EMPOTECH
EMPOTECH
The rapid growth in Information Communication and Technologies (ICT) has brought
remarkable changes in the twenty-first century, as well as affected the demands of
modern sociaties ICT is becoming increasingly important in our daily lives and our
educational system. Therefore there is a growing demand for educational institutions to
Mae ICT to teach the skills and d knowledge studenta need for the ata century Realizing
the effect of ICT on the workplace and everyday life, today’s educational institutions try
to restructure their educational curricula and classroom facilities, in order to bridge the
existing technology gap in teaching and learning This restructuring process requires the
effective adoption of technologies Into the existing environment in promote meaningful
learning, and order to provide learners with knowledge of specific subject areas. T
knowledge 3 to enhance professional productivity (Tomal, 2005) Into the
Subsequently, the proliferation of the Internet and mobile phones has provided a
powerful channe to widen the reach of education in children and adolescents. In
developed countries, over 90% of children and adolescents have had access to the
internet at school at thome. More importantly, they perceived the Internet as their
primary resource for seeking various sets of information.
In modern society, ICT is ever-present, with over three billion people having access to the
internet. With approximately 8 out of 10 Internet users owning a smartphone,
information and data are increasing by leaps and bounds. This rapid growth, especially in
developing countries has led ICT to become a keystone of everyday life, in which life
without some facet of technology renders most of clerical, work, and routine tasks
dysfunctional. The most recent authoritative data, released in 2014, shows that Internet
use continues to grow steadily, at 8.6% globally in 2014 (3.3% in developed countries,
8.7% in the developing world), the number of internet users in developing countries has
doubled in five years (2009-2014), with two-thirds of all people online now living in the
developing world.
What are the six components of an ICT system and what do they mean?
PHSDIP
People – are needed to supply the data to the ICT system and also to make judgements
and decisions from the output supplied from the system.
Hardware – these are the physical components that make up the ICT system. If you can
touch it, then it is hardware. Hardware includes input devices (keyboards, mouse,
scanner etc.), storage (memory, hard drive, etc.) the processor and the output devices
(screen, printer, plotter, etc.). Also included in the hardware are the communication
devices needed to send data across networks.
Software – these are the computer programs which provided the step-by-step
instructions to get the job done.
Data – is the raw material of any ICT system and this is processed by the system to
provide the information which is the output produced by the system.
Information – the results from processing data. Information is the output from an ICT
system.
Procedures- These are series of actions conducted in a specific order to make sure that
the system runs smoothly. It determines what needs to be done.
ICT is a broad context to understand, it has brought a boarder understanding of its use
for socio-economic and educational development.
Among its use includes access to information, transformation, storage and retrieval of
information, collaboration, use of different applications, development of newer ICT
platforms, and an advocate for social change. In nature, it can be generally relevant for
the improvement of business and organizational transactions, learnability, and
communication.
People use technology to gratify their information needs. Also. Individuals use ICT to
increase their social network and connections. While communication is essential to
humans, people use technology to maintain the proper relationship with their loved ones
and improve the way they make things work in their daily lives.
Information gives the whole idea and has the complete thought. Data is part of the
Information that completes its logic and meaning. Data itself can’t stand alone because
it doesn’t give the whole understanding
2. Distributed Cloud – Latency is among the most significant barriers to moving some
workloads to the cloud. Many real-time IoT monitoring applications produce masses
of data, most of which are redundant.
3. Internet of behaviors – Among the technology trends in 2022 businesses should
prepare for is the internet of behavior, a new branch of the internet of things.
4. Cybersecurity – Currently, more and more employees are accessing resources from
remote locations using their devices. Without the necessary tools nor skills to
secure their devices, cyberattacks become highly possible.
Archipelagic country improves connectivity: there was the ultimate belief that ICT
usage will make each country to become part of the global trend, Web 3.0.
Improve productivity and efficiency; the most appropriate technologies were seen
as the ones that enabled the communities and organizations to communicate more
efficiently
ICT FUNCTIONS
1. Government and governance- there was the belief that ICTs help to monitor crime
in society.
2. Education- among university academics, ICTs help them reach out to colleagues in
other parts of the world and keep them up to date with developments in their
disciplines.
3. Economy-here was a firm belief in ICT ability to increase the ease and speed of
social communication and at the same time obviate the problem of transportation
and can solve socio-economic problems.
4. Employment- instantaneous availability of data for possible career opportunities
through ICTs.
5. Industries- ICTs were generally seen as the basic tool for survival in the next
century.
6. Small business-ICTs were seen to enhance efficiency in the workplace.
1. Interactive whiteboards
2. Computer software including mind mapping tools (inspiration) and visualization
(google earth). As well as this – internet which allows for all ICT current trends
(blogs, email).
3. Mobile phones (calling and texting)
4. Smartphones (video, internet, email, calling, texting, camera)
5. Gaming consoles (PlayStation, Gameboy, Wii)
6. Digital and video cameras with printers or display units such as digital photo
frames.
7. Televisions
8. iPod and iPad
9. Digital keyboards, drawing tablets
10. USB flash disks
11. Internet facilities
Online Systems – these systems are the real-time system that receives and process
transactions.
➤ increases your social connection and establishes a social network from a diverse type
of people.
Examples
Facebook
YouTube
WhatsApp
Instagram
TikTok
Tumblr
Twitter
Pinterest
Reddit
Snapchat
Examples
Google
Yahoo
Bing
Baidu
DuckDuckGo
Online storage
➤ provides online storage and repository of important files which can be accessed online.
Examples
Dropbox
OneDrive
Google Drive
Examples
What is ethics?
Ethics are a system of moral principles or rules that say what is and is not acceptable. It
came from the Greek word ‘ethos’, which means “custom”, “habit”, and “way of living”.
COMPUTER ETHICS
Computer ethics it is a set of moral principles that regulate the use of computers.
Computer ethics is a theory of practical philosophy that takes a look at what developers
and users can do with computer, contrasted to what they should it also analyzes the
moral and social acceptability of actions that happen strictly online, but can also have
offline consequence
Simply put, computer ethics are nothing but how we use our personal morals and ethics
while using the computer for various purposes. With issues like software piracy,
pornography. Spamming, unauthorized access to somebody else’s computer, and
hacking, it has become important to know the importance of following computer ethics
to be able to create a safe- computer-based environment.
Computer ethics are very important for us to live comfortably and in peace, as they
ensure the privacy and safety of the computer users, helps people use the computer in
the right way, and guarantee that the works that done by someone did not declare by
other people, hence we must do our part as computer users, obey all the computer
ethics.
1. Privacy
Computers create a false sense of security
People do not realize how vulnerable information stored on computers are
2. Property
Physical property
Intellectual property
Data as property
3. Access
Access to computing technology
Access to data
4. Accuracy
Accuracy of information stored
5. Hacking, cracking and virus creation
6. Software piracy
INFORMATION SECURITY
HACKER
Is a person who breaks into a computer system. The reasons for hacking can be many
installing malware, stealing or destroying data, disrupting service, and more.
What Act in the Philippines that constitutes the offenses against the confidentiality,
integrity and availability of computer data and systems?
Republic Act No. 10175 Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 -The State
recognizes the vital role of information and communications industries such
as content production telecommunications, broadcasting electronic
commerce, and data processing, in the nation’s overall social and economic
development
It may be:
CLASSIFICATION OF SOFTWARE
A.SYSTEM SOFTWARE
It refers to the low-level software that manages and controls a computer’s
hardware and provides basic services to higher-level software.
Example:
B. APPLICATION SOFTWARE
Example:
Title Bar
Menu Bar
Standard Toolbar
Formatting Toolbar
Status Bar
Rulers
Work Area
Scroll Bars
Control Buttons
List of All CTRL Shortcuts (A to Z)
Integrating or inserting pictures in your document is fun and improves the impression of
your document. It adds idea of your content and must easier for readers to understand
the topic. It gives the visualization that builds more connection, much easier to
remember and comprehend the details.
Kinds of Materials
There are various kinds of materials of word processors that is capable of integrating to
make your documents richer, impressive, and more informative.
1. Pictures
Generally, these are electronic or digital pictures or photographs you have
saved in any local storage device. The three (3) commonly used types of
pictures are JPG/JPEG, GIF, and PNG.
A. JPG/JPEG
This is pronounced as “jay-peg”. Its file extension is jpeg, stands for Joint
Photographic Experts Group. It is a digital image file format. It is a
compressed file format, which means that when creating a JPG image from
another uncompressed and/or lossless format, the JPG image file will exhibit
minor (or severe) loss of overall quality, depending on the compression
applied. The format itself includes the following file extensions: JPEG, JPG,
JFIF, and JPE. It is the most common format for storing and transmitting
photographic images on the internet, and the most common file format
captured by modern digital cameras
B.GIF
This stands for Graphics Interchange Format. This type of image file is
capable of displaying transparencies. Therefore, it is good for blending with
other materials or elements in your document. It is also capable of displaying
simple animation. It can only support up to 256 colours so it is good mostly
on logos and art decors with very limited and generally solid colours. .GIF is
much better for drawings, text, logos, black and white images, or low-
resolution files.
C. PNG
This stands for Portable Network Graphics. It is is a raster image file format
that uses lossless compression. This file format was created as a
replacement of Graphics Interchange Format (GIF) and has no copyright
limitations. However, PNG file format does not support animations. PNG file
format supports lossless image compression that makes it popular among its
users. With the passage of time, PNG has evolved as one of the widely used
image file formats.
2. Clip art
The word “clip art” (which is sometimes spelled “clipart” or “clip-art”)
originates from the analog days of graphic design. It is a type of graphic
design element based on illustrations rather than photos Clip art can be as
basic as a black-and-white line drawing or as complex as a realistic-looking,
fully shaded, vector file
Is a type of image file, mostly vector images which are pre-made to illustrate
any subject or situation. ClipArt can be access through Insert Menu > Media
> Gallery
This would open up the Gallery window in the right sidebar. There are 12
categories of ClipArt.
3. Shapes
These are printable objects or materials that you can integrate in your
document to enhance its appearance or allow you to have some tools to use
for composing and representing ideas or messages. If you are designing the
layout for a poster or other graphic material for advertising, you might find
this useful.
4. Charts
Represent data characteristics and trends. Used to illustrate and compare
data. This is quite useful for report presentation that correlate and present
data in a graphical manner. It can be integrated in your document either
directly in your word processor or imported from external files like Microsoft
excel or LibreOffice Calc. Can be accessed through Insert Menu > Chart.
5. Standard Toolbar
a. Wrap off
With this option the text is placed above and below the image but not
to either side of it. This is the wrapping type used for most of the
figures in this guide.
b. Page Wrap
Use this option if you want your image to be surrounded by the text
based on your image size.
d. Wrap Left
Use this option if you want your image to be on the right side and texts
on the left side.
e. Wrap Right
Use this option if you want your image to be on the left side and texts
on the right side.
f. Wrap Through
This option makes your image on top of your text and the text remains
in the back side of the image.
g. In background
Use this option to send the image back side of your text and all texts
are passing in front of the image.
h. Edit Contour
This customized wrap option gives you ability to reshape your image to
any shape so that the texts can wrap around it.
Text Wrap-adjusts how the image behaves around other objects or text
Header – a section of information that appears at the top margin of each page of a
document. Contains a combination of text and image/s that can be made to appear at
the top of each page when displayed or printed.
A. Footer – a section of information that appears at the bottom margin of each page
of a document.
B. Watermark – is an image or text that appears behind the main text of the
document. It is usually a lighter shade than the text, so you can read the document
easily. Text Watermarks are often used to categorize or to show the purpose of a
document with words such as DRAFT. Picture Watermarks add visual attention and
a professional look with the use of imagery such as logos. A semi-transparent
string of text that appears behind the existing document content.
C. Page number – are numerals printed on each page to show the order of
progression through a document and to facilitate locating a particular chapter,
paragraph, or other section.
D. Hyperlink – it is used to navigate around a website, and hyperlinks can be used
within a document to make navigating around the document easier. Hyperlinks are
also called links as they link to other places.
To insert Header on your document: Go to Insert menu > header and Footer>
header > Default
Style.
To insert Footer on your document: Go to Insert menu > header and Footer>
footer > Default
Style.
Insertion point – is the blinking vertical short line found on your work area, waiting for
you to type in some text
1. Click your image or object then use the shortcut key Ctrl + K.
2. Click your image or object > go to Insert menu > then select Hyperlink
2. ROWS - it is a horizontal alignment of cells and it runs from left to right across the
worksheet Each row is identified by the unique number on its left side from where it
started The total number of rows you have in a single sheet is 1,048,576
3. ACTIVE CELL- it is simply a rectangular box that highlights the cell in a spreadsheet. It
helps us to identify the cell that we are currently working on, where data is being
entered. An active cell is also referred to as cell pointer, current cell or selected cell.
4. MERGING – it is the process of taking two or more groups of data and combining them
into a single unified set.
5. MERGING CELLS – it is a cell with one more cell that is combined into one cell. When
cells with multiple values are merged, the upper-left most cell will be the data of the
merged ceil
8. WORKBOOK-it is the name given to an Excel file and contains one or more worksheets.
9. FORMULA BAR - it is the toolbar at the top of the spreadsheet that lets you enter or
view information in a cell. To use the formula bar to view information, click on a cell and
look at the formula bar to see what it written in it.
10. SHEET TABS-it is used to display the worksheet that a user is currently editing.
11. CELL-it holds individual element such as text, numbers, and formulas.
Right click on active cell then select Format Cells > go to tab borders > select sides of
borders > select style and/or color > click OK
Or
Click on the cell > Ctrl+1 >go to tab borders > select sides of borders > select style
and/or color > click OK
ADDING BACKGROUND COLOR ON CELL
Select the cell>right click >select Format cells>On Format Cells dialog box, select tab
background > Then select “color” button > Choose your desired color > click OK
Or
Select the cell> CTRL+1 >go to tab background>select “color” button >choose desired
color> click OK
Spreadsheets - it consist of number of individual sheets; each sheet containing cells that
are arranged in rows and columns. Its row number and column letter identify a particular
cell
Cells - it hold the individual elements-text, numbers, formulas, and so on-that make up
the data to display and manipute. Each spreadsheet can have several sheets, and each
sheet can have many individual cells. In Calc, each sheet can have a maximum of
1,048,576 rows (65,536 rows in Calc 3.2 and earlier) and a maximum of 1024 columns.
LibreOffice Calc can hold up to 32,000 sheets.
Mathematical Operators
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Basic Functions
Sum
Average
Product
Quotient
Impress – it is the presentation (slide show) program included in LibreOffice. You can
create slides that contain many different elements, including text, bulleted and
numbered lists, tables, charts, and a wide range of graphic objects such as clipart,
drawings and photographs.
When you start Impress for the first time, the Presentation Wizard is shown. Here you can
choose from the following options:
Slides – are single page of presentation where all objectives and information are
displayed when played.
Custom Animation – is an animation effect used to animate pictures, graphics and charts,
and all other objects added into a slide.
Slide transition – are motion effects that occur in slideshow view when you move from
one slide to the next slide during a presentation.
To insert another slide, go to Slide pane and right the slide > select New slide. Or simply
use the short cut key Ctrl+M.
Right click the slide > Select “Properties” a dialog box will appear, select “Color” then a
color palette will appear, choose color you want > then click OK
To insert date
1. As you open the Libre Office Impress, there will be a dialog box that will pop
up to ask you choose a template design. Select the design that you like then
click "OPEN".
2. If you haven’t selected a design template yet or choose to change design
template later, go to Master slides > scroll down and find “Available in use”>
select from the variety of design template just for you.
You can insert or change your slide layouts, for a convenient container of your content.
Select your slide> visit the properties > scroll down and find “Layouts”> Select the
layout that you need.
To insert audio or video in your slide, select the Insert menu > select “Insert audio or
video” > a dialog box will pop up> Select file you want to insert > select “open”
HYPERLINK
To create hyperlink drag some objects present in your galery then make connection with
the other slide Go to Gallery to drag some objects
ICT
E-learning
-a type of online education, training, and knowledge sharing that is conducted over the
Internet and can be also accessed in web technology.
Information
-Refers to the knowledge obtained from reading, investigation, study or research. Also,
information as meaning assigned to data within some context for the use of that data.
Communication
-The sending and receiving of information and can be one-on-one or between groups of
people, and can be face-to-face or through communication devices
Technology
-The application of scientific knowledge to the practical aims of human life or, as it is
sometimes phrased, to the change and manipulation of the human environment.
Move Tool
1. Open Photoshop and select the layer that needs the drop shadow.
2. Click the FX icon at the bottom of the Layers panel. Select Drop Shadow.
3. Customize your drop shadow by using the Layer Style dialog box. Select Structure
and quality effects for your shadow.
4. Click the OK button to apply changes.
Frame Style
Page Styles
-Use mirror margins to set up facing pages for double-sided documents, such as books or
magazines. The margins of the left page are a mirror image of those on the right page.