EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY SYLLABUS

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Empowerment Technology. Information and communication technologies in business and society as a tool for curating,
contextualizing, collaborating, and creating content and experiences for learning in the professional tracks.

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Chapter 1: ICT Applications,

Research, Productivity, Safety, and
Ethics

 Compare and contrast the Lesson 1: Information and identifying/ Empowerment

nuances of varied online Communications Technology telling/ Technology
platforms, sites, and contents to reflecting p. 2-13
best achieve specific class WEEKS
objectives or address situational 1-2
challenges.

 Apply online safety, security, Lesson 2: Safety, Security, and Ethics determining/ Empowerment
ethics, and etiquette standards applying Technology
and practice in the use of ICTs in p. 14-20
relation to their specific
professional tracks.

 Use the Internet as a tool for Lesson 3: Online Research demonstrating/ Empowerment
credible research and information researching Technology
 gathering to best achieve specific p. 21-25
class objectives or address
situational challenges.

 Use common productivity tools Lesson 4: Applied Productivity Tools demonstrating Empowerment
effectively by maximizing Technology
advanced applications. p. 26-46

 Use advanced tools and

techniques in common
productivity and software
applications in developing ICT
content. WEEKS
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 Create an original or derivative
ICT content to effectively
communicate or present data or
information related to specific
professional tracks.

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Chapter 2: Imaging, Web Designing,

and Online Platforms

 Evaluate existing websites and Lesson 1: Imaging and Design for identifying/ Empowerment
online resources based on the Online classifying/ Technology
 principles of layout, graphic and demonstrating p. 48-78
visual message design.
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 Use image manipulation 5-6
techniques on existing images to
change or enhance their current
state to communicate a message
for a specific purpose.
 Create an original or derivative
ICT content to effectively
communicate a visual message in
an online environment related to
specific professional tracks.

 Create an original or derivative Lesson 2: Online Platform Tools for ICT describing/ Empowerment
ICT content using online creation WEEKS Content Development explaining/ Technology
tools, platforms, and applications 7-8 demonstrating p. 79-126
to effectively communicate
messages related to specific
professional tracks.

 Evaluate existing online creation

tools, platforms and applications
in developing ICT content for
specific professional tracks.

 Apply web design principles and Lesson 3: Web Design and ICT describing/ Empowerment
elements using online creation explaining/ Technology
tools, platforms, and applications WEEKS creating p. 127-159
to communicate a message for a 8-9
 specific purpose in specific
professional tracks.

 Explore the principles of Lesson 4: Multimedia and ICT exploring/ Empowerment

interactivity and rich content in describing Technology
the context of Web 2.0 and the p. 160-166
participation of the user in the WEEK
online experience. 10

 Understand how rich media

content and interactivity affect
and change the user experience in
the delivery and consumption of
ICT content.

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Chapter 3: ICT Projects, Platforms,

and Collaborative Development

 Identify a local or regional cause Lesson 1: Infographics and ICT Projects identifying/ Empowerment
or issue for Social Change related analysing/ Technology
to specific professional tracks that reflecting p. 168-170
can be addressed or tackled using
an ICT Project for Social Change.

 Analyze how target or intended WEEK

users and audiences are expected 11
to respond to the proposed ICT
 Project for Social Change on the
basis content, value, and user
experience.

 Integrate rich multimedia content

in design and development to best
enhance the user experience and
deliver content of an ICT Project
for Social Change.

 Develop a working prototype of an

ICT Project for Social Change.

 Understand how to work with

peers and publics/partners for the
development of an ICT project
that advocates or mobilizes for a
specific social change or cause.

 Share anecdotes of how people WEEKS Lesson 2: ICT Platforms describing/ Empowerment
have used ICTs as part of a social 12-13 explaining/ Technology
movement, change, or cause to writing p. 171-175
illustrate aspects of digital
citizenship.

 Evaluate the quality, value, and Lesson 3: Collaborative Development describing/ Empowerment
appropriateness of peer’s existing WEEKS explaining/ Technology
or previously developed ICT 14-15 demonstrating p. 176-181
content, in relation to the theme
or intended audience/viewer of an
 ICT project.

 Share and showcase existing or

previously developed material in
the form of a collaboratively
designed newsletter or blog site
intended for a specific audience or
viewer.

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Chapter 4: Publishing and

Sustaining ICT Projects

 Demonstrate how online ICT Lesson 1: Publishing ICT Projects explaining/ Empowerment
Projects for Social Change are naming/ Technology
uploaded, managed, and demonstrating/ p. 183-189
promoted for maximum audience collaborating
impact. WEEKS
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 Generate a technical report
interpreting data analytics, e.g.
Google, Facebook, or similar
traffic data on the general aspects
of search visibility, reach, and
virality.

 Generate a report on the Lesson 2: Sustaining and Reflecting ICT describing/ Empowerment
performance of ICT Project for Projects explaining/ Technology
Social Change on the basis of data WEEKS demonstrating p. 190-192
 gathered from available 18-19
monitoring tools and evaluating
techniques.
 Create a reflexive peace or output
using an ICT tool, platform, or
application of choice on the
learning experience undergone
during the semester.

 Learn how to maintain and sustain

the operation of an ICT project.

 Understand and reflect on the ICT

learning process.

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Chapter 5: ICT Application in

Business

 Learn different information Lesson 1: ICT Application in Business describing/ Empowerment

technology applications as a tool classifying/ Technology
in setting up and managing a planning p. 194-196
business.

 Identify information technology

applications as a business
venture.