Empowerment Technology Web 1.
0 – Traditional/Crawl
Empowerment refers to the process of
giving yourself or other people, the capacity
to achieve a specific end-goal.
Empowerment through ICT – a strategy
that aims to give individuals the tools and
resources necessary to take initiative, as well
as gather and analyze information or
situations, thus making informed decisions
to solve problems and improve services or
performance.
Competencies for Information Literacy
(DAUUE)
 Determines the nature and extent of
information needed.
 Accesses the needed information
effectively and efficiently.
 Uses information effectively
 Understand many of the economic,
legal and social issues surrounding
the use of information
 Evaluates information and its sources
critically
Technology literacy – the ability to use
digital technology, communication tools,
and/or networks
Four Major Aspects of Life (TECE)
 Travel
 Education
 Communication
 Economics
Top 3 Requirements for Applicants
1. ICT skills
2. Communication skills
3. Analytical skills
In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee, a British
scientist, invented the World Wide Web.
HTML – Hyper Text Markup Language
URLs – uniform resource locators
Web 2.0 – Boom Age/Walk
Web 3.0 – Digital Age/Run
Latest Technology Trends
 AI and Advanced Machine
Learning – make smart things
“intelligent”
 Intelligent Apps – virtual personal
assistants, like Siri and Google
Home
 Intelligent Things – physical things
that are imbued with machine
learning capabilities
 Virtual and Augmented Reality –
refer to the immersive technologies
that are now dominating the market
 Digital Twin – uses data from
various sensors to do autonomous
actions
 Blockchain and Distributed
Ledgers – a type of distributed
ledger in which value exchange
transactions (in bitcoin or other
tokens) are sequentially grouped into
blocks
 Conversational System – connected
to a network of multiple Internet of
Things devices
 Mesh App and Service
Architecture (MASA) – enables
users to have an optimized solution
for targeted endpoints in the digital
mesh
 Digital technology Platforms –
platforms that enable a digital
business
 Adaptive Security Architecture –
constant processing of information
requires better, ultra-efficient
architectures
Contextualized search – can be defines as a
skilled or optimized way of searching the
Internet based on the “context” provided
Research – looking for something online
 Personal research
  Professional research
Forms of research
 Original research – primary source
 Scientific research – providing
explanations about the world
 Humanities research – as in
historical and sociological research
 Artistic research – practice-based
research
Professional researchers – produce results
bases on the works of their predecessors
Research Skills I Need to Develop
 Check Your Sources – evaluate the
information you gather from your
sources
 Ask Good Questions – be specific
when entering queries into search
engines
 Go Beyond the Surface – be
persistent in looking for more
information regarding your topic
 Be Patient – you need to think
critically and synthesize the data
 Respect Ownership – remember
that everything on the Internet has its
own respective owner
 Use Your Networks – social media
and other information tools are
useful when doing research
Google Search – one of the most popular
search engines
Google Scholar – a simpler way to search
for scholarly literature on the Internet
Journal – a periodical publication that
contains scholarly articles
Wikipedia – a common starting point when
conducting research
Criteria when Evaluating Source
Material
 Currency – Is the information up-to-
date?
 Security – Does the site ask too
much personal information?
 Scope – Is the information in-depth?
 Authority – Does the information
come from a trusted expert?
Computer ethics – a new branch of ethics
that is concerned with the standards of
conduct in the use of computers
10 Commandments of Computer Ethics
(HISSFCUASC)
1. Thou shalt not use a computer to
harm other people in any way.
2. Thou shalt not interfere with other
people/s computer work.
3. Thou shalt not sneak around in
other people’s computer files.
4. Thou shalt not use a computer to
steal.
5. Thou shalt not use a computer to
bear false witness.
6. Thou shalt not copy or use
proprietary software for which you
have not paid.
7. Thou shalt not use other people’s
computer resources without proper
authorization.
8. Thou shalt not appropriate other
people’s intellectual output.
9. Thou shalt think about the social
consequences of the program you
are writing or the system you are
designing.
10. Thou shalt always use a computer in
ways to ensure consideration and
respect for your fellow humans.
Internet ethics or Netiquettes – a set of
rules that determines how to properly
communicate and browse the web
Good Practices: (ADBRT)
1. Always keep your software or
application updated.
2. Do not divulge sensitive information
online.
 3. Be careful when dealing with email
or spams.
4. Run your antivirus.
5. Think before you click.
Intellectual property laws (IPL) – protect
the rights of people to maintain legal
ownership of their works and ideas.

Six Ways to Avoid Plagiarism (PCQCCR)

1. Paraphrase - read the material you
wish to use and rephrase it in your
own words
2. Cite – proper citation must be
observed when referencing existing
materials
3. Quoting – directly quoting the
resource material is recommended to
avoid misquotation or
misinterpretation; many institutions
generally discourage the use of block
quotes (the direct quotations that are
40 or more words long and are
usually separated from the main text)
4. Citing Quotes – the methods of
citing quotes and citing the
paraphrased material generally differ
5. Citing Your Own Material – it is
still necessary to cite yourself as you
would the work of other person.
Failure to provide citations for your
own material is known as self-
plagiarism
6. Referencing – apart from citing
direct quotes and paraphrased text, it
is also important to provide a page
for references and other materials
used at the end of you work