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FOCUS MOST ESSENTIAL LEARNING COMPETENCY (MELC)

This module presents a systematic program of study intended for SHS students who are enrolled in
Pre-calculus. The students must be able to use information and communication technologies as a tool for
curating, contextualizing, collaborating, and creating content and experiences for learning in the professional
tracks.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

 use the Internet as a tool for credible research and information gathering to best achieve
specific class objectives or address situational
 uses common productivity tools effectively by maximizing advanced application techniques

CONTENTS
l. Lesson Motivation
II. Discussion of the Concepts

UNIT 1
Lesson 3: Internet as a Tool for Credible Search and Information Gathering
Activity 3.1
Lesson 4: Advanced Word Processing Skills
Activity 4.1

III. Analysis Questions

IV. Self-Assessment (Performance Task)

Empowerment Technologies Unit 1 Week No.: __1__ Day: 1_

Lesson 3. Internet as a Tool for Credible Search and Information Gathering

Objectives: TLO (Topic Learning Outcomes)

I will be able to

 use the internet as a way obtaining information

 browse the internet efficiently and properly through proper referencing

II. Discussion of the Concepts

Copyright Infringement

If you create something—an idea, an invention, a form of literary work, or a research, you have the right
as to how it should be used by others. This is called intellectual property. In other words, the copyright law
includes your rights over your work, and anyone who uses it without your consent is punishable by law. Try
grabbing any book then browse its first few pages and you will find a page with a disclaimer with the words:
"No part of this book may be copied, reproduced..."That is a copyright page.

As a responsible user of the Internet, you have to consider that not everything out there is free for you
to use. Just like your own, contents that you see from websites have their respective copyrights. There are
several instances where employees or business owners face copyright infringement and are sentenced to a
huge fine due to reckless copying of materials.

Here are some tips that could help you avoid copyright infringement:
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 1. Understand. Copyright protects literary works, photographs, paintings, drawings, films, music (and
lyrics), choreography, and sculptures, but it generally does NOT protect underlying ideas and facts.
This means that you can express something using your own words, but you should give credit to the
source.
2. Be responsible. Even if a material does not say that it is copyrighted, it is not a valid defense against
copyright. Be responsible enough to know if something has a copyright.
3. Be creative. Ask yourself whether what you are making is something that came from you or something
made from somebody else's creativity. It is important to add your own creative genius in everything that
will be credited to you.
4. Know the law. There are some limitations to copyright laws. For instance in the Philippines, copyrights
only last a lifetime (of the author) plus 50 years. There are also provisions for "fair use" which mean that
an intellectual property may be used without a consent as long as it is used in commentaries, criticisms,
search engines, parodies, news reports, research, library archiving, teaching, and education. If you
have doubts that what you are doing does not fall under the policy of fair use, seek permission first.

Figure 1. Fair Use Logo

Another misconception is that fan-fiction is not copyright infringement. In reality, it is and some
copyright holders ignore them but they can opt to use their rights.

Source: wikiHow

Online Research

Have you ever searched the Internet for certain

information where the search engine returned a different result?
For example, if you were to search for "The Madonna" as the
representation of Mary in the form of an art, you would probably
use the keyword "Madonna" to search for it on the net. But if
you use that same keyword nowadays, you are more likely to
stumble upon "Madonna", the music artist instead. And if you
used "The Madonna" to search for "The Madonna" in the first
place, you will be directed in the right place.

Figure 2. Google Search results when you use "Madonna" as

your keyword

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 Figure 3. Google Search results when you use "The Madonna" as your keyword

The information that we need is more likely already in the Internet. It is just a matter of how to look for it
and how to use information from the most credible source. Here are some tips in conducting online research:

1. Have a question in mind. Focus on a question you want answered. If it is a series of

questions, start with one. Never search everything on one go.
2. Narrow it down. Search engines like Google, Bing, or Yahoo use several filters to determine
the most appropriate result for you. These search engines use your previous search history and
your geographical location, and send you the result which is the most related to you. Try to
search "weather" and most search engines would return the weather conditions of where you
are. But if all of these filters fail, you should remember to narrow down what you are searching
for. For example, if you were to look for Tom Sawyer, the animation series, you would better
use the keywords "Tom Sawyer animation" rather than just "Tom Sawyer Another example is if
you were to look for science research experiments, it would be better to include what branch of
science it is or what type of study it is.
3. Advanced Search. The best way to filter information you get from search engines is by using
the advanced search. This will allow you to filter out information you do not need.

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 Figure 4: Screenshot of Google’s Advance Search (google.com/advanced_search)

4. Look for a credible source. Some wikis, though filled with updated information, are not a
credible source. This is due to the fact that anyone can edit its content. When using wikis,
check out the link of the cited text (indicated by superscript number) to be navigated to the
footnote where the list of sources is located. Click the source of the information and see if it is
credible.

Figure 5. References found at the bottom of every Wikipedia page contain links to the entry sources of the
information

The more credible sources are scientific journals, established news and magazine
websites, online encyclopedias, and scholarly databases.
You can also check the URL of a website if it ends with a .org, .gov, and .edu. A website
that ends with .com is intended to be a commercial websites and may be slanted to promoting
a product or service. You should consider the intent of the information on the web page. In
most cases, .edu websites are best for research as government and organization websites may
have a tendency to make information favorable for them.
Unfortunately, not all websites follow the standards in domain name conventions. Some
sites use the suffixes like .com loosely; some sites are not credible even though they use a
.edu suffix.
Another tip to validate if the information is correct is to have multiple sources of
information. Having two or more websites will tell you whether the information is reliable or not.

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 5. Give credit. If you are going to use the information from a source for educational purposes,
give credit to the original author of the page or information.To properly cite a reference, you
may use the format below:

Name of the person or organization (the author of the information). Title of the home page in italics (title is
shown in title bar but is sometimes missing or unrelated). URL. Date last seen.

Examples:

Lapiz, Adrian Harold L. "Oleander's Fun Facts about Bananas.” http://oleander.

penz.com/random/bananalove.htm. Viewed on September 7, 2015.

"Accounting: What you should know." Jargon Online Network. http://www.

jargononline.corn/accounting101.html. Viewed on April 13, 2015.

ACTIVITY 3.1 “PROPER CITATION”

Create an essay about a topic that you are interested in, include factual information where you can find
it in the internet. Cite the author or sources of each of the information you searched following the rules and
proper citation at the last part of the text to avoid copyright infringement. The essay must have at least two
paragraph of information with at least 3 sentences each.

--End of Lesson 3--

Empowerment Technologies Unit 1 Week No.: __1__ Day: 2_

Lesson 4. Advanced Word Processing Skills

Objectives: TLO (Topic Learning Outcomes)

I will be able to
 Use some advance capabilities of Microsoft Word commonly used to increase productivity and
efficiency.
 Effectively use these features to help improve the productivity of an organization through
maximizing the potential of Microsoft Word.

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II. Discussion of the Concepts

Productivity Tools
It refers to the software that people use to create and produce documents, presentations, databases,
charts, and graphs.
Productivity tools helps you create professional quality documents, presentation, graphics, and more.

Why should you learn productivity tools?

While there are a wide range of benefits of using productivity tools, the best reason is that it just makes
essential, everyday we use computer to do different task for more efficient.

Common productivity tools

1. Microsoft word
2. Microsoft excel
3. Microsoft PowerPoint
4. LibreOffice

In this time, we have many options to use of to explore productivity software, like LibreOffice, a Free
and Open Source Productivity Suite, which matches and perhaps could even exceed the overall features,
advantages, and benefits of their counterpart.

Although, LibreOffice is a Free and Open Source software, most software available in actual
workplace are made from Microsoft. This software is a paid apps, you can visit this site
https://www.microsoft.com for more information.

Free and Proprietary Software | Feature Comparison: LibreOffice - Microsoft Office, available
here: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Feature_Comparison:_LibreOffice_Microsoft_Office and here:
https://goo.gl/4tUz7x

Advanced Word Processing

Mail Merge
It is a Word’s way of generating mass mailings. It involves combining a list of names and
addresses to individually address to each person / receiver on the list. You can use Mail Merge to create
envelopes or address labels, as well as form letters.

Mail Merged involved the following documents;

• Main document - this document contains text and graphics. Example body of the letter.
• Mailing list - this is your data source that is used to populate information in the letter. It contains names
and address of the recipients.
• Merged document - this document the combination of the main document.

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 Figure 1: Sample Form Document

Components of Mail Merge

1. Form Document
Our sample letter above is what we call a form document—the first component of our mail merged
document. It is generally the document that contains the main body of the message we want to convey or
send. The main body of the message is the part of the form document that remains the same no matter
whom you send it to from among your list.
Also included in the form document is what we call place holders, also referred to as data fields or
merge fields. This marks the position on your form document where individual data or information will be
inserted. From our sample document, the place holders are denoted or marked by the text with double-
headed arrows (<< >>) on each side and with a gray background. On a printed standard form, this will be
the underlined spaces that you will see and use as guide to where you need to write the information that
you need to fill out. In its simplest form, a form document is literally a "form" that you fill out with individual
information. A common example of a form document is your regular tax form or application form. Then
there is also a form letter which is exactly like the one in our example above.

2. List or Data File

The second component of our mail merged document is the list or data file. This is where the individual
information or data that needs to be plugged in (merged) to the form document is placed and maintained.
One of the best things about the mail merge feature is that it allows data file to be created from within the
Microsoft® Word application itself, or it gets data from a file created in Microsoft® Excel or other data
formats. In this way, fields that needed to be filled up on the form document can easily be maintained
without accidentally altering the form or main document. You can easily add, remove, modify, or extract
your data more efficiently by using other data management applications like Excel or Access and import
them in Word during the mail merge process.

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Label Generation

Included in the mail merge feature on Microsoft® Word is the Label Generator. It just makes sense that
after you print out your form letters, you will need to send it to individual recipients in an envelope with the
matching address printed directly on the envelope or on a mailing label to stick on. By using virtually the same
process as a standard mail merge, Microsoft' Word will print individual addresses to a standard form that it has
already pre-formatted. Simply put, it creates a blank form document that simulates either a blank label or
envelope of pre-defined size and will use the data file that you selected to print the information, typically
individual addresses. So even in generating labels, the two essential components of creating a merged
document are present: the form document and the data file. Only in this case, you did not have to type or
create the form document yourself because it was already created and pre-formatted in Microsoft' Word. All
you need to do is select the correct or appropriate size for the label or envelope and select the data file that
contains the addresses (data) to be printed. You can also preview your merged labels before printing if you
want to.

ACTIVITY 4.1 “Creating a Mail Merge”

This is a step-by-step process on how to use the "Mail Merge" feature in Microsoft Word. Mail Merging is
very useful when sending the same source to multiple addresses.

1. Start a Word document. Go to the Mailings tab. Click on Start Mail Merge Button

and select the Step by Step Mail Merge Wizard from the drop down menu. A Mail Merge window should
show up on the right.

2.  Follow the Mail Merge Wizard by choosing the type of document (labels, letters, envelopes etc.)

and hit Next at the bottom.

3.  Select label options in blue to choose the correct formatting.  A new window will come up that
looks like this:

4.  Select whether to use the current document (can be an existing document, Excel), change

document layout or start from existing document.

5.  Hit Next: Select recipients at the bottom. Then choose one of the options at the top – using an
existing list, select from Outlook contacts or type a new list.

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  If you choose to using an existing list, then you will need to select the blue browse button.
 If you choose to select from Outlook contacts you will have to select the blue choose contacts
folder button. That will bring up a window for you to select the correct folder.
 If you choose to type a new list you will need to select the blue create button and a window
will pop up to create the contacts for the document.

6. When choosing use an existing list, and browsing, you can select a document (such as excel) with
the addresses in it. Then it will bring up a verification page like this:

7. Once you click OK, your word doc will look like this, or similar depending on formatting:

8.  Then keep following the wizard prompt by clicking Next: Arrange you labels at the bottom.

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9.  Click on the blue More items… It will bring up this window.

10.  If you click on the Address Fields button you will need to insert each option one by one. In
the Insert Merge Filed window select and insert the options you wish to add to your mail merge
document, and in the order you want them to appear. (Normally select First Name, Last Name,
Address 1, City, State, Postal Code) Then you will have to do additional formatting to your
document. Add a space between each option you chose, and put them in proper rows.

11.  If you choose the Database Fields option you can select the lines you want to add. You will also
have to add some spaces and other formatting to the document.

Changing the formatting will change the document from this:

To this:

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12.  Then hit the Update all labels button to update the entire page:

13.  Then hit Next: Preview you labels at the bottom to view the labels:

14. 
Then hit Next: Complete the merge. You have the option to Print or Edit individual labels from there.

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