INTRODUCTION TO

Lesson 1

INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES
 How many times have
you checked your phone
this morning?
 How many status updates
have you posted in Facebook
or Twitter yesterday& today ?
Did you use the Internet
for an hour after you
woke up this morning?
 INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES
• Deals with the use of different communication technologies
such as mobile phones, telephone, Internet, etc. to locate, save,
send, and edit information. *insert*
• Having a 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 ICT.
 INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGIES
• In the US government’s Philippines Country Commercial
Guide in 2017, the Philippine ICT industry is still expected to
improve and become more profitable due to the overall growth
of the different sector like communications, business process
management (BPM), financial, and health sector.
• In a data gathered by the Information Technology and Business
Processing Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) in 2016, the
IT industry size a worth 22.9 billion dollars.
WEB 1.0, 2.0, 3.0
 WEB 1.0 – STATIC 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 called 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.
 WEB 2.0 – DYNAMIC PAGES
• Coined by Darcy DiNucci in his article entitled,
“Fragmented Future”
• 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.
• Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis,
video sharing sites, hosted services, and web
applications.
 WEB 2.0 – DYNAMIC PAGES
• Web 2.0 allows the user to use web browsers instead of
just using their operating system.
• Browser may 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.
FEATURES
OF
WEB 2. 0
 FEATURES OF WEB 2. 0

FOLKSONOMY
 Allows the users to categorize and classify/ arrange
information using freely chosen keywords (e.g., tagging).
 FEATURES OF WEB 2. 0

RICH USER
EXPERIENCE
 Content is dynamic and is responsive to user’s input.
 Ex. 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.
 FEATURES OF WEB 2. 0

USER PARTICIPATION
 The owner of the website is not the only one who is able
to put content.
 FEATURES OF WEB 2. 0

LONG TAIL
 Services that are offered on demand rather than on a one-
time purchase.
 Time-based pricing is better than file size-based pricing
or vice versa.
 FEATURES OF WEB 2. 0
SOFTWARE
AS A SERVICE
 User will subscribe to a software only when needed
rather than purchasing them.
 This allows a user to “rent” a software for a minimal fee.
 FEATURES OF WEB 2. 0

MASS PARTICIPATION
 Diverse information sharing through universal web
access.
 WEB 3.0 & SEMANTIC WEB
• Semantic Web is an extension of the world wide web
through standards set by the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C).
• The goal of the Semantic Web is to make Internet data
machine-readable.
• Tim Berners-Lee also noted that the Semantic Web is a
component for Web 3.0
 WEB 3.0 & SEMANTIC WEB
• 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.
 WEB 3.0 IS YET TO
BE FULLY
REALIZED BECAUSE
OF SEVERAL
PROBLEMS
 PROBLEMS OF WEB 3.0

COMPATIBILITY
 HTML files and current web browsers could not support
Web 3.0
 PROBLEMS OF WEB 3.0

SECURITY
 The user’s security is also a question since the machine is
saving his or her preferences.
 PROBLEMS OF WEB 3.0

VASTNESS
 The World Wide Web already contain billions of web
pages.
 PROBLEMS OF WEB 3.0

VAGUENESS
 Certain words are imprecise.
 PROBLEMS OF WEB 3.0

LOGIC
 Since machine 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
 TRENDS IN ICT
TECHNOLOGICAL
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.
 TRENDS IN ICT

SOCIAL MEDIA
 Is a website, application, or online channel that enables
web users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and
exchange user-generated content.
 6 TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA
SOCIAL NETWORKS
 These are sites that allow you to connect with other
people with the same interests or background. Ex.
Facebook & Google+

BOOKMARKING SITES
 These are sites that allow you to store and manage links
to various websites and resources.
 Ex. StumbleUpon & Pinterest
 6 TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

SOCIAL NEWS
 These are sites that allows user to post their own news item or
links to other sources. Ex. Reddit & Digg

MEDIA SHARING
 These sites that allow you to upload and share media
content like images, music, video.
 Ex. Flicker, YouTube, and Instagram
 6 TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

MICROBLOGGING
 These are sites that focus on short updates from the user. Ex.
Twitter and Plurk

BLOGS & FORUM

MOBILE
TECHNOLIGIES
 MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES

 Capable to do tasks that were originally found in

iOS – used
in Apple
devices such as
the iPhone &
iPad
 MOBILE DEVICES
OPERATING SYSTEM
 Android – an open source operating system developed by
Google. Being open source means several mobile phone
companies use this OS for free.
 MOBILE DEVICES
OPERATING SYSTEM
 Blackberry OS – a proprietary mobile operating system
developed by Canadian company BlackBerry Limited.
 The Operating system provides multitasking and supports
specialized input devices that have been adopted by Blackberry
for use in its handhelds, particularly the track wheel, trackball, and
most recently, the trackpad and touchscreen.
 MOBILE DEVICES
OPERATING SYSTEM
 Windows Phone OS –a
closed source and proprietary
operating system developed by
Microsoft as replacement
successor to Windows Mobile
and Zune.
 Windows Phone featured a new
user interface derived from Metro
design language
 MOBILE DEVICES
OPERATING SYSTEM
 Symbian– the original
smartphone OS; used by
Nokia devices
 Is a discontinued mobile
operating system and
computing platform
designed for smartphones.
 MOBILE DEVICES
OPERATING SYSTEM
 WebOS– originally used for
smartphones; now used for smart
TVs.
 An LG-owned, Linux-based, smart
TV operating system that is set up
to allow control and access of LG
Smart TV’S more advanced
features and connected devices
through a graphical user interface
(GUI).
 MOBILE DEVICES
OPERATING SYSTEM

 Windows Mobile– a
discontinued family of mobile
operating systems succeeded by
Windows Phone developed by
Microsoft for smartphones and
pocket PCs.
 TRENDS IN ICT

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.