Lesson 10: Interactive Multimedia

Multimedia Contents

1. Videos. Through video hosting sites, you can take a video and show it to the entire world (e.g.,
YouTube).

2. Sound, Music, or Audio. If videos are too much for you, you can always record sounds. You can now
share your sound bites to the entire world (e.g., Soundcloud).

3. Online games. Game developers now create what is called “browser-based games.” You do not need
to install these games to your computer as they run in most updated web browsers (AdventureQuest,
Farmville, Candy Crush)

4. Online tests. Online survey forms and tests that automatically display the results when finished
(Online IQ and Personality Tests).

5. Courseware. Online courses that simulate the classroom online (e.g., E-learning Courses using a
Learning Management System)

6. Podcasts. An episodic series of audio or text files streamed online (e.g., Stuff You Should Know, TED
Talks, The Starters, Ear Biscuits).

7. Vodcasts. An episodic series of video streamed online (e.g., YouTube series/shows like Video Game
High School, Good Mythical Morning).

Inserting YouTube Videos on Your Blog Post

1. Search this song on YouTube.com (you can use an official music video or someone else’s.

2. Go to the bottom of the video and click the Share button.

3. Click on Embed.

4. Copy the code similar to the screenshot below.

5. Create a new post on your WordPress then on the editor, click on the Text tab.

6. Paste your code.

7. Go back to the Visual tab and add text content on either the top of your video or the bottom.

8. Preview then publish the content.

Lesson 11: ICT as Platform for Change
Change.org is dubbed as the world’s platform for change where anyone from the online community can
create a petition and ask others to sign it.

The Role of ICT in Recent History

1. EDSA (People Power Revolution). The People Power Revolution lasted from 1983 to 1986. During a
radio broadcast of Radyo Veritas, Cardinal Sin encouraged the Filipinos to help end the regime of the
President Ferdinand Marcos. A major protest took place along EDSA from February 22 to 25, 1986.
Involving two million Filipinos from different sectors. These included civilians, political parties, the
military, and religious groups. The radio broadcast helped change the course of history. Without it,
Filipinos would not have been moved into action.

2. EDSA Dos. This is also known as the 2001 EDSA Revolution, happened during January 17 to 21, 2001. It
was fueled after 11 prosecutors of the President Joseph Estrada walked out of the impeachment trial. As
a result, the crowd in EDSA grew over the course of a few days through text brigades. Like the first
People Power Revolution, EDSA Dos would not have been successful without the text brigades.

3. Million People March. This is a series of protest that mainly took place in Luneta Park from August 22
to 26, 2013. There were also several demonstrations that happened around key cities in the Philippines
and some locations overseas. It was to condemn the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance
Fund (PDAF). Though dubbed as the Million People March, the number of total attendees was only
around 400,000. Despite that, it was still considered a success and clearly demonstrated how powerful
social media campaigns are. The organizers and promoters of the Million People March used Facebook
and Change.org as their mediums.

4. Yolanda People Finder. Recent storms in Philippine history gave birth to the People finder database
powered by Google. During typhoon Yolanda, the People Finder was a vital tool for people across the
globe to tract the situation of their relatives. This proved to be successful and is now adopted by more
organizations to help people track relatives during calamities.