Empowerment Technologies

Curriculum Guide
Unit 1
A connected world needs more than a network of
computers and gadgets. It needs a technology enabled,
confidently mindful, and compassionate digitally aware
community of lifelong learners.
Unit 1
Lesson 1: What is Information and Communications Technology?
Lesson 2: Online Safety, Security, Ethics, and Etiquette
Lesson 3: Contextualized Online Search and Research Skills
Lesson 4: Developing ICT content for specific purposes
Lesson 5: Manipulating text, graphics, and images to create ICT
content intended for an online environment
Unit 2
ICT and related tools reach a higher level of engagement
when used in a more social online context
Unit 2
Lesson 6: The principles and techniques of design using online
creation tools, platforms, and applications to develop ICT
content for specific professional tracks
Lesson 7: Integrating ICT content through collaboration with
classmate and teacher as both peer and partner
Unit 3
Social change can be a deeply personal experience when
social tools and techniques are done within a real, rich, and
relevant context.
Unit 3
Lesson 8: Multimedia and ICT
Lesson 9: ICTs as a platform for change
Lesson 10: How to work with peers and external publics/partners for
the development of an ICT project that advocates or
mobilizes for a specific Social Change or Cause
Unit 4
Social change can be a deeply personal experience when
social tools and techniques are done within a real, rich, and
relevant context.
Unit 4
Lesson 11: How to manage an online ICT Project for Social Change
Lesson 12: How to maintain and sustain the operation of an ICT
Project for Social Change
Lesson 13: Reflecting on the nature of ICT and the Manner by which
the learning process has changes your worldview
Information
Data VS Information
Data
Information
ICT
Information
Communication
Technology
Information
 Processed data
Communication
 Transfer of data and information
 from one location to another
Technology
 development of software program
 that allows people to work at home
ICT
 Refers to all technology that is used to handle
telecommunication and access information.
 It also includes broadcast media, management systems,
and network-based control.
 Modern definitions describe ICT as the convergence of
several technologies including internet and wireless
medium.
ICT
 Primary focus is on the access and sharing of information
and communications.
 It includes the use of computers, radio, television, cellular
phones, network hardware and software, internet
connections, satellite systems, applications needed for
video conferencing and distance learning in the field of
education.
ICT Timeline
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What is wireless?
 having no wires
Described as any computer network where there is no physical wired connection between the
sender and receiver.
Communication Technologies
1G Technology
 Refers to the first generation of wireless
telephone technology.
 Introduced in 1980s and completed
in early 1990s.
 Speed up to 2.4 kbps
Drawbacks of 1G Technology
 Poor voice quality
 Poor battery life
 Large phone size
 No security
 Limited capacity
Poor handoff reliability
2G Technology
 Refers to second technology based on GSM
 Launched in Finland in 1991
 Uses digital signal
 Speed up to 64 kbps
Features of 2G
 Enables services such as text messages
 Picture messages and MMS
 Provides better quality and capacity
Drawbacks of 2G
 Requires strong digital signals to help mobile phones work
 If there is no network coverage, weak digital signal
 Unable to handle complex data such as videos
Wireless models of 1G and 2G phones
2.5G Technology
 Between 2G and 3G technology
 Sometimes described as 2G Cellular Technology
combined with GPRS
Features of 2.5G
 Phone calls
 Send/receive E-mail messages
 Web browsing
 Speed: 64 – 144 kbps
 Camera phone
 Takes about 6 – 9 mins to download a 3min. Mp3 song
3G Technology
 Refers to the third generation which was introduced in
2000
 Speed increased from 144 kbps to 2Mbps
 Typically smartphones
 Increased bandwidth and data transfer
 To accommodate web-based applications
and audio/video files
Features of 3G
 Faster communication
 Send/receive large email messages
 High speed web/more security
 video conferencing/video games
 TV streaming/Mobile TV/Phone calls
 Large capacities and Broadband capabilities
 11 sec. – 1.5 min. to download a 3min. Mp3 song
Drawbacks of 3G
 Expensive fees for 3G license services
 It was a challenge to build infrastructure of 3G
 High bandwidth requirement
 Expensive 3G phones
 Large cellphones
4G Technology
 Fourth generation that started in the late 2000s
 Capable of providing 100 Mbps – 1Gbps speed
 One of the basic term to describe 4G is MAGIC
Why MAGIC
 Mobile Multimedia
 Anytime Anywhere
 Global Mobile Support
 Integrated Wireless Solution
 Customized Personal Service
 Also known as Mobile Broadband Everywhere
Features of 4G
 Next generation of wireless technology that promised
higher data rates and expanded services.
 Capable to provide speed of 100 Mbps – 1 Gbps
 High QOS and high security
 Provides any kind of service at anytime as per user
requirements, anywhere
Features of 4G
 More Security
 High Speed
High Capacity
 Low Cost per-bit
Drawbacks of 4G
 Battery use is more
 Hard to implement
 Need complicated hardware
 Expensive equipment required to implement next
generation network
3G VS 4G in Data Transfer and Signal
Quality
Technology 3G 4G
Data Transfer Rate 3.1 Mb/sec. 100 Mb/sec.
Internet Services Broadband Ultra Broadband
Mobile-TV Resolution Low High
Bandwidth 5-20 MHz 100 MHz
Frequency 1.6-2 GHz 2-8 GHz
Download and Upload 5.8 Mbps 14 Mbps
1G vs 2G vs 3G vs 4G
4G vs LTE
 LTE stands for Long Term Evolution
 As it stands, most of the time when your phone displays
the “4G” symbols, it doesn’t really mean it.
Difference between H+, LTE, 4G and 3G?
E (EDGE)
 E stands for Edge
 Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution.
 It is a pre 3G technology
3G (Third Generation)
 3G is the third generation of the mobile network and
provides adequate signal strength for browsing the Internet.
 Most smartphones devices have the option of 3G fallback
(if 4g is unavailable in your area)
H (High Speed Packet Access)
 H stands for HSPA, High Speed Packet Access
 Is considered an advancement of the 3G networks or
“version of 3.5”.
 It offers a faster connection than the 3G network.
H+ (Evolved HSPA)
 H+ stands for Evolved High Speed Packet Access.
 The network created before the emergence of 4G.
 It offers the fastest maximum speeds of all 3G (including
3G and H or HSPA)
LTE/4G (Fourth Generation)
 Stands for fourth generation of the mobile network, and is
called LTE for Long Term Evolution.
 It offers the fastest maximum upload and download speeds of
any network.
 For a network to consider itself 4G, it must meet the standards
of the ITU (International Telecommunications Union)
 Keep in mind, many H+ (HSPA) networks mimic the speeds of
4G (LTE), but because they do not meet the ITU requirements,
they do not get the title of “LTE”.
Bandwidth
 A range of frequencies within a given band, in particular
that is used for transmitting a signal.
 In computing, bandwidth is the maximum rate of data
transfer across a given path.
3G