EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY (EMTECH) POINTERS
NEED TO REMEMBER (YELLOW)
IMPORTANT (BLUE)
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
USE OF COMMUNICATIONAL
TECHNOLOGIES
LORD DENNIS STEVENSON
THE MAN BEHIND THE WIDELY-USED OF ICT
NOWADAYS.
TIM BERNERS-LEE
WWW (WORLD WIDE WEB)
WEB 1.0 (STATIC WEB)
 READ ONLY WEB
WEB 1.0 (DYNAMIC WEB)
 READ/WRITE/COLLABORATIVE
INTERACTIONS
FEATURES (WEB 2.0)
1. FOLKSONOMY/HASHTAGS- ALLOW USERS
TO CATEGORIZE OR ARRANGE
INFORMATION.
2. RICH USER EXPERIENCE- THE CONTENT IS
DYNAMIC AND RESPONSIVE TO USER INPUT.
3. USER PARTICIPATION- THE OWNER IF THE
WEBSITE ALLOW TO POST THEIR COMMENT,
REVIEW OR EVALUATE THE CONTENT.
4. LONGTAIL SERVICE - OFFERED TO USER ON
DEMAND RATHER THAN A ONE TIME
PURCHASE.
5. SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE - ONE TIME
PURCHASE OF THE SOFTWARE THAT YOU
NEEDED.
6. MASS PARTICIPATION - DIVERSE
INFORMATION SHARING THROUGH
UNIVERSAL WEB ACCESS.
WEB 3.0 (SEMATIC WEB)
 AI INTELLIGENCE (FUTURE)
CONVERGENCE - TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT
TO WORK ON A SIMILAR GOAL OR TASK.
SOCIAL MEDIA - A WEBSITE, APPLICATION, OR
ONLINE CHANNEL THAT ENABLE WEB USERS TO
CREATE, DISCUSS, MODIFY AND EXCHANGE USER
GENERATED CONTENT.
TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA:
1. SOCIAL NETWORK - ALLOW YOU TO
CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE
2. BOOKMARKETING SITES - ALLOW YOU TO
STORE AND MANAGE LINKS TO VARIOUS
WEBSITES AND RESOURCES
3. SOCIAL NEWS - ALLOW USERS TO POST
THEIR OWN NEWS ITEMS OR LINKS TO
OTHER NEWS SOURCES.
4. MEDIA SHARING - ALLOW YOU TO UPLOAD
AND SHARE MEDIA CONTENT LIKE IMAGES,
VIDEOS AND MUSIC.
5. MICROBLOGGING - SHORT UPDATES FROM
THE USER.
6. BLOGS AND FORUM - ALLOW USERS TO
POST THEIR CONTENT.
MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES:
1. IOS – APPLE DEVICES
2. ANDRIOD – DEVELOPED BY GOOGLE
3. BLACKBERRY OS – USED IN BLACKBERRY
DEVICES
4. WINDOW PHONE OS – DEVELOPED BY
MICROSOFT
5. SYMBIAN – USED Y NOKIA
6. WEBOS – ORIGINALLY USED IN
SMARTPHONES BUT NOW ON SMART TV
ASSISTIVE MEDIA - NON-PROFIT SERVICE
DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE VISUAL
AND READING IMPAIRMENTS
ONLINE SAFETY AND NETIQUETTE
WAYS TO CHECK IF A WEBSTE IS TRUSTWORTHY:
DIGITAL DIGITAL NATIVES
IMMIGRANTS RELIABLE WEBSITE UNRELIABLE WEBSITE
ADOPTERS BORN DURING .EDU OR .GOV MIGHT END
WITH .COM
PREFER TO TALK IN ALWAYS ON DEVICES
PERSON DON’T HAVE ERROR HAVE ERROR
LOGICAL LEARNER INTUITIVE LEARNER ARE UP TO DATE OUTDATED
ONE TASK AT A TIME MULTITASKER USE FACTS USE OPINION
INTERACTION WITH EXTREMELY SOCIAL USE EXPERTS USE UNRELIABLE
FEW PEOPLE SOURCE
TRADITIONAL SITES MULTIMEDIA
ORIENTED

GIVING INFORMATION AND RISK (DIGTAL

NATIVES)
 FIRST NAME RISK: CANNOT WALK IN
A ROOM AND START INTRODUCING
YOURSELF TO EVERYONE
 LAST NAME RISK: BOTH YOUR FIRST KINDS OF ONLINE THREATS
AND LAST IS A MORE RISKY FLAME WAR - FLAME WAR WHEN OTHER USERS
 MIDDLE NAME RISK: NOT THE MOST RESPOND TO THE THREAD WITH THEIR OWN
RISKY FLAME MESSAGE.
 CURRENT AND PREVIOUS SCHOOL
RISK: VERIFICATION PURPOSE PHISHING - HAPPENS WHEN AN EMAIL IS SENT
 CELLPHONE NUMBER RISK: NEVER FROM AN INTERNET CRIMINAL DISGUISED AS AN
BE POSTED IN THE INTERNET EMAIL FROM A LEGITIMATE SOURCE.
 MOTHER AND FATHER’S NAME RISK:
RISKY, YET NOT RISKY, NEVER POST PHARMING - HAPPENS WHEN A HACKER (OR
THEIR FULL NAME “PHARMER”) DIRECTS AN INTERNET USER TO A
 SIBLINGS NAME RISK: PRETEND TO FAKE WEBSITE INSTEAD.
BE THEM, TO DUPE YOU INTERNET SCAMS - SOMEONE USING INTERNET
 YOUR ADDRESS RISK: MUCH EASIER SERVICES OR SOFTWARE TO DEFRAUD OR TAKE
TO THE CRIMINALS TO FIND YOU
ADVANTAGE OF VICTIMS.
 BIRTHDAY RISK: VULNERABLE TO
IDENTITY THEF INTERNET ROBOTS - IT IS A SOFTWARE
APPLICATION THAT IS PROGRAMMED TO DO
CERTAIN TASKS
ONLINE SAFETY, SECURITY AND NETIQUETTE -
ONLINE SAFETY REFERS TO THE PRACTICES AND
PRECAUTIONS

S M A R T
STAY DON’ ACCEPTIN RELIABL TELL
SAF T G FILES E SOMEON
E MEET E
UP
MALWARE OR MALICIOUS SOFTWARE - IS ANY
PROGRAM OR FILE THAT IS HARMFUL TO A
COMPUTER USER.
ANATOMY OF A URL:
ADWARE – ADVERTISING SUPPORTED SOFTWARE
URL (UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR)
SPYWARE - SECRETLY OBSERVES THE COMPUTER
USER’S ACTIVITIES URI (UNIFORM RESOURCE IDENTIFIER)
VIRUS AND WORM - THAT ATTACH TO ANOTHER

PROGRAM AND REPLICATES ITSELF BY

MODIFYING OTHER COMPUTER PROGRAMS

TROJAN OR TRROJAN HORSE- MOST DANGEROUS
MALWARE TYPES, CAN BE USED TO STEAL
FINANCIAL INFORMATION OR INSTALL THREATS
LIKE VIRUSES AND RANSOMWARE.
PROTOCOL OR SCHEME: HTTP:// OR HTTPS:// -
RANSOMWARE - LOCKS YOU OUT OF YOUR DEVICE
TELLS THE ADDRESS.
AND/OR ENCRYPTS YOUR FILES, THEN FORCES YOU
TO PAY A RANSOM TO GET THEM BACK. DOMAIN NAME: TELLS WHAT KIND OF WEBSITE.
SPAMS - UNSOLICITED EMAILS, INSTANT MESSAGES SUBDOMAIN: WWW. – SOME NEEDS TO BE
COMING FROM RECIPIENTS INCLUDE AND SOME DON’T.
CYBERSTALKING - USE OF THE INTERNET TO POPULAR DOMAIN:
HARASS OR STALK INDIVIDUALS OR
TOP LEVEL DOMAIN COUNTRY CODE TOP
ORGANIZATIONS.
LEVEL DOMAIN
CYBERBULLYING - THE ACT OF TORMENTING, .EDU – EDUCATIONAL .PH – PHILIPPINES
HARASSING, OR EMBARRASSING ANOTHER INST.
PERSON USING THE INTERNET. .ORG – NON- PROFIT .EU – EUROPEIAN
ORGANIZATION UNION
SPOOFING - SOMEONE OR SOMETHING PRETENDS .GOV – GOVERNMENT .UK – UNITED
TO BE SOMETHING ELSE TO GAIN OUR SITE KINGDOM
CONFIDENCE. .COM – COMMERCIAL .AU - AUSTRALIA
SITE
.NET - NETWORK
SEARCH ENGINE - RETRIEVAL OF DATA, FILES, OR
DOCUMENTS FROM DATA BASES
FILE PATH/ FILE FOLDER: DIRECTS THE BROWSER IN
A SPECIFIC PAGE OR FILE IN A WEBSITE.
PAGE: DIRECT YOUR BROWSER IN A SPECIFIC WEB
PAGE.
NAMED ANCHOR: STARTS FROM A HASHTAG AND
IT BRINGS YOUR BROWSER TO A SPECIFIC PART OF
A LONG PAGE.
BINIARY: A NUMERIC SYSTEM THAT ONLY USES
TWO DIGITS — 0 AND 1
BIT – BINARY DIGIT, EASY TO PROCESS
INFORMATION
SEARCH SKILLS AND TOOLS
BOOLEAN LOGIC:
A. BOOLEAN “OR” – THIS OPERATOR WILL
FIND PAGES THAT INCLUDE EITHER OF THE
SEARCH TERMS. EX. A OR B
B. . BOOLEAN “AND” – THIS OPERATOR WILL
RETRIEVE ONLY PAGES CONTAINING BOTH
TERMS EX. A AND B
C. BOOLEAN “NOT” – THIS OPERATOR WILL
FIND PAGES THAT DO NOT INCLUDE SEARCH
TERM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING IT. EX. A
NOT B
PHASE SEARCHING - FOR FAMOUS QUOTES,
PROPER NAMES, RECOMMENDATIONS, ETC.
PLUS (+): MUST BE FOUND IN SEARCH
MINUS (-): NOT REQUIRED ON THE RESULT
AMPERSAND (@): USED TO FIND SOCIAL TAGS
HASTAG (#): USED TO FIND POPULAR HASHTAGS
FINDING DOCUMENTS - FILETYPE REFINES THE
SEARCH FOR DOCUMENTS ON THE WEB.
FILETYPE:PDF , FILETYPE:DOC , FILETYPE:XLS
SEACHING SITES: THE SITES FIND WEBPAGE FROM
A WEBSITE.
EVALUATING SITES
AUTHORITY: THAT THE PERSON HAS THE
QUALIFICATIONS AND KNOWLEDGE TO DO SO.
 AUTHORSHIP
 CONTACT INFO
 CREDENTIALS
 SUPPORTED BY AN ORGANIZATION OR A
COMMERCIAL BODY
PURPOSE: THE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN THE
SITE SHOULD BE CLEAR.
 PURPOSE OF THE SITE
 SPECIFIT AUDIENCE
 SITE ORGANIZED AND FOCUSED
 OUTSIDE LIKE APPROPRIATE
 SITE EVLUATE THE LINKS
COVERAGE: HOW COMPREHENSIVE THE WEBSITE
IS IN THEIR DISCUSSION OF CERTAIN TOPICS.
 SELECTIVE OR COMPREHENSIVE
 EXPLORED IN DEPTH
 COMPARE
 OUTSIDE SITES
 PROVIDES INFORMATION WITH NO
RELEVANT OUTSIDE LINKS
CURRENCY: HOW CURRENT THE INFORMATION
PRESENTED IS, AND HOW OFTEN THE SITE IS
UPDATED OR MAINTAINED.
OBJECTIVITY: PRESENT INFORMATION WITH A
MINIMUM OF BIAS.
 PRESENTED
 TRY TO SWAY THE AUDIENCE
 ADVERSITING CONFLICT THE CONTENT
 EXPLAIN, INFORM, PURSUADE, OR SEE
SOMETHING
ACCURACY: THE CREDIBILITY OF THE WEBSITE.
 REABILITY
 REFERENCES
 INFORMATION COMPARABLE
 FOLLOW BASIC RULE
 BIBLOGRAPHY OR RREFERENCE
MAIL MERGE: ALLOWS YOU TO EASILY CREATE
MULTIPLE LETTERS, LABELS, ENVELOPES,
NAMETAGS, DOCUMENTS TO GROUP OF PEOPLE AS
STORED IN A LIST.

3 MAIN COMPONENT:

1. MAIN DOCUMENT - CONTAIN THE EMAIL

INFORMATION FOR EACH OF THE MERGED
DOCUMENT.
2. DATA SOURCE - ALSO CALLED DATA FILE
WHICH COMPRISES THE INFORMATION TO
BE MERGED INTO A DOCUMENT SUCH AS
THE LIST OF NAMES AND ADDRESSES TO BE
USED IN A MAIL MERGE
3. MERGE DOCUMENT - THIS IS ALSO A WORD
PROCESSING DOCUMENT THAT IS THE
GENERATED OUTPUT AFTER EXECUTING
THE MERGE PROCESS.

ADVANCE TECHNIQUES IN PPT:

ANIMATION - ILLUSION OF MOTION