K to 12 Basic Education Curriculum

Creative Technologies
Learning Module

CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY
GRADE 7 SCIENCE CLASS
LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET NO.1

LESSON 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF DYNAMIC COMPUTER APPLICATION &

INTERACTIVE GRAPHICS (DCAI)

Learning Competency 1.1 Define the concepts and principles in dynamic computer applications and interactive designs.

Performance Standards: The Learner independently designs on Advocacy Campaign Poster by applying the basic
concepts and principles of Dynamic Computer Applications and Interactive Designs

Definition of Terms

SOFTWARE is a series of related instructions, organized to perform some specific tasks or used to operate a computer. It is also
called a Program.
SYSTEM SOFTWARE consists of programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices,

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OPERATING SYSTEM is a set of programs that coordinates all the activities among computer hardware devices.
DEVICE DRIVERS are specialized software programs that allow input and output devices to communicate with the rest of the
computer system.
UTILITY SOFTWARE allows a user to perform maintenance-type tasks usually related to managing a computer, its devices or its
programs.
APPLICATION SOFTWARE is any program or group of programs that is capable of dealing with user inputs and helps the user to
complete the task.
WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE is used to manipulate and format text, creates memos, letters, faxes and documents.
SPREADSHEET SOFTWARE is used to perform and manipulate calculations.
PRESENTATION SOFTWARE is a program that shows the information in the form of slides.
DATABASE SOFTWARE is a collection of data related to any applications.

Information Sheet 1.1

Software, also called a program, is a series of related instructions, organized to perform some specific tasks or used to operate a
computer. It directs all the peripheral devices on a computer system what to do and how to perform work. Without the software, a user
can’t operate hardware and perform any calculations. The computer system can be divided into three components: the hardware, the
software and the users. This software comes from a Software Developer in a form of a CD or Compact Disc). A user interacts with a
program through its a graphical user interface or GUI (pronounced as gooey), the user is able to interact with the software using text,
graphics, and visual images such as icons. An Icon is a miniature image representing a program, an instruction, a file or some other
object. Software is divided into two parts: system software and application software.

1. SYSTEM SOFTWARE
A System Software consists of programs that control or maintain the operations of the computer and its devices. The system software
serves as the interface between the user, the application software and the computer’s hardware.
Three basic components of a system software are the operating system, device drivers and utility software.

A. Operating System is a set of programs that coordinates all the activities among computer
hardware devices. A low-level, master system of programs that manage the basic
operations of the computer. It provides a means for users to communicate with the
computer and other software. They handle the control and use of hardware resources, disk
space, memory, CPU (Central Processing Unit), time allocation and peripheral devices. Every computer must have an
operating system to run other programs. When a user boot-up a computer, portions of the operating system are copied into
memory form the computer’s hard disk. These parts of the operating system remain in memory while the computer is on.
B. Device Drivers are specialized software programs that allow input and output devices to communicate with the rest of the
computer system. Device drivers comes with the system software when you purchase a computer, the system software will
guide you through installing the necessary drivers.
C. Utility software allows a user to perform maintenance-type tasks usually related to
managing a computer, its devices, or its programs. They are used to support, enhance or
expand existing programs in a computer system. There are utility programs that can be
bought that allows you to perform additional computer management functions. Examples of
utility software are antivirus, backup software, compression utility, disk checkers, disk
partition editors, debuggers, memory tester, network monitors, registry cleaners and etc.
2. APPLICATION SOFTWARE
Application software is any program or group of programs that is capable of dealing with user inputs
and helps the user to complete the task. It is either be installed or access online. It can be a single
program or a group of small programs that referred to as an application suite consists of programs
designed to make users more productive and/or assist them with personal tasks. Example of application
software includes Word processing software, spreadsheets software, presentation, graphics,
CAD/CAM, sending email and etc. Many other types of application software exist that enable users to perform.
TYPE OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE
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1. Word Processing Software – It is used to manipulate and format text, create memos, letters, faxes and
documents. Word Processor provides a list of features like thesaurus, find and replace features that enable users to
scan and replace, modify fonts, word art to animate titles and many more.

2. Spreadsheet software – It is used to perform and manipulate calculations. The data in a spreadsheet is stored
in a cell. A cell is a grid of columns and rows. It provides formulas and function to perform calculations like
arithmetic operations, logical operations and text operations.

3. Presentation software – It is a program that shows the information in the form of slides. To make these
slides more informative, text, graphics video and images are added. The three components of Presentation
software are text editor for inputting and formatting text, inserting graphics, text, video and other multimedia
files and slideshow to display the information. This software helps the presenter to present their ideas with ease

and visual information easy to understand.

4. Database Software – is a collection of data related to any applications. The environment in every
application has some database wherever data regarding users hold on. For this purpose, we used database
software after we operate the application data is accessed from the database, and after manipulation, it gets
back to keep in the database. The DBMS (Database Management System) Software tool is used for storing,
modifying extracting and looking for information within a database. Examples of database application
software are MySQL, MS Access, Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle.

5. Multimedia Software – It is a combination of text, graphics, audio and multimedia software used in the
editing of video, audio and text. Multimedia software used in the growth of business, educations,
information, remote system and entertainment.

ACTIVITY 1

Modified True or False. Write TRUE if the statement is correct. Otherwise, underline the word that makes it false and write the
word/s to make the statement true.
__________ 1. SOFTWARE is a series of related instructions, organized to perform some specific tasks or used to operate a
computer.

__________ 2. An Icon is a miniature image representing a program, an instruction, a file or some other object.

__________ 3. The utility software serves as the interface between the user, the application software and the computer’s hardware.

__________ 4. Operating System is a set of programs that coordinates all the activities among computer hardware devices.

__________ 5. Device drivers allows a user to perform maintenance-type tasks usually related to managing a computer, its devices, or
its programs.

ACTIVITY 2
Identify what is being ask in each item.

_____ 1. It is a software graphics that allows the user to draw or paint images on a computer.
_____ 2. Is any program or group of programs that is capable of dealing with user inputs and helps the user to complete the task.
_____ 3. It is used to perform and manipulate calculations.
_____ 4. It is used to make the presentation animated.
_____ 5. A software used in the growth of business, educations, information, remote system and entertainment.
_____ 6. These are specialized software programs that allow input and output devices to communicate with the rest of the computer
system.
_____ 7. They are used to support, enhance or expand existing programs in a computer system.

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_____ 8. They can able to interact with the software using text, graphics, and visual images such as icons.
_____ 9. It enables users to scan and replace, modify fonts, word art to animate titles and many more.
_____ 10. It used for storing, modifying extracting and looking for information within a database.
ACTIVITY 3
Write OS if the word is Operating System, US if Utility Software, and AS if Application Software.

______ 1. Linux ______ 6. Windows XP

______ 2. Avira ______ 7. Norton

______ 3. Windows 10 ______ 8. Bitdefender

______ 4. MS Word ______ 9. VLC Media Player

______ 5. Paint ______ 10. MacOS

Reflection

1. How can application software be beneficial to the users?

PERFORMANCE TASK

1. Design an Advocacy Campaign Poster by applying the basic concepts and principles of Dynamic Computer
Applications and Interactive Designs. You can use any application software.
2. Submit the softcopy via messenger or email jjtoledo1993@gmail.com

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