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Lesson 2: UNDERSTANDING THE BASIC CONCEPTS IN ICT Here are some terms and concepts that you need to know a...

Lesson 2: UNDERSTANDING THE BASIC CONCEPTS IN ICT Here are some terms and concepts that you need to know and understand. 1. Technology refers to a mix of process and product used in the application of knowledge. It includes tools from pencil and paper to the latest electronic gadgets and tools for practical tasks. 2. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Literacy is the 3. Educational Technology refers to use of digital technology, the use of technology in teaching communication tools and/or networks and learning. It includes both the to access, manage, integrate, non-digital and digital tools. evaluate, create and communicate information in order to function in a knowledge society (Guro, 2011:21). 4. Digital Literacy is the ability to find, evaluate, utilize, share and create contents using information 5. Digital learning is any type of technologies and the internet. learning that is accompanied by According to American Library technology or by instructional Association (2018), digital literacy is practice that makes effective use of the ability to use information and technology. It encompasses the communication, requiring both application of a wide spectrum of cognitive and technical skills practices which included blended or (https://edweek.org.) virtual learning. It can come as online or off-line which utilizes digital technology. 6. On-line digital tools and apps use an Internet connection to access the information needed. A common 7. Off-line digital tools and apps can still example is Skype. It is a be used even if there is no internet telecommunication application access. Among these are Canary software product that specializes in Learning, Pocket, Evertone, ibooks, providing video chat and voice calls KA LITE (Gupta, Prinyaka, 2017) between computers, tablets, mobile downloaded in edtech review. devices via Internet and to regular telephones.  8. Instructional technology is the 9. Software refers to program control theory and practice of design, instructions and accompanying development, utilization, management, documentation; stored on discs or and evaluation of the processes and tapes when not being used in the resources for learning (Association for computer. By extension, the term Educational Communications and refers to any audiovisual materials Technology, 1994). (Samldino, 2005). 10. Multimedia is a sequential 11. Internet is a massive network of networks, or simultaneous use of a a networking infrastructure. It connects variety of media formats millions of computers together, globally, in a given presentation or forming a network in which any computer self-study program can communicate with any other computer (Smaldino, 2005). as long as they are connected to the internet. It is generally defined as a global network connecting millions of computer (https://www.webopedia.com). 12. World Wide Web (www) is also called 13. Web access is the ability of the Web which is graphical environment the learner to access the on computer networks that allows you to Internet at any point during the access, view and maintain lesson in order to take documentations that can include text, advantage of the array of data, sound, and videos (Smaldino, available education resources. 2005). It is a way of accessing information over the medium of the 14. Productivity tools refer to any Internet. It is an information sharing type of software associated with model that is built on top of the computers and related Internet. technologies that can be used as tools for personal, 15.Web-quest is an inquiry-oriented lesson professional, or classroom format in which most or all information productivity. Examples: that learners work with comes from the Microsoft Office, Apple works – web. These can be created using word processing, grade and various programs, including simple word record keeping, web-page processing documents that include links production, presentation) (KFIT- to websites. Unesco, 2016). 16. Podcast is a video or audio 17. Google Apps is a cloud-based teaching tool multi-media clip about a which is stored in the Google server and is single topic typically in the available for students both at home and in format of the radio talk school. It includes the Gmail, a free-email for show. The two basic all: Google calendar – a tool used for functions of podcast are to organizational purposes; Google sites that retrieve information and to provide options for developing blogs and wikis; disseminate information and Google docs is used for sophisticated word (Eash, 2006). processing and editing of the document. 17. 18.  18. Technology Tool is an instrument used for doing work. It can be anything that help you accomplish your goal with the use of technology. These technology tools can be classified as: a. Data/Calculation tools. Examples: spreadsheets, Excels, Sketchpads, probability constructor b. Design tools. These are used to make models and designs, creating and building. Included here are Family Tree Maker, GollyGee, and Crazy Machines among others. c. Discussion tools. There are 4 different approaches that utlize discussion and interaction in the Internet. These are threaded discussion forum, Blogging, live chat and Video Teleconferencing, Netiquette and Safety on the Net. d. Email tools. Emails are great communication tools for sending messages, photographs, videos and other files. It allows you to reach out to others around the world. Examples are Google mail, Ymail, Yahoo mail and many more. e. Handheld devices. Handheld devices have become popular among learners. These include Personal Digital Assitants, global positioning sytem (GPS) 19. Webquest is a teacher 20. Blog is an online journal where structured research experience posted information from both for the students that is primarily teachers and students are based on use of the World Wide arranged. There are three kinds of Web and typically takes one or blog: blogs used for more instructional periods communications, blogs used for (Bender & Waller, 2011). instruction, and blogs used for both (Ferriter & Garry, 2010). 21. Vlog is a video blog where each entry is 22. Facebook is a popular social posted as a video networking site used by students and instead of the text. adults worldwide to present information on themselves and to the world. 19. Wiki, an editable website usually with limited access, 20. Flipped classroom utilizes a allows students to reverse instructional delivery, where collaboratively create and post the teacher is required to use the written work or digital files, web resources as homework or out such as digital photos or of class activity as initial instruction videos. Wikipedia is one of of the lesson which will be discussed the most widely recognized of during class time. all the wikis (Watters, 2011). 25. VOIP (voice over internet protocol) is a category of hardware and software that enables people to use the Internet as transmission medium for telephone calls by sending voice data in packets using IP rather than traditional circuit transmission.