Unit 1: Introduction to Information and Communications Technology
Lesson 1
Understanding ICT and Its
Relevance to Society
Empowerment Technologies
Senior High School Applied - Academic
How do you receive
updates about the daily
activities of your families
and friends, especially
those who are far away?
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How do you
conduct
research when
tasked to
produce a
report for a
particular
topic?
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● Define information and
communications technology
Learning (ICT).
Objectives ● Categorize the components of
ICT.
At the end of the ● List the benefits of having ICT
lesson, you should
be able to do the as a tool in societal
following: development.
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Are you familiar with these expressions? What do these
expressions mean?
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How about these expressions?
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What is an acronym?
● a shorthand way of saying an expression,
a phrase, a name of an institution,
a method, a place, or an event
● formed by combining the first letters of each
word from a series of words
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What is an acronym?
Oh, my gosh! Laughing out loud!
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How about these expressions?
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Acronomytory
1. Use the letters C-O-M-P-U-T-E-R to represent the impacts
of the existence of computers in society.
1. Each letter must represent a noun,
an adjective, a verb, or a phrase.
Example: C for communication
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Acronomytory
Letter Word Explanation
C
O
M
P
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Acronomytory
Letter Word Explanation
U
T
E
R
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Acronomytory
1. With all the words that you have
included in the activity, which word or
phrase was the hardest to provide?
Which was the easiest?
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Acronomytory
1. Which word or phrase do you think
represents the most significant effect of
having computers in society? Which word
or phrase do you think represents its least
significant contribution?
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Acronomytory
1.x
2. How do you think your life
would be if computers did not exist
up to now?
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What is
information and
communications
technology (ICT)?
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Information and
communications
technology refers
to technologies
that are used to
support the
processing,
storing, securing,
and transmitting of
information.
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What are the
components
of ICT?
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People
- individuals
responsible for
the
development,
improvement,
and maintenance
of an ICT system
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Procedures
- actions
performed in a
certain order
and conditions
to make sure an
ICT system runs
smooth
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Hardware
● technical
term used to
describe
physical or
tangible parts
of a
computer
system
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Examples of
hardware
● desktop
computers
● laptops
● tablets
● smartphones
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Software
● generic term
for computer
programs
and
applications
installed in
your
hardware
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Software
● responsible
for providing
sets of
instructions
that the
computer has
to follow to
accomplish a
specific task
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Examples of software
● word processing app
● spreadsheets
● graphic manipulation
software
● antivirus software
● computer games
● operating systems
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Data
- raw facts or figures that
can be processed, stored,
and transmitted by an ICT
system
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Information
- result of processed,
organized, and structured
data
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After knowing what ICT is, what
ICT device or devices do you own
and how do they help you
in your everyday tasks?
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ICT at Home
What are the common uses of ICT devices in your home?
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ICT as a Communication Tool
What ICT device do you often use in communicating?
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ICT and Education
How does ICT help you learn?
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ICT and Employment
How does ICT assist people in doing their jobs?
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ICT and Government
How do ICT devices assist in government operations?
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ICT and Commerce
What are the advantages that you experienced while
purchasing products online?
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ICT and Entertainment
What ICT devices do you often use for entertainment?
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Practice 1
Listed on the next slide are
ICT-related items. Classify the
items as either hardware,
software, or people by writing
them in their appropriate
boxes.
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Hardware Software People
● web camera ● computer ● graphics editor ● printer
● word processing engineer ● computer ● spreadsheet
app ● multimedia programmer ● web designer
● speakers projector ● mouse ● motherboard
● on-demand ● computer ● web browser ● flashdrive
music player monitor ● video game
● software ● data analyst
engineer ● keyboard
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Practice 2
Complete the table on
the next slide by listing
down activities that you
do from the time you
wake up until you sleep
that involve the use of
ICT.
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● The first column must be filled activities done with ICT.
● The second column must be listed with hardware that is used in the
activity written in the first column.
● The third column must be listed with software that is used in the
activity written in the first column.
Activity Software Hardware
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We have been talking about the
benefits of ICT in society. Do you
think it’s possible that ICT can
also impact society negatively?
Why? Why not?
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Practice 3
Think about the Group 1: Automated Elections
following situations by
group. Identify both the Group 2: Use of Learning
Management System in Schools
positive and negative
Group 3: Online Shopping
impacts of ICT. Propose
solutions or Group 4: Telecommuting
alternatives to Group 5: Use of Apps for
minimize the negative Transportation
impacts of ICT.
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Answer the following
completely in your own
words:
What is information and
communications
technology (ICT)?
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Answer the following
completely in your own
words:
Enumerate and describe
the three components of
ICT.
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Answer the following
comprehensively:
How can ICT help you as a
student? How can it help
you in your future career?
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Wrap Up
Information and Communications
Technology refers to technologies that are
used to support the processing, storing,
securing, and transmitting of information.
Components of ICT:
● people ● software
● procedure ● data
● hardware ● information 43
Wrap Up
The impacts of ICT are seen at home and in
communication tool, education, employment,
government, commerce, and the
entertainment industry.
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Wrap Up
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