SENIOR HIGH

EMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGY
Quarter 1 – Module 1
ICT in the Context of Global Communication

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 SENIOR HIGH

EMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGY
Quarter 1 – Module 1
ICT in the Context of Global Communication
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 WHAT I NEED TO KNOW:
Overview
Hello dear learners! Welcome to this module on Empowerment Technology.
This module will help you explore the different technologies and online platforms and
how they can be used effectively. It contains activities that will let you create your
own ICT contents and evaluate existing online creation tools, platforms, and
applications. The module is self – instructional and allows you to learn in your own
space, at your own pace. So, relax and enjoy learning.

Module Content

First Quarter Module 1: ICT in the Context of Global Communication will

give you an introduction into ICT and the different online platforms that may be used
for its specific purpose. It will also tackle on online safety, security, and online
etiquette. You will be able to get tips on how to maximize the power of the Internet to
assist you in your research work through discussing research tools and evaluating
relevant and reliable websites.

Module 2: Productivity Tools will help you on using advanced knowledge in

Word, PowerPoint, and Excel applications. This module will also allow you to critic
on good qualities of web design.
To get the most of this module, here are some reminders for you:
1. Take your time in reading the lessons.
2. Write down points for clarification and discuss this with your teacher.
3. Perform all activities and answer all worksheets.

4. Answer all tests in this module and check your answers to the answer key
found on page 14.
5. Answer all activities in a separate sheet of paper or in your notebook.

6. Have fun while learning with this module. It will totally be of great use which
ever strand you may belong because ICT is for everybody.

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 Learning Competencies

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Compare and contrast the nuances of varied online platforms, sites, and
content to best achieve specific class objectives or address situational
challenges.

2. Evaluate existing online creation tools, platforms and applications in

developing ICT content for specific professional tracks.

3. Apply online safety, security, ethics, and etiquette standards and practice in
the use of ICTs as it would relate to their specific professional tracks.

4. Use the Internet as a tool for credible research and information gathering to
best achieve specific class objectives or address situational.

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 WHAT I NEED TO KNOW

LESSON 1: What is Information and Communications

Technology?

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) often deals with

the use of different technologies such as mobile phones, telephones, computer,
Internet, and other devices, as well as software and applications to locate, save,
send, and manipulate information. Empowering ICT is important for its innovative
uses impacts our daily lives. It has affected our ways of communicating, made our
lives more convenient, and assisted countries towards their modernization plans.
Thus, there is a need to create a foundation of understanding in the world of ICT.

WHAT ARE MY GOALS?

By the end of this lesson, you are expected to:
1. Identify varied online platforms and sites.

2. Compare and contrast the nuances of varied online platforms, sites,

and content to best achieve specific class objectives or address
situational challenges.

3. Evaluate existing online creation tools, platforms and applications

in developing ICT content.

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 WHAT I KNOW
You must be excited to flip over the pages and begin with the lessons.
But first, please answer the pre-test to measure what topics have you known so far.

Direction: Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. What type of web page is classified as flat or stationary?
A. Web 1.0 B. Web 2.0 C. Web 3.0 D. Web 4.0
2. What web 2.0 feature allows users to subscribe to a data plan that charges for
the amount of time spent on the internet?
A. Folksonomy B. Long Tail C. User Participation D. Application
3. What is the name of the symbol that is used to classify and categorize
information?
A. Hashtag B. Question Mark C. Asterisk D. At sign
4. What specific type of social media allows you to connect with other people?
A. Microblogging B. Social Networks C. Media Sharing D. Social News
5. Twitter is an example of what specific type of social media?
A. Microblogging B. Social Networks C. Media Sharing D. Social News
6. YouTube and Instagram are examples of what specific type of social media?
A. Blogs and Forums B. Social Networks C. Media Sharing D. Bookmarking Sites
7. What specific type of social media allows its users to post their original
content on websites such as WordPress, Blogger, and Tumblr?
A. Blogs and Forums B. Social Networks C. Media Sharing D. Bookmarking Sites
8. What type of social media allows you to manage links to various websites?
A. Blogs and Forums B. Social Networks C. Media Sharing D. Bookmarking Sites
9. What do you call the global system of interconnected computer networks that use
servers to link billions of devices worldwide?
A. Websites B. Web browser C. Internet D. World Wide Web
10. What type of web page is classified as a dynamic page?
A. Web 1.0 B. Internet C. Web 2.0 D. Web 3.0

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 WHAT’S IN
Reflect on the following questions:

1. How many times have you checked your phone this morning?
2. How many updates have you posted on Facebook, Twitter, or
Instagram today?
3. Do you use the internet/ mobile for an hour after you woke up this
morning? Have you followed a celebrity/ a crush on his/ her social
media?

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) often deals with the use

of different technological inventions like mobile phones, telephones, computer,

Internet, and other devices, as well as software and applications to locate, save, send,

and manipulate information. ICT has greatly contributed to how easy our lives has

been today. Our gadgets have become part of our necessity that we check on them

after we wake up. It made communication easier. We can use cellular phones that are

designed for communicating with other people even they are miles away from us. It

has also assisted us in our work since there are Internet-based jobs. It has

revolutionized our education and in the modernization of our economy.

WHAT’S NEW

ACTIVITY 1.1: Internet and Computer Readiness Test

Directions: Read and reflect each item carefully. State whether you agree or

disagree to each of the statements by drawing a happy face ( ) if you agree and a

sad face ( ) if you disagree. There are no right or wrong answers for this activity.
Write your answers in your activity notebook.

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 SITUATIONS
1. I have reliable access to a computer, mobile phone, tablet, or any gadget that can
act as substitute to computers.
2. I have access to a high-speed internet connection with video streaming
capabilities.
3. I have experience using email: I can create, send, forward, reply to, and save
email messages and attachments.
4. I have experience in word processing: I can create, edit, save, and navigate
documents using software program such as Microsoft Word or Pages for Mac.
5. I have experience in creating slide presentations: I can use programs such as
Microsoft PowerPoint or Keynote for Mac.
6. I know how to search the web using Internet browsers such as Firefox or Google
Chrome.
7. I have experience using online or mobile social media (ex. Facebook, Twitter)
8. I have experience viewing videos online (YouTube)
9. I have experience filling out forms and taking quizzes online.
10. I have experiences using cloud-based programs such as Google Drive or Google
Docs.
11. I have experience searching online for academic resources (ex. Google Scholar)
12. I have experience with video conferencing (ex. Skype).

Did you agree to all or most of the questions? If so, then you must have
experienced using the different online platforms and sites!

WHAT IS IT
ICT in the Philippines

Philippines is dubbed as the “ICT Hub of Asia” because of huge growth of ICT-
related jobs, one of which is BPO, Business Process Outsourcing, or call centers. In
a data gathered by the Annual Survey of Philippines Business and Industries in 2010,
the ICT industry shares 19.3% of the total employment population. When the internet
was fully commercialized in 1995, it has tremendously impacted culture and
commerce, including the rise of near instant communication by email, instant

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messaging, telephony (Voice over Internet Protocol or VoIP), two-way interactive
video calls, and the World Wide Web with its discussion forums, blogs, social
networking, and online shopping sites. Internet is the global system of interconnected
computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate
between networks and devices. The World Wide Web The World Wide Web is an
information system on the Internet that allows documents to be connected to other
documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving
from one document to another. It was invented by Tim-Berners Lee. The World Wide
Web browser software, such as Microsoft's Internet Explorer/Edge, Mozilla Firefox,
Opera, Apple's Safari, and Google Chrome, let users navigate from one web page to
another via the hyperlinks embedded in the documents. These documents may also
contain any combination of computer data, including graphics, sounds, text, video,
multimedia and interactive content that runs while the user is interacting with the page.
The Web has enabled individuals and organizations to publish ideas and information
to a potentially large audience online at greatly reduced expense and time delay.

Types of Web Pages

• Web 1.0 or The Web. It is the first stage of the World Wide Web evolution. It is
a flat or stationary page since it cannot be manipulated by the user.
• Web 2.0 or The Social Web allows users to interact with the page, the user may
be able to comment or create a user account. Most website that we visit today
are Web 2.0.
• Web 3.0 or Semantic Web. The semantic web provides a framework that allows
data to be shared and reuse to deliver web content specifically targeting the
user. Search Engine will learn about you and your habits from each search you
perform and will gather details about you from your previous activities like likes
and social postings and present the answers as per your preferences

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Below is a comparison of Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0:
https://lcy0210.wordpress.com/2019/01/11/web-3-0-to-5-0-is-coming-soon/

CRITERIA WEB 1.0 WEB 2.0 WEB 3.0

Communication Broadcast Interactive Engaged/ Invested
Information Static/ Read-only Dynamic Portable & Personal
Focus Organization Community Individual
Content Ownership Sharing Immersion
Interaction Web Forms Web Application Smart Applications
Search Directories Tags/ Keywords Context/ Relevance
Metrics Page Views Cost per Click User Engagement
Advertising Banners Interactive Behavioral
Technologies HTML/ FTP Flash/ Java/ XML RDF/ RDFS/ OWL

Features of Web 2.0

FEATURES WEB 2.0

FOLKSONOMY allows users to collectively classify and find
information using freely chosen keywords (e.g.
"tagging" by facebook). Tagging uses the pound
sign #, often referred to as hastag.
RICH USER EXPERIENCE dynamic content that is responsive to user input
(e.g., a user can "click" on an image to enlarge it
or find out more information)
USER PARTICIPATION the owner of website is not the only one who is
able to put content. Others are able to place a
content on their own by means of comments,
reviews, and evaluation.
LONG TAIL services that are offered on demand rather than
on a one-time purchase. This is synonymous to
subscribing to a data plan that charges you for
the amount of time you spent in the Internet, or a
data plan that charges you for the amount of
bandwidth you used.
SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE users will subscribe to a software only when
needed rather than purchasing them.

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 WHAT IS IT
ACTIVITY 1.2: Where do I belong?

DIRECTIONS: Using the Internet, look for the webpages of the pages listed below.
Evaluate whether they are Web 1.0, Web 2.0, or Web 3.0. Write your answers in your
activity notebook.
1. Amazon.co.uk
2. WolframAlpha
3. Inquirer.net
4. Youtube.com
5. Instagram
6. Siri’s Apple Voice Recognition
7. Facebook.com
8. Encyclopedia Britannica
9. Trio Healthcare Group
10. The New York Time

Good job on answering your activity!

WHAT’S NEW
LESSON 1.1: ONLINE PLATFORMS AND SITES
Because of the wide capacity of Web 2.0, it has helped in creating dynamic
online platform sites. Online platform is a specially developed platform using Internet
technology. Online platforms have revolutionized access to any information. Online
platforms currently include, but are not limited to:
• Presentation or Visualization
• Cloud Computing
• File Management
• Mapping
• Social Media

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Let us go through them one by one!
1. Presentation or Visualization Platform allows you to present and share
presentations, infographics and videos with other people. It is used to
communicate information clearly and efficiently.
2. Cloud Computing Platform is also called as “The cloud.” It is the practice of
using a network of remote servers hosted on the internet. Instead of using your
computer’s hard drive, you store and access your data and programs over the
Internet.
3. File Management Platform is used for the storing, naming, sorting, and
handling of computer files. Allows you to convert and manage files without
download in the software tool.
4. Mapping Platform is a transformation taking the points of one space into the
points of the same or another space. Uses GPS to detect location and used for
navigation.
5. Social Media Platform is a computer-mediated tools that allow large group of
people to create, share or exchange information, interest and the information
shared can be in the form of ideas, pictures, videos or anything that you want
to create and share to virtual communities. It can be in the following platforms:
• Social Networks. These sites allow you to connect with other people with
the same interests or background.
• Bookmarking Sites. These are sites that allow you to store and manage
links to various websites and resources.
• Social News. These are sites that allow users to post their own news
items or links to other news sources.
• Media Sharing. These are sites that allow you to upload and share
media content like images, music, and video. Media sharing sites can
be specific for video sharing, photo sharing, slide sharing, social
bookmarking, and gaming.
• Microblogging. These are sites that focus on short updates from the
user. Those subscribed to the user will be able to receive these updates.
Posts are brief that range typically from 140 – 200 characters.
• Blogs and Forums. These are websites that allow users to post their
content. Other users can comment on the said topic.

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 WHAT CAN I DO

ACTIVITY 1.3: Which Website Is It?

DIRECTIONS: Listed below are some of the platforms. Complete the table below by
providing name of website and a short description using the internet. Write your
answers on your activity notebook.

PLATFORMS NAMES OF WEBSITES DESCRIPTION

Presentation or
Visualization
Cloud Computing
File Management
Mapping
Social Networks
Social News
Microblogging
Blogs and Forums

WHAT I HAVE LEARNED

Reflect on the following questions and answer them briefly on your activity notebook.
Please refer to the rubrics on the next page.
1. How dependent are we on technology?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
2. How do the different online platforms help you as a student in your chosen
track?
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

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 Rubrics for grading
Criteria Score
Completeness (5 points) Does your response 5 4 3 2 1
directly answer each part of the question(s)?
Knowledge (10 points) Does your response
clearly show you have read and understand the
lesson content by correctly defining key terms,
key persons and summarizing concepts? Have
you made inferences based on this knowledge to
personal or modern-day applications?
Writing Skills (5 points) Do you write clearly, in
complete sentences, with minimal errors in
grammar and spelling?

ASSESSMENT

Directions: Read each item carefully and choose the letter of the correct answer. Write
your answers on a separate sheet of paper or in your activity notebook.
1. What type of web provides a framework that allows data to be shared and reuse
to deliver web content specifically targeting the user?
A. Web 1.0 C. Web 3.0
B. Web 2.0 D. Website
2. Which of the following is an example of sites under web 2.0?
A. Facebook C. Wikipedia
B. YouTube D. All of the above
3. 3. What type of web page is classified as flat or stationary?
A. Web 1.0 C. Web 2.0
B. Internet D. Web 3.0
4. Twitter statuses are only composed of a few characters. What type of social
media site does Twitter belong?
A. Micro blogging C. Social Networks
B. Media Sharing D. Bookmarking Sites
For #’s 5-6, use the choices inside the box

A. If only the FIRST statement is TRUE. C. If BOTH statements are TRUE.

B. If only the SECOND statement is TRUE. D. If BOTH statements are

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 5. Social networks are sites that allow you to connect with other people having
the same interests. It allows you to share your own news and other news from
other sources.
6. The Philippines is considered as the “ICT Hub in Asia.” The ICT Industry
shares 19.3% of the total employment population in the Philippines coming
from the government agencies.
7. Marisa wants to publish her collections of original poems online. Which online
platform must she do this?
A. Social News C. YouTube
B. Bookmarking Site D. Blogs
8. 8. Watson is creating a cover video of his favorite song. Which online platform
must he publish this?
A. Social News C. YouTube
B. Bookmarking Site D. Blogs
9. 9. Cathy has created a very good slideshow presentation on a certain topic,
and she wants to share it to other teachers around the world. Which online
platform must she publish this?
A. Presentation Platforms C. File Management Platforms
B. Cloud Computing Platforms D. Social Media Platforms
10. What is the name of the symbol that is used to classify and categorize
information?
A. Hashtag C. Asterisk
B. Question Mark D. At sign

Congratulations! You are finally done with Lesson 1!

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