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).
Objective ● Categorize the components of
s ICT.
At the end of the ● List the benefits of having ICT
lesson, you
should be able to as a tool in societal
do the following:
development.
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Are you familiar with these two expressions? What do
these expressions mean?
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ACRONYM…
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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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Activity #1 What acronym?
Oh, my gosh! Laughing out loud!
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Activity #2 Acronomytory
1. Use the letters C-O-M-P-U-T-E-R to represent the
impacts of the existence of computers in society.
2. 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
[Link] 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
[Link] 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
[Link] do you think your life
would be if computers did not exist
up to now?
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1.x
Study the scenario below:
2. After she woke up this morning, Katy has checked her phone for
Leana’s (their research group leader) messages seven times. After
washing her face, she posted a motivational quote she hoped to share
to her 2500 friends in Facebook. While she was eating her breakfast,
she browsed the Internet for half an hour to search for the steps on
how to cook Pork Adobo and to watch the latest Raffy Tulfo in Action
video in Youtube. After brushing her teeth, she visited Liza Soberano’s
social media account on Twitter, which she follows. At school, she
used her laptop to create a Powerpoint Presentation report on a topic
she will report for the next day. She also logged into WeChat to
communicate with her mother who is working as a nurse in Canada.
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Guide questions
● What did you feel while reading the scenario?
● Do you relate yourself to the person in the scenario? How?
● What are your realizations after you read the scenario?
● What do you think about the scenario? Does it portray a
positive or negative impact? Defend your answer.
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What is
information and
communications
technology (ICT)?
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Information
and
communication
s technology
refers to
technologies that
are used to
support the
processing,
storing, securing,
and transmitting
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Information and
communications
technology (ICT)
deals with the use of
different
communication
technologies such as
mobile phones,
telephone, internet,
etc. To locate, save,
send and edit
information
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Information and
Communications
Technology (ICT)
refers to technologies that
provide access to
information through
telecommunications. It is
similar to Information
Technology (IT), but focuses
primarily on communication
technology. This includes the
Internet, wireless networks,
cell phones and other
communication mediums.
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What are the
components
of ICT?
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What are the components of ICT?
People Procedures Hardware
Software Data Information
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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
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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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Components of ICT
People Procedures Hardware
Software Data Information
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Performance task #1
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After knowing what ICT is, cite
examples of how ICT changed
the way people lived today.
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How ICT changed the way people lived
today?
Present the before and after
scenario…..
ICT at Home ICT and Employment
ICT and Government
ICT as a Communication Tool
ICT and Commerce
ICT and Education
ICT and Entertainment
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How ICT changed the way people lived
today?
before after
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Rubric
Criteria Rating
Relevance 30%
Originality 35%
Presentation 25%
Overall Impact 10%
Total 100%
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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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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 47
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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