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    Trends, Networks, and Critical

    Thinking in the 21st Century


    Senior High School Grade 11
    Unit 6
    INFORMATION COMMUNICATION
    TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
    The twenty-first century has been
    characterized as the information age. No
    doubt, one of the greatest achievements of
    this age has something to do with the
    technology, especially the increasing power of
    communications. ICT is providing an extra-
    ordinary opportunity to hone our critical
    thinking and problem-solving skills,
    communication skills, creativity and
    innovation.
    ICT - is an extended term for information
    technology (IT) which stresses the role of
    unified communications and the integration of
    telecommunications. The phrase information
    and communications technology has been
    used by academic researchers since the
    1980s, and the abbreviation ICT became
    popular after it was used in a report to the UK
    government by Dennis Stevenson in 1997.
    Benefits of ICT to:
    1. Economic
    2. Political
    3. Social
    4. Cultural
    5. Personal
    Researcher make it clear that ICT advances
    social improvement by sharing learning,
    encouraging social innovativeness, expanding
    popularity based support and upgrading
    social cohesion. We are challenged to
    harness the potential of information and
    communication technology to promote the
    attainment of a more peaceful, just and
    prosperous world.
    ICT positively affected the life of the
    members of the society or the digital citizens
    through:

    Education – Many educators are already using


    and infusing technology as a teaching-
    learning pedagogy through the use of
    different platforms.
    Business – Most entrepreneurs are making
    use of the internet and different social
    networking sites to promote their businesses
    and products.
    Government – In the Philippines, many
    transactions with government offices are now
    possible and available online. Application for
    birth certificates, passport, NBI and like are
    maximized by some Filipinos.
    Computers, e-mail, internet, fax machines,
    mobile phones are only among the
    information communication tools that can be
    considered an integral part of work activities
    in almost all companies or institutions in the
    Philippines and abroad. The development
    and access of different technologies like
    wireless networking and mobile devices
    significantly transformed user into content
    producers.
    ICT and Global Networks
    With ICT in our schools, learners are not only
    consumers but content creators as they write,
    edit, publish, participate, co-create and
    collaborate with others through the use of
    technologies. ICT hastens global and
    democratic network across the planet. The
    Internet is an apparatus for causal connection
    as well as open spaces where individuals can
    voice out their issues.
    ICT can generate global social awareness
    through social network sites. Social
    networking sites also facilitate the
    mobilization of grass root movements and
    advocates especially among the younger
    generation. ICT promotes social development
    by sharing knowledge, fostering cultural
    activity, increasing democratic participation,
    and enhancing social cohesion. Technological
    advances have improved life and brought the
    world’s people closer.
    HISTORY OF ICT:

    COMPUTER
    • 3000 BC – Abacus, 1st calculator
    • 1833 – Charles Babbage - designed the
    Analytical Engine which was became the
    concept of a digital programmable
    computer.
    • 1931 – 1st electronic calculator was
    assembled by Kondrad Zuse
    RADIO AND TELEVISION
    • 1894 – Guglielmo Marconi invented the
    “wireless telegraphy” (radio telegraph
    system) which paved way to the
    development of Radio.
    • 1920’s – Commercial Radio, Earliest television
    transmission

    • 1940’s – color television


    TELEPHONE
    • 1876 – Alexander Graham Bell invented the
    telephone
    • 1930’s – widespread of telephone sets
    • 1970’s - mobile phone technology
    • 1980’S – earliest mobile phone sold
    Late 20th century – Computer Development
    -1971 introduction of the first microprocessor
    by Intel
    -1981 initial version of computers by IBM
    -1991 creation of the World Wide Web by Tim
    Lee
    Recent developments of ICT
    -desktop computers were made portable
    because of LAPTOPS and TABLETS
    -mobile phones innovation: internet
    access, camera, am/fm radio, television,
    data storage, calculators etc.
    Disadvantage of the use of ICT:
    1) Cost
    More and more resources are being put into
    ICT in schools – the cost of laptops, wireless
    broadband, projectors for example contribute a
    large percentage of the school’s budget.
    2) Misuse of ICT
    Instead of using their laptops or tablets for
    their studies and online tests, more often
    than not students stray away and visit social
    networking sites like Facebook or Twitter.
    Students would be too focused on playing
    games or visiting social networking sites
    resulting to lower academic grades.
    3) School Bags + Laptops
    Each student who owns a laptop with heavy
    textbooks, notes and homework is quite a
    burden to the students’ back. Schools are
    becoming more dependent on e-learning
    (learning on the internet) but textbooks are
    mostly print publications. Hence, the weight of
    this laptop, textbooks, and homework may
    bear health consequences in the near future.
    DIGITAL DIVIDE
    -natural consequence of advancements in ICT
    -discrepancy in peoples access and skill related
    to ICT
    Factors: geographical location, economy,
    income, age, education, race, and government
    support among others
    Levels of Disparity of Digital Divide
    Level 1 –the disparities of ICT between people
    living in different parts of the world. Ex.
    Developed and Developing countries
    Level 2 – unequal opportunities for ICT use
    within countries
    Ex. A person with low income and education
    is likely to be excluded from information flows
    and network.
    Level 3 – participation in a democracy and the
    possibilities that may develop after the digital
    revolution
    Ex. Although children and the youth
    expressing ideas and opinions about issues
    with cellphones, there is less interaction
    between children and parents
    To maximize the potentials and benefits of ICT
    and fill the gap caused by the divide,
    governments must train and educate the
    citizens in accessing ICT equipment by
    providing better economic and social
    condition to make it possible for them to
    acquire the equipment.

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