MIDTERM EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY - WEEK 1-

MIDTERM EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY - WEEK 1

1. EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY

2. GOOD DAY EVERYONE

3. OBJECTIVE S Create a foundation of understanding of the world of ICT 01 Demonstrate appropriate skills in using several computer applications; 03 Understanding and demonstrate the proper etiquette in using ICT 02

4. GROUP ACTIVITIES

5. 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 accounts?

6. 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.

7. “Love makes the world go round,” as the popular saying goes. But, before you start looking for someone to love, consider how the internet has been propelling the world forward for decades.

8. Introduction to ICT ICT (Info. & Comm. Tech.) ICT deals with the use of different communication technologies such as mobile phones, telephone, Internet, etc. to locate, save, send, and edit information. Example: when we make a video call, we use internet.

9. ICT in the Philippines Philippines as the “ ICT Hub of Asia” . huge growth of ICT related jobs around the country, one of which is call center or BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) centers.

10. 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.

11. Web 2.0 Web 2.0 allows the user to interact with the page known as DYNAMIC PAGE ; instead of just reading a page, the user may be able to comment or create a user account. Dynamic page refers to the web pages that are affected by user input or preference.

12. Key Features of Web 2.0: 1. Folksonomy – allows users to categorize and classify/arrange information using freely chosen keywords (e.g. tagging). Popular social networking sites such as Twitter, Instagram , Facebook , etc. use tags that start with a pound sign (#) or hashtag .

13. Key Features of Web 2.0: 2. Rich User Interface – content is dynamic and is responsive to user’s input. An example would be a website that shows local content. In the case of social networking sites, when logged on, your account is used to modify what you see in their website.

14. Key Features of Web 2.0: 3. User Participation – the owner of website is not the only one who is able to put content. Others are able to place a content on their own by means of comments, reviews, and evaluation.

15. Key Features of Web 2.0: Long Tail – services 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 on Internet or a data plan that charges you for the amount of bandwidth you used.

16. Key Features of Web 2.0: Software as a Service – users will subscribe to a software only when needed rather than purchasing them. This is the cheaper option if you do not always need to use a software. For instance, Google Docs is a free web-based application that allows the users to create and edit word processing and spreadsheet documents online.

17. Key Features of Web 2.0: Mass Participation – diverse information sharing through universal web access. Since most users can use Internet, Web 2.0s content is based on people from various cultures.

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