EMPOWERMENT

TECHNOLOGIES
INNOVATIVE TRAINING WORKS, INC.
 INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES
PRE- TEST
Direction: Answer the following questions
1. A Web page that allows interaction
from the user.
a. static b. dynamic c. social
d. comment
2. This refers to the feature where users
are able to categorize and locate
information through tagging.
a. hashtags b. folksonomy
c. taxonomy d. rich user experience
3. A feature of a dynamic website that
allows users to put their own content.
a. Rich user experience b. long tail
c. user participation d. mass
participation
•4. It provides a common framework to
allow data to be shared and reused
across platform, enterprise, and
community boundaries.
a. W3C b. Semantic Web c. Web 1.0
d. Web 2.0
•5. According to this magazine, two
Philippine cities are part of the top 10
in their research about “ The Selfiest
Cities around the World.”
a. People b. Time c. Reader’s Digest
d. Candy
•6. This is the operating system for
blackberry phones.
a. Blackberry OS b. Symbian
c. Windows mobile d. Ios
7. Pinterest is a social media website
that can be classified as
a. Bookmarking site b. media sharing
c. microblogging
d. blogs and forums
•8. Currently, this is the fastest
mobile network.
a. 2G b. 3G c. 4G d. 5G
•9. This media is design to help
people who have visual and
reading impairments.
•a. Assistive b. social
c. bookmark d. accessibility
•10. This type of social media
website focuses on short updates
posted by the user.
•a. Blogging b. microblogging
c. social media d. hashtagging
FORM GROUPS WITH 5 MEMBERS EACH. TAKE TURNS
ANSWERING THE QUESTIONS BELOW. ANSWER THE
FOLLOWING HONESTLY.

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 social media account?
•If you happen to be “ guilty as
charged “ in most of these questions,
chances are, you are a digital native.
And chances are, from the moment
you were born, you were surrounded
by technology . You are surrounded
by ICT.
•BUT BEFORE YOU START LOOKING
FOR SOMEONE TO FALL IN LOVE
WITH, YOU COULD ARGUE HOW THE
INTERNET HAS MADE THE WORLD
GO ROUND FOR DECADES.
THE INTERNET HAS PROBABLY MADE
YOUR WORLD GO ROUND.

WE WILL UNDERSTAND HOW ICT

HAVE IMPROVED OUR LIVES IN SUCH
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
 WHAT IS ICT?
INFORMATION 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.
1.When we
make a video
call, we use
the Internet.
•2. When we
send a text or
make a call,
we use cellular
networks
•3. When we run
out of load or
battery, we use
payphones
which use a
telephone
network.
 IN TERMS OF ECONOMICS
• Ict has saved companies a lot of resources
• ( time and money ) with the kind of
communication technology they use.
• As it normally costs us a peso to send a text
message or SMS, with the Internet, we can
multiple messages and only be charged by
fraction.
 ICT IN THE PHILIPPINES
• PHILIPPINES – “ICT HUB OF ASIA”
 WHAT IS BPO?
IT IS NO SECRET THAT
THERE IS A HUGE
GROWTH OF
ICT- RELATED JOBS
AROUND THE COUNTRY,
ONE OF WHICH IS THE
CALL CENTER OR BPO
( BUSINESS PROCESS
OUTSOURCING )
CENTERS.
• ACCORDING TO THE 2013 EDITION OF MEASURING THE
INFORMATION SOCIETY BY THE INTERNATIONAL
TELECOMMUNICATION UNION, THERE ARE 106.8 CELLPHONES
PER 100 FILIPINOS, IN THE YEAR 2012.

• THAT WOULD BE MEAN THAT FOR EVERY 100 FILIPINOS YOU

MEET, THERE IS A HIGH CHANCE THAT THEY HAVE A
CELLPHONE AND APPROXIMATELY FOR THE SEVEN OF THEM,
THEY HAVE TWO.
• TO ADD TO THESE, TIME MAGAZINE’S THE
SELFIEST CITIES AROUND THE WORLD” OF 2013
PLACES TWO CITIES FROM THE PHILIPPINES IN
THE TOP 1 AND TOP 10 SPOTS.

• THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED USING

INSTAGRAM, A POPULAR PHOTO SHARING
APPLICATION.

• WITH THESE NUMBERS, THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT

THE PHILIPPINES IS ONE OF THE COUNTRIES THAT
BENEFITS MOST OUT OF ICT.
 WEB 1.0 : STATIC WEB PAGES
• WHEN THE WORLD WIDE WEB WAS INVENTED,
MOST WEB PAGES WERE STATIC.

• STATIC – ALSO KNOWN AS FLAT PAGE OR

STATIONARY PAGE
- THE CONTENT IS ALSO THE SAME FOR ALL USERS.
- THIS IS REFERRED TO AS WEB 1.0
 WEB 2.0 : DYNAMIC WEB PAGES
• IS THE EVOLUTION OF WEB 1.0
BY ADDING DYNAMIC WEB
PAGES.

Examples: Social Networking

sites, blogs, wikis, video sharing
sites, hosted services and web
application
 WEB 3.0 AND THE SEMANTIC WEB

• SEMANTIC WEB – IS A MOVEMENT LED BY THE

WORLD WIDE WEB CONSORTIUM ( W3C )

• - PROVIDES A COMMON FRAMEWORK THAT

ALLOWS DATA TO BE SHARED AND REUSED
ACROSS APPLICATION, ENTERPRISE, AND
COMMUNITY BOUNDARIES.