Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION VIII – EASTERN VISAYAS
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF CATBALOGAN CITY
Office of the Schools Division Superintendent

LEARNER’S ACTIVITY SHEET FOR QUARTER 3, WEEK 7

Media and Information Literacy

DIGITAL DIVIDE, ADDICTION AND BULLYING

Name: _______________________________________ Grade & Section: _____________________

Teacher: _____________________________________ School: ______________________________

Competencies
Create a campaign add to combat digital divide, addiction, and bullying.

General Reminders: Use this activity sheet with care. Do not put unnecessary mark/s on any
part of the activity sheet. Use a separate sheet of paper in answering the exercises. Read the
directions carefully before doing each task. Return this activity sheet to your teacher/facilitator
once you are through with it.

Explore (Review and Motivation)

Activity 1. Picture Analysis

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 a. What issues do you see in the poster? __________________________________________________
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b. Which ones do you understand? Which ones do you not know? __________________________
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c. What possible dangers and issues of unguarded use of the internet are depicted in the
picture? _______________________________________________________________________________
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d. Which of these issues have happened to you or to your friends? Why did they happen?
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Learn (What is it/Discussion of the Topic)

Technology is very significant in our life specially in using the internet. It makes our
works in schools, offices and at home easier and faster in communication, research, doing
business and other online transactions. It greatly helps continue education despite of the
pandemic. The world on the internet is not a hundred percent safe for us users. We should bear
in mind to follow laws and rules in order to be protected from any cybercrime. This issue shall be
discussed in detail in the succeeding activities of this module and how to conquer these
problems.

Digital Divide (DD)

Do all members in the family have skills in digital manipulation? How does your parent
enroll you in the school this year? In what ways do you communicate with your family and
friends afar from you? Some of you may answer differently like not all members have the ability
to use technology while other family members can, some experience enrolling via online while
others went to their respective barangay to get the enrolment forms and lastly, others may be
through letters or basic phone call while others can have video call as a form of communication.
These are simple scenarios that we experience with what we called digital divide.

Digital divide pertains to the social and economic imbalance of the opportunities to access
to, use of or knowledge of information and communication technology (ICTs). It is referring to a gap
between sectors in the community who can access, has the skills, and has desire to the internet
and those who cannot. The unequal opportunity of the internet acquisition is caused by the
differences of skills, motivations and preferences of use based on category such as personal
category (gender, age, race/ethnicity, personality, intelligence, and Health), positional category
(education, occupation, household and nation) and the resources category (economic, social and
cultural capital) status of a person. The divides arise due to lack of knowledge on how to
manipulate the technology and understanding of its benefits as well and some cannot afford to
access because the income is low.

We can be able to overcome this phenomenon by:

1. lowering the cost of internet connection in the house

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 2. a law should be created to make all public places have free internet access set by
the government.
3. the different LGUs and NGOs should conduct a forum about the advantage of
technology and how to use the advance technology in rural areas.
4. the parents should be given trainings related to technology by the schools and
libraries.

Computer Addiction (CD)

Internet is significant to man’s life. It widens the spectrum of communication and
accessing information. It’s easy to connect to the people far from us.

Let me ask you these following questions.

1. Are you absentminded because you are thinking of an online activity?
2. Do you spend more time on the internet before you are satisfied?
3. Have you tried to stop using the internet (like playing online games or chatting) but
failed to do it?
4. Is your education, relationship with the family and friends or works affected by using
the internet?
5. Is your behavior becoming moody, irritable, or depressed if you cannot use the
internet?
6. Are you skipping meal or sleep late because of using the internet?
7. Does internet give you comfort in times of problem or having bad mood?

When your answers have many YES, then it’s a sign that you are experiencing Internet
Addiction Disorder (IAD) or known as Computer Addiction.

What is Computer Addiction?

Computer Addiction means the inability to control the desire of using the technology (like
computers, smartphones and internet) or an extreme use of the computer which makes the person
uneasy or anxious in the absence of the gadgets. Wherein the daily routine in life like work,
eating or sleep are affected that could lead to social problem, change in behavior, and
relationships though process. The three reasons why computer addiction exist are depression,
loneliness and social acceptance which young people commonly experience.

Types of Computer Addiction

1. Information Overload – excessive online surfing resulted to inefficient at work and
have less family interconnection.
2. Compulsion- over time spent in online activities like gaming, bartering of stocks,
gambling which cause problems at work.
3. Cybersex addiction – exceed time spent in surfing porn sites that could interfere one’s
relationship.
4. Cyber-relationship – excessive time spent in social networking sites to make
relationship online than spending time with real persons like family and friends.

Different Symptoms of a computer addict person

1. Emotional Symptoms – feeling of guilt, anxiety, depression, dishonesty, feeling of
great happiness or excitement (euphoric) in front of the computer, defensive, distress,
escaping of work, isolation and cannot follow schedule.
2. Physical Symptoms – backpain, headache, increase or decrease of weight, sleep
disorder, carpal tunnel syndrome, blurred or strain visions

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Computer Addiction can be prevented through:
1. setting limit in using computers and doing online activities.
2. talking to your family and friends and mingle with them most of the time.
3. organizing a non-computer related activity like sports.
4. placing your gadgets away from you when not needed.

Cyber Bullying

In this time, social media is a significant tool in communication, and updating

information.
As the result from the survey of Stairway foundation reported in a news that 80% of young
people ages 7 to 16 are victims of cyber bullying through social media. The term bullying “refers
to any severe, or repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal or electronic
expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof, directed at another student
that has the effect of actually causing or placing the latter in reasonable fear of physical or
emotional harm or damage to his property; creating a hostile environment at school for the other
students; infringing on the rights of another students at school; such as, but not limited the
following:

1. Any unwanted physical contact between the bully and the victim like punching,
pushing, shoving, kicking, slapping, tickling, headlocks, inflicting school pranks,
teasing, fighting and the use of available objects as weapons;
2. Any act that causes damage to a victim’s psyche and /or emotional well-being;
3. Any slanderous statement or accusation that causes the victim undue emotional
distress like directing foul language or profanity at the target, name – calling,
tormenting and commenting negatively on victim’s looks, clothes and body.”

(Republic Act No. 10627-Anti-Bullying Act)

Bullying happens in face to face (like in school) while cyber-bullying happens in a
cyberspace (means in interconnected digital technology).

What is cyber bullying?

Cyber bullying is a type bullying done online with the use of technology like computers,
laptops, and cellphone that can destroy the physical and emotional aspect of the victim (called as
bullied) by the one who does the act (refers as bully).

This problem is associated with the use of internet and different platforms like text
messaging, chatting, emails, websites and social networking sites. The different forms of
cyberbullying are posting shameful pictures or videos in social media, sending threatening or
hurtful messages through chatting or text messages.

Cyberbullying can be prevented by doing the following:

1. Be optimistic person.
2. Share to the person whom you can trust with.
3. Keep your password by yourself. Don’t share it.
4. Always check the content before posting or sharing.
5. Always log out your account after using.
6. Respect and love other people and yourself

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 Practice Exercises/Activity
Activity 2:
Answer and discuss the following guide questions:
1. How does computer addiction affect a student’s attitude and behavior toward
accessing information?
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2. Is cyberbullying primarily the fault of the person being bullied? Explain your answer.
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Engage (What I Learned/Generalizations)

Activity 3: Reflect Upon

Have you ever witnessed someone being bullied over the internet? What was your initial
reaction? How did you realize that the person was already being bullied? Write an essay on how
to avoid cyberbullying. Write this in a short bond paper.

Rubric for essay writing.

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 Apply (What I Can Do)

Activity 4: Ad Campaign Making

1. You are going to create a Campaign Ad (it is a set of advertisement which focus in a single
message with a certain objective need to achieve). You can create the Ad in a form of video
or poster slogan or infographics.
2. The main objective of the Ad Campaign is to combat the problems of digital divide,
computer addiction and cyber bullying.

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 Post Test

I. Multiple Choice. Read each question carefully and write your answer in STANDARD
CAPITAL. Write the answers in blank space provided.

________ 1. It refers to the inequalities of the different sectors in the community to access to,
use of or knowledge of information and communication technology.
a. Digital Advancement b. Digital Divide
c. Digital Literacy d. Digital Skills

________ 2. This is a factor that creates digital divide.

a. Age b. Education
c. Occupation d. All of the Above

________ 3. It is an action to bridge digital divide.

a. Attend technological trainings to develop the skills.
b. Read a lot of books in the library to access information.
c. Manipulate technology like smartphone, computer, and internet.
d. Both a and c

________ 4. The following statements are reasons why digital divide exist EXCEPT one.
a. The person cannot afford to access the technology.
b. The person has a strong motivation to learn how use the technology.
c. The person refuses to have knowledge of the advance technology.
d. The person has less information about the benefits of technology.

________ 5. This refers to a group of individuals having high opportunity to acquire digital skills.
a. professional and students b. grandparents at home.
c. group of disabled person d. people living in rural areas.

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________ 6. It refers to the excessive use of technology like gaming.
a. Computer addiction b. Cyberbullying
c. Digital Divide d. Digital Skills

________ 7. Which of the following is a factor which leads to computer addiction?

a. Depression b. Loneliness
c. Social acceptance d. All of the above

________ 8. It is a type of computer addiction in which a person spends much time in online
gaming or gambling.
a. Compulsion b. Cybersex
c. Cyber relationship d. Information overload

________ 9. These are symptoms of a person experiencing computer addiction EXCEPT one.
a. anxiety and distress
b. sleep disorder and backpain
c. defensive and dishonesty
d. social acceptance and compulsion

________10. Which of the following is a way to fight computer addiction.

a. spends more time to family and friends and do non- computer related activities.
b. turns off the cellphone when somebody call to avoid using the gadgets.
c. keeps listening to a music while playing online games.
d. all of the above

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