Module 1: How

Does E-Tech
Empower People
And Affect Social
Change?

Lesson 1: What is
Empowerment
Technology?
Empowerment
Technology: A
Definition
Empowerment refers to the
process of giving yourself, or
other people, the capacity to
achieve a specific end-goal.

Technology refers to machinery

and equipment developed from
the application of scientific
knowledge.
This refers to computer technology that we use
almost everyday, which enables us to do tasks that,
in the past require professional help.
Competencies for Information Technology
• Determine the nature and extent of information
needed.
• Accesses the needed information effectively and
efficiently.
• Uses information effectively to accomplish a specific
purpose.
• Understands many of the economic, legal, and social
issues surrounding the use of information, and
accesses and uses information ethically and legally.
• Evaluates information and its sources critically and
incorporates selected information into his or her
knowledge base and value system.
Reflect on your own Skills. Review this checklist from
UNESCO. Mark the ones you think you are capable of.
ICT Literacy Checklist for Students
Students should be familiar with basic concepts of
ICT
Students should feel confident about using
computers
Students should be able to use graphics
appropriately
Students should be familiar with using computers
to communicate
Students should be aware of how ICT changes jobs
Reflect on your own Skills. Review this checklist from
UNESCO. Mark the ones you think you are capable of.
ICT Literacy Checklist for Students
Students can build and use robots to perform
experiments.
Students should be able to use computers in arts

Students should be able to use computers for

modelling and simulation
Students should be able to use a simple statistical
package.
Students should be able to use suitable graphics
tools.
Students should be able to create and play music
using hardware and software.
Evolution of the web
 WWW (World Wide
Web)
• In 1989, Tim Berners-Lee, a British
scientist, invented the World Wide
Web (web).

• Web- open-source information

space where documents are
identified by Uniforms Resource
Locators (URLs) interlinked using
hypertext links and accessed via
the internet.
In 2004, as defined by tech moguls Tim
O’Reilly and Dale Dougherty, though the term
was originally coined by Darcy DiNucci in 1999.

Web 2.0 – this allowed users to interpret and

collaborate with each other through social
media dialogue where they could create user-
generated content in a virtual community.
Known as the Semantic Web or Web of
Data as Tim Berners-Lee coined it.

It is a search engine could find not only

the keywords in your search, but also
interpret the context of your search

Worked as a personal assistant.

 Web 1.0/2.0/3.0 Summary

Crawl Walk Run

Web 1.0 Web 2.0 Web 3.0

Read-Only Read-write Portable & Personal

Company Focus Community Focus Individual Focus

Owning Content Sharing Content Consolidating Content

Page Views Cost Per Click User Engagement

Gartner, Inc., a leading
information technology
research and advisory
company, highlighted the
Top 10 Strategic
Technology Trends
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Theme 1: Optimize

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• According to Gartner, "a digital
immune system (DIS) is a set of
technologies and processes that help an
organization protect its information and
systems from continual attack and
exploit."
• In other words, a DIS is a system that
helps protect your organization from
cyberattacks. It does this by allowing
your organization to identify and
respond to threats promptly and
effectively.
• Antivirus software that scans for and
removes viruses and other malware.
• Intrusion detection systems that monitor
network traffic for suspicious activity.
• Security information and event
management (SIEM) systems that
collect and analyze security logs from
various sources.
• Honeypots that are designed to attract
and trap attackers.
• Red teaming that involves simulating
cyberattacks to test an organization's
defenses.
• By applying observability
systematically, organizations can
increase their speed of response and
optimize business operations in real
time.
• Applied observability enables
organizations to use their data
artifacts for competitive advantage.
When planned strategically and
executed successfully, applied
observability has shown itself to be
a powerful approach to data-driven
decision making.
• Logging and monitoring tools that
collect data from various sources,
such as applications, servers, and
networks.
• Analytics tools that analyze the
collected data to identify patterns
and trends.
• Visualization tools that present the
analyzed data in a way that is easy
to understand.
• AI-powered tools that automate the
process of collecting, analyzing, and
visualizing data.
AI trust, risk and security
management (AI TRiSM)
ensures AI model governance,
trustworthiness, fairness,
reliability, robustness, efficacy
and data protection. This
includes solutions and
techniques for model
interpretability and
explainability, AI data
protection, model operations and
adversarial attack resistance.
• Policies and procedures that
govern the use of AI in an
organization.
• Risk assessments that identify
the potential risks associated
with AI.
• Mitigation strategies that are
used to reduce the risks
associated with AI.
• Audits and reviews that are used
to ensure that AI is being used
in a responsible and ethical way.
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Industry Cloud Platforms can
help companies improve
operational efficiency, reduce
costs and innovate faster by
providing easy access to
specialized cloud services for
their industry. In addition, these
platforms can help companies
better manage risk and comply
with industry-specific
regulations.
• Salesforce Service Cloud for
customer service
• SAP SuccessFactors for human
resources
• Oracle Supply Chain
Management for supply chain
management
• Amazon Web Services for
cloud computing
• Microsoft Azure for cloud
computing
Platform engineering improves
developer experience and
productivity by providing self-
service capabilities with
automated infrastructure
operations. Platform
engineering is trending because
of its promise to optimize the
developer experience and
accelerate product teams’
delivery of customer value.
• The development of a
platform for building and
deploying applications.
• The operation and
maintenance of the platform.
• The continuous improvement
of the platform.
• The security of the platform.
Gartner defines wireless
value realization as the
various ways in which
“next-generation
wireless technologies
will soon deliver new
and improved services
and reduce capital
costs.” Here are the
benefits
• The use of wireless technology to
improve the customer
experience, such as by providing
real-time updates on the status
of orders or deliveries.
• The use of wireless technology to
reduce costs, such as by
automating the collection of data
or by enabling remote working.
• The use of wireless technology to
increase agility, such as by
enabling organizations to respond
quickly to changes in demand.
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A super app is a mobile or
web application that combines
multiple services into one
platform -- sometimes called
multi-service tech platforms.
The term super app has been
credited to Blackberry founder
Mike Lazardis. Super apps
have set of core features and
independent mini apps that
users can access within them.
• WeChat in China, which
combines messaging, payments,
social media, and other features.
• Grab in Southeast Asia, which
combines ride-hailing, food
delivery, and other services.
• Paytm in India, which combines
payments, financial services, and
other services.
• Amazon Prime in the United
States, which combines shopping,
streaming, and other services.
Adaptive AI refers to the
ability of an AI system to
learn and adapt over time,
improving its performance
and accuracy based on
experience and feedback.
This allows the AI system to
make better decisions and
predictions, as well as to
handle more complex tasks.
• Fraud detection systems that can
learn to identify new patterns of
fraudulent activity.
• Customer service chatbots that can
learn to understand and respond to
customer queries more effectively.
• Healthcare systems that can learn
to diagnose diseases more
accurately.
• Self-driving cars that can learn to
navigate roads and avoid
obstacles.
Metaverse allows people to
replicate or enhance their
physical activities. This could
happen by transporting or
extending physical activities
to a virtual world or by
transforming the physical
one. It is a combinatorial
innovation made up of
multiple technology themes
and capabilities.
• Second Life, a virtual world
that was launched in 2003.
• Fortnite, a video game that
has a virtual world called
Fortnite Island.
• Roblox, a gaming platform
that allows users to create
their own virtual worlds.
• The Sandbox, a virtual
world that is built on the
blockchain.
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Sustainable
Technology

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• Solar panels that generate
electricity from the sun.
• Wind turbines that generate
electricity from the wind.
• Electric vehicles that run on
electricity instead of gasoline.
• Energy-efficient appliances
that use less energy.
• Recycling programs that
reduce the amount of waste
that is sent to landfills.