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Empowerment Technologies
Grade 11
Learner’s Material
Quarter 1 – Module 1
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First Edition, 2020

Published by: Department of Education Division Rizal

Schools Division Superintendent: Cherrylou D. Repia

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Content Standard:
• ICT in the context of global communication for specific professional track.

Performance Standard:

• Compose an insightful reflection paper on the nature of ICT in the context of

their lives,
society, and professional tracks (Arts, TechVoc, Sports, Academic).

Most Essential Learning Competency:

• Compare and contrast the nuances of varied online platforms, sites, and con-

tent to best achieve specific class objectives or address situational challenges.

Objective:

1. Explain the importance of the different Information Technologies to our daily life.

2. Conduct a survey/ interview of the business owner using the guide questions

provided.

3. Explain the current state of ICT technologies ( Web 2.0, Web 3.0, convergent

technologies, social, mobile, and assistive media.

4. Evaluate ten websites as static or dynamic.

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Activity 1: Pre-Assessment

Instructions: Circle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer. Answer the 5-
item multiple choice test on what you know about Introduction to Information and
Communication technologies.

1. A web page that allows users to interact with the information that is listed
on the page.

a. static c. social

b. dynamic d. comment

2. A user-generated system of classifying and organizing online content into

different categories by the use of metadata such as electronic tags.

a. hashtags c. taxonomy

b. folksonomy d. rich user experience

3. A web applications that are more pervasive, dynamic, and interactive.

a. rich user experience c. user participation

b. long tail d. mass participation

4. An extension of the World Wide Web through standards set by the World
Wide Web consortium.

a. W3C c. Web 1.0

b. Semantic Web d. Web 2.0

5. A proprietary mobile operating system designed specifically for Research In

Motion's (RIM) BlackBerry devices.

a. iOS c. Blackberry OS

b.Symbian d. Windows Mobile

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Activity 2:

Instructions: Take turns answering the questions below. Answer the following

honestly:

1. How many times a day do you check your phone?

2. Is social media becomes part of your life?

3. Do you spend hours scrolling mindlessly reading news and updates that have no
meaning at all?

4. Do you check all notification all the time?

5. Do you crave for internet connection?

You are considered a digital native, if you are guilty in most of the questions. It
only means that, from the moment you were born, you were already surrounded by
ICT.

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Activity 3: Static vs. Dynamic

Instructions: Give at least 5 websites and classify them as static or dynamic. What
makes each website stationary or dynamic? Use the table below.

Website Stationary Dynamic Reason

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Activity 4: Reading Activity
Lesson Notes: Read and understand the lesson being presented.

Information and Communication Technology

Information and communications technology (ICT) refers to all the technology used to
handle telecommunications, broadcast media, intelligent building management systems, audio-
visual processing and transmission systems, and network-based control and monitoring func-
tions. ICT is very important for businesses to meet their day to day operational tasks and es-
tablish a secure and hassle-free communication flow. It helps in automating day to day manual
processes to increase productivity and improve accuracy.

ICT in the Philippines

ICT played a very important role in the history of the Philippines. Many of the campaigns
that call for social change would not have been successful if it were not for ICT. As the Philip-
pines struggle to demonstrate unity for a call to action or social change, ICT has always been
there to help. ICTs are influencing both as an industry that creates jobs and as a tool that em-
powers workers to access new forms of work, in new and more flexible way. The emerging ICT
-enabled employment opportunities matter because countries around the world are looking to
create more good jobs, which have positive economic and social implications for workers and
society.

WEB 1.0: Static Pages

Static Web page refers to the first stage in the World Wide Web, which was entirely
made up of web pages connected by hyperlinks. Static (also known as flat page or stationary
page) in the sense that the page is “as is” and cannot be manipulated by the user. This is re-
ferred to as web 1.0.
WEB 2.0: Dynamic Web Pages
The term Web 2.0 refers to websites that integrate user-generated content, place an em-
phasis on user experience, and offer improved interoperability. Web 2.0 is the term that was
coined out of a desire to differentiate between the simple static websites that first populated the
web, and the web applications cropping up to take their place. Web 2.0 sites are marked by six
characteristics that set them apart from their Web 1.0 predecessors:
1. Folksonomy-allows users to categorize and classify/arrange information using freely cho-
sen keywords (e.g. tagging). Popular social networking sites such as Twitter, Instagram, Face-
book, etc. use tags that start with a pound sign (#) or hashtag. It is also known as social tag-
ging, collaborative tagging, social classification and social bookmarking. It is the process of us-
ing digital content tags for categorization or annotation to classify websites, pictures, docu-
ments and other forms of data so that the content may be easily categorized and located by
users.

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2. Rich User Interface-content is dynamic and is responsive to user’s input. An example would
be a website that shows local content. In the case of social networking sites, when logged on,
your account is used to modify what you see in their website.

3. User Participation-the owner of website is not the only one who is able to put content. Oth-
ers are able to place content on their own by means of comments, reviews, and evaluation.

4. Long Tail-services are offered on demand rather than on a one-time purchase. This is syn-
onymous to subscribing to a data plan that charges you for the amount of time you spent on
Internet or a data plan that charges you for the amount of bandwidth you used.

5. Software as a service-users will subscribe to a software only when needed rather than pur-
chasing them.

6. Mass Participation- sharing through universal web access.

Web 3.0 and the Semantic Web

It is a movement led by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). The semantic web pro-
vides a framework that allows data to be shared and reuse to deliver web content specifically
targeting the user.

Factors for not fully recognizing semantic as web 3.0:

1. Compatibility-HTML files and current web browsers could not support Web 3.0.
2. Security-The user’s security is also question since the machine is saving his or her
preferences.
3. Vastness-The World Wide Web already contains billions of web pages.
4. Vagueness-Certain words are imprecise. The words “old” and “small” would depend to the
user.
5. Logic- since machines use logic, there are certain limitations for a computer to be able to
predict whatthe user is referring to at a given time.

Trends in ICT
1. Convergence-It is the synergy of technological advancements to work on a similar goal or
task. For example, besides using your personal computer to create word documents, you can
now use your smart phone. It is a platform that can create multiple tasks.

2.Social Media-is a website, application, or online channel that enables web users to create,
co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user generated content.
Six types of social media:

a. Social Networks-These are sites that allow you to connect with other people with the
same interests or background. Once the user creates his/her account, he/she can set
up a profile, add people, share content, etc. Example : Facebook and Google+ b.
b. Bookmarking Sites-These are sites that allow you to store and manage links to various
website and resources. Ex. : StumbleUpon/Pinterest.

c. Social News-These are sites that allow users to post their own news items or links to
other news sources. The users can also comment on the post and comments may also
be rank. Example: reddit and Digg.

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 d. Media Sharing-These are sites that allow you to upload and share media content like
images, music and video. Example: Flickr, Youtube and Instagram.

e. Microblogging-These are sites that focus on short updates from the user. Those that
subscribed to the user will be able to receive these updates. Example: Twitter & Plurk.

f. Blogs and Forums-These websites allow user to post their content. Other users are able
to comment on the said topic. Example: Blogger, WordPress and Tumblr.

3. Mobile Technologies-The popularities of smart phones and tablets has taken a major rise
over the years. This is largely because of the devices capability to do the tasks that were origi-
nally found in PCs.

Several of these devices are capable of using high-speed internet. Today the latest model
devices use 4GNetworking (LTE), which is currently the fastest mobile network.

Mobile OS

a. iOS-use in apple devices such as iPhone and iPad.

b. Android-an open source OS developed by Google. Being open source means mobile
phone companies use this OS for free.
c. Blackberry OS-It is use in Blackberry devices.
d. Windows Phone OS-a closed source and proprietary operating system developed by
Microsoft.
e. Symbian-the original smart phone OS; used by Nokia devices.
f. Web OS-originally used in smart phones; now used in smart TVs.
g. Windows Mobile-developed by Microsoft for smart phones and pocket PCs.4.

4. Assistive Media-is a non- profit service designed to help people who have visual and
Reading impairments. A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user.

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Activity 5:
To fully understand the importance of ICT, let us first look at our community.
Look for a small business around your community.
Conduct a short interview of the business owner using the following guide.

Company/Establishment Name:_____________________________________

Address:____________________________________________________________

Nature of Business:_________________________________________________

Guide Questions:

1. Does your establishment have internet connection? If yes,

what is its purpose? If no, would you consider having it in the

future? Why or why not?

2. Does your business have a website? If yes, how does it help the

company? If no, would you consider having one in the future?

Why or why not?

3. (If applicable ) Would you consider giving free Wi-Fi access in the

future? If you already have it, does it help boost sales?

Ask you classmates about the results of the interviews and notice the trend on
most of the responses.

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Activity 6: Identifying the Correct Web Platform for Social Change
1. Identify a problem in your community.
2. Think that you are going to create a website to persuade both community leaders
and members to solve this problem.
1. Fill out the form below.

Community Problem:_____________________________________________
Vicinity:__________________________________________________________
Campaign Name:_________________________________________________
Type of Social Media Used:________________________________________
Website Used:____________________________________________________

What is the content of your social media site?

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Why did you choose that particular type of social media?

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________

Why did you choose that website?

__________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
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RUBRICS
10 pts – Content
5 pts – Creativity
5 pts – Organization of idea
20 pts TOTAL

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 Activity 7:

1. Why do you think microblogging platforms have become popular when

regular blogging platform already exist?

_______________________________________________________________________

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_______________________________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________

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2. What do you think of web 3.0? Do you think it will be realized someday

In the future?

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

________________________________________________________________________

RUBRICS .
10 pts – Ideas
5 pts – Understanding
5 pts – Sentence Structure
20 pts TOTAL

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Activity 8:

Write T if the sentence is correct, otherwise, write F on the blank before each item.

_____1. According to Nielsen, users who use the internet spend more time in social
media sites than in any other type of site.

_____2. Blogging sites are sites that focus on short updates from the user.

_____3. Android is a mobile operating system for Apple devices.

_____4. Assistive media is a nonprofit service designed to help people who have visual
and reading impairments.

_____5. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) deals with the use of differ-
ent communication technology to locate, save, send, and edit information.

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 can achieve

Activity 9:

I understand that __________________________

_______________________________________________
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______________________________________________.

I realize that ______________________________

_______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
______________________________________________.

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Books:
EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES, Innovative Training Works, INC. Second
Edition

Websites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUoR6odvnOk

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Activity 1:
1. B
2. B
3. D
4. B
5. C

Activity 2:
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Activity 3:
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Activity 4:
Reading

Activity 5:
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Activity 6:
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Activity 7:
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Activity 8:
1. T
2. F
3. F
4. T
5. T

Activity 9:
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