Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
REGION 1V-A CALABARZON
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF BATANGAS PROVINCE
MALVAR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
POBLACION, MALVAR, BATANGAS

Empowerment
Technologies
Quarter 1 – Module 2:
Internet as a Tool for Credible Research and
Information and Common Productivity Tools

Module in Empowerment Technologies

Author: MARIA BUENASGRACIA O. NOBLETA
School: SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL IN MALVAR,
School Address: MALVAR, BATANGAS

Address: San Joaquin Road, Poblacion, Malvar, Batangas

09171601390
[email protected]
www.shsinmalvar.org
For the learner:
Welcome to the Empowerment Technologies Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on Internet
as A Tool for Credible Research and Information and Common Productivity Tools.
This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided and
independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the contents of the
learning resource while being an active learner.
This module has the following parts and corresponding icons:

What I Need to This will give you an idea of the skills or competencies you are
Know expected to learn in the module.
This part includes an activity that aims to check what you already
What I Know know about the lesson to take. If you get all the answers correct
(100%), you may decide to skip this module.
This is a brief drill or review to help you link the current lesson
What’s In with the previous one.
This icon signals the presentation of the new lesson. It tells you to
What’s New carefully study the concepts, principles, or processes discussed in
the text. This part serves as the discussion and composes the body
of the lesson.
This icon signals the activities that you need to do to check on how
What is It well you understood the topic presented. It involves varieties of
exercises to test your comprehension of the discussed topic as well
as your analysis on certain concepts and ideas.
This comprises activities for independent practice to solidify your
What’s More understanding and skills of the topic.
This includes questions or blank sentence/paragraph to be filled in
What I Have Learned to process what you learned from the lesson.
This section provides an activity which will help you transfer your
What I Can Do new knowledge or skill into real life situations or concerns.
This is a task which aims to evaluate your level of mastery in
Assessment achieving the learning competency.

Additional In this portion, another activity will be given to you to enrich your
Activities knowledge or skill of the lesson learned. This also tends retention
of learned concepts.
This contains answers to all activities in the module.
Answer Key

NOTE: please do not write ANYTHING on this MODULE, write your answers on your notebook.
 What I Need to Know
This module was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master the
Empowerment Technologies. The scope of this module permits it to be used in many different
learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse vocabulary level of students. The
lessons are arranged to follow the standard sequence of the course. But the order in which you read
them can be changed to correspond with the textbook you are now using.
The module covers:
 Internet as A Tool for Credible Research and Information; and Common
Productivity Tools
After going through this module, you are expected to:
1. determine and avoid the dangers of the internet; and
2. be responsible in the use of social networking sites.
3. format pictures, clip art, shapes, SmartArt, charts and screen clippings.
4. discuss the concept of Mail Merge;
5. apply advanced formulas in Excel workbook.
6. animate text or objects in a presentation; and
7. apply timing in a presentation.

What I Know

Activity: e-Know
Directions: Write the word/group of words being described below on a separate sheet.
__________ 1. This is a scam where Scammers attempt to acquire sensitive information by
impersonating as a trustworthy entity.
__________ 2. It is a malicious software used to disrupt computer operations, gather sensitive
information, or gain access to private computer systems.
__________ 3. It is a software that has the capability to record every keystroke you make to a log
file.
__________ 4. It is a program that, when executed, replicates by inserting copies of itself into other
computer programs, data files, or the boot sector of the hard drive.
__________ 5. It is the use of the Internet or other electronic means to stalk or harass an individual, a
group, or an organization.
__________ 6. It is the act of tormenting, threatening, harassing, or embarrassing another young
person using the internet or other technologies, like cellphones.
__________ 7. It focuses on the acceptable use of online resources in an online social environment.
__________ 8. It is a set of rules and norms for acceptable conduct or behavior online.
__________ 9. It is a type of scam that misleads the user in many ways attempting to take lead of
them.
__________ 10. It refers to the practices and precautions that should be observed when using the
Internet to ensure that the users as well as their computers and personal information
are safe from crimes associated with using the internet.
 What’s In
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Directions: Guess the Scrambled Letters on a separate sheet of paper.
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REILBAEL

What’s New

Contextualized Online Search and Research Skills

Being a vast sea of information is one of the key features of the
Internet. it is such a big repository of data that is believed that one could
find out something about anything on the internet. Developing the necessary
knowledge and skills in online searching, however, is the key to maximizing
its use.i

SEARCH ENGINE
A search engine is a software system designed to search the Internet
for documents related to the keyword or search word used or entered
into the system. Users are able to maximize the potential of search
engines by learning the proper searching protocols. ii

TYPES OF SEARCH ENGINES

 Crawler-based search engine - It uses a spider or a crawler to search the Internet. The crawler
digs through individual web pages, pulls out keywords, and then adds the pages to the search
engine's database. Google and Yahoo are its examples.
 Directories - depend on human editors to create their listings or database. There are two types of
directories: (1) academic and professional directories which are often created and maintained by
subject experts to support the needs of researchers; and (2) commercial and portal directories that
cater to the general public and are competing for Internet traffic.
 Hybrid search engine uses both crawler based searches and directory searches to obtain their
results.
 Meta search engines - transmit user supplied keywords simultaneously to several individual
search engines to carry out the search. In this type of search engine, duplicates can be eliminated
and clustering by subjects within search is implemented. iii

ONLINE RESEARCH
In the Philippines, copyrights only last a lifetime (of the author) plus 50 years. There
are also provisions for “fair use”. Fair use is the act of copying of copyrighted materials
done for purposes such as commenting, criticizing, or parodying a copyrighted work
without the permission from the copyright owner. It is used as a defense under
copyright infringement.
 Here are some 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.
 Have a question in mind- Focus on a question you want answered.
 Narrow it down- Search engines like Google, Bing, or Yahoo use several filters to determine
the most appropriate result for you.
 Advanced Search- The best way to filter information you get from search engines is by using
the advanced search.

To improve your search and research skill using a search engine, you may use the following
symbols in typing in the search box.
Symbol Function
Finds web pages that contain all the terms that are preceded by the + symbol;
+
allows you to include terms that are usually ignored
“ ” Finds the exact words in a phrase
() Finds or excludes web pages that contain a group of words
AND or & Finds web pages that contain all the terms or phrases
NOT or - Excludes web pages that contain a term or phrase
OR or | Finds web pages that contain either of the terms or phrases

 Look for a credible source- Some wikis, filled with updated information, are not a credible
source. When using wikis, check out the link of the cited texts.

To help you evaluate the website’s credibility, here are the questions that you need to answer:
 What is the domain type of the website? Preferred domain types include .edu, .org,
.gov, and .net
 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.
 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. The links
should also be up-to-date. There should be no dead links.
 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. The author should at least
claim accountability and responsibility for the information contained in the web page.

 Give credit- Give credit to the original author of the page or information by properly citing
the author/s and other sources.

What is It
Directions: Answer the following in your own words on a separate sheet of paper.
1. What is a search engine? Give examples.
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________
2. Why is it important to evaluate the credibility of a website?
_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

3. Why is it important to give credits?

_________________________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________

What’s More

Directions: Write an essay answering the given question on a separate sheet of paper.
 When do you say that an information contained in a web page is credible or not?

What I Have Learned

 In searching the web, it is helpful to use search engines such as Google, Yahoo and
Bing.
 Online searching can be done easily by narrowing down the question you want
answered. By using advanced searches, you can get results that are filtered according
to your preferred information.
 One should check the website’s credibility by determining its domain, author, date
and source. To make it easier to remember, remember DADS – Domain, Author, Date
and Source.

What I Can Do!

Directions: On a short bond paper, create a poster with the theme: “Think before you click”. Please
refer to the following rubric for evaluation.

SOURCE: https://www.emich.edu/it/security/initiatives/cybersac/click.php
 Reflection
Directions: In your notebook, journal or portfolio, write your personal insights about
the lesson by completing the following statements.

 I understand that ____________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

 I need to improve on _________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

 I realize that ________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________

What I Know
Activity: e-Know
These are features in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and
Microsoft PowerPoint. Can you name these features?

NOTE: In a separate sheet answer the following and

please do not write anything on this module
 Some hints for you!!!
Design tab, mailings tab, font group,
function library group, transition,
Animation, Left Indent, Right indent
Justify, Page Setup, Design Theme
Group
What is It

I want to know how these topics in this

book are proofread?

The Advanced Tools and Techniques and

Software Applications are the following:

1. AutoCorrect – corrects common spelling errors as well as capitalization mistakes

2. AutoFormat – applies formatting to text, e.g. number listing, bullet, hyperlinks
3. Grammar Checker – proofreads documents for grammar, writing style, sentence
structure errors and reading statistics.
4. Template – a document that contains the formatting necessary for a specific
document type.
5. Thesaurus – provides synonyms for a word in a document
6. Tables – organize information into rows and columns
7. Mail Merge – a feature that allows you to create a document and merge them with
another document or data file.
8. Text Wrap – adjusts how the image behaves around other objects or text

Let’s go… come with me and let us learn the

ALPHABET of KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS IN
WORD PROCESSING SOFTWARE

 Ctrl + M – Tab
 Ctrl + N – Create a new document
 Ctrl + A – Select All  Ctrl + O – Open a document
 Ctrl + B – Bold Text  Ctrl + P – Display Print dialog box
 Ctrl + C – Copy Text  Ctrl + R – Align Text to Right
 Ctrl + D – Show Font Dialog Box  Ctrl + S – Save a document
 Ctrl + E – Align Text to Center  Ctrl + U – Underline Text
 Ctrl + F – Display Find Dialog Box  Ctrl + V – Paste a copied text
 Ctrl + G – Display Go To Dialog Box  Ctrl + X – Cut a selected Text
 Ctrl + H – Display Replace Dialog Box  Ctrl + Y – Redo the last undone
 Ctrl + I – Italicize Text action
  Ctrl + Z – Undo the last action
 Ctrl + J – Justify Text
 Ctrl + K – Create a hyperlink
 Ctrl + L – Align Text to Left
Hi! I am Sir Jomel.
I can help you with
Mail Merging in
Microsoft Word.

We have
six
STEPS…
 Hi! I am Teacher Golda.
I can help you with
Microsoft Excel.

EXAMPLES OF SPREADSHEET
SOFTWARE:

 LibreOffice Calc
 OpenOffice.org Calc
 Google Sheets
 Apple iWork Numbers
 Kingsoft Office Spreadsheets
 StarOffice Calc
 Microsoft Excel

Teacher Mary Angel here…

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows,

macOS, Android and iOS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot
tables, and a macro programming language called Visual Basic for
Applications.

KEY TERMS IN MS Excel: Teacher Ian here…

KEY TERMS IN MS
 Row - horizontal line of entries in a table. Excel:
 Column – vertical line of entries in a table.
 Cell - the place where info. is held in a spreadsheet
 Active Cell – the selected cell
 Column Heading – the box at the top of each column containing a letter
 Row Heading – the row number
 Cell Reference – the cell address of the cell usually combine letter and
number (ex. A1, B4, C2)
 Merge – combining or joining two or more cells
 Functions – are predefined formulas and are already available in Excel
 Formula Bar – the bar that displays the contents of a cell

BASIC MATH OPERATIONS:

 =SUM(x,y) or =SUM(range) – returns the sum of x and y or (all the numbers within the
range)
 =PRODUCT(x,y) – returns the product of x and y
 =QUOTIENT(x,y) – returns the quotient of x divided by y
OTHER FUNCTIONS
 =ABS(x) – returns the absolute value of x  =MIN(range) – returns the smallest number
 =AVERAGE(x,y) – returns the average of x within the range
and y  =MAX(range) – returns the largest number
 =CONCATENATE(x,y) – joins x and y within the range
 =IF(Condition, x, y) – returns x if the  =POWER(x,y) – returns the value of x
condition is true, else it returns y raised to the power of y
 =COUNT(range) – counts the number of  =ROUND(x,y) – rounds x to a specified
cell containing a number within a range number of digits (y)
 =COUNTIF(range, criteria) - count the  =COLUMN(x) – returns the column number
number of cell that fits with the criteria of x
within the range  =ROW(x) – returns the row number of x
 =LEFT(x,y) – returns the characters of x  =SQRT(x) – returns the square root of x
specified by y (from the left)  =TRIM(x) – removes extra spaces in x
 =RIGHT(x,y) – returns the characters of x  =UPPER(x) – returns x in all capital form
specified by y (from the right)  =LOWER(x) – returns x in non- capital
 =MIN(x,y) – returns the smallest number form
between x and y  =TODAY() – returns the current date
 =MAX(x,y) – returns the largest number  =NOW() – returns the current date and time
between x and y

Teacher Ronald
here…

Presentation Software – is an application software that allows users to

create visual aids for presentations to communicate ideas, messages and
other info.

EXAMPLES OF PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

 MagicPoint
 OpenOffice.org Impress
 LibreOffice Impress
 Powerdot
 Microsoft PowerPoint

KEY TERMS IN MS PowerPoint:

 Slide – is a single page of a presentation. Collectively, a group of slides may be
known as a slide deck.
 Design Template – pre-designed graphic styles that you can apply to your slides.
 Slide Show – a collection of pages arranged in sequence that contain text and
images for presenting to an audience.
 Press “F5” – to display slide show
 Animation – is a set of effects which can be applied to text or graphics within a
slide.
 Transition – are motion effects that when in Slide Show view add movement to
your slides as you advance from one slide to another.
 Hyperlink – allows you to jump to another location.
 Normal View - simplified layout of the page so you can quickly key, edit, and
format the test.
  Notes Page View - displays your slides on the top portion of the page, with the
speaker notes for each slide in the notes pane on the bottom of the pane.
 Outline View - displays all of the text in a PowerPoint slide show in outline form
regardless of the design, objects and animations.
 File Insertion: Image, Illustrations, Links, Text & Media.

According to Ivy Tarun in her book Empowerment

Technologies, these are the steps to animate objects to
create the illusion of movement

let’s say you want a person to pass the ball

to another person, do the following:

To animate objects to create the illusion of movement

1. On the first slide of your presentation, change the layout into a blank layout. To do this,
follow the steps below:
▻ Click the Home tab.
▻ On the Slides group, click Layout.
▻ Click Blank.
2. Draw two objects in the form of a man using PowerPoint’s shapes. To do this, follow the
steps below:
▻ Click the Insert tab.
▻ Click Shapes and select the appropriate shapes as shown on the figure using a black fill color
for the two men, dark red for the ball and green for the rectangular ground.
3. Right-click the slide thumbnail on the Slides pane and click Duplicate Slide.
4. Move the right hand of the first man a little backward as shown :
5. Right-click the first slide thumbnail on the Slides pane and click Copy.
6. Paste the slide after the second slide on the Slides pane.
7. On the third slide, click the ball.
8. Click the Animations tab.
9. Click Add Animation and then select More Motion Paths. Add Motion Path dialog box will
appear.
10. Click Arc Up and then click OK. The motion path will look similar to the one below. Adjust the
motion path such that the arrow is extended up to the hands of the second man.
11. Make sure the motion path is still selected. Click Animation Pane on the Advanced Animation
group.
12. On the Animation pane, click the drop-down arrow on the Oval animation and then select Effect
Options.
To integrate timing, do the following:
1. Click the Timing tab.
2. On the Start drop-down arrow, click With Previous.
3. Click OK.
4. Click the first slide thumbnail.
5. Click the Transitions tab. On the Timing group under Advance Slide, click After and select
00:01:00 (1 second). Make sure that the same timing is selected to the other two slides.
6. Check your output > Go to the first slide and click Slide Show view button.
 What’s More
Directions: In a separate sheet of paper, list down the ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES of
using POWERPOINT Presentations on a table.

ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES
1. 1.
2. 2.
3. 3.

What I Have Learned

Directions: Write your answers in a separate sheet of paper.
1. Write 3 sentences to sum up what you have learned in this module.

2. Now, write 3 things to sum up the importance of the lesson to your ICT
skills.

What I Can Do!

Write an essay in a separate sheet not exceeding 200 words explaining the importance of
common productivity tools such as word processing, spreadsheet and presentation softwares in line
with your respective chosen strands. To evaluate your output, the following rubrics will be used.
EVALUATION
5 (Exceeds 4 (Meets 3 (Needs
The essay… Expectations) Expectations) Improvement)
Cites the importance of productivity tools
(on your strand)
Is original
Is neat and clean

Reflection
Directions: In your notebook, journal or portfolio, write your personal insights
about the lesson by completing the following statements.

 I understand that ________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

 I need to improve on _____________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

 I realize that ____________________________________________________

______________________________________________________________
 Answer Key

credibility 10. online safety 5. cyberstalking

online search 9. internet scam 4. virus
reliable 8. netiquette 3. keylogger
keywords and symbols 7. online ethics 2. malware
search engine 6. cyberbullying 1. phishing
What’s In What I Know

Assessment
This serves as your summative test. Use a clean sheet of paper in answering the following. Answer
the questions below following the instructions given in each set of test.

Test I - Matching Type. Directions: Match the items in Column A with those in Column B. Write
the letter of the correct answer on your paper.
A B
1. virus a) designed to send you advertisements
2. rogue b) sends an official-looking email and is designed to steal
provision that allows you to use copyrighted work sensitive
personal information
3. keylogger c) without consent with certain limitations
4. adware d) a browser feature that is synonymous to "private" browsing
5. spam e) replicates and can transfer from one computer to another
6. phishing f) exploits the DNS system
7. fair use g) states that anyone who uses your work without your consent is
punishable by law
8. spyware h) runs in the background and monitors what you are doing
9. private i) unwanted email mostly from bots
10. malware j) disguised as a useful program but is not
11. incognito k) the information superhighway
12. internet l) tricks the user into posing that it is a security software
13. trojan m) a malicious software
14. copyright n) an option to hide a post so that search engines could not scan it
15. pharming o) used to record the keystrokes done by the user

Test II - Multiple Choice. Directions: Write the letter of the correct answer on your paper.
1. What is the element of a formula that tells what operation to be performed?
a. Equal sign b. Cell reference c. Operator d. Mathematical equations

2. A function that gets the average of a range of cells

a. AVERAGE b. SUM c. MEAN d. MEDIAN

3. A function used to count the number of cells that contains something in them if the criteria are met
a. COUNT b. COUNTNOW c. COUNTING d. COUNTIF

4. What feature of Microsoft Word allows you to efficiently create documents that have the same
general content but may have different recipients or purpose?
a. mail merge b. print merge c. send message d. view merge
5. Which of the following types of document is NOT created using mail merge?
a. envelopes b. letters c. posters d. labels

6. Where can you find the Start Mail Merge button?

a. File tab b. Mailing tab c. Reference tab d. Home tab

7. What essential component of mail merge is required from users when generating labels?
a. data file b. form document c. place holder d. merge field

8. Among the text wrap options, which one allows you to place an image or external material in line
with the text, treating the image just like how a text is treated?
a. in line with text b. square c. through d. tight

Test III - True or False. Write True if the sentence is correct, otherwise, write False.
1. One should use as many slides as possible so that the audience can clearly understand the
Smart Art used.
2. Bullets should be used to simplify one’s message.
3. PowerPoint Presentation is a form of visual aid.
4. To insert a hyperlink, go to the Home tab then click the Hyperlink options.
5. Use dark fonts on dark backgrounds to gain proper contrast.
6. To embed an object, go to the Insert tab and under the text group, click object.
7. There are two options when inserting an object, create new from file and create new from
existing file.

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Empowerment Technologies by Innovative Training Works, Inc. and Rex Bookstore ISBN 978-971-23-7830-0
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Empowerment Technologies Textbook by Ivy M. Tarun - Isabela State University, Cabagan, Philippines · College of
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