Empowerment Technologies

- Notes & Activities

Lesson 1:
Introduction to Information and Communication Technologies
What is Information and Communications Technology?

Vocabularies/ Glossary of Terms

 Information and Communication Technology - Deals with the use technologies such as mobile
phones, telephone, Internet to locate, save, send and edit information.
 Computer - an electronic device for storing and processing data,
 Internet - is a worldwide system of computer networks,
 World Wide Web - an information system on the internet,
 Web page - is a hypertext document connected to the World Wide Web.
 Web 1.0 - static websites without interactivity.
 Web 2.0 - websites that contain dynamic content.
 Web 3.0 - a concept that is designed to cater to the individual user.
 Static - refers to web pages that are the same regardless of the user.
 Dynamic - refers to web pages that are affected by user input or preference.
 Hashtag - used to "categorize" posts in website.
 Convergence - the synergy of technological advancements to work on a similar goal or task.
 Social media - websites, applications, or online channels

Features of Web 2.0 1.

1. Folksonomy - allows users to categorize and classify/arrange information.
2. Rich User Experience - content is dynamic and is responsive to user's input.
3. User Participation - the owner of the website is not the only one who is able to put content.
4. Long Tail - services that are offered on demand rather than on a one-time purchase.
5. Software as a Service - users will subscribe to a software only when needed,
6. Mass Participation - diverse information sharing through universal web access.
Tim Berners-Lee - the inventor of the World Wide Web.
Semantic Web - provides a common framework that allows data to be shared and reused

Web 3.0 Problems:

1. Compatibility - HTML files and current web browsers could not support Web 3.0.
2. Security - the user's security is also in question since the machine is saving his or her preferences.
3. Vastness - the World Wide Web already contains billions of web pages.
4. Vagueness - Certain words are imprecise or inaccurate.
5. Logic - there are certain limitations for a computer to be able to predict what the user is referring to,

Trends in ICT
1. Convergence - is the synergy of technological advancements to work on a similar goal or task.
2. Social media - a website, application, or online channel that enables web users to create,
a) Social Networks - these are sites that allow you to connect with other people with the same interests
b) Bookmarking Sites - these are sites that allow you to store and manage links to various websites,
c) Social News - these are sites that allow users to post their own news items or links to other news,
d) Media Sharing - These are sites that allow you to upload and share media content
e) Microblogging - these are sites that focus on short updates from the user.
f) Blogs and Forums - these websites allow users to post their content.
3. Mobile Technologies
➢ Smartphones and tablets - devices with capability to do tasks that were originally found in
personal computers.
Different mobile devices Operating Systems:
a) iOS - used in Apple devices such as the iPhone and iPad.
b) Android — an open source operating system developed by Google.
c) Blackberry OS - used in Blackberry devices
d) Windows Phone OS - a closed source and proprietary operating system,
e) Symbian - the original smartphone OS; used by Nokia devices
f) WebOS - originally used for smartphones; now used for smart TVs
g) Windows Mobile - developed by Microsoft for smartphones and pocket PCs
Open Source - means several mobile phone companies use this OS for free.

4. Assistive Media - a service to help people who have visual and reading impairments.
Internet Threats
1. Malware - stands for malicious software.
a) Virus - program designed to replicate itself and transfer from one computer to another
b) Worm - a malicious program that transfers from one computer to another by any type of means.
c) Trojan - a program that is disguised as a useful but once downloaded leaves your PC unprotected.
*Rogue security software - tricks the user into posing that it is a security software,
d) Spyware - a program that runs in the background without you knowing it,
*Keyloggers - used to record the keystroke done by the users.
e) Adware - a program designed to send you advertisements, mostly as pop-ups.
2. Spam - unwanted email mostly from bots or advertisers.
3. Phishing - Its goal is to acquire sensitive personal information,
*Pharming - it exploits the DNS (Domain Name Service) system.

Lesson 2: Rules of Netiquette Protecting Reputations Online

1. Once you post something on the web, you have no control of who sees your posts.
2. Your friends depend on you to protect their reputation online.
3. Set your post to "private."
4. Avoid using names.
5. If a post can affect you, ask the one who posted it to pull it down or report it as inappropriate.

Copyright Infringement
Intellectual property - If you create something: an idea, an invention,
Here are some tips that could help you avoid copyright infringement:
1. Understand.
2. Be responsible.
4. Know the law.

Online Research
1. Have a question in mind.
2. Narrow it down.
3. Advanced Search.
+ contain all the terms that are preceded by the + symbol
“ ” Finds the exact words in a phrase.
( ) Finds or excludes web pages that contain a group of words.
AND or & Finds web pages that contain all the terms or phrases
NOT or - Excludes web pages that contain a term or phrase
OR or | Finds web pages that contain either of the terms or phrases

4. Look for a credible source.

5. Give credit.
 Cybercrime - a crime committed or assisted through the use of the Internet
 Privacy policy - tells the user how the website will handle its data.
 Copyright - rights to your work and anyone who uses it without your consent is punishable by law.
 Fair use - may be used without a consent as long as it is used in commentaries, etc.

Lesson 3: Advanced Words Processing Skills Mail Merge

➢ Mail Merge - this feature allows you to create documents and combine them with another
document,
Two Components of Mail Merge
1. Form Document - the document that contains the main body of the message we want to convey
 Place holders, data fields or merge fields - marks the position on your form document
2. Data File - this is where the individual information or data that needs to be plugged in
 Label Generator - it will print individual addresses to a standard form.

Kinds of Materials
1. Pictures - are electronic or digital pictures or photographs you have saved
 JPG - this type of image file can support 16.7 million colors
 GIF - this type of image file is capable of displaying transparencies.
 PNG - this type of image file is for transporting images on the Internet at faster rates.
2. Clip Art - this is generally a .
3. Smart Art - predefined sets of different shapes grouped together to form ideas,
4. Chart - allows you to represent data characteristics and trends.

Image Placement
➢ Text Wrap - adjusts how the image behaves around other objects or text.
 In Line with Text  Square  Tight Through Top and Bottom Behind Text

Lesson 4: Advanced Spreadsheet Skills

Excel Vocabularies / Glossary of Terms
 Accounting Number Format - a number format that is used for accounting.
 Orientation - the angle at which a text is displayed.
 Count - a function used to count the cells with content in a range.
 Sum - a function used to compute for the summation of the number of a range.
 Average - a function used to compute for the average of the number of a range.
 COUNTIF - a function used to count the cells with a specified content within range.
 SUMIF - a function used to compute for the summation of a range if a certain condition is met.
 AVERAGEIF - a function used to compute for the average of a range if a certain condition is met.
 Range - the range of cells where you want to look for the criteria.
 Criteria - a value or label that determines if a cell is part of the range to be averaged.
 Average Range - the actual range of cells that will be averaged,

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