Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS
LAIYA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
LAIYA IBABAO, SAN JUAN, BATANGAS

Subject: Empowerment Technologies (TVL)

Grading Period: Second
Week: 1 (January 04-08, 2021)
Topic/MELC: apply web design principles and elements using online creation tools,
platforms, and applications to communicate a message for a specific purpose in specific
professional tracks.
STAGE 1: BEGINNING WITH THE END IN MIND

Hello dear students. Welcome back to Empowerment Technologies Learning Activity

Sheets. This LAS will be the start of your Quarter 2.

The Nature and Purposes of Online Platform is one of the topics that you need to learn and
understand in our subject. This Learning Activity Sheet is good for 1 week.

You should be able to have an initial grasp of the following topic:

1. Online platform for ICT Content Development

2. Content Management System

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to create a blog using the online platform of
your choice about the history, amenities, and facilities of the hotels here in Laiya. You may
include pictures.

STAGE 2: ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE OF LEARNING

Your blog will be graded according to the following standard:

1. Spelling and Grammar (40 %) – the post is easy to read and there are very few spelling and
grammar mistakes
2. Original Content (20%) – The post is 99%-100% in the author’s own word.
3. Giving Credit (10%) – All sources are credited.
4. Presentation (20%) – Design is unique and well thought out. Completed work is exceptionally
neat.
5. Timeliness (20%) – The output was submitted on time.

STAGE 3: THINGS TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND TO GET TO THE END

STAGE 3A: EXPLORE

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Activity 1: List down at least 5 examples of Social Media platforms and blogging platforms you
remembered from the past lessons.

1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.
4. 4.
5. 5.

Activity 2: Answer the question below.

Among the two mentioned online platforms which do you think is more superior?
Why?

Stage 3B. Firm Up

Lecture 1: Online Platforms for ICT Content Development

In the earlier years sometime in the 1990s, creating a webpage or a website was a skill required a
mind of computer programmer, working on standard lines of computer code that need to be
memorized to produce basically flat but colorful document. Nowadays, it is so much easier that a
high school student with enough creativity could assemble textual and visual parts that are
already interactive and fun for the user. Moreover, websites have evolved into tools and platforms
for discovery, sharing, connection and co-creation.

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

Examples of Online Platform

1. Presentation/Visualization
2. Cloud Computing
3. Social Media
4. Web Page Creation
5. File Management
6. Mapping
1. Presentation/Visualization
communicates information clearly and efficiently via statistical graphics, plots, and
information graphics
Examples of Presentation / Visualization
a. Prezi
- is an Hungarian presentation software company founded in 2009, with offices in
Budapest, Berlin, San Francisco, and Riga.
- helping to reinvent the art of presentation
b. Zoho
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 - an online project management app that helps you plan your work and keep track
of your progress
c. Slideshare
- to build quickly from concise, well presented content from top experts
d. MindMeister
- an online mind-mapping tool that lets you capture, develop, and share ideas
visually.

2. 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
Examples of Cloud Computing
a. Google Drive
- keep all work in one secure place with online file storage
b. Dropbox
- keeps your files safe, synced, and easy to share

3. Social Media
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
a. Twitter
– online social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-
character messages called “tweets”.
b. Facebook

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 – is for-profit corporation and online social networking service
4. Web Page Creation
encompasses several important elements including color, layout, and overall graphical
appearance. Examples Web Page Creation
a. Wix
- a cloud-based web development platform that allows users to create HTML5
websites and mobile sites using their online drag and drop tools
b. Weebly
- a web-hosting service featuring a drag and-drop website builder.
5. File Management
is the storing, naming, sorting, and handling computer files
Examples of File Management
a. Zamzar
- web application to convert files
b. word2pdf
- convert Word files to PDF (Portable Document Format) with this online tool.
6. Mapping
a transformation taking the points of one space into the points of the same or another
space.
Examples of Mapping
a. Google Maps – a desktop web mapping service developed by Google

Checkpoint 1

CHALLENGE QUESTION
WHAT IS THE USE OF A WEBSITE?
DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN USE A WEBSITE FOR A NUMBER OF PURPOSES? AND
DID YOU KNOW THAT WEBSITES CAN BE CONSISERES AS PLATFORMS FOR
PRODUCTIVITY?

Lecture 2: 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 Blogs- is a discussion or informational website published on the web consisting of
discrete, often informal diary-style text entries ("posts"). Posts are typically displayed in reverse
chronological order, so that the most recent post appears first, at the top of the web page.

There are many good reasons to create a blog. You may want to practice your writing,
create a following, establish your brand, or use blogging as a marketing tool to increase site
traffic. It’s also a great way to connect with like-minded people.

Examples of Blogging Sites

a. WordPress
- Among the best blog sites, the self-hosted version of WordPress is, by far the most
popular blogging platform in the world. WordPress powers over 90 percent of all the
blogs on the Internet.
b. Blogger

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 -This free blog hosting service has been around for a long time. It was founded in
1999 and acquired by Google in 2003. As a consequence, you can sign up easily
with your existing Google account.
c. Medium

Medium is a publishing platform founded in 2012 by one of the people behind Twitter.
By now, it has become a popular community for writers, bloggers, and journalists.

In addition to the ability to write blog posts, it also comes with limited social networking
functions. You can comment on other people’s content and “like” it (likes are called
“claps” on Medium). The audience is built into the platform.

d. Squarespace
Squarespace is a drag-and-drop website builder which is aimed at small business
owners. It’s a great all-in-one solution for non-technical people and offers hosting,
domain registration, and the possibility for e-commerce. It also has blogging capabilities
which are the reason why it’s among the best blog sites out there.
e. Tumblr
- The service is a micro-blogging platform optimized for short-form content. It also has
a community behind it and social network features.

STAGE 3C: DEEPEN

Activity 1: Read and answer each question.

1. What are the blogging platforms besides WordPress that piqued your interest? Why?
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2. Differentiate the different online platform available to be used for ICT content
development
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3. Besides Google Drive, what is the other cloud computing software you have used so far?
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Activity 2: VENN DIAGRAM

Directions: Select 2 social platforms and create a Venn Diagram.

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Activity 3: Blog Creation

Directions: Create a blog using the blogging platform of your choice.

1. Research 3 resorts in Laiya that gets your interest. Look for the history, amenities, and
facilities it has to offer to the guest who liked to unwind here in our area. Please put the
sources or websites where you get your pictures and words to avoid plagiarism.
2. Create a blog post about these resorts in the blogging platform of your choice.
3. Send the link of your output to your teacher’s Messenger Account.

Your blog will be graded according to the following standard:

1. Spelling and Grammar (40 %) – the post is easy to read and there are very few spelling and
grammar mistakes
2. Original Content (20%) – The post is 99%-100% in the author’s own word.
3. Giving Credit (10%) – All sources are credited.
4. Presentation (20%) – Design is unique and well thought out. Completed work is exceptionally
neat.
5. Timeliness (20%) – The output was submitted on time.

And you are done! Congratulations for finishing Second Quarter, Lesson 1: The Nature and
Purposes of Online Platform of Empowerment Technologies. Should you have questions, please do
not hesitate to reach your teacher through the following:

Gmail:
Facebook/Messenger:

References
Innovative Training Works, I. (2017). Online Platforms for ICT Content Development. In I. Innovative
Training Works, Empowerment Technologies (pp. 127-135). Quezon City: Rex Bookstore.

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SCHÄFERHOFF, N. (2020, February 4). WebsiteSetup. Retrieved from https://websitesetup.org/best-
blog-sites/

Prepared by:

MELANIE DIANE G. INDITA

Teacher II

Checked for Language: Checked for Content:

JOJO ALVIN S. BONTILE ROBERT J. DIMAPASOK

Teacher II Teacher II

Noted by: Approved by:

CRIZA JEAN L. SULIT JOSEPHINE D. ROSALES, Ph.D.

Master Teacher I Principal III

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