Lesson 1: Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies

Based on our lesson, Information and Communication Technology or ICT deals with the use of different communication technologies such as mobile phones, telephone, Internet, etc.. to locate, save, send and edit informations. As we discussed we learned the role and importance of ICT in dealing with our daily lives and how ICT affects the different aspects of our living. In ICT it discusses the 'The World Wide Web' or the WWW where the documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators or the URLs.

The Web 1.0 is a flat page and static and cannot be manipulated by the users and it is invented in early 90's by the creation of Tim Berners-Lee.
The Web 2.0 also known as Dynamic Web Pages is the evolution of the first web unlike Web 1.0 which is static the Web 2.0 where the users are able to see the website differently than the others and it also allows the users to interact within the paged they able to type a comment. Web 2.0 is invented in 1999 and we still most used it today.
The Web 2.0 has its features like;
• Folksonomy- allows the users to categorize information more freely, by example tagging.
• Rich User Experience- It is responsive to users input.
• Long Tail- Services are offered on demand rather than on a one-time purchased.
• User Participation- the websites allows other to place a content of their own.
• Software as a Service- It allows the users to create and edit word processing and spreadsheets     online.
• Mass Participation- It is a diverse information sharing through universal web access.
The Web 3.0 or the Semantic Web aims the users preferences to be able to deliver web content and it provides a common framework that allows data to be shared.
The Web 3.0 also contains Several problems like in;
• Compatibility
• Security
• Vastness
• Vagueness
• Logic
The Trends in ICT are the Convergence, Social Media, Mobile Technologies and Assistive Media.
 1. The Convergence is the synergy pf technological advancements.
 2. The Social Media is an online channels or an application that enable the users to create and  exchange users content.
Social Media has six types;
• Social Networks
• Bookmarking Sites
• Social News
• Media Sharing
• Microblogging
• Blogs and Forums
 3. The Mobile Technologies are the smartphones and tablets that rises and trends over the years.
Kinds of Mobile Technologies Operating Systems;
• IOS
• Android
• Blackberry Os
• Windows Phone OS
• Symbian
• WebOS
• Windows Mobile
 4.The Assistive Media is designed to helps the people who have visual and reading impairments.