Etech Midterms
Etech Midterms
Etech Midterms
Empowerment technology refers to computer technology that we almost use every day, which enables us to do task that, in the past, requires
professional help
In the context of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), empowerment requires being information literate and technology literate. In
2000, the Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education enumerated the competencies for Information literacy:
- a. determines the nature and extent of information needed, b. access the needed information effectively and efficiently, c. uses information to
accomplish a specific task, d. understand many of the economic, legal, and social issues, surrounding the use of information, and e. evaluates
information and its sources critically, incorporates selected information into his or her own knowledge base and value system.
Technology Literacy defined as the ability to use technology to define a need, access, manage, integrate and evaluate information, create new
information or knowledge and be able to communicate this information to others
The Philippines is defined as the ICT Hub of Asia because of huge growth of ICT-related jobs(particularly BPO or call centers).
ICT has had huge impact in four major aspects of life: communication, education, economics, and travel
Communication: Social networking sites, instant messaging and video calls
Education: sources of learning, teaching, and research materials. Online learning communities, Recording and computation of grades, managing
records and other administrative purposes.
Economics: online marketing, convenient business transaction, online payment gateways.
Travel: Online booking & registration, online tracking of reservation
Web page is a hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web. It is a document that is suitable for the World Wide Web. The different
online platforms of World Wide Web:
Web 1.0 – refers to the first stage in the World Wide
Web, which was entirely made up of the Web pages
connected by hyperlinks.
Web 2.0 – is the evolution of Web 1.0 by adding
dynamic pages. The user is able to see a website
differently than others. Allows users to interact with
the page; instead of just reading the page, the user
may be able to comment or create user account.
Web 3.0 – this platform is all about semantic web.
Aims to have machines (or servers) understand the
user’s preferences to be able to deliver web content.
Static Web Page- is known as a flat page or stationary
Table 1. Differences between each stage of the Web age in the sense that the page is ‘’as is’’ and cannot be
manipulated by the user.
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
FEATURES OF WEB 2.0
Folksonomy- allows user to categorize and classify information using freely chosen keywords e.g. 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 a content of their own by means of comments, reviews and
evaluation e.g. Lazada, Amazon. Long Tail–- services that are offered 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 in the internet. Software as a services- users will be subscribe to a
software only when needed rather than purchasing them e.g. Google docs used to create and edit word processing and spread sheet. Mass
Participation– diverse information sharing through universal web access. Web 2.0’s content is based on people from various cultures.
TRENDS IN ICT – listed below are 5 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.
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.
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. Yahoo!, Gmail, Hotmail Cloud computing - distributed computing on internet or delivery of computing service over the internet.
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+. 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. 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 . Media Sharing – sites that allow
you to upload and share media content like images, music and video. Ex. Flickr, YouTube and Instagram.
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. Blogs and Forums – allow user to post their content. Other users are able to comment
on the said topic. Ex. Blogger, WordPress and Tumbler
Operating System - is a program that acts as an interface between the software and the computer hardware. It is an
integrated set of specialized programs used to manage overall resources and operations of a device .
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 Figure 2. How an OS works
You may click also any of these three buttons if you want to fill the shape with color, change the line width or style, or add effects to the shape.
• To design the SmartArt graphic, do the following:
1. Select the SmartArt that you want to add design to. Design and Format tabs of the SmartArt Tools will appear.
2. Do any of the following as needed:
• To change the colors of the SmartArt, click Change Colors in the Design tab and then select one from the gallery of themes.
• To change the visual style of the SmartArt, click the More dropdown arrow of the SmartArt Styles group in the Design tab and then
select one from the gallery.
• To add shape to the SmartArt graphic, click the Add Shape dropdown arrow in the Create Graphic group of the Design tab and then
select the appropriate command on where to insert the shape from the menu.
• To design a chart, do the following:
1. Select the chart that you want to add design to. Design, Layout and Format tabs of the Chart Tools will appear.
2. Do any of the following as needed:
• To change the visual style of the chart, click the More drop-down arrow of the Chart Styles under the Design tab and then select one
from the gallery.
• To edit the data of the chart, click Edit Data of the Data group under the Design tab. MS Excel window will appear. This is where you
can edit the data of your chart. Close the Excel window as soon as you are finished editing.
• To add labels to your chart, go to the Layout tab and click the appropriate button in the Labels group.