Lesson 12: ICT for Social Change

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Introduction:

    Social Change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society. Social Change may include social institutions, social behaviors, or social relations. It can be done in any form of multimedia.

     

 You can make social changes through the use of campaigns. Campaigns are a work in an organized and active way toward a particular goal; typically a political or social one. A campaign will help you promote and organize your project properly.

ICT Project Process Overview:

Planning->Development->Release and Promotion->Maintenance

Planning - Involves the following task( but not limited to):

• Conceptualizing your project
• Researching on available data about your topic
• Setting deadlines and meetings
• Assigning people to various tasks
• Finding a web or blog post
• Creating a site map for tour website
•  Listing down all applications that you need for your project
• Funding

 

Creating a Concept Paper:

Before starting your project, your group should be able to do the necessary paperwork. This allows experts to see if your project is doable over the time frame that was given and if it is significant enough to be made into reality.

A concept paper is a document used to convince a panel of potential funders to help a product, program, or service to become a reality.

There are five elements of a concept paper:

1.Introduction-includes tour group’s mission and vision and a brief introduction of your project.

Purpose-includes the reasons why this project is worth your group and your sponsor’s time, effort and money.

3.Description-includes all the necessary information about the project. In ICT, it involves the sites you are going to produce and the purpose of each and how they work in unison.

4.Support-contains the budget needed for the project. Some concept papers do not specify any amount requested from the sponsor.

5.Contact information-includes information on how the group be contacted.

Development - involves the actual creation of the website(s), involves the production of images, infographics etc.

Medias you can use:

• Text
• Videos
• Pictures
• Audio
• Websites

Release and Promotion- involves the actual release of the website for public view and promoting it. Promotion typically starts before the actual release.

Maintenance- involves responding to feedback of your site visitors and continuing to improve your website.

Lesson 11: ICT as Platform for Change

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Introduction:

Throughout recent history, the Philippines has been one of a few nations that demonstrates unity for a call to action or social change. These campaigns for social change would have not been successful if it were not for ICT.

Campaigns that involved ICT:

1. EDSA (People Power Revolution) - The People Power Revolution lasted from 1983 to 1986. During a radio broadcast of Radyo Veritas, Cardinal Sin encouraged the Filipinos to help end the regime of the president Ferdinand Marcos.

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2. EDSA Dos - This is also known as the 2001 EDSA Revolution, happened during January 17-21,2001. It was also fueled after 11 prosecutes of then President Joseph Estrada walked out of the impeachment trial. 

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3. Million People March - This is a series of protests that mainly took place in Luneta Park from August 22 to 26, 2013.It was to condemn the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund(PDAF). 

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4. Yolanda People Finder -  Recent storms in the Philippine history gave birth to the People finder database powered by Google. During typhoon Yolanda, the People Finder was a vital tool for people across the globe to track the situation of their relatives.

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Change.org

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Change.org is dubbed as the "world's platform for change" where anyone form the online community can create a petition and ask others to sign it. During the past time petitions are only done through signing a paper, usually done by a group asking for signature via travel. Change.org gives access to more people by allowing the online community to affix their digital signatures on a petition. 

Lesson 10: Interactive Multimedia

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Introduction:

In this Lesson, we will be studying about what multimedia and how does it affects us in terms of education. But first, we need to know what is Interactive Multimedia

Interactive Multimedia are products and services on computer-based systems which respond on the user's actions by presenting content.

Here are some multimedia contents:

1. Videos - through video hosting sites, you can take a video and show it to the entire world (e.g., YouTube)
2. Sound, Music or Audio - you can share your sound bites to the entire world, if you're not into videos (e.g., SoundCloud)
3. Online Games - Game developers now create what is called "browser-based games". You don't need to install games to your computer as they run the most updated web browsers (e.g., Y8, Y3, AQWorlds etc.)
4. Online Tests - Online survey forms and test that automatically display the results when finished (e.g., Eliademy, Personality Test, IQ Test)
5. Courseware - Online courses that stimulate the classroom online (e.g., E- Learning courses)
6. Podcasts - An episodic series of audio or text files streamed online (e.g., FBE, TED Talks and many more)
7. Vodcasts - An episodic series of video and streamed online (e.g., Twitch, YouTube, GMM and many more)

Potentials of Multimedia in terms of Education:

• Fast

• Cheap

• Private 

• Safe

• Strong Foundation

• Tool to make remembering longer and easier

• More Information

• It's Fun

Impact of interactive Multimedia in Education:

• Change in student and teacher roles

• Increased motivation and self-esteem

• Technical Skills

• Accomplishment of more complex tasks

• More collaboration with peers

• Increased use of outside sources

• Improved design skills

When to use Interactive Multimedia:

• Lecture Presentation

• Collaborative Learning

• Individualized Learning

• Creating Reports of Presentations

• Assessment

Pros and Cons of Interactive Multimedia:

Pros:

• The ability to change outcomes based on input

• The learning style is individual and exclusive

• Learners take more productive role

Cons:

• Using instructional technologies requires great quantity of resources

• Learner Control Problems

Lesson 9: Collaborative ICT Development

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Introduction:

So far, we have created blogs and website that we can categorize as personal. But like the many websites and bogs you visit every day, you see that some of them are produced by multiple people.

Web Portals

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A web portal is a website that contains information from different sources and places them in a one location in a uniform way. An example of a web portal is Yahoo!(www.yahoo.com).

Top Web Portals:

1. MySpace

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2. Baidu

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3. Wikipedia

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4. Facebook

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5. Youtube

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6. Yahoo

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7. Google

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Online Collaboration:

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Online Collaboration lets a group of people work together in real-time over the internet there are many great online tools available, which can help your team accomplish its goals.

Tips to have a successful collaborative tool:

• Easy to use and to setup

• Have features that will fit your purpose

• Ability to upload documents

• Have security features

Trello

Trello is a free tool used for online collaboration. Below is the Link of our trello page where me and my team created a website that will help you through ICT development, go check it out Thanks! Here is the link: BluePower Inc.

Lesson 8: Basic Web Page Creation

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Introduction:

People use HTML codes to create pages and CSS codes to design them. If you have taken up these coding skills before, then it will help you in creating pages using WYSIWG. if you have not, WYSIWYG is designed for everyone who has not or does not prior coding skills.

WYSIWYG is the acronym for What You See Is What You Get. This means that whatever you type, insert, draw, place, rearrange, and everything you do on a page is what the audience will see.

Homepage- it is the first webpage of the website, which usually provides information about the website, its purpose is and contents.

Splash page - it contains multimedia which is designed to be attractive and intriguing.

Ways of Accessing the Web:

1. Dial-up connection

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2. DSL

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3. Cable Internet

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4. Wireless Internet

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5. Dedicated Line

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Web Browsers

A web site must be tested and viewed using the browsers that are commonly used by users worldwide.

Kinds of Web Browsers:

• Internet Explorer
• Google
• Mozilla Firefox
• Safari
• Opera
• Netscape
• Flock

Basic Web Design Principles:

• Balance - symmetrical and asymmetrical arrangements of the text and objects of the web page.
• Proximity - proper arrangement of related elements would facilitate user interaction.
• Focus - a web page must have a focal point that you want the user to focus and remember.
• White Spaces - literary blank spaces to allow readability of important texts and draw attention to images on the web site.
• Unity - it is achieved by using the same company logo, font color, font style, composition and other elements.
• Alignment - it is the proper arrangement and positioning of the element of the website.

Essential Elements of Web Contents:

• Accuracy
• Readability
• Understandable
• Concise
• Ethical and Legal

Planning the Website:

1. Create the goal
2. Identify the primary target audience
3. Plan the Content
4. Plan and organize the site structure
5. Planning and designing the navigation scheme
6. Planning and gathering your resources

My Website

i have created my own website using jimdo, it is all about creating or building your own gaming cpu where me and my team provide you the essentials and specs to create your dream computer. Here is the link of my Website: Rapid-Techno's World of Computers

Lesson 7: Online Platforms for ICT Content Development

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We have discussed some of the platforms already available on the web.This time we will take more in-depth approach on these platforms and when to use them.

Online Platforms:

1. Social Media Platforms - Websites like Facebook allow you to create not only personal accounts but also pages and groups where you can share content.(note: It has a low customization but backed up by popularity.)

• Facebook has billions of users. LinkedIn is another example of a social networking site where it focus is on business and professional networking.

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2. Blogging Platforms - Websites like WordPress, Tumblr, and Blogger focus on content and design. It typically looks like a newsletter where you are given options to change the design to your liking.(note: It has high customization, popularity depends to the user to maximize the use of the blog.)

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Content Management System(CMS)

A content management system(CMS) is a computer application(sometimes online or browser-based) that allows you to publish, edit and manipulate, organize and delete web content. CMS is used in blogs, news websites, and shopping.

Creating Your Own Blog using WordPress

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Lesson 6: Imaging and Design for online Environment

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On March 23, 2016, Alexa.com, a renowned website for ranking webpages popularity, ranks Google as number one in the entire world.

Creating a web page is like creating a work of art. There are certain things that you need to consider in order to get your message across. In Lesson 5, we learned some tips on how to create an effective PowerPoint presentation. Some of those tips can help you in graphics and design layout.

Basic Principles of Graphics and Layout:

1.Balance - It is the visual weight of objects, textures, colors, and space is evenly distributed on the screen.

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2.Emphasis - Used to make certain points of the artwork stand out. It creates the center of interest or focal point.

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3.Movement - How the eye moves through the composition; leading the attention of the viewers from one aspect to another.

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4.Pattern, Repetition, and Rhythm - These are the repeating visual element on an image or layout to create unity in the layout or image. Rhythm is achieved when visual elements create a sense of organized movement.

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5.Proportion - Visual elements create a sense of unity where they relate well with one another.

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6.Variety - This uses several design elements to draw a viewer's attention. 

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Infographics

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Infographics is a visual presentations of information that use the element of design to display content. It expresses complex messages to viewers in a way that enhances their comprehension, basically it uses pictures, objects, and images in a way for the viewers to easily understand the message of the topic.

Reasons to use Infographics:

• To communicate a message
• To present in a way that is compact and easy to comprehend.
• To analyze data in order to discover cause-and-effect relationships.
• To periodically monitor the route of certain parameters.

3 Elements of Infographics:

1. Visual Elements which includes color coding, graphics, and reference icons.
2. Content Elements which includes time frames, statistics and references.
3. Knowledge Elements which only consist of facts.

Types of Infographics:

• Cause and Effect Infographics - infographics that show the cause and effect of certain topics.
• Product Infographics - used to promote products and services.
• Quantitive Infographics - used to show statistics like bar graphs, charts, etc.
• Chronological Infographics - usually used to show a topic in a step-by-step sequence.
• Directional Infographics - similar to chronological inforgraphics where you use arrows to direct the viewers attention to another aspect of the infographic.

Some Tips for Creating Infographics:

• Simplicity Rocks
• Nothing takes effect without a cause
• Draw your Boundaries
• Think in Color
• Layout is not just Typography
• Make it Appealing
• Be Verifiable