Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION IV-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS
TUY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

LEARNING ACTIVITY SHEET IN EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES

Online systems, functions and platforms

Name of Learner: ____________________________________

Grade Level: 11/12 _
Strand/Track: ____________________________________
Section: ____________________________________
Date: WEEK 1 – DAY 1 – (Introduction – Development)
WEEK 1 – DAY 2 – (Engagement – Assimilation)
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A. Background Information for Learners

This activity sheets introduces varied online platforms, sites, and content used by people in different settings
in practical and daily living. It also discusses different categories of each online platform, their uses, and their
advantages in connecting with other people.

B. Learning Competency with code

Compare and contrast the nuances of varied online platforms, sites, and content to best achieve specific
class objectives or address situational challenges.
CS_ICT11/12-ICTPT-Ia-b-1

C. Directions/ Instructions
After going through with this unit, you are expected to:
1. Use the learning activity sheets with care.
2. Read the instruction carefully before doing each task.
3. Observe honesty and integrity in doing the tasks and checking your answers. Record your points.
4. Always aim to get at least 80% of the total number of given items for the mastery of competency.
5. If you encounter any difficulty in answering the activities, do not hesitate to consult your teacher.
Always bear in mind that you are not alone.

D. Exercises / Activities
DAY 1
D1. INTRODUCTION

a. What I Need to Know?

At the end of the lesson, you are expected to:
1. Identify varied online platforms, sites, and content.
2. Compare and contrast the differences between online platforms, sites, and content.
3. Appreciate the importance of varied online platforms.
MY SCORE

b. What’s New?
Activity 1: “Guess what?”
Directions: Identify the following online platforms and provide specific activities where each online platform
can be used. Write your answer below.

Name: _______________________
Activities: ________________________________________________

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Activities: ________________________________________________

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Activities: ________________________________________________
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Activities: ________________________________________________

D2. DEVELOPMENT
MY SCORE
a. What I Know?
Activity 2: “Pre-Test”
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Circle the letter of the correct answer.
1. According to the research conducted last 2016, Google remains the most popular search engine. Google
is an example of ___________ online platform.
A. Social media platforms C. Advertising platforms
B. Search engines D. Payment Systems

2. Below are examples of payment transaction online EXCEPT.

A. PayPal C. Globe
B. Cebuana Lhuillier D. Mastercard

3. Which of the following is a communication service provider in the Philippines?

A. Smart Telecommunication C. Lazada
B. Facebook messenger D. YouTube
4. Which platform is NOT used for advertising?
A. Twitter C. Globe
B. YouTube D. Facebook

5. Social media is the same as to social networking.

A. True C. Both A and B are correct
B. False D. None of the above
MY SCORE

b. What’s in?
Activity 3: “Identifying Text”
Directions: In three sentences, give your own meaning on the text, “If you can program it, then it is a platform.
It you can’t, then it’s not.” – Marc Andreessen. Refer to the scoring rubric for the proficiency of your answer.
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c. What Is It?

Online Systems, Functions, and Platforms

Online system is a set of principles or procedures according to which something is done, an organized scheme or
method. Ex. Online Shopping System

A platform is a group of technologies that are used as a base upon which other applications, processes or technologies
are developed.

If you can program it, then it’s a platform. If you can’t, then it’s not.” - Marc Andreessen

The online platforms in the use of ICT makes it easier for users to interact, to collect, and use the data from the user’s
interactions for their own particular needs. Online platforms can be overwhelming due to the number of choices. They can
be categorized as follows:

Search Engines
It is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web (WWW). The search
results are generally presented in a line of results referred to as Search Engine Results Page (SERPs). The information
may be a mix of webpages, images, and other types of files.

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Communication Services
These are outsourced enterprise communications solutions that can be leased from a single vendor or provider.
A Communications Service Provider (CSP) is a provider that transports information electronically and can
encompass public and private companies in telecom, internet, cable, satellite, and managed services business.

Payment System
It is any system used to settle financial transactions through transfer of monetary value, and includes the
institutions, instruments, people, rules, procedures, standards, and technologies.

Advertising Platforms
It allows users to create and manage advertising campaigns, generate reports, and retrieve information about the
ads, campaigns, and organizations that are associated with an account.

Social Media
Social Media are forms of electronic communication (as Websites for social networking and microblogging)
through which users create online communities to share information, ideas, personal messages, and other content (as
videos).

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Following are some of the online platforms and applications that you can use to create online presentation, web page,
newsletter, infographics, music, video, and other multimedia contents:

1. Presentation Tools – Prezi, Zoho Shows, MS PowerPoint.

2. Newsletter, ICT Content Platforms – Dropbox, Tumblr, Wix
3. Photo Editing Tools – Picasa, Adobe Photoshop, GIMP
4. Video Editing Tools – Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premier Pro
5. Photo uploading and hosting Tools – Dropbox, Flickr
6. Online Collaborative Tools – Google Drive, Viber, Facebook
7. Cloud Computing – Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft One Drive
8. Blog Tools – Blogger, WordPress, LiveJournal
9. Mapping Tools – Google Maps, Waze, Wikimapia
10. Music Production – Sony Vegas Pro, Audacity, Virtual DJ
11. Survey and Forms – Google Forms
12. ICT Projects and Content Publishing and Uploading Platforms – WordPress, MS Office Project Server, File
Manager
13. Web Design Platforms – Wix, Weebly, Adobe Dreamweaver
MY SCORE
14. Web Management Platforms – Drupal, WordPress, Joomla
15. Curating tools – Pinterest, Storify, Trapit

Activity 4: “Knowledge Exploration”

Directions. Refer to the given lecture entitled “Online systems, functions and platforms” to have a better
understanding of the topic. Answer the following questions. Refer to the scoring rubric for the proficiency of
your answer. Write your answer below each statement or question.
1. You are task to pay your Globe bill online, what platform will you use? Give three specific merchants
where you can pay your bill.
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2. You assigned to search for several topics in your English subject. What search engine will you use
and why?
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3. Your task is to create an advertising campaign for your new business. What advertising platform will
you use and why?
________________________________________________________________________________
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4. In your opinion, which is the best communication service provider? Give your reason.
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5. Which social media best fits in your lifestyle? Why?
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DAY 2
MY SCORE
D3. ENGAGEMENT

a. What’s More?
Activity 5: “Where do I belong?”
Directions: Using the Internet, look for the online platforms and applications listed below. Evaluate whether
they are Social Media, Search Engines, Communication Services, Payment Systems and Advertising
Platforms and give a brief description about them. Write your answer below.

1. 6.

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3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

1. 6.

2. 7.

3. 8.

4. 9.

5. 10.

MY SCORE
b. What I Can Do?
Activity 6: “Compare and Contrast”
Fill in the chart below to help you compare and contrast the different online platforms. Then answer the
questions below. Refer to the scoring rubric for the proficiency of your answer.
Advertising Platforms
Payment Systems
Communication
Search Engines
MediaSocial

Services

How it works?

Examples

Advantages

Disadvantages

Guide questions:
1. How are platforms similar to one another?

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2. How are platforms different from each other?

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MY SCORE
c. What other enrichment activities can I engage in?
Activity 7: “Take the Challenge”
Directions. Below are performance tasks. Choose one which you can definitely do. You may ask your teacher
or any of the member of your family to do this activity. Refer to the scoring rubric for performance task. Use
bond paper for this activity.
In a ___________, show the importance of using online platforms.
1. Illustration / drawing
2. Poem composition

D4. ASSIMILATION
MY SCORE
a. What I Have Learned?
Activity 8: “Your Turn to Shine”
Directions. Answer the following questions. Refer to the scoring rubric for the proficiency of your answer.
1. How do online platforms shape our lives?
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2. How do the different online platforms help you as a student in your chosen track?
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MY SCORE
b. What I Can Do?
Activity 9: “Post-Test”
Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Circle the letter of the correct answer.
1. Below are examples of payment transaction online EXCEPT.
A. PayPal C. Globe
B. Cebuana Lhuillier D. Mastercard

2. Which platform is NOT used for advertising?

A. Twitter C. Globe
B. YouTube D. Facebook

3. Which of the following is a communication service provider in the Philippines?

A. Smart Telecommunication C. Lazada
B. Facebook messenger D. YouTube

4. Social media is the same as to social networking.

A. True C. Both A and B are correct
B. False D. None of the above

5. According to the research conducted last 2016, Google remains the most popular search engine. Google
is an example of ___________ online platform.
A. Social media platforms C. Advertising platforms
B. Search engines D. Payment Systems
MY SCORE
E. GUIDE QUESTIONS

Activity 10: “Question and Answer”

Directions: In three sentences, respond to the following guide questions. Refer to the scoring rubric for the
proficiency of your answer
1. How did you compare online platforms?
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2. Why is it important to understand the different online platforms?

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F. RUBRICS
Short answer

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CRITERIA exceeds meets partially meets does not meet
expectations expectations expectations expectations
There are 3 There is only 1
There are 2
answers for the answer for the
answers for the
question and each question but that The question was
Content questions but they
answer makes answer makes not answered.
both make sense
sense for the sense to the
for the question.
question. question.
The sentences The sentences
The sentences
are complete are not complete
are not complete The question was
Organization sentences that and they do not
but still relate to not answered.
relate to the relate to the
the question.
question. question.
There was little to There were a There were many
no mistakes in couple mistakes in mistakes in The question was
Grammar
grammar and grammar and grammar and not answered
spelling. spelling. spelling.

Performance task
4 3
2 1
CATEGORY Exceeds Meets
Progressing Not there yet
expectations expectations
The content of the
The content of the The content of the
activity grabs the The content of the
activity gets the activity addresses
viewer's attention activity is limited
viewer's attention the themes of the
and successfully and does not
Content/ Message and successfully importance of
delivers a hard- effectively say
Effectiveness delivers a online platforms.,
hitting message anything about the
message about but not in an
about the importance of
the importance of attention-grabbing
importance of online platforms.
online platforms. manner.
online platforms.
The activity
reflects an The activity The activity
exceptional reflects student displays some The activity lacks
Originality/
degree of student creativity and the creativity and creativity or
Creativity
creativity and the use of some limited original original thinking.
use of original original ideas. thinking.
ideas.

G. REFLECTION
Learners write on their notebooks or journal their insights about the lesson.

Today, I understand that ____________________________________.

Today, I realized that _______________________________________.

H. REFERENCES

Books
Jemma Development Group. (2017). Empowerment Technology. page 13
Rex Book Store. (2016). Empowerment Technologies.

Electronic Sources
Blanza, M. E. (2017). Online Systems, Functions, and Platforms. Retrieved from
https://www.slideshare.net/MariaEloisaBlanza/online-systems-functions-and-platforms
Versoza, N. (2018). Online Systems, Functions, and Platforms. Retrieved from
https://versozanelson.blogspot.com/2018/11/online-systems-functions-and-platforms.html

For images
Landbank logo [Image]. Retrieved from https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?
id=OIP.Btqg02oZyYDzyCJAJCvKDgHaHV&pid=Api&P=0&w=176&h=175
Facebook logo [Image]. Retrieved from https://1000logos.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Facebook-
Logo.png
YouTube logo [Image]. Retrieved from https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?
id=OIP.ADch_tPEdON9hjdv8CTSMgHaHa&pid=Api&P=0&w=300&h=300
Smart logo [Image]. Retrieved from https://mcaproperties.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Smart-logo-
2016.png
Google logo [Image]. Retrieved from https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?
id=OIP.sN5gBq7j_OMU_CV1AZ0LDQHaE8&pid=Api&P=0&w=216&h=145
Yahoo logo [Image]. Retrieved from https://1000logos.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Yahoo-logo.png
Sky cable logo [Image]. Retrieved from http://slingshotdesignstudio.org/wp-
content/uploads/2017/01/skycable_logo_med.png

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 Master card / Visa logo [Image]. Retrieved from https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?
id=OIP.Tm8I5fC59eVVStXCIObmMQHaE1&pid=Api&P=0&w=276&h=181
ebay logo [Image]. Retrieved from http://logok.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/eBay-logo-by-Lippincott.png
tumblr logo [Image]. Retrieved from https://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?
id=OIP.PQHCLZCWXfGA7k1SAp7WHwHaHa&pid=Api&P=0&w=300&h=300
PayPal logo [Image]. Retrieved from
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/PayPal_logo.svg/1024px-
PayPal_logo.svg.png
Amazon logo [Image]. Retrieved from https://tse4.mm.bing.net/th?
id=OIP.OnAtS3xscU9YEy2EknolgQHaCo&pid=Api&P=0&w=487&h=174
Ask.com logo [Image]. Retrieved from https://tse3.mm.bing.net/th?
id=OIP.eAHzrOyKNS5JJKZ5PMytTwHaHa&pid=Api&P=0&w=300&h=300
Sun cellular logo [Image]. Retrieved from
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Sun_Cellular_Logo_2015.svg/800px-
Sun_Cellular_Logo_2015.svg.png

For Rubrics
Short answer
RCampus. Retrieved from https://www.rcampus.com/rubricshowc.cfm?code=XX42CXC&sp=yes&
Cox, J. (2019). Rubric Template Samples for Teachers. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/rubric-
template-2081369

Performance task
Cyber Competition Rubric. Retrieved from
https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/cms/lib/GA01000924/Centricity/Domain/15/Cyber
%20Competition%20Rubric.pdf
The University of Texas at Austin. (2017). Retrieved from
https://facultyinnovate.utexas.edu/sites/default/files/build-rubric.pdf

I. ANSWER KEY

Activity 1: “Guess what?”

Note: specific activities – answers vary
1. Landbank
2. Facebook
3. YouTube
4. Smart
5. Google
Activity 2: “Pre-Test”
1. B
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. C
Activity 3: “Identifying Text” – answers vary
Activity 4: “Knowledge Exploration” – answers vary
Activity 5: “Where do I belong?”
Note: description – answers vary
1. Search Engines 6. Payment Systems
2. Communication Services 7. Advertising Platforms
3. Payment Systems 8. Social Media
4. Advertising Platforms 9. Search Engines
5. Social Media 10. Communication Services
Activity 6: “Compare and Contrast” – answers vary
Activity 7: “Take the Challenge” – answers vary
Activity 8: “Your Turn to Shine” – answers vary
Activity 9: “Post-Test”
1. C
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. B
Activity 10: “Question and Answer” – answers vary