The document provides an overview of various topics related to empowerment through technology including: - ICT and the state of internet technology including web 1.0, 2.0, and 3.0. - Technology convergence and how different applications merge. - Popular social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. - Online threats like spam, spoofing, phishing, and how to protect computers. - Steps for contextualized online research including defining topics, identifying resources and evaluating results. - Using Microsoft Word and Excel for tasks like mail merge, formulas, and functions.

1. IMPOWERMENT
TECHNOLOGY
COMPILATION OF THE LESSON

2.  ICT
 State of the Internet Technology
 Technology Convergence
 Social Media
 The Different Dangers in the Computer
 Protection from Threat
 Unlocking of Difficulties
 Contextual search
 Steps to make Contextualized Online Research
 Research Skills
 Identify Good Source from Satirical Sites
 Mailings Start Group Commands

3.  Write and Insert Group Commands
 Parts of Mail Merge
 Hands- on: Using MS Word to create a Mail Merge
 MS Excel
 Sources of Photos and Graphics
 Online Digital File Formats for Images and Text
 Image File Format
 Raster Image Files (Bitmap Images)
 Types of Raster Image Format
 Vector Image or Vector Graphics Files
 Types of Vector Image Formats
 Basic Principles of Graphics and Layout
 Principles and Basic Technique of Image Manipulation
 Techniques of Image Manipulation
 Combining Text, Graphics and Image
 Basic Image Manipulation Using Offline or Open Source Software

4.  Types of Raster Image Format
 Vector Image or Vector Graphics Files
 Types of Vector Image Formats
 Basic Principles of Graphics and Layout
 Principles and Basic Technique of Image Manipulation
 Techniques of Image Manipulation
 Combining Text, Graphics and Image
 Basic Image Manipulation Using Offline or Open Source
Software

5. ICT
 Umbrella term that includes any
communication device or application,
encompassing; radio, television, computer
and etc.
 Main method of communication, getting
information and education, attaining
services and expressing social advocates
and awareness

6. State of the Internet Technology
 Web 1.0
 Web 2.0
 Web 3.0

7. Web 1.0
 Very few content creator or known as “read only
web”
 There’s no user interaction
 Web pages were static
 Feedback mechanism was the private email
 No direct comment available

8. Web 2.0
 Was used around 2004 (read and write web)
 Technology became more and more interactive ( social
media exist)
 Internet became more available to everyone
 The user can now interact, contribute, and create their
own internet space and content
 “Social media begin”

9. Web 3.0
 Discovered by Tim- Berners- lee (father of the world wide
web)
 Read- write- execute
 Semantic web or data driven web content and response

10. Technology Convergence
 Evolution of technological development that merge into a
new system bringing together different types of
applications and media.
 Example:
Smart Phone- it can function as a telephone,
camera, radio, tv, and gaming console.

11. Social Media
 It is a collection of internet-based
communications tools and computer-assisted
channels dedicated to allow users, interact,
communicate, and share virtually in the
community and networks.

12. Facebook
 Popular force social media networking sites

13. Twitter
 More than 300 million users in 2016
 Allows users to microblog or broadcast short
messages are called tweets.

14. Instagram
 Social networking app that enables the user to show
mobile photo and video either public or private (not user
friendly)

15. Snapchat
 Design for mobile networking application, photo sharing,
chat, and messaging services.
 Image and video showed in this app last only for a short
time and they are gone.

16. Assistive Media
 Founded in 1996 in Ann Arbor, Michigan USA it is a not-
profit organization
 First internet- based reading service for persons with
visual and reading impairments

17. Email Spam
 Known as junk email, usually unsolicited commercial
email sent from one source with identical message to sent
to multiple recipients.

18. Email Spoofing
 A deceitful email practice in which the sender address is
changed, so that it would appear to have come from
different sources usually someone you know.
 It is usually used by spammers to hide the origin of the
spam.

19. Phishing
 A deceitful practice of trying to get a confidential
information such as passwords and usernames, and credit
card details by making it appear as if it comes from a
trust worthy sources.

20. Pharming
 A dangerous hacker attack on a website which directs all
traffic to that website to another facitious website.
 It main objective is to obtain username and passwords, as
well as credit card and financial information and use
these to steal money electronically

21. Spyware
 It is a computer program that is installed covertly on a
[personal computer to collect information or even take
control over the computer

22. Computer Worm
 Is a dangerous computer program that replicates itself
through a network
 some worms delete files, others disrupt the network
function.

23. Trojan Horse
 A malicious software fronting to perform a good task, but
covertly performs undesirable function with intension of
entering the computer without the user’s content

24. Computer Virus
 A program that duplicates itself and then infects the
computer
 It spread like a real biological virus, where in it attaches
itself to a host program
 Virus can also be transferred by the removable storage

25. Hacker
 A person who is able to enter the control other people’s
computer without authorization

26. Protection from Threat
 Security Center- place where you can set protection
 Security Setting- to make our system protected
 Fire Wall- unauthorized entries, viruses, worm from the internet/ network
 Automatic Updates- ON
 Virus Protection-on
-current anti virus
 Anti Virus- locate, find and remove virus threats that are already in your
computer

27. Contextualize
 Is to place (something, such as a word or activity)

28. Research
 The collecting of information about a particular subject

29. Strategy
 The art of devising an employee or strategies toward a goal

30. Compilation
 The act or process o of compiling

31. Citation
 An act of quoting; specially : the citing of a previously settled case at law

32. Contextual search
 Is an attempt to be more precise in providing the list documents according to
the words used by the user to search the internet
 A good contextual search engine would request for more information to
narrow down the result of the search

33. Steps to make Contextualized Online
Research
 Identify or choose a topic
 Topic or task definition
 Identify methods of search
 Identify resources of your research
 Make your research strategies
 Compiling the research results
 Evaluate the results of your research
 Create a list of you’re your references for citation

34. Critical Thinking
 It is the ability to digest, reflect, and conclude from the information searched

35. Analytical Thinking
 The ability to look, verbalize, conceptualize, and gather data and altuned to
the context of the subject
 The ability to apply synthesis, focus and critical thinking to extract the useful
information

36. Problem Solving Capability
 The ability to present solutions or solve problems by presenting a decision
based on the given information
 People with this ability are able to define and identify the latitude of the
problem and present all possible solutions

37. Organize Data Mining
 It is the ability to organize and catalogue all collected materials efficiently
despite data size

38. Research Presentation
 It is the ability to present ideas and draw conclusions from the research
 Be able to explain in writing the purpose, steps, goals and objective of the
research

39. Creativity and Develop Imagination
 It is the ability to look for alternative solutions to the problems needed to
solve in the research
 Thinking beyond the usual approaches to the research objective

40. Computer Literacy
 Knowledge of the various computer applications and tools
 Skills in the use of software to write, design, and present

41. Identify Good Source from Satirical Sites

42. Mailings Start Group Commands
 Mail Merge-merges data into a publication which will be printed and mailed.
Shows steps by step mail merge wizard

43. E-mail Merge
 Merges data into a publication that will be sent as e-mail

44. Select Recipients
 Chooses the list of people you intend to send the letter. You can type your
own list. Use your outlook contacts or connect to a database

45. Edit Recipient List
 Makes changes to the list of recipients and decide which of them should
receive your letter

46. Write and Insert Group Commands
 Insert Merge Field- adds field from your recipient list to the publication
 Address Block- adds address to your letter
 Greeting Line-adds a greeting line to your letter
 Picture- adds a picture field from your recipient list to the publication
 Insert Personalized- insert hyperlinked that are customized for each recipient
 Format- changes the format for the field content

47.  Recipient List
 Publication with Merge Fields
 Merged Publication

48.  Creating a Recipient List
 prepare your Publication
 Create Merge Publication

49. 1.Creating a Recipient List
 Click the mailings tab, go to the start group and click select recipient
 On the list options, select type new list
 On the new address list dialog box, click new entry and type the recipient
information

50. 2. Prepare your Publication
 Check your publication in MS Word
 Insert any additional text that you want to appear in every version of your
mail merge publication such as greeting

51. 3. Create Merge Publication
 Print
 A. Click merge to a printers
 B. In the print space, select the option you want and click ok
 Merge to New Publication
 A. click merge to new publication
 B. in the new publication, click save this publication in the mail merge task
pare.
 C. type the name of your new publication and click save

52. MS Excel
 Is use to compute costs incurred in the creation of project’s or create tables
for finding the researches, and then create reports for business or research
that you are doing

53. Parts of a Formula Excel Function
Functions Sum- calculate the sum of a range of
cells
References Average- calculate the arithmetic mean
of a range
Constants Max- gives the maximum value in a
range
Operators Min- gives the minimum value in
arrange
Count- counts the number of cells in a
range
If- shows a series of calculations using
the same

54. Sources of Photos and Graphics
 1. Personal and Professional Photos- are photos taken by amateur or
professional photographers using a digital camera.
 2. Scanned Images- are those that you transfer from printed photos and
graphics using scanning devices which you can transfer to your computer for
further improvement and modification.
 3. Stock Photo Library- are several photographs and created images that are
available for sale.
 4. Online Stock Photos- are found in the World Wide Web. The www is now
the dominant source of photos and graphics around the globe because of the
widely available choices and reasonable prices.

55. Online Digital File Formats for Images and
Text
 1. Proprietory Formats- are owned and controlled by individuals or
corporations and the file specifications are not available to the public.
 2. Open Formats- are means and ways for storing digital information that are
free, can be used by the public and are not encumbered by copyrights or
patents.
 File Formats- uses suffixes that are added to the end of a filename.

56. Image File Format
 Means of storing and organizing digital images, photos and illustration.
 Two Types of Image File Formats
 1. RASTER IMAGE FILES
 2. VECTOR IMAGE FILES

57. Raster Image Files (Bitmap Images)
 Means of representing digital images in BITS of information for storage which
translates into pixels.
 Lossy
 Pixels- is the smallest information of an image.
 -represented by dots and square, come from the word PICTURE (PIX)
and ELEMENT (EL).

58. Types of Raster Image Format
.bmp- is an image file format developed and used on Microsoft and windows
environment and is stored in a graphics file format called Device Independent
Bitmap (DIB).
.gif- very popular in the www because of it’s portability and support for animation.
.jpg- common method for photographic images as well as transmission of photos on
the www.
.png- is a free open source bitmap image format made to improve an GIF which
has a small file but can handle more colors since it supports 2y bit per pixel color
screme and support true color.
.psd- native file format for Adobe Photoshop and it is very popular

59. Vector Image or Vector Graphics Files
 Victor Images- are lossless files created using mathematical geometric
equations to represent images in digital computer graphics.
 -has the advantage of retaining it’s quality at any desired image
size.
 Vector Formats or Graphic- is the preferred format for those who desire
quality prints and display of images.
 Examples: PDF, Encapsulated Postscript, Scalable Vector Graphics, Window
Metafile.

60. Types of Vector Image Formats
 .ai - Adobe Illustrator- is the file extension for graphics created using adobe
illustrator which is created using paths and lines connected by points instead
of bitmaps, which may include objects, color, and text.
 .drw- Drawing File- is a generic drawing created and stored in a vector format
that uses lines or path to represent image.
 .dxf- Drawing Exchange Format- develop and introduced by auto desk the
maker of Auto CAD and is used for computer added design (CAD), Vector
Images.
 .ps- PostScript file is a page description language (PDC) developed by adobe.
Can change in size without image quality reduction.
 .svg- Scalable Vector Graphics file is the most common vector graphic format
on the internet. It was developed by the world wide web to display victor
graphics.

61. Basic Principles of Graphics and Layout
 Layout- is the process of planning and arranging graphics or text in a page or
book. A good layout should have a balanced make up and alignment of
element.
 Remember that simplicity is the key to a good layout
 1. Symmetrical- a layout may be symmetrical where there are equal weight
and the elements on both sides of the page. The layout maybe left braced or
right braced.
 2. Assymetrical- a layout maybe assymetrical where there is an artistic and
different intensity on one side of the page.
 3. Text- the text should legible, appropriate font face, and arrange either left
justified, or centered. The flow of the text and picture should be easy to
read.
 4. Image- the image should be proportionate, with sharp color and high
resolution. The images used should have caption.

62.  Proximity and Harmony- the elements should be close
together and scattered and arranged apart from each
other. Elements should not be cluttered and not compete
with each other.
 Consistency- there should be uniformity of theme on each
pages.
 Color and Shape- use color to create interest by providing
variety in design like the use of color contrast and shapes.
 Emphasis- there should be one point of interest in a page.
The element to be emphasized should have a different
size, color, shape, or background.

63. Principles and Basic Technique of
Image Manipulation
 Ways to manipulate image resizing, cropping, adjusting
color background, balanced brightness and contrast,
combining photos, combining text, and photos and adding
effects.

64. Techniques of Image Manipulation
 Background Color- you can change the background if it
does not match the image or the totality of presentation.
You can also add effects to the background

65. Multiple Image
 You can combine multiple image to make a point or use to
highlight your message

66. Shadow
 Using shadow effect will makes the image
realistic

67. PROPORTION
 When combining images resize the image to make it
proportionate and realistic

68. Blending Color
 You can use blending color to match the background with
the other elements in the page

69. Texture
 Adding texture allows you to blend different images.
Texture add to the depth of given art.

70. Emphasis
 There should be a focal point to a page that will attract viewers. The element
you want to emphasize should be sharp, big, and most vibrant in your design

71. Combining Text, Graphics and Image
 Combining text, graphics and images in your presentation, infographics or
web page will make your message clearer

72. Transparent Shapes
 Add simple shapes with a slight transparency behind your
text, to clearly see the text you want to emphasize

73. Fonts and Shapes
 Fonts and shapes should complement each other

74. Text and Background
 Text and background should be aligned to have an
organized work

75. Clean and Clear Background
 Use clean and clear background for the message to be
readable

76. Basic Image Manipulation Using Offline
or Open Source Software
 Photo editing and designing tools allow you to manipulate or edit
images

77. Picasa
 Googles free photo manager to edit and organize your
photos
 Crop, straighten, rotate, red-eye removable, contrast,
and filters

78. Paint. net
 Window based alternative to the MS PowerPoint editor
 Record, crop, text, rotate, multiple layers

79. Google Sketch Up
 Free 3D modeling program with tools that allows you to
create 3D model of houses, home renovation wood
working, projects and others with dimensional accuracy.

80. Auto disk pixlr
 Pixlr is a free photo editing tool that is similar to
photoshop and has more than 600 effects, and borders
that you can use.

81. Adobe photoshop
 Tool to create, motify, combined optimize photo and
images.

82. GIMP
 Image manipulation program is a free open source
image graphics editing program local for image
retouching and editing, free from drawing,
painting and other specialized tasks.

83. Creating a new Prezi account
 Go to prezi.com
 Click get started on the upper right corner
 Sign up for a public account
 Fill in the boxes with the specified information
 After providing information, click create your free public account

84. The prezi canvas
zooming in and out
 To zoom in, just scroll the mouse upwards, and to zoom
out, scroll the mouse downwards.
 To zoom in the frames, just like a frame and select zoom
into frame in the frame tool bar.
 To zoom out in the original overview, click the home
button moving around the canvas

85. Moving around the canvas
 To move around the canvas, click and hold, and
drag the cursor to the direction you want to go
to.

86. Undo and redo
 To undo, just click the undo button and to redo,
click the redo button.

87. Adding/ editing texts
 To add text, just click anywhere in the canvas, and start
typing or click the sign click to add tittle and type.

88. Adding/ editing frames
 To add a frame, select the type of frame you would like, and drag the
shape with a plus sign anywhere you want in the canvas
 To edit the frame, click on the frame, add you can change the color
and type of thee frame or delete it in he frame toolbar.
 You can move the frame around by clicking and holding the hand
button, and then drag it at any direction.
 You can increase or decrease the size of the frame by sliding the
sizing handle outward or toward the center, or you can use the + and
– buttons.
 To add an image, shape, video, and other files to the frame, click
insert.

89. Editing images
 You can move the image around by clicking and holding the hand button
and moving it to any direction you want.
 You can increase or decrease the size of the image by dragging the sizing
handle away or towards the center, or you can use the + and – button.
 You can rotate the photo by pointing your mouse near any sizing handle
so you can click and holds a small circle beside it, and rotate it at any
direction.
 You can enhance, add effects and frames to your photo by selecting
effects at the picture toolbar.

90. Editing the background
 To add an image or change the background color, click
customize
 You can either change the background color by clicking
color and choosing a new color, or adding a background
imaging by selecting choose file.
 You can also change the lock of your present template
by choosing one of the themes in the theme tab

91. Adding/ editing animations
 Enter edit path mode by clicking edit path on the bottom left. A star
symbol will appear on each side of a path point or to a frame
 Click the star symbol to enter animation edit mode.
 When you click or have on an object, you’ll see a green star with a
number, this represents the order which your content will fade in.
 You can review the animation by clicking the play button on the top right
corner.
 To change the order you can click the reset on the top left corner to
remove all the animation present in the frame.
 Or you can also remove the animation individually by hovering over a
green star until you see a delete button
 If you are satisfied with the order of your animation, click done.