INTRODUCTION TO

INFORMATION
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY
How many times have
you checked your phones
this morning?
How many status
updates have you posted
Did you use the internet
for an hour after you
woke up this morning?
Do you follow a celebrity
via his/her social media
WHAT IS ICT?
ICT deals with the use of
different communication
technologies such as mobile
phones, telephone, Internet,
etc. to locate,
Example: When save,
we send
makeand
a
edit
videoinformation
call, we use internet
ICT
IN THE
PHILIPPIN
ES
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
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
ICT IN THE
PHILIPPINES
Time Magazine declared
Makati City, Philippines –
Rank 1 as the “Selfiest
Cities” around the world,
and Rank 9 is Cebu City.
World wide web
When WWW was invented,
most web pages were static.
Static (also know as flat page
or stationary page) in the
same that the page “as is”
and cannot be manipulated
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
Key Features of web 2.0
Folksonomy – allows user 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
Key Features of web
2.0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
Key Features of web
2.0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,
Key Features of web
2.0Long Tail – services offers
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 data plan that
Web 3.0/semantic web
Semantic web – is a
movement led by the
WORLD WIDE WEB
Consortium(W3C). The
semantic web provides a
framework that allows data
Problems of web 3.0

Compatibility –
HTML files and current
web browsers could not
support web 3.0
Problems of web 3.0

Security - the
user’s security is also
question since the
machine is saving his or
Problems of web 3.0

Vastness – the
world wide web already
contains billion of web
page
Problems of web 3.0

Vagueness – certain
words are imprecise.
The words “old” and
“”small” would depend
Problems of web 3.0
Logic – since
machine use logic,
there are certain
limitation for a
computer to be able to
Activity
1.0
Activity 1.0
Group your students in to 5
member each and conduct a
Short Interview of the
business owners using the
following guide. The students
will report the result in the
Activity 1.0
Company/Establishment
Name:______________
____________________________________
__________
Address:___________________________
____________________________________
____________________
Activity 1.0

Guide Questions:
1. What are the different ways for
customers and/or suppliers to
contact you?
2. How often do you use a phone
or cellular phone for business?
Activity 1.0

Guide Questions:
3. Does your establishments have
internet connection? If yes, what
is its purpose? If no, would you
consider having it in the future?
Why or why not?
Activity 1.0

Guide Questions:
4. Does your business have a
website? If yes, how does it help
the company? If no, would you
consider having one in the future?
Why or Why not?
Activity 1.0

Guide Questions:
5. (If applicable) Would you
consider giving free WI-FI access
in the future? If you already have
it, does it help boost sales?
TRENDs IN
ICT
TREND IN
ICT
Convergence – is the synergy of
technological advancements to work on
a similar goal or task. For example,
besides using your personal computer
to create word documents, you can now
use your smartphone.
TREND 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
TREND 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 PC’s
TREND IN
ICT
Assistive Media – is a non – profit
services designed to help people
who have visual and reading
impairments. A database of audio
recordings is used to read to the
user.
 6 types of
social media
6 types of social
media
Social Networks – these are sites that
allows you to connect with other people
with the same interests or Once the
user creates his/her account he/she can
set up a profile, add people, share
content, etc.
6 types of social
media
Bookmarking Sites – these are sites
that allows you to store and manage
links to various website and resources.
Most of these site allow you to create
a tag that allows you and others to
easily search or share them
6 types of social
media

Social News – these are sites that

allows users to post their own news
items or link to other news sources.
The users can also comment on the
post.
6 types of social
media

Media Sharing – these are sites

that allows you to upload and
share media content like images,
music
6 types of social
media

Microblogging – these are sites

that focus on short updates from
the user. Those subscribed to the
user will be able to receive these
updates
6 types of social
Blogs and Forums
media – these websites
allow users to post their content.
Other users are able to comment on
the said topic. There are several free
blogging platforms like Blogger,
WordPress and Tumblr. On the other
hand, forums are typically part of a
certain website.
 Mobile
operating system
Mobile operating
system
iOS – use in apple such as iPhone
and iPad.
Android – an open source OS
developed by Google. Being an
open source means mobile phone
companies use this OS for free
Mobile operating
system
Blackberry OS – use in Blackberry
devices.
Windows Phone OS – a closed
source and proprietary operating
system developed by Microsoft
Mobile operating
system
Symbian – the original
smartphone OS; used by Nokia
devices.
WebOS – originally use in
smartphones; now used in smart
Tv’s
Mobile operating
system

Windows Mobile – developed by

Microsoft for smartphones and
pocket PC’s