SEMANTIC WEB EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY WEEK 1

SEMANTIC WEB EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY WEEK 1

1. Web 3.0 and the Semantic Web

2. WEB 3.0 Web 3.0 Also called as Semantic Web Semantics – ability of Web technologies to understand and interpret human-generated content The aim of Web 3.0 is to have machines understand the user’s preferences to be able to deliver web content specifically targeting the user. The Internet is able to predict the best possible answers to your question by “learning from your previous choices Example: Apple’s Siri

3. Trends in ICT As the world of ICT continues to grow, the industry has focused on several innovations. These innovations cater to the needs of the people that benefit most out of ICT. Whether it is for business or personal use, these trends are current front runners in the innovation of ICT.

4. Trends in ICT Convergence – Technological convergence is the combination of two or more different entities of technologies to create a new single device. For example, besides using your personal computer to create word documents, you can now use your smartphone .

5. Trends in ICT Social Media – is a website, application, or online channel that enables web users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user generated content. Examples: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter ,TikTok, Pinterest, Snapchat, LinkedIn

6. Six types of Social Media: Social Networks – These are sites that allows you to connect with other people with the same interests or background. Once the user creates his/her account, he/she can set up a profile, add people, share content, etc. Example : Facebook and Google+

7. Bookmarking Sites – These are sites that allow you to store and manage links to various website and resources. Most of these sites allow you to create a tag allows you to and others easily share them. Ex. : StumbleUpon / Pinterest Six types of Social Media:

8. www.stumbleupon.com

9. 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 rank. Example: reddit and Digg Six types of Social Media:

10. www.reddit.com

11. Media Sharing – These are sites that allow you to upload and share media content like images, music and video. Example: Flickr , Youtube and Instagram . Six types of Social Media:

12. www. instagram .com

13. Microblogging – These are sites that focus on short updates from the user. Those that subscribed to the user will be able to receive these updates. Example: Twitter and Plurk Six types of Social Media:

14. www.twitter.com

15. Blogs and Forums – These websites allow user to post their content. Other users are able to comment on the said topic. Example: Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr Six types of Social Media:

16. www.tumblr.com

17. Trends in ICT Mobile Technologies – The popularities of smartphones and tablets has taken a major rise over the years. This is largely because of the devices capability to do the tasks that were originally found in PCs.

18. Mobile OS A mobile operating system (OS) enables devices to run applications and programs. Learn about the types of mobile operating systems and their key features.

19. Mobile OS iOS – use in apple devices such as iPhone and iPad . Android – an open source OS developed by Google. Being open source means mobile phone companies use this OS for free.

20. Blackberry OS – use in Blackberry devices. Windows Phone OS – a closed source and proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft. Mobile OS

21. Symbian – the original smartphone OS; used by Nokia devices. WebOS – originally used in smartphones ; now used in smartTVs . Mobile OS

22. Assessment : True or False. Write T if the statement is correct, otherwise write F. 1. Web pages that are the same regardless of the user are referred to static. 2. Blogging sites are sites that focus on short updates. 3. Android is a mobile operating system for Apple devices. 4. Folksonomy deals with information tagging. 5. ICT deals with the use of different technologies to work on a similar goal or task.

23. Web Platforms for Social Change

24. Web Platforms for Social Change

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