INTRODUCTION TO ICT

Information and Communication

Technology
 LESSON OBJECTIVES:

• Compare and contrast the differences

between online platforms, sites and
content;
• Learn the different trends in ICT
What is Information
and Communication
Technology?
What is ICT?

• It deals with the use of different

communication technologies such as mobile
phones, telephone, Internet to locate,
save, send and edit information
ICT in the Philippines …

• Philippines as the “ICT Hub of Asia” because

of huge growth of the ICT related jobs
around the country, one of which is the BPO
(Business Process Outsourcing) or the call
center
ICT in the Philippines …

• In a data gathered by the Annual Survey of

Philippine Business and Industries in 2010,
ICT industry shares 19.3% of the total
employment population
ICT in the Philippines …

• According to 2013 edition of Measuring the

Information Society by the International
Telecommunication Union, there are 106.8
cellphones per 100 Filipinos in the year
2012
ICT in the Philippines …

• Time magazines declared Makati City,

Philippines as Rank 1 as the “Selfiest Cities”
around the world, and Rank 9 is Cebu City.
What is Internet?
What is Internet?

• it means of connecting a computer to any

other computer anywhere in the world via
dedicated routers and servers
What is World Wide Web?
What is 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
• Invented by Tim-Berners Lee
COMPARE AND CONTRAST

WEB PAGES WEBSITES WEB BROWSER

• a hypertext • a location • a software
document connected to application for
connected to the internet retrieving,
the World that maintains presenting and
Wide Web one or more traversing
pages on the information
World Wide resources on
Web the World
Wide Web
STATIC vs DYNAMIC web page

Web 1.0 Web 2.0

• Static web • Dynamic web
• Flat page or stationary • Allows users to
page interact with the page
• Cannot be manipulated • Most website today are
by the user web 2.0
SEMANTIC web page

Web 3.0
• Provides a common
framework that allows
data to be shared and
reused across
application, enterprise
and community
boundaries
PROBLEMS with Web 3.0

Compatibility
• HTML files and current
web browsers could
not support Web 3.0
PROBLEMS with Web 3.0

Security
• The user’s security is
also question since the
machine is saving
his/her preferences
PROBLEMS with Web 3.0

Logic
• Certain limitations for
a computer to be able
to predict what the
user is referring to at a
given time
TRENDS in ICT

Convergence
• Synergy of
technological
advancements to work
on a similar goal or
task
TRENDS in ICT

Social Media
• Website, application or
online channel that
enables web users to
create, co-create,
discuss, modify and
exchange user
generated content
TRENDS in ICT

6 types of Social Media

1. Social networks
2. Bookmarking sites
3. Social news
4. Media sharing
5. Microblogging
6. Blogs and Forums
Types of Social Media

Social Networks
• These are sites that
allows you to connect
with other people with
the same interests or
background
Facebook and Google+
Types of Social Media

Bookmarking sites
• These are sites that
allows you to store and
manage links to various
website and resources

StumbleUpon and Pinterest

Types of Social Media

Social News
• These are websites
that allows users to
post their own news
items or links to other
news sources
reddit.com and digg.com
Types of Social Media

Media Sharing
• These are sites that
allows you to upload
and share media
content like images,
music and video
Flickr, YouTube and Instagram
Types of Social Media

Microblogging
• These are websites
that focus on short
updates from the user.
Those that subscribed
to the user will be able
to receive these Twitter and Plurk
updates
Types of Social Media

Blogs and Forums

• These websites allows
the user to post their
content. Other users
are able to comment
on the said topic.
Blogger, WordPress and
Tumblr
TRENDS in ICT

Mobile Technologies
• Popularity of
smartphones and
tablets
• Latest mobile devices
use 4g network/LTE iOS vs Android
TRENDS in ICT

Assertive Media
• Nonprofit service
designed to help
people who have visual
and reading
impairments
“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be
those who cannot read and write, but those
who cannot learn, unlearn and relearn.”