E-TECH

Empowerment Technologies
UNIT 1

◼ LESSON 1 Information and Communication

Technology
◼ LESSON 2 Online Safety, Security , Ethics,
and Etiquette
◼ LESSON 3 Contextualized Online
Research and Research Skills
OBJECTIVES:
At the end of this unit, you must be able to

◼ use ICT terms properly in the next lessons,

◼ discuss how to be a responsible cyber citizen,
◼ acknowledge the quantity and quality of your digital life,
◼ use search engines effectively to improve your research
skills,
◼ check accuracy and reliability of information from the
Internet via various digital tools,
◼ use productivity tools for different purposes, and
◼ apply graphic design techniques to create original or
derivative ICT content.
Contextualized
Online Search and
Research Skills
LESSON 3
 Lesson 3: Contextualized Online Search &
Research Skills
Motivational Activity

A. Follow the instructions and write your

observation for each result in your E-Tech
notebook.
1. Google the name of our President. Open Google, type the name
Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in the search box.

Observation:_______________________________________________
_________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________.
2. Google your name.
A.Observation:_____________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_______________________________.

B. If you found out all the information about yourself when

you searched your name, it only means that it is exposed to
public and you are prone to internet threats. What you will
do to secure your private information and avoid internet
threats?__________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
 Contextualized
Online Search and
Research Skills
ONLINE SEARCH is the process of interactively
searching for and retrieving requested
information via a computer from databases
that are online. Today, searches through web
search engines constitute the majority of
online searches (Online Search n.d.).
Search engine is a service that allows internet
users to search for content via the World Wide
Web (WWW). A user enters keywords or key
phrases into a search engine and receives a list
of Web content results in the form of websites,
images, videos or other online data. The list of
content returned via a search engine to a user
is known as a search engine results page (SERP)
(Search Engine 2019).
Here are the top three search engines (Chris n.d.)
Here are the top three search engines (Chris n.d.)

2. Bing is the best alternative search engine to Google.

Bing is Microsoft’s attempt to challenge Google in search,
but despite their efforts, they still did not manage to
convince users that their search engine can be as reliable as
Google. Bing originated from Microsoft’s previous search
engines (MSN Search, Windows Live Search, Live Search).
Bing’s search engine share is between 2.55% and 12.61%.
Here are the top three search engines (Chris n.d.)
Search engines help you to look for something on
the web, but would you able to find it, or you found
something you weren’t expecting to find? Google
and Bing are continually improving their search
abilities (Web Searching Skills n.d.).
And you need to improve your research skills so
you’ll be able to find what you are looking for
quickly and easily.
Some of the research skills are critical thinking, data
collection, finding information on or off the internet,
and analysis of information from different sources
(Research Skills n.d.).
Here are the few basic search techniques to follow:
1.Think before you search. Think about the
topic or question you would like to search.
Think about how you would describe the
topic and choose 3 or 4 keywords.
2.Keep it simple. Describe what you want in as
few terms as possible.
3.Be specific. The more precise your search
terms are, the more precise your search
results will be. Avoid general or common
words.
Here are the few basic search techniques to follow:
4. Imagine how the webpage you are hoping
to find will be written. Use words that are
likely to appear on that page.

5. Capitalization, punctuation and spelling

don’t really matter. In most cases, search
engines will ignore capitalization and
punctuation in a search and will generally
auto-correct your spelling mistakes.
Here are the few basic search techniques to follow:
6. Narrow your search results. There are
several ways to help you narrow your search
results to find exactly what you’re looking for.:
• Use quotation marks to find exact phrases or
names. Put a word or phrase inside quotes.
Example: "tallest building“
• Use Boolean Operators (AND, OR, and NOT) to
broaden or narrow your search. o AND (+ in
Google) narrows the search because it requires
both terms to be in each item returned. Example:
Peanut Butter +and Jam
Here are the few basic search techniques to follow:
• OR broadens the search because either term (or
both) will be in the returned items. (OR gives you
more!)
Example: marathon OR race
• NOT (- in Google) narrows your search because it
will eliminate any results with the second term.
Example: jaguar speed -car
• Apply filters. After you search, most search
engines have filters available that will refine you
search to a specific type of contact.

• Search a specific site. If you’re looking for a

specific topic on a particular website, you can use
site: to limit your search results to that site.
Example: site:youtube.com or site:.gov

• Search for a specific filetype. If you know that

you’re searching for a particular type of file use
filetype: to narrow your search results to a
certain type of file. Example: filetype:ppt
• Search for a definition. If you are looking for a
definition of a term, you can use define.
Example: define communication

• Search for a time. If you are searching for a time

in specific country, use time <country> .
Example: time Dubai

• Search for social media. Put @ in front of a word

to search social media. Example: @twitter

• Search for a price. Put $ in front of a number.

Example: camera $400
• Search hashtags. Put # in front of a word.
Example: #throwbackthursday

• Search for wildcards or unknown words.

Put a * in your word or phrase where you want to
leave a placeholder.
Example: "largest * in the world"

• Search within a range of numbers.

Put .. between two numbers.

Example: camera $50..$100

Any Question/s?
Lesson 3 – Activity
A. Find the Hidden Calculator

In your Mathematics subject, you are tasked to get

the equivalent of 124 centimeters to inches, then
to millimeter. Your teacher said that you can use
Google to search for it.

Answer it on your E-Tech notebook.

Lesson 3 – Activity 3
A. Find the Hidden Calculator
References:
DepED Module - Empowerment Technologies Quarter 1 – Module 1 – 3

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https://www.webopedia.com/definitions/http/

https://byjus.com/gate/difference-between-web-browser-and-web-
server/#:~:text=Web%20Server%3A%20Know%20the%20Difference,
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THANK YOU