INTRODUCTION TO ICTEM

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• How many times have you checked your phone this morning?• How many status updates have you posted in Facebook,

Twitter or Instagram today?• Did you use the Internet/mobile for an hour after you woke

up this morning?• Do you follow a celebrity/crush via his/her social media

account?

Information and Communication Technologies

- 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 is dub as the “ICT Hub

of Asia” because of huge growth of ICT-related jobs, one of which is BPO, Business Process Outsourcing, or call centers.

• ICT Department in the Philippines is responsible for the planning, development and promotion of the country's information and communications technology (ICT) agenda in support of national development.

Internet

• is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide.

• means of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in the world via dedicated routers and servers.

• sometimes called simply "the Net," is a worldwide system of computer networks - a network of networks in which users at any one computer can get information from any other computer

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.

• is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by URLs, interlinked by hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet.

• Invented by Tim-Berners Lee

Web Pages

• Web page is a hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web.

• It is a document that is suitable for the World Wide Web

Websites• a location connected to the Internet that

maintains one or more pages on the World Wide Web.

• It is a related collection of World Wide Web (WWW) files that includes a beginning file called a home page.

Web browser• It displays a web page on a monitor or

mobile device• is a software application for retrieving,

presenting, and traversing information resources on the World Wide Web.

Static Web pages• Static is Web 1.0• Dynamic is Web 2.0, 3.0• Static web page is known 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 that is referred to as Web 1.0

Static Web pages

Dynamic Web pages• web 2.0 is the evolution of Web 1.0 by

adding dynamic web pages• The user is able to see website differently

than others e.g social networking sites, wikis, video sharing sites

• Web 2.0 allows users to interact with the page, the user may be able to comment or create a user account

• Most website the we visit today are Web 2.0

Dynamic web pages

Static vs. Dynamic Web page• Static" means unchanged or constant, while

"dynamic" means changing or lively.

• A static site is one that is usually written in plain HTML and what is in the code of the page is what is displayed to the user. A dynamic site is one that is written using a server-side scripting language such as PHP, ASP, JSP, or ColdFusion.

Features of Web 2.01. Folksonomy- allows user to categorize and

classify information using freely chosen keywords e.g tagging by facebook, twitter, use tags that start with the pound sign #, referred to as hastag

2. Rich User Experience- content is dynamic and is responsive to user’s input

3. User Participation- The owner of the website is not the only one who is able to put content. Others are able to place a content of their own by means of comments, reviews, and evaluation e.g lazada.com, amazon.com

Features of Web 2.04. Long Tail- services that are offered on demand rather than on a one-time purchase. This is synonymous to subscribing to a data plan that charges you for the amount of time you spent in the Internet, or a data plan that charges you for the amount of bandwidth you used.5. Software as a Service- users will be subscribe to a software only when needed rather than purchasing them e.g Google docs used to create and edit word processing and spread sheet.

Features of Web 2.0

5. Mass Participation- diverse information sharing through universal web access. Web 2.0’s content is based on people from various cultures

Web 3.0 and Semantic Web

• Semantic Web is a movement led by the World Web Consortium (W3C).

• The W3C standard encourages web developers to include semantic content in their web pages.

• Semantic web is a component of Web 3.0• 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 is to have machines or servers understand the user’s preferences to be able to deliver web content specifically targeting the user.

Problems with Web 3.0 • Compatibility• Security• Vastness• Vagueness• Logic

Trends in ICT1. Convergence- is the synergy of technological

advancements to work on a similar goal or task2. Social media- is a website, application, or online

channel that enables web users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated content.

Six Types of Social Media:a. Social Networks- these are sites that allow you

to connect with other people with the same interests or background.

b. Bookmarking Sites- these are sites that allow you to store and manage links to various websites and resources.

Trends in ICTc. Social news- these are sites that allow users to post their

own news items or links to other news sources. The users can also comment on the post and comments may also be ranked .

d. Media Sharing- these are sites that allow you to upload and share media content like images, music, and video.

e. Mircoblogging- these are sites that focus on short updates from the user. Those subscribed to the user will be able to receive these updates.

f. Blogs and Forums- these websites allow users to post their content. Other users are able to comment on the said topic.

Trends in ICT

3. Mobile Technologies- popularity of smartphones and tablets. Latest mobile devices use 4G Networking LTE, which is currently the fastest mobile network. Mobile devices use different operating systems.

iOS

Android

Blackberry OS

Windows Phone OS

Symbian

Web OS

Windows Mobile

Trends in ICT

4. Assertive Media- is a nonprofit service designed to help people who have visual and reading impartments. A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user.

Key Terms• Web 1.0- static website without interactivity• Web 2.0- websites that contain dynamic content• Web 3.0- a concept of the World Wide Web that is designed to cater to

the individual user• Static-refers to the web that are the same regardless of the user• Folksonomy- allows users to categorize and classify/ arrange information• Hashtag- used to categorize posts in website• Convergence- the synergy of technological advancements to work on a

similar goal or task• Social media- websites, applications, or online channels that enable

users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated content.