LESSON 10

Online Platforms
for ICT Content
Development
OVERVIEW

OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the lesson, the learners should be able to:

⮚Describe ICT as a tool, medium, and force in bringing

about action and mobilize change in a population, society,
or cultures; and
⮚Evaluate existing online platforms and applications in
developing ICT content in specific professional track.
 What is an Online Platform?

Online Platforms are technologies

that are grouped to be used
as a base upon which other
applications processes or
technologies are developed;
 What is an Online Platform?

And it is a base of technologies

designed to run within an online
environment and provides
interactive online services.
 Examples of Online Platform:

a. Presentation / d. Web Page

Visualization Creation
b. Cloud Computing e. File Management
c. Social Media f. Mapping
 Presentation / Visualization

➢ Allows you to present and share

presentations, infographics, and
videos with other people.
 Presentation / Visualization

➢ Communicates information
clearly and efficiently via
statistical graphics, plots and
information graphics.
 Examples of Presentation / Visualization:

➢ Prezi - helping to reinvent the art of

presentation.
➢ Zoho - an online project management
app that helps you plan your work
and keep track of your progress.
 Examples of Presentation / Visualization:

➢ SlideShare - to build quickly from

concise, well-presented content from
top experts.
➢ MindMeister - an online mind-
mapping tool that lets you capture,
develop and share ideas visually.
 Cloud Computing

➢ The practice of using a network of

remote servers hosted on the
internet to store, manage, and
process data, rather than a local
server or a personal computer.
 Cloud Computing

➢ Simply called as The cloud.

➢ Access anytime, anywhere.
➢ Instead of using your computer’s
hard drive, you store and access your
data and programs over the Internet.
 Examples of Cloud Computing:

➢ Google Drive - keep all work in

one secure place with online file
storage.
➢ Dropbox - keeps your files safe,
synced, and easy to share.
 Social Media Platforms
➢ are computer-mediated tools that
allow people, companies and other
organizations to create, share, or
exchange information, career
interests, ideas, and pictures/videos
in virtual communities and networks.
 Examples of Social Media:

➢ Facebook - is for-profit corporation

and online social networking service.
➢ Twitter - online social networking
service that enables users to send
and read short 140-character
messages called “tweets”.
 Web Page Creation

➢ Encompasses a number of important

elements including color, layout, and
overall graphical appearance.
 Examples of Web Page Creation:

➢ Wix - a cloud-based web development

platform that allows users to create
HTML5 websites and mobile sites through
the use of their online drag and drop
tools.
➢ Weebly - a web-hosting service featuring
a drag-and-drop website builder.
 File Management

➢ Is the storing, naming, sorting and

handling computer files.
➢ Allows you to convert and manage
files without downloading the
software tool.
 Examples of File Management:

➢ Zamzar - web application to convert

files.
➢ word2pdf - convert Word files to PDF
(Portable Document Format) with
this online tool.
 Mapping

➢ a transformation taking the points of

one space into the points of the same
or another space.
➢ Uses GPS to detect location and used
for navigation.
 Example of Mapping:

➢ Google Maps - a desktop web

mapping service developed by
Google.
 WHICH ONLINE
PLATFORMS AND
APPLICATIONS YOU
USE?
 Always remember that there
is no existing superior online
platforms and applications.
Its productivity and efficiency
are dependent on the purpose
as well as the knowledge and
skills of the users.
 To help you decide which
online platforms and
applications are suited for
you, you should consider the
following:
 Address Specific Purpose: In
choosing online platforms and
applications, make sure that they
have features that are fitted to your
needs. They should help you create
content that you wanted to develop.
Easy to Use: Good platforms and
applications must have a friendly
interface. It means that you can
easily understand, manipulate and
use its different features.
 Collaborative Features: As much as
possible, choose platforms and
applications that promote collaboration.
Aside from the fact that collaboration
makes tasks easier and faster to
accomplish, better content will be
developed if it is thought and worked on
by more than one brain.
 Browser Support: You need to ensure
that a variety of browsers supports your
chosen online platforms and applications.
Content Security: Any platforms or
applications must guarantee the security
of users’ data — for instance, features of
content privacy or the ability to delete
content.