EMPOWERMENT

TECHNOLOGIES
Lesson 1. ICT and Its Current State
 Learning Objectives:

1.identify what is ICT;

2.explain and give how ICT
affects their everyday
lives and its current
state; an
 The essence of what it is to be human is
our ability to learn, change and adapt. Throughout our
history, we underwent three significant technological
revolutions that drastically changed the way we live.
From mastering the use of steam in machines and
contraption to create more than what we immediately
need, mastering electricity itself bringing daylight in
night and transcending radically our ability in storing
and processing data.

As a learner, you are about to face a new

technological revolution. One that has massive
information storage, transmission and analysis at its
core. Confronting this new challenge requires you to
have a good fundamental knowledge of Information
and Communication Technology.
 Technological Convergence
Using the Venn Diagram below, list down how each one is
similar to the other. Write your answer in a table like the
one on screen.
 What is ICT?
Information Communication Technology
(ICT) is an umbrella term referring to communication
hardware or software that allows the access, storage,
transmission and manipulation of information. In terms of
Hardware, ICT specifically encompasses radio, television,
communication devices (smart and non-smart phones),
desktops computers, laptops and network hardware and
technologies. ICT is also comprised of software, applications
and platforms that allows information to be accessed, stored,
transmitted and manipulated.

ICT is used across by many industries and

disciplines and in some, it is a crucial element for them. ICT is
now a part of many people’s lives, for better or for worst.
Ultimately, this technology depends on your behavior as an
end user, thus learning how to use ICT properly and
Current State of ICT

ICT is following certain trends as it is developing in this time

and age. This trend dictates the idea and design of how ICT delivers
information to people. The following are emerging technologies, principles
or concepts in ICT.

1. Convergent Technologies - This is when multiple different devices

combine into a single gadget because of technological advancement.
One example of this is smartphone, where it is capable of doing the
functions of a television, radio, computer, telephone, camera and GPS
as a single device.

2. Social Media – These are software, applications or platforms that allow

users to communicate in an online social communities or network. Social
media allows people to communicate faster through a larger number of
people.

3. Mobile Technologies - This is a term for devices that are easily carried
and allows fast means of communication. These devices from the past
were originally big and bulk, but due to the technological advancement,
they become smaller and more compact.
World Wide Web (WWW) vs Internet

People colloquially refer the world wide web (‘web’ for

short) as the internet or vice versa interchangeably, but
there are key differences between the two.

The Internet by definition is the actual

interconnection of computers and other networks, while the
web refers to the system that enables people to access
information over the internet.

The internet is the hardware aspect because it relates

to computer networks, connections and infrastructures. The
web on the other hand, refers to the software aspect as it
relates to the Protocols or HTTP (Hypertext Transfer
Protocol. HTTP are the system or procedures that enables the
transfer of information in the internet) web services,
applications and platforms.
Web Versions

The web has three distinctive

versions namely: Web 1.0, Web 2.0
and Web 3.0. Some people think that
the indicated web versions are updates
across a particular point of history. The
versions of the web are categorized
based on functionality and features that
it represents.
Activity 1.1 ICT across the Fields

Information Communication Technology

supports many industries. Using the internet as your
source, search the internet for specific application(s) of
ICT in each industry indicated on the boxes below.

ENTERTAINMENT
Application:

1.What is Information Communications

Technology?
2. How does ICT affect our modern
world?

3. Using one sentence or phrase, how

does each Web versions (Web 1.0,
Web 2.0, Web 3.0) differ from one
another?
Generalization:
ICT has greatly influenced people’s lives. That in most
situations, it is taken for granted. Using the table below, think of things
you’re doing/you’ve done that involves ICT technologies. Then beside
it, research or ask older people how were their lives then without ICT
technologies. Then create a generalization orconclusion based on the
information you have collected.
Evaluatio
n:
Directions: Choose the letter of
the best answer. Write the chosen
letter on a separate sheet of paper.

1. Which device is NOT included in

ICT?
A. Smartphone B. The
Internet
C. Wristwatch D. Twitter
2. How is the Web different from the
Internet?

A. The internet involves larger

networks than the web.
B. The web is a software while the
internet is the hardware.
C. The internet is an older term
people used for the web.
D. There is no difference between
the two.
3. Reddit is an online platform
where people can create a post
(subreddit) where other people
can respond in it. Which web
version is characterized by Reddit?
A. Web 1.0
B. Web 2.0
C. Web 3.0
D. Reddit is not a website
4. Which ICT trend is described with the
statement above?
A. Convergent Technologies
B. Social Media
C. Mobile Technologies
D. World Wide Web
5. How will you describe if something is ICT?
A. ICT focuses on the hardware aspect of
networks, where it allows interconnection of
networks.
B. ICT refers to systems and protocols used
inside the internet in able for other computers
to interact with other computers.
C. ICT allows people to communicate quickly
with each other.
D. ICT refers to hardware or software that allow
access, storage, transmission and
manipulation of information
6. What does ICT stands for?

A. Information and Communication

Technology.
B. Integral Convergent Technology
C. Interoperable Cellular
Telecommunication
D. Information Communication
Technology
7. Which best describe the Web 3.0 keyword
“Executable”?

A. This is the interaction of different

application in your device.
B. The use of mobile applications interacting
with other application.
C. Processing the input of the user based on
other data.
D. The Keyword of Web 3.0 is not
Executable.
8. How will you describe Social Media?
A. Multiple different devices combine into a
single gadget because of technological
advancement.
B. These are platforms that allow users to
communicate in an online social
communities.
C. This is the miniaturization of previously
heavy or big technology.
D. These are web technologies that allow the
user to add content.
9. Which of the following website
functionality demonstrates web 2.0
capability
A. An author making an article for people
to read.
B. Posting details of an item for sale
online.
C. Leaving a like on picture on a social
media site.
10. What is the different between all the web
technologies (web 1.0, web 2.0 and web 3.0)?
A. Web technological milestone as invented on
certain time periods
B. It represents the computer hardware
technology the web is running on.
C. These are different version of the web
protocols that runs in the internet.
D. Functionality and features that it represents.
Assignment:
The Future of ICT In the past, telephones were
used to communicate in long distances. This technology is
not mobile, meaning it can’t be carried anywhere. Today,
the most common telecommunication device allows people
to communicate that can fit in our pockets.

Imagine an ICT device twenty (20) years from

now, that will have a drastic effect on our society. Give
your ICT device a name and describe your work with
an essay explaining what it is and what it does. The
essay must be at least two hundred (200) words.