Grade 11

Empowerment Technologies
Module 3: ICT: A New Mean Of Communication
2nd Semester, S.Y. 2020-2021

Prepared by:

MARVIN O. PORMENTO
Subject Teacher

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MDM-Sagay College, Inc.
Office: Feliza Bldg., Marañon St. Pob 2, Sagay City
Campus: National Highway, Poblacion 2, Sagay City, Negros Occidental
Tel.# 488-0531/ email: mdm_sagay2000@gmail.com.

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 Pre-Test

Can you still remember the 3 most commonly used application in presenting data/
information from our previous topic?

1. ____________________ - used in _________________________________________________

2. ____________________ - used in _________________________________________________

3. ____________________ - used in _________________________________________________

What I Need to Know

This module was designed and written for you. It is here to help you to compare and
contrast the difference among various online platforms and how will you use them
accordingly to its purpose. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different
learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students.
The lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in
which you read them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Be able to create an original or derivative ICT content to effectively
communicate or present data or information related to specific professional
tracks;
2. Create an original MS Word, MS Excel Spreadsheet, MS PowerPoint
Presentation Content to deliver or convey ideas;
3. Explain the importance of each ICT Content in our daily lives ;
4. Achieve the specific class objective;

What is It

Introduction: Previously, we have discussed the three (3) applications commonly used is
presenting or rendering your data or information. In this module we are going to maximize
your skills for those type of application by creating your original contents.

WORD PROCESSING SKILLS

CREATING YOUR APPLICATION LETTER

Are you a professional job seeker? Or, are you just a student trying to make yourself
an application letter? No matter what the reason is, creating an eye-catching application
letter has a great “plus points” allowing you to stand-out among others. An application
letter or otherwise known as a “Cover letter”, serves as a sales tool and/ or a marketing
tool marketing your skills to any employer. Here are some useful tips to create your first
eye-catching application letter;

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1. Create a Draft letter
Creating a draft will allow you to have an overview of your letter. From “how does it
look like?” to “how does it sound like?” By doing so, you are refining your letter
making it more presentable to the eye of the reader.

2. Determine or identify your Reader

Your application letter should be addressed to the person in-charge of reading
or screening application letter from applicants. Usually, Human Resource Personnel
per company do this task.

3. Establish a strong Objective

The objective of an application letter is to attract the attention of your prospect
as well as to convey or convince them that you are the right person for the job.
Stating your purpose and intention adds emotion and desire to your letter.

4. Determine your Scope

The scope of your application letter should include those things that are
specific to obtaining your objective – convincing the reader to give you an
interview. This should be brief but precise and may include:
a. Desired Area of Employment - company branch nationwide, local area
or even company branch outside the country.
b. Specific Job title - what position do you apply for: Manager? Staff?
Administrative Aide?
c. Educational background – where did you finished your bachelor’s
degree? High School degree?
d. Specialized Trainings - what makes you suitable for the vacant position?
Are you a National Certificate Holder? What trainings have you acquired?
e. Employment Records – state your previous employment records if there
is any.

5. Organize your Letter

Organizing your letter will establish a logical order in which to present your
information sequentially. You have already begun this task by doing steps 1
to 4. If arranged properly, your letter will render a smooth information
transition and will allow the reader to fully understand your letter and your
intentions.
6. Use Attracting Font style and Font Size
Using appropriate font style and font style in writing your application letter is
essential. This will make the reader feel relaxed when reading or reviewing
your letter. Too large fonts - your letter looks so dull and obvious, to small –
the reader will have his forehead wrinkled in reading your letter. Usually, 11
or 12 is the desired font size to be used in writing application letters.

Here are some font style commonly used in writing application letters:
a. Calibri (Calibri) – soft, gentle and modern – is the default for many Email
programs/ softwares, so it is familiar to the eyes.

b. Time New Roman (Time New Roman) – for legal, operations and corporate
jobs, this formal font style is still readable electronically especially if
sending application letters using Email.

c. Arial (Arial) – this classic font style is a great choice for creative people or
those is a marketing field

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 d. Cambria (Cambria) – this is another font style that employers are familiar
with. Cambria is also as good to the eye as Times New roman does.

e. Book Antiqua (Book Antiqua) – this would work well for professionals in the
art of humanities.

Once you have polished your letter, you can now encode it on MS Office Word Application
ready to be printed and submitted to your prospected employer. Balance is essential in
writing formal documents and letters as it gives life and more meaning to what you are
writing or intending to convey to the readers.

Figure 1. Sample Cover Letter

EXCEL SPREADSHEET PROCESSING SKILLS

Store Inventory and Payroll Monitoring Sheet
In the previous module, we have discussed how spreadsheet works. Its unlimited
capacity to store and calculate data/ information allowing the user to have a fast, easy and
convenient monitoring of the circulation of data/ information.
Let’s say, you have submitted your application letter to a store owner in your locality and
you have been employed as one of their inventory and monitoring staff. Here is your best
chance to impress your employer and let them see what you have just learned from your
previous education since your high school years.
For an effective and smooth workflow using this application, an individual must have an
overall idea of how this works, its functions, operations, and formulas to effectively compute
each store item without any hassle, delay or effort of counting them one by one.

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What is a formula?
 Is a fact or rule expressed using letters, numbers and symbols.
 A formula in Excel is an expression that returns a specific result.
 Formulas and Functions drive almost everything useful you wanted to do in
Spreadsheet.

Here are the Four (4) Spreadsheet basic Operations:

1. Addition- Sum (+)
2. Subtraction- Difference (-)
3. Multiplication- Product(*)
4. Division- Quotient (/)

Note: All formulas in Excel Spreadsheet must start with an equal sign (=).

Cell Reference
The formula encoded as shown above is called “hard-coded”. This means that
each value in each cell is manually encoded by the user and this value does not
change unless you edit the formula again and change the values manually.
Generally, this is a bad habit in solving or using spreadsheet formulas because it
hides information, making it harder for the user to maintain or monitor a
spreadsheet.

The formula as shown below is an example of “cell reference”, so the values

will change anytime you modify or edit your formula. Notice the formula being used

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 in the formula bar. This will render an accurate result making your inventory or
information monitoring free from errors and easy to modify.

One of the advantage of using this method is that they automatically update when
a formula is copied to a new location. This means that you do not have to enter the
same formula again and again.

The figure below shows how this method in spreadsheet can be done using a series of commands.
To do this, first, right click on the previous cell then press Ctrl + C (Copy) to copy the formula. Next,
highlight the cell you wanted to paste the formula using the command Left Hold Click + hover up,
down, left or right and release. Then, after the cells are being put to active, right click on top of active
cell and select Paste Formula (Fx) as shown below.

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After doing so, this should be the result of your spreadsheet as shown below.

The cell reference above is called “relative reference”. This is because these cells share the
same formula but changes dynamically and continues to work the same way. A cell that
won’t change when copied is called “absolute reference”.

The figure below shows an example of store inventory form in spreadsheet.

Figure 2. Sample Inventory and Payroll Monitoring Sheet

Take time to study the structure of the sheet as shown in the figure above. Try to
figure out what formulas are being used in each column to achieve specific objective.

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION SKILLS

Creating Your Slide: Preparing Yourself for the Audience
Creating your presentation is the most challenging part in creating a report for it
gives you a chance to show-off to your audience what you got. Adding animations,
transitions and other arts might be the first to come-up to your mind right now. But
whether or not these features would help is really up to you. Sometimes, these features
could actually distract your audience rather than to help you in making them understand
your presentation.

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 Whatever tool you wanted to use in creating your presentation, always remember
these tips to help you create an effective presentation:
1. Minimize. Keep your slide count to a minimum to maintain a clear message and
to keep the audience attentive. Always bear in mind that your presentation is
just a visual aid, most information must still come from the reporter.

2. Clarity. Always remember that the last person seating at the back seat of that
room can still read your presentation. Font Size and Font Style really matters in
making a report. Also, consider what projecting tool to be used in presenting your
report to keep the balance between texts.

3. Simplicity. Use bullets or numbers to enumerate and shorten sentences.

Summarize the information you are going to present to keep the audience focus
on what the speaker or reporter is saying than on reading your slide.

4. Visuals. Use graphics to help you present your report but not too many to avoid
confusing your audience. Instead of using a table to present data, use charts and
graphs to make them more compact and tidy.

5. Consistency. Make your design uniform. Avoid having different font style, font
size, background, transitions and animations.

6. Contrast. Use light font on dark background or vice versa. This technique is
used so your presentation is easy to read. For an instance, it is easier to read on
the screen if the background is dark and font is light. This is because of the
brightness of the screen.

Now that you have these useful tips, it is now time for you to create your most stunning
and eye-catching presentation.

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 Assessment

True or False. Write T if the statement is true and F is the statement is false.
1. ______________ Use as many slides as you can.
2. ______________ PowerPoint Presentation is a form of visual aid.
3. ______________ Most of the contents of your report through the presentation and less
for the speaker.
4. ______________ Use bullets to simplify your message.
5. ______________ Use light fonts on light background.
6. ______________ Use light fonts on dark background.
7. ______________You can use as many graphics as you want.
8. ______________ make you design uniform.
9. ______________ Use as many background as you can.
10. ______________ use table instead of charts and graphs.

11. The cells share the same formula but changes dynamically and continues to work
the same way is called _____________.

12. A cell that won’t change when copied is called ______________.

13. ___________ is a fact or rule expressed using letters, numbers and symbols. It returns
a specific result.
14. ___________ is a command used to copy a value form a cell

15. One of the advantage of using this method is that they automatically update when
a formula is copied to a new location.

16. _______________ is soft, gentle and modern – is the default for many Email
programs/ softwares, so it is familiar to the eyes.

17. _______________ for legal, operations and corporate jobs, this formal font style is
still readable electronically especially if sending application letters using Email.

18. ___________ this classic font style is a great choice for creative people or those is a
marketing field

19. ________________ is another font style that employers are familiar with. Cambria is
also as good to the eye as Times New roman does.

20. ________________ would work well for professionals in the art of humanities.