Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region v
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF SORSOGON
Gallanosa National High School
San Pedro, Irosin, Sorsogon
Name of Student: _____________________________________________
Learning Area-Grade Level & Section: ___________________________
Date: _______________________
LEARNING ACTION SHEET WEEK 2

EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES: How can I use the internet as

a tool for effective research?
I. INTRODUCTORY CONCEPT (Group Project)

How does E-Tech empower people and effect social change?

Learning Outcomes
• Discover how empowerment technologies
• Identify recent social issues that have empowerment technologies.
• Use advanced productivity tools collaboratively proofreading and developing a
project.
Portfolio Output (This is your expected output to be submitted at the end of module
– after 5th week)
Project Pitch — a five- ten-page per documenting the details of your social change
project. The following are the elements of your project that must appear in the
project pitch document:
Title of the Project
This refers to the social issue identified and you want to tackle
during the semester. Your aim is to address this issue by increasing
should be in question format.

Objectives of Project
This refers to the outcomes your group wants to produce after the project has
been completed.

Related Literatures and Resources

Try to prove your point by presenting articles, research, or statistics. Present at
least 10 articles here.

II. LEARNING SKILLS FROM MELCs

At the end of this module, you should be able to:
1. Use the Internet as a tool for credible research and information gathering to best achieve
specific class objectives or address situational.
2. Gain awareness on cybercrime.
3. Practice computer ethics, online safety and security.
III. ACTIVITIES
a. LET US REVIEW
 You learned about the meaning and importance of empowerment technologies in the previous
lesson. By working on a project, your group identified issues to be resolve. Now you will learn
about research. What is the proper way to do research.

Where do you often get information for your projects? Fill out the graphic organizer below:
Activity 1:

Research
Topic

Printed Online
Reference Reference

Often, people search Google with limited information they have, but it is enough if they want to
find specific information. Search Engines require context for it to give you the most relevant
results.

b. LET US STUDY
Contextualized Online Search and Research Skills. - Contextualized search can be defined
as a skilled or optimized way of searching the Internet based on the "context" provided,
therefore narrowing down the results given back to you by the search engine (Feldman, 2012).
This increases the chances of you receiving the most appropriate reply to your query.
What is Research? In our world of expanding access to the Internet, research has become
common term that is used when “looking for something” online. Whether you search for a
definition of a word you don’t know, look for car sales online or look for a recipe you want.
These kinds of research, according to the book Research Skills for Students, are called
personal research while the researches that we do in school are being called, professional
research. Research is a systematic inquiry that attempts to provide solutions to existing
problems and questions using facts and data. Usually presented in a written way so that others
can have accessed to it.

What are the research skills I need to develop?

• Check your Sources. Evaluate the information. Is it current? Does it ask to much
information from you? Is the content in depth or too shallow? Who wrote the content?
• Be Patient. Bits of data are scattered in the internet. You have to think critically and
synthesize the data you have gathered until you can form a conclusion.
• Respect Ownership. Remember that photos, images, text, ideas and etc. in the internet
has its own respective owners. Illegal use or distribution may result copyright
infringement.
• Use your networks. Social media and other information tools like Wikipedia and online
forums are useful when doing research. Social media can provide nuanced and various
perspective on your topic. Wikipedia, however should be evaluated before you use the
information in there. But the sources cited on Wikipedia are a practical starting point in
gathering information.
 • Go beyond the surface. Be persistent in looking for more information about your topic.
There are times that the information in the 10th results are more useful than the results
in the first page.
• Ask Good Questions. Be specific when entering queries into search engines. See the
infographics that follows:

ICT TOOLS USEFUL FOR RESEARCH

• Google Search. One of the most popular search engines in the 21st century.
• Google Scholar. A simple way to search for scholarly literature in the internet. Results include
articles, books, court rulings and other sources of scholarly information.
• Online Journals. A journal is a periodical publication that contains scholarly articles relating to a
particular discipline or field of study. Often published by academic institutions. Online journals are
released in format accessible through the internet. Oxford University Press is an example.
• Academic Websites. There are several academic websites that provide scholarly information.
Examples are Internet Archive, EBSCOhost, and JSTOR.
ICT SAFETY, SECURITY, and NETIQUETTE
The Internet is a vast network of computers where many users, content, tools, and resources are made
accessible. You do homework and research papers with the help of the Internet. You communicate with your
peers through the Internet. You do all of this maybe at home, in computer labs, or in computer shops. They
make it convenient or you to finish your work easily. But at what cost?
• Verification of online source materials. You should check for the following elements: Currency (Is
the information up-to-date?), Security (Does the site ask too much information?), Scope (Is the
information in-depth?), Authority (Does the information come from a trusted source?)
 • Computer ethics and netiquette. The following are some good practices when using the Internet:
o Always keep your software or application updated and uninstall the ones that you do not
use.
o Do not divulge sensitive information online, especially on unsafe websites.
o Be careful when dealing with emails from unknown sources or spam.
o Run your antivirus software before going online.
o Think before you click. What you post on the Internet may stay online forever.
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). This is an act of stealing other people’s works and ideas,
whether knowingly or unknowingly. One example is when you photocopy a book, the author or
publisher does not get anything compensation from it so it falls under IPR infringement.
• Avoiding plagiarism. There are six (6) ways to avoid plagiarism. (1) Paraphrase. Read the material
you wish to use rephrase it in your own words. Cite & Reference. Citing the authors of the existing
material and providing a page where you can put the references must be done. Quoting. Directly
quoting is advisable in order avoid misinterpretation. Cite your own material. This is to avoid “Sefl-
plagiarism”

c. LET US PRACTICE

BUILD:
After learning the essential techniques and standards in data gathering via the Internet, you should now be
able to gather data relevant to your project. Look for at least 3 articles or discussions that will support
the claims your project attempts to establish. Follow the criteria for choosing a reference website and use
proper citation. Use the table that follows as your guide to getting the information you need for your study.
(Use a separate sheet of paper.)
Research Journal Specification Table
Topic 1 Topic 2 Topic 3

Title of Research /
Article / Discussions

Authors / Copyright /
Source or Reference

Abstract

Objective and Score of

the Study

Significance

Methods
 Results and Conclusion

IV. RUBRICS FOR SCORING

Rubrics for Scoring Let us practice Set A

Rubrics for Scoring Build Activity

V. REFERENCE

References
Bustamante, A. (2015, February 12). Scoring Rubric 101. Retrieved from SlideShare:
https://www.slideshare.net/airabustamante/scoring-rubric-1o1

Juanillo, M. P., & Tan, E. J. (2020). E-Tech: Technology Empowerment in a connected digital world 2nd Edition. Quezon
City: TechFactors Inc.