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2nd Quarter-Worktext, Week 1 (4 days)

Lesson 1
Introduction to Information and Communication Technology

INTRODUCTION:
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It gives you the
opportunity to explore and understand how rich media content is and how interactivity
and its principles, in the context of Web 2.0, affect and change the users’ experiences
in the delivery and consumption of ICT content. The lessons are arranged to follow the
standard of the course in helping you to assess the rich content based on your own
experience in using the interface.
The module mainly focuses on one lesson:
• Lesson 1 – Rich Content in the Online Environment and the User Experience,
Multimedia and Interactivity and Web 2.0, Web 3.0, and User Participation in the
Web.
Learning Competencies:
explore the principles of interactivity and rich content in the context of Web
2.0 and the participation of the user in the online experience.
CS_ICT11/12-ICTPT-IIk-14

Upon successful completion of this module, you are expected to:

1. explore the principles of interactivity and rich content in the context of Web
2.0 and the participation of the user in the online experience and
2. assess independently your own experience along a range of online rich
content based on the usability of the interface.
DISCUSSION:

Multimedia and ICT

Majority of the existing websites on the internet are interactive. The content
can be modified based on the preference of the users. It allows users to interact with
the site even to comment or create their own account. It also gives the user enough
space such as file storage and let them use the web browser instead of just using
their site. There are some instances that there are ads that will flash on the screen
of the website that encourage the users to use and subscribe on it. Those are the
promotional materials generated by the web host and it is an example of a Web 3.0.

Types of Multimedia Content

Multimedia triggers the different senses to function well through the us[e of different
multimedia contents like texts, music, photos or images, interactive content,
animations, and videos.

These are the following Multimedia Contents that you can see on an interactive website:
1. Videos – is a digital moving visual image generated through video hosting
sites
(e.g., YouTube).

2. Sound, Music, or Audio – If you just want to listen in the plain speech, you can

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always record a sound through your gadget and share it to the entire world.
(e.g., WavePad)

3. Online Games – Most of the developers of online games has created

“Browser-based Games” today where you do not need to download and
install in your PC and it is playable online via browser (e.g., EverWing, Word
Blitz, Piano Music).

4. Online Tests – These are the online survey forms that automatically
tabulate and calculate the results when it’s done (e.g., Online IQ, and
Personality Test).

5. Courseware – is an alternative tool to educate learners through online

coaching. (e.g., Moodle Mobile).

6. Podcasts – A series of a digital audio files that is available on the internet for
downloading to desktops or mobile devices. (e.g., TED Talks)

7. Vodcasts – A series of videos streamed online that is available on the

internet for downloading to mobile devices. (e.g., YouTube series).

Uses of Multimedia in Different Fields

Education – Multimedia plays a vital role on the learning process of the learners. Multimedia
content improves the learning process and motivate the students to interact well in the class.

Entertainment – The special effects and animations that are being applied in all modern
movies are the products of multimedia content. For that reason, there have been a drastic
evolution on the world of online games, majority of the online games today that are highly
interactive.

Business – Many businesses integrate media content on their advertisement as their

marketing strategy to attract prospect clients or consumers.

Medicine – The field of medicine integrates multimedia content to analyze further their field
of study and to train future doctors and practitioners easily through visual presentation.

Mathematics and Scientific Research – When we heard Mathematics and Scientific

research, we imagine that all the problems and issues related to them are very difficult to
analyze, understand, and solve. However, with the help of the videos, models, and
courseware, we can easily understand the methods used to solve complex problems.

• Government – Multimedia is very useful in all government agencies around

the world. They use multimedia to deliver information, procedures, and
regulations from one place to another.

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Name: _________________________ Subject Teacher: ____________________
Grade and Section: _______________ Contact No.: ____________________
Score:
2nd Quarter
Activity : Week 1
Directions: Encircle and tell all the media content that you see inside the box.
Illustrate in your activity notebook or in a piece of paper.

Parents Signature Over Printed Name

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