MODULE 2: Introduction to Information and - Time Magazine’s “The Selfiest Cities around

Communication Technologies the World” of 2013 places two cities from the
Philippines in the top 1 and top 10 spots.
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION (conducted using Instagram)
TECHNOLOGIES (ICT)

- deals with the use of different

communication technologies such as mobile
phones, telephones, internet, etc. to locate,
save, send, and edit information.

When you…
• make video call → use the
WEB 2.0: DYNAMIC WEB PAGES
Internet
When you… - When the world wide web (WWW) was
• send a text or make a call → invented, most web pages were static.
use cellular networks Static (also known as flat page or stationary
When you… page) in the sense that the page is “as is” and
• You run out of load or cannot be manipulated by the user. The
battery → use payphones content is also same for all users, this
which uses telephone referred to as Web 1.0.
network - Web 2.0 is a term coined by Darcy DiNucci
on January 1999. In her article titled
- Economically, ICT has saved companies a lot “Fragmented Future”, she wrote.
of resources (time and money) with the kind The Web we know now, which loads into
of technology they use browser window in essentially static screenful,
is only an embryo of the Web to come. The first
glimmerings of Web 2.0 are beginning to
ICT IN THE PHILIPPINES appear, and we are just starting to see how
that embryo might develop.
- Philippines is dub as the “ICT Hub of Asia” - Web 2.0 is the evolution of Web 1.0 by adding
e.g. call center of BPO (Business Process
dynamic web pages
Outsourcing) center
Dynamic web pages – the user is
- According to 2013 edition of Measuring the able to see a website differently than others.
Information Society by the International
- Web 2.0 allows user to interact with the
Telecommunication Union (ITU), there page: instead of just reading a page, the user
106.8B cellphones per 100 Filipinos in the may be able to comment or create a user
year 2012. That would mean that for every
account.
100 Filipinos you meet, there is a high - Web 2.0 allows user to use web browsers
chance that they have a cellphone and instead of just using their operating system.
approximately for the seven of them, they Browser can now be used for their user
have two. interface, application software (or web
application), and even for file storage
- Ex:

- In a data gathered by the Annual Survey of

the Philippine Business and Industries, NSO,
in 2010, the ICT shares 19.3% of the total
employment population
FEATURES OF WEB 2.0

1. Folksonomy - allows user 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 (#)
also referred to as hashtag.
 2. Rich User Experience – content is WEB 3.0 IS YET TO BE FULLY
dynamic and is responsive to user’s RECOGNIZED BECAUSE OF SEVERAL
input. PROBLEMS:
3. User Participation – the owner of the
1. Compatibility. HTML files and
website is not the only one who is able
current web browsers could not
to put content. Others are able to place
support Web 3.0.
content of their own by means of
2. Security. The user’s security is
comments, reviews, and evaluation.
also in question since the machine
4. Long Tail – services that are offered on
is saving his or her preferences.
demand rather than on a one-time
3. Vastness. The World Wide Web
purchase. In certain cases, time-based
already contains billions of web
pricing is better than file size-based
pages.
pricing or vice versa. This is
4. Vagueness. Certain words are
synonymous to subscribing to a data
imprecise. The world’s “old” and
plan that charges you for the amount
“small” would depend on the user.
you spent in the internet, or a data plan
5. Logic. Since machines use logic,
that charges you for the amount of the
there are certain limitations for a
bandwidth you used.
computer to be able to predict
5. Software as a Service – user will
what the user is referring to a
subscribe to a software only when
given time.
needed rather than purchasing them.
6. Mass Participation – diverse
information sharing through universal TRENDS IN ICT
web access. Since most users can use
the Internet, Web 2.0 is based on people 1. Convergence- is the synergy of
from various cultures. technological advancement to work on
similar goal or task.

2. Social Media- is a website, application, or

WEB 3.0 AND THE SEMANTIC WEB online channel that enables web users to
create, co-create, discuss, modify, and
Semantic Web – is a movement led by the World
exchange user-generated content.
Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
According to Nielsen, a global information
- The W3C standard encourages web and measurement company, Internet users
developers to include semantic content in spend more time in social media sites than
their web pages. The term was coined by the in any other type of site.
inventor of World Wide Wed, Tim-Berners-
Six types of social media:
Lee also noted that the Semantic Web is a
component for Web 3.0. ➢ Social Networks. These are sites that
- According to the W3C, “The Semantic Web allow you to connect with other people
provides a common framework that allows with the same interest or background.
data to be shared and reused across Example: Facebook and Google+
application, enterprise, and community ➢ Bookmarking Sites. These are sites
boundaries.” that allow you to store and manage
- The aim of Web 3.0 is to have machines (or links to various websites and
servers) understand the user’s preferences resources. Example Stumble and
to be able to deliver web content specifically Pinterest.
targeting user. ➢ Social News – These are sites that
- Ex: allows 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 websites.
➢ Media Sharing – These are sites that
allow you to upload and share media
content like images, music, and video.
Example: Flicker, YouTube, and
Instagram.
➢ Microblogging – These are sites that
focus on short updates from the user.
Those subscribed to the user will be
 able to receive these updates.
Example: Twitter and Plurk.
➢ Blogs and Forums – These websites
allow users to post their content.
Other users are able to comment on
the said topic.

3. Mobile Technologies
• Smart phones
• Tablets
• High-Speed Internet/4G Networking
(LTE)
• Other operating systems:
− IOS – used in Apple such as iPhone
and iPad
− Android – an open source
operating system developed by
Google. Being open source means
several mobile phone companies
use this OS for free
− Blackberry – used in black berry
devices
− Windows Phone OS – a closed
source and proprietary operating
system– originally used for
smartphone; now used for smart
TVs
− Windows Mobile – developed by
Microsoft® for smartphones and
pocket PCs

4. developed by Microsoft®
• Symbian – the original smartphone OS;
used by Nokia devices
• WebOS Assistive Media
- is non-profit service designed to help people
who have visual and reading impairments.