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Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has transformed the modern world through innovations like the postal system, telephone, and computers. ICT progressed during the Industrial Revolution through advances in printing, telegraph cables, and telephones. ICT has four dimensions: computing, communications, content, and human capacity. It provides benefits like job creation, new industries and services, and business innovation, but also faces challenges. ICT and social media have also enabled social movements to take shape on a global scale.

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Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has transformed the modern world through innovations like the postal system, telephone, and computers. ICT progressed during the Industrial Revolution through advances in printing, telegraph cables, and telephones. ICT has four dimensions: computing, communications, content, and human capacity. It provides benefits like job creation, new industries and services, and business innovation, but also faces challenges. ICT and social media have also enabled social movements to take shape on a global scale.

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Information and

Communications Technology
(ICT)
Member:
Shainne Anne V. Mariano
Danielle Philip Q. Garcia
Rachelle Ann Luzada
Ma. Georgia Esperancilla
INTRODUCTION
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) is an integral part
of the development of the modern world. Its development can be seen from the
invention of the first modern postal system, to the invention of the telephone, and
the first computers. The Age of Industrial Revolution has produced numerous
inventions and advances that allowed for faster production and distribution of
different goods and services than ever before.

Aside from improvement in infrastructure and transportation, the field of


ICT also immense progress during this period. This includes the invention of better
printing methods, the telegraph cables, and later on the telephone.
Lesson 1

ICT: Dimensions, Benefits, and Challenges

o Nature of ICT
o Four Dimensions of ICT
o Benefits and challenges in ICT
o ICT and Social Movements
Nature of ICT
• ICT refers to category of terms that cover any form of communication device or
application, including radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network
hardware and software, satellite systems, and the various services and
applications related with them, such as videoconferencing and distance
learning.
• The development of ICT traces its roots from as far back as the Industrial
Revolution but it is still considered as a relatively new sector in contributing to
the Philippine economy.
• The unprecedented growth of the ICT industry in the past decades has helped
the world economy increase as well. The World Economic Forum confirmed
that studies from various countries show the positive effect of ICT on economic
growth.
Four Dimensions of ICT
1. COMPUTING
-continuous innovation in the types of computer technology have been taking place so
much that today’s networks and devices are capable or more complicated and sophisticated
functions than those in 2003-2005.

• Transition of Broadband
-World Bank and Broadband Commission have described broadband as high-speed Internet
access, which is always on and capable of undertaking multiple service provisions and
functions.
• Cloud Computing and the Cloud Economy
-Cloud Computing is another innovation in the field of computer
technology. Limited storage, corruption of files, expensive cost of
computation, and application hosting are just among the problems computer
users encounter when they store their files in their personal hard drive or
when they develop their own software programs.
• Datafication, Data Management, and Big Data Analysis
-In today’s data-oriented landscape, datafication is important in
ensuring that business organizations and other similar establishments have
total control over the storage, extraction, and manipulation of data and other
information.
• Smart Analysis
-In today’s world, It is not enough that you have a computer technology or
that you have a mobile phone that keeps you connected. The system that runs
them has to be “smart,” thus paving the way for smart phones, smart TV, and
smart cars. A smart system uses a feedback loop of data, which provides
information for a sound decision-making. This system monitors, measures,
analyzes, communicates, and acts based on the information captured by the
sensors.

2. Communications
-One of the most dramatic changes that have taken place in the field of
communications is the rapid spread of mobile telephony.
Other Trends that have emerged since 2010 are:
• Mobile phones now perform multiple other functions aside from its
primary purpose as a telephone.
• The spread of 3G connections and available Wi-Fi connections have
increased the use of Internet access through mobile phones making it
possible to access one’s email address, do online banking, and video chat
using a handheld device.
• The price of mobile handsets and mobile phone usage has been falling.
3. Content
-the meaningful usage and deployment of ICT is carried out of it is applied to
specific development goals like literacy, poverty reduction, and sustainable
development.
4. Human Capacity
-It is important to acquire all the necessary skills and knowledge related to ICT
in order to understand, participate actively in, and benefit fully from ICT and the
knowledge economy.
Benefits and Challenges in ICT

During periods of slow growth and uncertainty in the market, more


economies are looking for ways to stimulate growth and create new jobs.
Some of the other benefits of ICT are the ff:
 Direct job creation
 Emergence of new services and industries
 Transformation of the workforce
 Business innovation
ICT and Social Movements

The influence of ICT is no longer confined in the fields of


technology, business, or in academe. The political sphere has also felt the
presence of this worldwide phenomenon. ICT through social media has been
proven capable of ushering social movements.

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