EMPTECH

• Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) introduces students to

  Fundamentals of using computer systems in an internet environment
• The Philippines is the ICT hub of Asia due to a huge growth of ICT-related jobs
• Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)

  Enable users to access, retrieve, store, transmit, and manipulate information in a digital form
• Fugaku is the fastest supercomputer in Top500. It was developed by Fujitsu and Japan’s national research institute Riken. It beat competitors from China and U.S. It launched partial operations in April 2020 and full-scale operations in March 2021. It was used to visualize how droplets that could carry the coronavirus spread from the mouth and to help explore possible treatments
• Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) include

  • Internet
  • Wireless networks
  • Cell phones
  • Computers
  • Software
  • Middleware
  • Video-conferencing
  • Social networking
  • Other media applications and services
• Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) is a study of computers as data processing tools
• Information and Communication Technology focuses on

  The way digital info is communicated
• Web 1.0 was focused more on business and commercial purposes (e-mail, e-commerce) also known as "static pages." During Web 1.0, we only had static pages hosted, read-only functionality was present at this stage. Such as Google, Internet Explorer where you only search for information that is considered static since that information is common for all users. The early web allowed us to search for information and read it. There was very little in the way of user interaction or content generation
• World Wide Web

  An information space where documents and other web resources are identified by URLs, interlinked by hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet
• Purposes of a computer include

  • Gaming
  • Entertainment
• Online services provided by the World Wide Web include

  • Web - a collection of billions of webpages that you can view with a web browser
  • Email - the most common method of sending and receiving messages online
  • Social Media - websites and apps that allow people to share comments, photos, and videos
• Web 3.0 is a decentralized internet run on blockchain technology
• The Internet was first introduced

  1974
• Empowerment Technologies is a specialized module designed to provide students with the foundation of knowledge and skills needed to succeed in environments that require the use of computer and the Internet
• Internet

  A network of networks in which users at any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from any other computer (and sometimes talk directly to users at other computers)
• Information Technology focuses on

  Hardware and how computers process data
• Computer

  An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program
• Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) deals with

  The use of different communication technologies such as mobile phones, telephone, Internet to locate, save, send and edit information
• Sir Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989
• Web 2.0 is known as dynamic or centralized. Some features of Web 2.0 are: Folksonomy - allows users to categorize and classify information using freely chosen keywords. Examples are tagging by FB, Twitter, use tags that start with the sign #, referred to as hashtag. Rich User Experience - content is dynamic and is responsive to user’s input. User Participation - The owner of the website is not the only one who is able to put content. Others are able to place content of their own by means of comments, reviews, and evaluation, such as in Lazada. Mass Participation - diverse information sharing through universal web access. Web 2.0’s content is based on people from various cultures
• Assistive Media categories

  • Vision - screen reading software, braille displays
  • Speech Communication - voice amplification systems, fluency assistance devices
  • Hearing - phone with captioning, mobile devices with texting or specialized apps
  • Learning, Cognition, Developmental - memory aids, notetaking systems
• Mobile Technologies include Smartphones
• Technological Convergence is bringing previously unrelated technologies together, often in a single device
• Types of Clouds

  • Public Cloud
• Mobile OS

  • iOS - Apple devices
  • Android - open-source OS developed by Google
  • Blackberry OS - Blackberry devices
  • Windows Phone OS - closed source and proprietary OS developed by Microsoft
  • Symbian - used by Nokia devices
  • Web OS - used in smartphones and smart TVs
  • Windows Mobile - developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket PCs
• Online Systems

  Storing, managing, using, and gathering data and communications in an organization
• Six Types of Social Media

  • Social Network
  • Bookmarking Sites
  • Social News
  • Media Sharing
  • Microblogging
  • Blog and Forums
• Assistive Media is a non-profit service designed to help people with visual and reading impairments
• Online Platform Categories

  • Social Media
  • Search Engine
  • Communication
  • Services Payment
  • Systems Advertising Platforms
  • Creative Content Outlets
• Cloud Computing is distributed computing on the internet/delivery of computing service over the internet
• Components of Cloud Computing

  • Client computers
  • Distributed Servers
  • Datacenters
• Datacenters are a collection of servers where applications are placed and accessed via the Internet
• Private Cloud


  • Allows systems and services to be accessible within the organization
  • Offers increased security due to its private nature
• Delinquencies that may be committed on the internet

  • Stalking
  • Identity Theft
  • Harassment
• Distributed Servers are often in geographically different places but act as if they are working next to each other
• Authentication is a process where users verify their identity
• Public Cloud


  • Allows systems and services to be easily accessible to the general public
  • May be less secured because of openness
• Internet Security is a model designed to guide policies for information security within an organization
• Types of Threats

  • Phishing
  • Internet Scam
  • Internet Bots
  • Virus
  • Worm
  • Computer Bug
  • Cyber Stalking
  • Cyber Bullying
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