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The document discusses various online platforms including assistive media, collaborative platforms, convergent technologies, information and communications technology, mobile media, online systems, social media, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0. It describes how these platforms can be used to achieve specific needs and objectives, address challenges in the classroom, and address challenges in one's community. The document also provides guidance for students to interview local professionals about their use of information and communication technologies in their work.

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Online Platforms Activity 1 2

The document discusses various online platforms including assistive media, collaborative platforms, convergent technologies, information and communications technology, mobile media, online systems, social media, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0. It describes how these platforms can be used to achieve specific needs and objectives, address challenges in the classroom, and address challenges in one's community. The document also provides guidance for students to interview local professionals about their use of information and communication technologies in their work.

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ONLINE PLATFORMS (From Empowerment Technologies, Student Reader DepEd

Material)

1. Assistive Media - a component under Assistive technology (AT), which is a


generic term used to refer to a group of software or hardware devices by which
people with disabilities can access computers. Assistive Media is also a name of
a company: “the Internet's first audio solution for persons with print
reading/access barriers. The audio recordings of the literary works produced by
Assistive Media are now easily accessible, on-demand, to the ever growing
number of persons with disabilities who now use the Internet.”
2. Collaborative platforms - “is a category of business software that adds broad
social networking capabilities to work processes.”
3. Convergent Technologies - an extension of the term convergence, which means
a “coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies. For
example, the so-called fax revolution was produced by a convergence of
telecommunications technology, optical scanning technology, and printing
technology.” Convergent Technologies also refers to an American computer
company formed by a small group of people who left Intel Corporation and Xerox
PARC in 1979.
4. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) - ICT is an umbrella term that
includes any communication device or application, encompassing: radio,
television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software,
satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and applications
associated with them, such as videoconferencing and distance learning. ICTs are
often spoken of in a particular context, such as ICTs in education, health care, or
libraries. The term is somewhat more common outside of the United States. It
may also be defined as, Information and Communication Technologies (ICT or
ICTs) are digital forms of communication including tools available on the Internet,
such as blogging and email, as well as computer software, such as Microsoft
PowerPoint and Word4.
5. Mobile Media - This refers to “media devices such as mobile phones and PDA’s
were the primary source of portable media from which we could obtain
information and communicate with one another. More recently, the smartphone
(which has combined many features of the cell phone with the PDA) has
rendered the PDA next to obsolete.5 The growth of new mobile media as a true
force in society was marked by smartphone sales outpacing personal computer
sales in 2011.”
6. Online systems - are online versions of information systems, which is “the
process of and tools for storing, managing, using, and gathering of data and
communications in an organization. An example of information systems are tools
for sending out communications and storing files in a business.”
7. Social Media - “are computer-mediated tools that allow people or companies to
create, share, or exchange information, career interests, ideas, and
pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks.”
8. Web 2.0 - “describes World Wide Web sites that emphasize user-generated
content, usability, and interoperability. The term was popularized by Tim O'Reilly
and Dale Dougherty at the O'Reilly Media Web 2.0 Conference in late 2004,
though it was coined by Darcy DiNucci in 1999.”
9. Web 3.0 - “a phrase coined by John Markoff of the New York Times in 2006,
refers to a supposed third generation of Internet-based services that collectively
comprise what might be called ‘the intelligent Web’—such as those using
semantic web, microformats, natural language search, data-mining, machine
learning, recommendation agents, and artificial intelligence technologies—which
emphasize machine-facilitated understanding of information in order to provide a
more productive and intuitive user experience.”

Activity 1. Compare and contrast the implications of varied online platforms, sites and
content in terms of the following;

a) Achieving your specific needs, objectives;


b) Addressing the challenges in the classroom or
c) Addressing the challenges of your community

ICT, Me and my Community

ICT is found in almost all facets of life, own activities, and the community around you.
The next activity will help you comprehend how strong the influence of ICT in our daily
lives.

Activity 2. Let us look at our community. Look for businessmen and professionals
( preferably closer to the heart of your chosen field in the future – Science, Technology,
Engineering or Math ) around your community. Conduct a short interview of the
business owner using the following guide.

Type of business/profession

Address: Nature of Business:

Guide Questions:

1. What are the different ways for customer, suppliers, clients to contact you?

2. What are the gadgets you use in the conduct of your business/ profession?

3. How often do you use this gadget(s) for business/profession?

4. Does your workplace have internet connection? If yes, what is its purpose? If no,
would you consider having it in the future? Why or why not?

5. Does you have a website for your business/profession? If yes, how does it help
the company? If no, would you consider having one in the future? Why or why
not?

6. If applicable, would you consider giving free wifi access in the future for your
business/profession? If you already have it,does it help boost your
business/clientele?

For the student, write a short story of your learnings in this activity (no less than 200
words) Visit https://wordcounter.net/

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