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Lesson 4-Developing ICT content for specific purposes

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The use of advanced tools and techniques found in common productivity and application software in developing ICT content for specific professional tracks. GOAL At the end of the 2-week period, you will be able to independently apply advanced productivity tools to create or develop ICT content for use in specific professional tracks. These may be in the form of, but not limited to: 1. Calculating spreadsheet of athletic statistics (Sports); 2. Layouting the catalogue of creative works (Arts); 3. Materials/ingredients projections for batches of baked goods (Tech Voc); 4. Letterhead/business card designs (Business/ Academic) that are useful for your academic and chosen career. Three basic functions of digital tools are generally combined to support decisions in business or management, and in communication contexts. These 3 basic tools support writing, numeracy and presentation skills. In earlier ICT-related courses or academic subjects, these tools find expression in essays,

Lesson 3: Contextualized Online Search and Research Skills

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GOAL At the end of the lesson, you will be a better user of search engines. In particular, you can be more deeply aware of search techniques that will give results that are useful for your academic and chosen career. Indeed, Google might be our “friend” but using search engines for the sake of plain information could actually lead you misinformed. In order to stay meaningfully informed, you should start appreciating the use of the right combination of words or key phrases. The following is a set of tips to help you build smart search skills, as adapted from Common Sense Media. A wealth of built-in—but sometimes hidden—features can help you find the information you need much more efficiently than your usual shot-in-the-dark searches. A little Google technique can open up a world of trusted facts, homework boosters, and cool tricks to impress your friends (or your parents). A. Find the Hidden Calculator            If number crunching just isn't your thing—and you need an

My Media Life

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LESSON 2: Online safety, security, ethics, and etiquette

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GOAL: At the end of the lesson, you   will be able to understand better   the 24/7, social nature of digital media. In particular, you will be able to: ●      explore your digital life, and ●      learn that it is important to act responsibly when carrying out relationships over digital media. CHALLENGE QUESTION: How is your digital media life like? Hint: You have to think   figuratively. Think about your life with media. [1] First consider the questions below. Use your responses to help you finish the statement, “My media life is like a ...” This statement is a simile, a literary device for comparing two unlike things. For instance, someone who does not use much media might say that her media life is like a desert, because there is little life there. Someone might say that his media life is like a track meet, because he is exhausted at the end of the day. ( Note : Post your simile as a comment on the post linking you to this discussion). Questions to consider: ●

LESSON 1: What is Information and Communications Technology (ICT)?

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GOAL: At the end of the 2-week period, you  will be able to independently compose an insightful reflection paper on the nature of ICT in the context of your  lives, society, and chosen professional (i.e. Arts, Technical Vocational , Sports,  and Academic Tracks) Take a quick look at the page containing the Glossary of Terms to get a glimpse of  what ICT and related concepts are. What do these  mean to you? So do you think you are ready for the Networked World? Or better yet, is your community ready for the Networked World? Search anything about Information and Communications Technology (ICT)  or digital tools that interest you. Find out  the latest about them or something similar to them that you have you used so far. Be ready to share them in class using traditional learning tools, e.g. pen and paper, or via ICT tools, e.g. online.   Your search,  ideally done online, should take you on an exploration about: 1. The current state of ICT tools (i.e., Web 2.0, 3.0,

Starting your own BLOG

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In the virtual world of worldwide web, blogs are everywhere. You may have opened it with intention or not-- when you are searching for something and it such happen that there is a blog that discusses that concept. While reading this, you are already intentionally reading a kind of blog. :) Because of this, many blog sites came out. Some are user-friendly, some are not (only IT experts could create). Examples of blog sites are: Wordpress, Blogger, Ghost, Tumblr, Weebly, Medium, Wix, Squarespace, Penzu, etc. In this blog, you will use Blogger as a starting point in creating your first blog. What you need: 1. Gmail Account 2. Computer 3. Internet Step 1. Click Ctrl then click  https://www.blogger.com . Step 2. Click sign-in and then log-in you Gmail account with your e-mail address and password. Step 3. For your first blog's template:                         >type the title of the blog on the "Pamagat" part,                         >

How To Create your Own Personal Gmail Account

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To create your gmail (Google Mail) account, you need the following: 1. An existing e-mail account or a phone number 2. A computer 3. An internet connection (OF COURSE!!!) Now that you have the aforementioned needed, you can now do the following steps: Step 1 . Right click then click open link in new tab:  mail.google.com  to open the google mail webpage. Step 2. Now that you have the log-in page of Gmail, click More Options then click Create Account. Step 3. Fill in the needed information: Name (First and Last), Username (added with  @gmail.com , this will be your email address), Create a password, Confirm your password (encode again the password), Birthday (Month, Date and Year), Gender (Male or Female), Mobile Phone, then your current email address (your Yahoo acount), then click Next Step. Step 4. Under Privacy Terms, click arrow down again and again until the lowest portion of the page then Click I Agree . Step 5.  Your account will then need veri