Modified Self-Learning Module SHS

APPLIED SUBJECT

Empowerment
Technologies
QUARTER 3, MODULE 2

Writer:

Melorie M. Mutia
España National
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High School
 LESSON 1: CONTEXTUALIZED ONLINE
SEARCH AND RESEARCH SKILLS
I.TECHNOLOGIES
Most Essential Learning Competency
Use the Internet as a tool for credible research and information gathering to best
achieve specific class objectives or address situational

II. CONTENT
Tips on Improving Search and Research Skills
Online search and research are more than just ‘googling’ – typing a word in Google
and then clicking the search button. It is a skill that every Internet user should know
to do smart searching and this starts with improving search and research skills to
get better results.

Here are the things that you need to know to improve your online search and
research skills. This will guide you to obtain the most relevant information that you
need.
1. When searching online, narrow your topic. Identify the key concepts or important
ideas. Assuming that you would like to search for the answer to this question:

“What precautionary measures should you observe when you are logged-in in a
public computer?”

Do not type the whole question in the search box. Typing the whole question often
leads to a large number of and inappropriate search results.

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From the question, the keywords are: precautionary measures, observed, logged-in,
public computer.

Keywords are terms that are used in by most search engines to find related
documents.

2. Put the word “AND” between each keyword to create a search string.
You may type the following in the search box:
Precautionary measures AND observe AND logged-in AND public computer
You will notice a decrease in search results as shown below.

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3. Identify synonyms of the key words. Not all databases or articles use the same
words to describe a topic. Group similar words together by using the word “OR”
for a quick and relevant search.

In the case of our example: the synonyms of some of the keywords are:
Precautionary measures – preventive measures
Observe – pay attention to
Logged-in – signed-in
You may type the following in the search box:
Precautionary measures OR preventive measures AND observe OR pay attention
to AND logged-in OR signed-in AND public computer
This gives you another set of search results:

4. Review the first pages returned. If these are not helpful, change your keywords
for a better description.
In this case you may remove the phrase “pay attention to” and then type the
following in the search box:
Precautionary measures OR preventive measures AND observe AND logged-in or
signed-in AND public computer.
This gives you another set of search results.
If you think you have found what you are searching for, then you may stop here.
Otherwise, you may proceed with these other techniques.
5. Use the plus (+) sign for a more specific search. Just type + before a keyword to
indicate that the word after the sign is a required word that must be found in the
search.
Example: +preventive measures
6. Use the minus (-) sign for a more specific search. If you want to exclude a word
from your search, place a minus sign just before (without any space) the word
you want to exclude.
Example: public computers –personal
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7. Use wildcards for a broader search. Wildcard characters (*) let you find variations
of a word.
Example: measur*

8. Use quotation marks to find phrases or names. Enclose the phrase or names that
you want to search in quotation marks.
Example: “precautionary measures"

9. Use several search engines. Search engines are programs that look for documents
based from specified keywords and return these documents where the keywords
were found. Major search engines include Google, Yahoo (which uses Google),
AltaVista, Bing, and Lycos.

Evaluating Websites to help you evaluate the website’s credibility, here are the
questions that you need to answer:

1. What is the domain type of the website?

If it is a personal website, then you should further evaluate the website.

2. Who wrote the article?
Check if the author’s credentials or affiliations are listed so you can tell whether
or not the author is qualified to write the topic. Check also the publisher of the
article if it is a reliable publisher. Make sure that the author provides e-mail or a
contact address/phone number.

3. What is the purpose of the document and why was it produced?

It is also important to check the document’s purpose and why it was produced.
The document should provide accurate information and must be objective in
presenting it. Some websites produce documents for the purpose of motivating
users to buy products. If this is the case, information might be biased. However,
bias is not necessarily bad but you need to investigate the author or connections.

4. When was the document published and updated?

The document should be regularly updated. As to the freshness of the date, it
depends on the information needed. For some topics you want current
information. For others, you want information near the time it became known.
The links should also be up-to-date. There should be no dead links.

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 LESSON 2: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES
USING MICROSOFT WORD
I. Most Essential Learning Competency
Uses common productivity tools effectively by maximizing advanced application
techniques.

II. CONTENT
Inserting Illustrations
 An illustration in Microsoft Office is visualization or drawing that is in the form
of pictures, Clip Art, shapes, SmartArt, charts or screen clippings. You can
insert illustrations easily using the Illustrations group of the Insert tab.

To insert a picture from a file, do the following:

1. Click where you want to insert the picture in your document.
2. In the Illustrations group of the Insert tab, click Picture. Insert Picture dialog
box will appear.
3. Locate the picture that you want to insert.
4. Double-click the picture that you want to insert. Format tab of the Picture
Tools will appear on the ribbon at the same time the picture is inserted.

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To insert a Clip Art, do the following:
1. Click where you want to insert the Clip Art in your document.
2. In the Illustrations group of the Insert tab, click Clip Art. Clip Art task pane
will appear usually at the right side of the window.
3. In the Search for text box of the Clip Art task pane, type a word or phrase that
describes the clip art that you want.
4. In the Results should be drop-down list box, you may want to modify your
search by selecting a particular media type or all media file types.
5. Click

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To insert a shape, do the following:
1. In the Illustrations group of the Insert tab, click Shapes.
2. Click the shape that you want.
3. Click anywhere in the document, and then drag to insert the shape.

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To insert a SmartArt, do the following:
1. In the Illustrations group of the Insert tab, click SmartArt. Choose a SmartArt
Graphic dialog box will appear.
2. Select from the list of SmartArt that you want and then click OK.
3. Enter your text by clicking [Text] in the Text pane, and then type your text. If
the Text pane is not visible, click the control as shown.

To insert a chart, do the following:

1. Click where you want to insert the chart in your document.
2. In the Illustrations group of the Insert tab, click Chart. Insert Chart dialog box
will appear.
3. Select the type of chart that you want and then click OK. MS Excel window
will appear together with the chart.
4. Edit the data in the MS Excel window. You can close Excel after editing the
data.

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To insert a screen clipping, do the following:
When you click the Screenshot button, you can insert the whole program window or
use the Screen Clipping tool to select part of a window. Remember that only windows
that have not been minimized to the taskbar can be captured.
1. Click the window you want to clip from.
2. Click where you want to insert the screen clipping in your document.
3. In the Illustrations group of the Insert tab, click Screenshot.
4. Click Screen Clipping.
When the pointer becomes a cross, select the area of your screen that you want to
capture by clicking and dragging.

To delete illustrations, do the following:

1. Select the illustration that you want to delete.
2. Press the Delete key.

Formatting Illustrations
To resize illustrations, do the following:
1. Select the illustration that you want to
resize.
2. The sizing handles will appear.
3. Click and drag any of the sizing
handles. The sizing handles will tell
you the direction of where you are
going to stretch the object. The green
circle above the illustration is the
rotating handle which you can use to
rotate the object.

To format pictures and clip art, do the following:

1. Select the picture that you want to format. Format tab of the Picture Tools
will appear.

2. Do any of the following as needed:

• To improve the brightness, contrast and sharpness of the object, click
Corrections and then select from the available thumbnails.
• To improve the color quality of the object, click Color and then select
from the available thumbnails.
• To add artistic effects to the picture, click Artistic Effects and then select
from the available thumbnails.

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 3. Do any of the following as needed:
 To add visual style to the whole picture or clip art, click the More
drop-down arrow in the Picture Styles group;

Click one from the gallery of picture styles. You can also click Picture Border to add
border or Picture Effects to add other visual effects to the object.

To format shapes, do the following:

1. Select the shape that you want to format. Format tab of the Drawing Tools will
appear.

Do any of the following as needed:

 To quickly change the appearance of the shape, click the More drop-down
arrow of the Shape Styles and then click one from the gallery of shape styles.

You may click also any of these three buttons if you want
to fill the shape with color, change the line width or style,
or add effects to the shape.

To design the SmartArt graphic, do the following:

1. Select the SmartArt that you want to add design to. Design and Format tabs
of the SmartArt Tools will appear.

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 2. Do any of the following as needed:
 To change the colors of the SmartArt, click Change Colors in the Design tab
and then select one from the gallery of themes.
 To change the visual style of the SmartArt, click the More drop-down arrow of
the SmartArt Styles group in the Design tab and then select one from the
gallery.
 To add shape to the SmartArt graphic, click the Add Shape drop-down arrow
in the Create Graphic group of the Design tab and then select the appropriate
command on where to insert the shape from the menu.

To design a chart, do the following:

1. Select the chart that you want to add design to. Design, Layout and Format
tabs of the Chart Tools will appear.

2. Do any of the following as needed:

 To change the visual style of the chart, click the More drop-down arrow of
the Chart Styles under the Design tab and then select one from the gallery.
 To edit the data of the chart, click Edit Data of the Data group under the
Design tab. MS Excel window will appear. This is where you can edit the
data of your chart. Close the Excel window as soon as you are finished
editing.
 To add labels to your chart, go to the Layout tab and click the appropriate
button in the Labels group.

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Kinds of Materials
There are various kinds of materials Microsoft Word is capable of integrating to make
your documents richer, more impressive, and more informative.
1. Pictures – these are electronic, “soft copy”, or digital pictures you have saved in
any local storage device. Three common types of picture files:
a. .JPG – pronounced as “jay-peg”. Short term for Joint Photographic Experts
Group. This type of image file can support 16.7 million colors. Suitable for use
when working with full color photographic images.
b. .GIF – This stands for Graphics Interchange Format. This type of image file is
capable of displaying transparencies and animation. It only supports Only
supports 256 colors.
c. .PNG – It stands for Portable Network Graphics. It is capable of displaying
transparencies but not animation. It supports only 16 million colors.
2. Clipart - This is generally a .GIF type; line art drawings or images used as generic
representation for ideas and objects that you might want to integrate in your
document.
3. Shapes - These are printable objects or materials that you can integrate in your
document to enhance its appearance or to allow you to have some tools to use for
composing and representing ideas or messages.
4. SmartArt - Generally, these are predefined sets of different shapes grouped
together to form ideas that are organizational or structural in nature.
5. Chart - Another type of material that you can integrate in your Word document
that allows you to represent data characteristics and trends.
6. Screenshots - Screenshot. Sometimes, creating reports or manuals for training
or procedure will require the integration of a more realistic image of what you are
discussing on your report or manual.

REFERENCES

Empowerment Technologies Rex Book Store, Inc. at 856 Nicanor Reyes Sr. St.,
Sampaloc, Manila, Philippines: First Edition 2016

Department of Education. First Edition 2016. Empowerment Technologies for the

Academic Track: Teacher’s Guide. Manila: DepEd Central Office.

Department of Education. First Edition 2016. Empowerment Technologies: Student

Reader. Manila: DepEd Central Office.
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 Empowerment Technologies
Quarter 3 - Module 2 - Week 2
Name: _________________________________________ Grade/ Sec. _________ Score: ___
Teacher: ____________________________________ School: _________ Date: ___________
Sa bahaging ito isulat ang inyong mga sagot at gawain. Tanggalin ang pahinang
ito at ipasa sa inyong guro. Huwag kalilimutang ilagay ang pangalan at ang lagda
ng inyong magulang.
A. Directions: The column on the left tells what to search for. On the second
column, you will write on the search box what will you type to achieve the task.
Apply the use of symbols and tip you’ve learned. The first one is done for you.

Atlantis

Find web pages

that have… all
these words:

Cantingas River
Resort

But don’t show

pages that
have…any of
these unwanted
words:
Cantingas River
Resort Home
Find web pages
that have…all
these words:

Cantingas

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B. Direction: Discuss the steps on how to format the same illustration to achieve
the illustration below.

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Rubrics for Written Works

Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning
Category
5 4 3 2
All skills in All skills in Some skills in Few or No skills
Microst Word Microst Word Microsoft Word in Microsoft
Skills
Processing are Processing are Processing are Word Processing
applied. applied. applied. are applied.
The output The output is The output is
The output is
Content exceeds the somewhat incomplete.
complete.
expectations. complete.
The output is The output The output The output
Correctness free from contains has several contains many
errors. minimal errors. errors. errors.
The student The student The student
was able to able to used the least
The student
finish the task complete the efficient method
was able to
in the most task but used in finishing
Efficiency finish the task
effective way methods that task.
in the projected
without consumed
amount of time.
wasting time more time or
and effort. resource.

Lagda ng magulang: ______________________

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