technologies (ICTs) for decades, but with exponentially
increasing intensity.

The combination of politics and technology covers concepts, mechanisms,

personalities, efforts, and social movements including but not necessarily limited to the Internet
and other information and communication technologies (ICTs).

A growing body of scholarship has begun to explore how internet technologies are
influencing political communication and participation, especially in terms of what is known as
the public sphere.

An influential and transformational communication and information technology is the

mobile phone or smartphone, which can include: talk, text messaging, Internet and Web
access, electronic mail, faxing, pictures, video, and a wide variety of apps. Mobile devices
are proving to increase political participation and are now even being portrayed as a voting
gadget in even the least developed countries. Increased availability of the mobile phone and
subsequent access to the public sphere has enhanced the ability of individuals and groups to
bring attention to and organize around specialized issues.

As information and communication technologies (ICTs) mature, they are gradually

getting integrated into our society and institutionalized into a system in which social
transformation and technological revolution are in a continuous interplay. ICTs establish a
network that eliminates the temporal and spatial constraints, giving rise to new possibilities for
social movements and collective behaviors. A social movement is defined as a collection of
opinions with the goal of changing some elements of the social structure and/or reward
distribution of a society.

Access and Use of ICT Tools

ICT tools can be very useful in promoting greater government transparency and citizen
participation, but their access and use pose unique challenges.

First, there are barriers associated with usability of ICTs. Marginalized populations often
suffer from lack of resources for ICTs, cultural and literacy barriers, and other concerns, so ICTs
may not be an effective tool to help them gain access to politics. Even highly educated
people may not be familiar or comfortable with the latest technologies, and language barriers
may prevent others from using ICTs effectively. Within populations that have access to ICTs,
many lack the time to use them simply because they have responsibilities working or caring
for their families. Some of these problems can be solved by involving local people in ICT
development so they are more likely to be interested and using pre-existing platforms such as
Facebook.

Second, the effective development and maintenance of ICTs is costly and may not
produce the expected results. Data management is important and may require professional
experience that planners and stakeholders do not have. ICTs are frequently used in ways that

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the developers do not expect, even after extensive research. Additionally, gathering
information and making that information accessible does not always easily translate into
responses from people in power, nor does increased communication within civil society groups
necessarily result in increased political effectiveness. In fact, the use of ICTs may backfire if not
adequately planned.

Share Experience in Using ICT in Governance Issues

The integrity of digital records is a major concern when using ICT in governance. The
trustworthiness, accessibility, and maintenance of records are crucial to government
transparency. Both a lack of capacity and a lack of political will can cause governments to
fail to make digital information accessible and keep it well-maintained, but without a
framework for information governance, ICTs may lead to the misleading and misinforming of
citizen, rather than their empowerment.
A first step is to create government awareness that in a digital environment, achieving
information integrity and access through time requires a well-defined legal and regulatory
framework and a new set of skills. Digital records must be in a useful format and must be
protected from deterioration over time so they continue to provide the evidence needed to
hold governments accountable.

Using ICTs may also take away from other important tactics. Citizen groups frequently
focus on the use of ICTs to the detriment of building a collective voice, leading to a lot of
information but little action. If technologies generate data that is not then acted upon, they
will fall out of favor. Long-term, listening-based, citizen-focused approaches are key to the use
and success of ICTs.

Intervention of ICT to human life

ICT is one of the economic development pillars to gain national competitive
advantage. It can improve the quality of human life because it can be used as a learning and
education media, the mass communication media in promoting and campaigning practical
and important issues, such as the health and social area. It provides wider knowledge and
can help in gaining and accessing information.

ICT has become an integral part of everyday life for many people. It increases its
importance in people's lives and it is expected that this trend will continue, to the extent that
ICT literacy will become a functional requirement for people's work, social, and personal lives.

ICT has an impact on almost every aspect of our lives - from working to socializing,
learning to playing. The digital age has transformed the way young people communicate,
network, seek help, access information and learn. We must recognize that young people are
now an online population and access is through a variety of means such as computers, TV
and mobile phones.

IV. ASSESSMENT
Answer the following as briefly and as comprehensively as possible.
1. Give at least two areas that affected or influence by the advancement of ICT and explain
the effects of ICT on these areas.
2. What do you think are the advancements in information and communication technology
and how these relate to the emergence of trends?

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Rubric Criteria 5 3 1

Enrichment Activity (Performance Task)

Create a poster showing how ICT facilitate social relationship and political movements and
write your explanation about your poster.
Originality – 10 points
Illustrations - 10 points
Creativity – 10 points

Format: (SHORT BOND PAPER / 8.5”x11’) LANDSCAPE

WORKING AREA

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