Week 1 - EmpTech For Online
Week 1 - EmpTech For Online
Week 1 - EmpTech For Online
Empowerment Technologies
Computer– an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.
Internet– is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the internet protocol suite (TCIP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide.
Means of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in the world via dedicated routers and servers.
Sometimes called simply ‘’the Net’’, is a worldwide system of computer networks- a network of networks in which the users at any one
computer can get information from any other computer.
Web Pages
Web page is a hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web. It is a document that is suitable for the World Wide Web.
Static Web Page- is known as a flat page or stationary age in the sense that the page is ‘’as is’’ and cannot be manipulated by the user. The content is also the
same for all users that is referred to as Web 1.0
Dynamic Web Pages– web 2.0 is the evolution of web 1.0 by adding dynamic web pages. The user is able to see website differently than others e.g. social
networking sites, wikis, video sharing sites.
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TRENDS IN ICT
1. 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.
2. Social Media– is a website, application, or online channel that enables web users web users to create , co-create, discuss modify, and exchange user
generated content.
b)Bookmarking Sites – Sites that allow you to store and manage links to various website and resources. Most of the sites allow you to create a
tag to others.
Stumble Upon, Pinterest
c) Social News – 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.
Ex. Reddit and Digg
d) Media Sharing – sites that allow you to upload and share media content like images, music and video.
Ex. Flickr, YouTube and Instagram
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e) Microblogging – focus on short updates from the user. Those that subscribed to the user will be able to receive these
updates.
Ex. Twitter and Plurk
f) Blogs and Forums – allow user to post their content. Other users are able to comment on the said topic.
Ex. Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr
3. Mobile Technologies– The popularity 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.
Several of these devices are capable of using a high-speed internet. Today the latest model devices use 4G
Networking (LTE), which is currently the fastest.
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.
Blackberry OS – use in blackberry devices
Windows phone OS – A closed source and proprietary operating system developed by Microsoft.
Symbian – the original smartphone OS. Used by Nokia devices
WebOS- originally used in smartphone; now in smart TVs.
Windows Mobile – developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket PCs
4. Assistive Media– is 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.
5. e.g. Yahoo!, Gmail, HotmailCloud computing-distributed computing on internet or delivery of computing service over
the internet.
-Instead of running an e-mail program on your computer, you log in to a Web e-mail account remotely. The software and storage for your account doesn’t
exist on your computer – it’s on the service’s computer cloud.
TYPES OF CLOUDS
PUBLIC CLOUD allows systems and services to be easily accessible to the general public. Public cloud may be less secured
because of its openness, e.g. e-mail
PRIVATE CLOUD allows systems and services to be accessible within an organization. It offers increased security because of
its private nature.
COMMUNITY CLOUD allows systems and services to be accessible by group of organizations.
HYBRID CLOUD is a mixture of public and private cloud. However, the critical activities are performed using private cloud
while the non-critical activities are performed using public cloud.
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