Communication

Aids and Strategies

Using Tools of
Technology

Lecture compilation:
Ms. Rechiel Abarquez – Garcia, MAELS
Faculty, CEAS
Learning Outcomes
At the end of the lesson, you are
expected to:
❑ Familiarize yourself with the
different technological/online tools
which can facilitate effective
communication.
Online Communication
is a form of communication, using the various channels
available on the Internet to communicate and interact
online to relay a message to a targeted audience.
Digital Natives
individuals who were born and
raised in a world of gadgets,
computers, and internet.
Digital Natives
Digital Natives
Digital Communication Tools
❑ They focus on establishing
and maintaining a
connection among users,
facilitating the mechanics of
conversation and talk.
❑ Captures, stores, presents
and communicates the
information, usually written
but increasingly includes
audio and video as well.
Digital Communication Tools
❑ INSTANT MESSAGING application
allows one to communicate with
another person over a network in
real time, in relative privacy.
❑ One can add friends to a contact or
“buddy” list by entering the person's
email address or messenger ID.
❑ If the person is online, their name
will typically be listed as available for
chat. Clicking on their name will
activate a chat window with space to
write to the other person, as well as
read their reply.
Digital Communication Tools
❑ EMAIL or electronic mail is a
computer-based system for
exchanging messages through mail
servers.
❑ is a store-and-forward system: A
message delivery system in which
messages are forwarded between
servers and then stored on those
servers until they are picked up.
Digital Communication Tools
❑ TEXT CHAT technologies
allow users to join chat
rooms and communicate
with many people at once,
publicly.
❑ Users may join a pre-
existing chat room or
create a new one about
any topic.
❑ Once inside, you may type
messages that everyone
else in the room can read,
as well as respond to
messages from others.
Digital Communication Tools
❑ INTERNET FORUM a web-based
discussion and advice- sharing
site; more feature-rich type of
newsgroup.
❑ Users register on the web site so
that their posts will be identifiable.
❑ A forum thread is a post along
with all the comments to it.
❑ These allow users to post a
“topic” for others to review.
❑ Other users can view the topic
and post their own comments in a
linear fashion, one after the other.
Digital Communication Tools
❑ BLOGS short for web logs, are
like online journals for a
particular person.
❑ Blog platform: a web server that
hosts the blogs of individuals,
either free or for a small fee. i.e,
WordPress, Typepad, and
Blogge
❑ Topics often include the owner's
daily life, views on politics or a
particular subject important to
them
Digital Communication Tools
❑ MICROBLOG: A
service that allows the
posting of short
messages.
❑ A status update
service such as
Twitter, limited to a
very few characters
per post.
❑ Microblogs can be
seen by anyone and
can be commented on
by anyone.
Digital Communication Tools
❑ Newsgroup is an Internet-based
discussion group, similar to a
bulletin board system (BBS), where
people post messages concerning
whatever topic around which the
group is organized.
❑ Newsgroups are typically found on
USENET, a network of discussion
groups where millions of users read
postings, or articles, using software
called a newsreader.
❑ Users can then make comments
and ask questions in response to
the postings.
Digital Communication Tools
❑ A Social Networking Service
(SNS) is an online vehicle for
creating relationships with other
people who share an interest,
background, or real
relationship. Social networking
service users create a profile
with personal information and
photos and form connections
with other profiles.
❑ These users then use their
connection to grow
relationships through sharing,
emailing, instant messaging,
and commenting.
❑ Social networking services may
also be referred to as a "social
networking site" or simply
"social media."
Digital Communication Tools
❑ VOICE OVER IP (VOIP) is
used to make voice calls
via the Internet.
❑ Turns the voice message
into data packets and
sends them as if they were
other Internet data.
❑ IP, short for Internet
protocol, is used to identify
individual devices that are
connected to the Internet
and to route calls between
them.
❑ Skype, Viber, Facetime,
Whatsapp are popular VoIP
apps.
Digital Communication Tools
❑ VIDEO CONFERENCE is a
feature-rich, group video
chat.
❑ Can include computer
application sharing, voice,
text chatting, and document
collaboration.
❑ Uses the same underlying
protocols as VoIP uses, but it
requires much more
bandwidth.
❑ Enables multiple people to
video chat at the same time.
 “Information and
communications technology
unlocks the value of time,
allowing and enabling multi-
tasking, multi-channels, multi-
this and multi-that”.
LI KA-SHING
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