LESSON-1-INTRO EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES

• Empowerment


  Authority or power given to someone to do something
• Empowerment


  The process of becoming stronger and more confident, especially in controlling one's life and claiming one's rights
• Technology


  The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, especially in industry
• Technology


  Machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge
• Technology


  The branch of knowledge dealing with engineering or applied sciences
• Empowerment Technology


  Facilitating and using different types of technologies and electronic and communication devices like computers, smartphones, tablets, and cellphones
• The use of different communication and IT devices are important to our lives nowadays
• Digital Native


  An individual who was born after the widespread adoption of digital technology
• Digital Immigrant


  An individual who was born before the widespread adoption of digital technology
• Information and Communication Technology (ICT)


  Deals with the use of different communication technologies such as mobile phones, telephone, Internet, etc. to locate, save, send, and edit information
• Internet


  A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities, consisting of interconnected networks using standardized communication protocols
• Tim Berners-Lee, a Computer scientist, invented the World Wide Web in 1990
• World Wide Web (WWW)


  A subset of the Internet consisting of pages that can be accessed using a Web browser
• Internet


  Infrastructure
• Web


  Service on top of that infrastructure
• The Internet is a global network of networks
• The Web is a collection of information which is accessed via the Internet
• Web 1.0


  • Read only web
  • Static website
  • Contains web pages with fixed content
• Web 2.0


  • Read and write web
  • Dynamic web pages
  • Allows user interaction
• Web 3.0


  • Read, write and execute web
  • Semantic web
  • Content is accessible by multiple applications
• Web 2.0 is a term coined by Darcy DiNucci on January 1999
• Static website


  • Cannot be manipulated by the user
  • Content is the same for all users
• Dynamic website


  • Displays various content types every time it is browsed
  • Can be changed with user input
• Examples of Web 2.0

  • Social networking sites
  • Blogs
  • Wikis
  • Video sharing sites
  • Hosted services
  • Web applications
• Features of Web 2.0

  • Folksonomy
  • Rich User Experience
  • User Participation
  • Long Tail
  • Software as a Service
  • Mass Participation
• Folksonomy


  Allows user to categorize and classify information using freely chosen keywords
• Rich User Experience


  Content is dynamic and responsive to user’s input
• User Participation


  Information flows two ways between the site owner and site users by means of evaluation, review, and online commenting
• Long Tail


  Services that are offered on demand rather than on a one-time purchase
• Software as a Service


  Users will subscribe to a software only when needed rather than purchasing them
• Examples of SaaS

  • Lumen5
  • FutureFuel
  • Squibler
  • Buffer
  • Dropbox
  • Amazon Web Services
  • HubSpot
  • Cloud-Based Microsoft Office 365
  • Salesforce
  • G Suite
  • ZenDesk
  • Visme
  • Slack
  • Canva
  • Box
• The Semantic Web


  A proposed development of the World Wide Web in which data in web pages is structured and tagged in such a way that it can be read directly by computers
• Features of Web 3.0

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • 3D Graphics
  • Ubiquity
• Convergence


  The synergy of technological advancements to work on a similar goal or task
• Social Media


  A website, application, or online channel that enables web users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated content
• Types of Social Media

  • Social Networks
  • Bookmarking Sites
  • Social News
  • Media Sharing
  • Blogs and Forums
  • Microblogging
• Assistive Media


  A non-profit service designed to help people who have visual and reading impairments
• A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user
• Static

  Refers to the web pages that are the same regardless of the user
• Web 1.0


  Static websites without interactivity