Information and Communications Technology is the A domain name is part of a URL, which stands for

study of all communication technologies, including the Uniform Resource Locator. You can see the visual
internet, wireless networks, cell phones, computers, difference in the following example:
software, middleware, videoconferencing, social
networking, and other media applications and services
enabling users to access, retrieve, store, transmit, and
manipulate information in a digital form.
Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) – allows HTML
What is ICT? documents to be requested and transmitted between
browsers and web servers via the internet.
ICT in the Philippines:
• Dubbed as the “ICT Hub of Asia” World Wide Web—commonly referred to as WWW,
- because of the huge growth of ICT related jobs, one of W3, or the Web—is an interconnected system of public
which is Business Process Outsourcing, or call centers. webpages accessible through the internet. The Web is not
the same as the Internet: the Web is one of many
- Companies that have partners or location in the applications built on top of the Internet.
Philippines can maintain round-the-clock work progress.
Internet – an electronic communications network that
- When it comes to human resource the most important connects computer networks and organizational
asset that the Philippines has to showcase to the rest of computer facilities around the world.
the world is its people and being the 3rd largest
English-speaking country in the world. Tim Berners-Lee proposed the architecture of what
became known as the World Wide Web. He created the
• Time Magazine’s “Selfiest Cities Around the World” first web server, web browser, and webpage on his
of 2014 placed two cities from the Philippines in Top 1 computer at the CERN physics research lab in 1990.
and top 9 spots. The study was conducted by
“Instagram”. Top 1- Makati City and Pasig, In 1991, he announced his creation of the Web to the
Philippines and top 9 – Cebu City, Philippines public.

Importance in The Philippine Society Different Versions of Web Pages

– Improve communication and connectivity as an WEB 1.0 – read only web
archipelagic country. •Static page – does not allow comments, editing and
– Improves the country’s tourism sector that spread jobs account creation.
across the country. •The content can be changed only by the developer or
– IT industry grew up to US$25 Billion (Php 1.23 administrator.
Trillion) in revenue by 2016 Examples: Personal Web Pages
– At present, very useful in education and at work
WEB 2.0
Important Terms: • Dynamic Webpage – users can create content and can
Webpage - A web page (or webpage) is a hypertext interact with the sites and with other users.
document provided by a website and displayed to a user
in a web browser. A website is typically consists of WEB 2.0
many web pages linked together in a coherent fashion. •User can see the website differently from others
• Websites that we visit nowadays are mostly web 2.0
Hypertext Markup Language - (HTML) is a set of Examples: Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Slideshare,
markup symbols or codes inserted into a file intended for etc
display on the Internet. The markup tells web browsers
how to display a web page's words and images. Features of Web 2.0
1. Folksonomy - allow users to categorize or
arrange information using free chosen keywords

• also referred as hashtag # (Facebook,

Domain name is a unique name that identifies a Tweeter, Instagram)
website.
2. Rich User Interface – the content can be edited
by the user (Wikipedia)
 The Apple’s Siri, in turn, uses techniques of speech
3. User Participation – Allows the user to recognition and artificial intelligence to bring results and
comment, review or evaluate content (Shopee, perform actions such as:
Facebook, Lazada) “Where is the nearest pizzeria?” or
“How far am I from the nearest gas station”
4. Long tail Service – Services offered to the user or “make an appointment at 9:00
on demand rather than a onetime purchase, am tomorrow.”
requires subscription - (CourseHero.com,
Netflix). Social Media – Computer-based technology that
facilitates the sharing of ideas, thoughts and information
5. Mass Participation - We have nearly universal through virtual networks and communities.
web access that leads to differentiation of
concerns, from a traditional internet user to a Six Types of Social Media
wider variety of users. 1. Social Networks – sites that allows you to
connect with other people with the same
interests and background.

2. Bookmarking Sites – allows you to store and

manage links from different websites and
resources.

3. Social News – user can post their own news

content from other sites.
Web 3.0 – Semantic Web 4. Media Sharing – sites that allows you to share
- Web 3.0 is a term used to describe the future of your photos, music and videos.
the World Wide Web. Following the
introduction of the phrase “Web 2.0” as a 5. Microblogging – used for short updates.
description of the recent evolution of the Web,
many technologists, journalists, and industry 6. Blogs and Forums - Blogs are full of posts and
leaders have used the term “Web 3.0” to comments, created by authors, organized into
hypothesize about a future wave of Internet categories while Forums are full of topics and
innovation. comments created by members, organized into
different sub-forums.
- Web 3.0 definition can be expanded as follows:
data will be interconnected in a decentralized Mobile Technologies – The rise for the need of mobile
way, which would be a huge leap forward to phones increases rapidly. The high competition in this
our current generation of the internet (Web 2.0), industry gives an advantage to us consumers. There are
where data is mostly stored in centralized many options/choices and are available everywhere.
repositories.
Assistive Media - is a nonprofit internet base reading
service to serve people with visual and reading
- Furthermore, users and machines will be able to impairments.
interact with data. But for this to happen,
machines need to understand information both
conceptually and contextually. With this in
mind, the two cornerstones of Web 3.0 are Online Ethics and Etiquette
semantic web and artificial intelligence (AI). • Ethics - moral principles that govern a
person's behaviour or conducting of an
semantic – relating to meaning
activity. (moral-what is right or wrong)
Example of Web 3.0 applications is Apple’s Siri, which
• Etiquette - the customary code of polite
can summarize large amounts of information into
behaviour in society or among members of a
knowledge and useful actions for people.
particular profession or group (good
manners)
 • Netiquette - is a combination of the words corporations, museums, the military and
network and etiquette and is defined as a set private business.
of rules for acceptable online behavior.
Internet
• Information found in the internet may be quite
• Netizen- a person who is a member or a part varied in form and in content.
of the online community
• It is more difficult to determine its reliability
and accuracy.
Key Points to Keep in Mind to Maintain Good Conduct
over the Internet:
• Accessing information is easy but requires
• Recognize that “avatar” or individual’s more discipline to check and validate.
online representation is not another
personality and an extension of one’s • Factual and fictitious data are often merged.
personality and of the existing society.
Online Search and Research
• Apply values and conduct learned since • Also known as Internet Research.
childhood in the online extension of the • It is more than just Googling.
society.
• A skill needed to be improved to get factual
information.
• Keep in mind that there are laws existing in
our society and on the web.
Evaluating Information
• Accuracy – Content is grammatically
• Keep in mind that there are differences
correct, verifiable and cited when necessary.
among individuals that you will interact.
• Author – Defines who created the content,
• Everything published on the World Wide
the individual or group’s
Web should be considered as copyrighted or
credentials/expertise and provides contact
owned by another individual.
information.
• Think before you click.
• Currency – Information is current &
updated frequently.
• Don’t send messages that could be
misinterpreted as hurtful. Follow the • Fairness – Content is balanced, presenting
conventions of writing when sending formal
all sides of an issue and multiple points of
documents.
view.
• Respect others’ right to privacy.
• Relevance – Content is related or aligned to
the topic or research.
Contextualized Online Search and Research Skills
Types of Library
Plagiarism
Often classified into 4 groups either in digital or physical
- Act or instance of using or closely imitating the
in form.
language and thoughts of another author
1. Academic libraries serve colleges and
without authorization.
universities.
- Representation of an author’s work as one’s
2. School libraries serve students from
Kindergarten to grade 12. own by not crediting the original.

3. Public libraries serve cities and towns of all How to Avoid Plagiarism?
types. - Cite the things that are copied on the internet.

4. Special libraries are in specialized - Put quotation marks around everything that
environments, such as hospitals, comes directly from the text and cite the source.

- Paraphrase but be sure not to simply rearrange

 or replace few words and cite the source. your presentation

Microsoft Word is one of the most popular word To apply a transition:

processing programs supported by both Mac and PC • Select the desired slide from the Slide
platforms. Microsoft Word can be used to create Navigation pane.
documents, brochures, leaflets, outlines, resumes, lists, • Click the Transitions tab
and simple web pages. • Click the More drop-down arrow to display all
transitions.
• Click a transition to apply it to the selected slide.
• You can use the Apply to All command in the
Timing group to apply the same transition to all
slides in your presentation
• *Effect Options Command

To modify the transition duration:

◎ Select the slide with the transition you want to
modify.
◎ In the Duration field in the Timing group, enter the
desired time for the transition. In this example, we'll
A resume is a short written description of your increase the time to two seconds—or 02.00— to make
education, qualifications, previous jobs, and sometimes the slower.
also your personal interests, that you send to an
employer when you are trying to get a job To add sound:
◎ Select the slide with the transition you want to
PowerPoint - a software package designed to create
modify.
electronic presentations consisting of a series of separate
◎ Click the Sound drop-down menu
pages or slides. For sure you all have created a
◎ Click a sound to apply, then preview the transition to
PowerPoint presentation before. For today we will
hear the sound.
discuss advance application techniques to enable you to
make more creative PowerPoint presentations.
Note!
◎ Sounds are best used in moderation.
Custom Animation and Timing
◎ Applying a sound between every slide could become
overwhelming or even annoying to an audience
◎ Slide transitions - special effects between each slide
Advancing slides
About transitions
•Normally, in Slide Show view you would advance
to the next slide by clicking your mouse or by
There are three categories of unique transitions to choose
pressing the spacebar or arrow keys on your
from, all of which can be found on the
keyboard.
Transitions tab:
•The Advance Slides settings in the Timing group
◎ Subtle: most basic types of transitions, simple
allow the presentation to advance on its own and
display each slide for a specific amount of time.
◎ Exciting: use more complex animations
- more visually interesting than Subtle transitions.
•This feature is especially useful for unattended
- adding too many can make your presentation look less
presentations, such as those at a trade show booth.
professional.
- however, when used in moderation they can add a nice
To advance slides automatically:
touch between important slides.
◎ Select the slide you want to modify.
◎ Locate the Timing group on the Transitions tab.
◎ Dynamic Content:
Uncheck “On Mouse Click” click automatically after:
- use between two slides that have similar slide layouts
◎ Enter the amount of time you want to display the
- will move only the placeholders, not the slides
slide.
themselves
◎ Select another slide and repeat the process until all the
- when used correctly, dynamic transitions can help unify
slides have the desired timing. You can also click the
your slides and add a further level of polish to
Apply to All command to apply the same timing to all
slides. Relative and Absolute. Relative and absolute references
behave differently when copied and filled to other cells.
How to Add a Hyperlink to a PowerPoint
Presentation Relative references
change when a formula is copied to another cell.
• Hyperlinks make a presentation non-linear by
connecting it with other slides, documents and Absolute references,
web pages.  remain constant no matter where they are
copied. By default, all cell references are relative
What PowerPoint objects can be assigned with a references. When copied across multiple cells,
hyperlink? they change based on the relative position of
rows and columns. ***
 Textbox - Select the frame of a text box, and the
whole area, including the white space around the Absolute references
text, will be clickable. The text will not be  There may be times when you do not want a cell
underlined or colored. reference to change when filling cells. Unlike
relative references, absolute references do not
 Text, Shape, Text within a Shape, SmartArt change when copied or filled. You can use an
Object, Picture, Text with a SmartArt Object absolute reference to keep a row and/or column
constant.
How to add a hyperlink to another slide:
$A$1 ***tax rate
• Select the desired object on your slide. Go to the Insert
tab and click the HyperLink button. An absolute reference is designated in a formula by the
addition of a dollar sign
•In the open window, click Place in this Document under
Link to. Choose the slide in your presentation that you Using cell references with multiple worksheets:
wish to use as a destination, then click OK.  if you want to reference a specific value from
one worksheet to another, you'll simply need to
MS Excel is a software program created by Microsoft begin the cell reference with the worksheet
that uses spreadsheets to organize numbers and data with name followed by an exclamation point (!). For
formulas and functions. example, if you wanted to reference cell A1 on
Sheet1, its cell reference would be Sheet1!A1.
A simple formula is a mathematical expression with
one operator – ex. 7+9. Note that if a worksheet name contains a
Space:
A complex formula has more than one mathematical  If you will need to include single quotation
operator marks (' ') around the name. For example, if
you wanted to reference cell A1 on a worksheet
ex. 5+2*8. When there is more than one operation in a named July Budget, its cell reference would be
formula, the order of operations tells your spreadsheet 'July Budget'!A1.
which operation to calculate first.

All spreadsheet programs calculate formulas based on

the following order of operations:

 Operations enclosed in parentheses

 Exponential calculations (3^2)
 Multiplication and division, whichever comes
first
 Addition and subtraction, whichever comes first
 average* *exponent*

Relative and Absolute Cell References

two types of cell references: