This document discusses online platforms and systems. It begins by defining a platform as a website that allows users to create and program web content remotely. It then discusses how online platforms bring together consumers and producers. Examples of major online platforms are provided, ranging from search engines and marketplaces to social networks and video sharing sites. Potential dangers of being online like phishing, viruses, and hacking are outlined, along with tips for safe internet use such as using strong passwords, VPNs, and anonymous browsers. Guidelines for ethical online behavior called "netiquette" are also summarized.

1. Online Systems, Functions, and
Platforms
•Platform
– “programmed”
- are online websites created to aid
users in creating web content
- ability to program, modify, and access
the application remotely using the internet

2. ROLE OF ONLINE PLATFORMS
•The key in delivering benefits to
consumers and businesses: online
platforms are bringing together
consumers and producers, allowing
trades that would otherwise not
happen.

3. PLATFORM
•“If you can program it, then it’s
a platform. If you can’t, then
it’s not.” – MARC
ANDREESSEN

4. FORMULA TRANSLATING SYSTEM
(FORTRAN)
•The first successful commercial
programming language compiler
•Helped humans give instructions and
interact with computer without
alternating the hardware of computer

5. FORMULA TRANSLATING SYSTEM
(FORTRAN)
•is the oldest high-level programming
language.
•Designed by John Backus for IBM in
the late 1950s,
•for scientific applications that require
extensive mathematical computations.

6. •This offline feature was
broken when TIM
BERNERS- LEE introduced
the WORLD WIDE WEB.

7. ONLINE PLATFORMS
-Are categorized as follows:
-Social media
-Search engines
-Communication services
-Payment systems
-Advertising platform
-Creative content outlets

8. ONLINE PLATFORMS
-The diversity of online platforms in
terms of activity, sector, business
model, and size is striking. Platforms
range from small websites with a
local reach to worldwide companies
generating billions of revenues.

9. They offer varied services such as Internet
search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing), online
market places (eBay, Booking.com, Asos,
Allegro, Amazon), video-sharing platforms
(e.g. Dailymotion, Vimeo, YouTube), music
and video platforms (e.g. Deezer, Spotify,
Netflix, Canal Play), social networks (e.g.
Facebook, Twitter), collaborative economy
platforms (AirBnB, Uber, BlaBlaCar, Ulule,
Crowdcube), online gaming (Steam), etc.
ONLINE PLATFORMS

10. EXAMPLES OF ONLINE PLATFORMS
AND APPLICATIONS
•Presentation Tools – Prezi, Zoho Show, MS Powerpoint
•Newsletter, ICT Content Platforms – Dropbox, Tumblr,
Wix
•Photo Editing Tools – Picasa, Adobe Photoshop, MS
Paint
•Cloud Computing – Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft
One Drive
•Survey And Forms – Google Forms
•Web Design Platforms – Wix, Weebly, Adobe
Dreamweaver

11. HOW SAFE ARE YOU ONLINE?

13. Safety, Security, and Ethics
Internet is powerful tool
for learning and
communicating with
people.

14. Dangers on the Internet
Email Spam - junk email, unsolicited
email sent from one source with identical
message sent to multiple recipients
Email Spoofing - deceitful email practice in
which the sender address is changed, so that it
would appear to have come from a different
source

16. Dangers on the Internet
Phishing - getting of confidential
information such as passwords and usernames,
and credit card details. Usually done by email.
Pharming - attack on website which directs
all traffic to that website to another fictitious
website

17. Dangers on the Internet
Spyware - computer program covertly
installed to collect information or take control
over the computer
Computer worm - computer program that
replicates itself through network

18. Dangers on the Internet
Trojan horse - malicious software
{malware} fronting to perform a good task but
performs undesirable function, entering the
computer without user’s consent
Computer virus - program duplicates itself
and then infects the computer. It can be
transferred by the use of diskette, CD, Flash
drives, memory cards, and others.

19. Dangers on the Internet
Hacker - a person who is able to enter and
control other people’s computer without
authorization.
Firewalls - are able to prevent entry by
hackers.

22. 1. Have You Tweaked Your
Social Media Settings?
In Facebook's privacy
settings you can control who
can view your wall, tag you in
photos, message you, and so on.
You can lock your Twitter and
Instagram accounts so only
approved people can follow you.

23. 1. Have You Tweaked Your
Social Media Settings?
* Create a strong and
secure password –
combination of uppercase
and lowercase letters,
symbols, and numbers.

24. 2. Do you use a VPN (Virtual
Private Network)?
* establishes a secure,
encrypted connection
between your computer and
the internet, providing a
private tunnel for your data
and communications while
you use public networks.

25. 3. Are You Using an
Anonymous Web Browser?

26. 3. Are You Using an
Anonymous Web Browser?

27. 4. Do You Check If Your
Data Has Been Stolen?
* Create a strong password.
To find out if you're a victim,
sign up to
haveibeenpwned.com
If you get an alert, immediately
change your password

30. If your Facebook account is
hacked?
•Report it to
facebook.com/hacked

31. To test how secure is your
password?
•Go to
www.passwordmonster.com

33. 5. Do You Take Precautions
on Public Wi-Fi Networks?
• Public Wi-Fi
networks are
unquestionably
the most
insecure.

35. ONLINE ETHICS &
ETIQUETTE
 Netiquette is a made-up word from
the words net and etiquette.
 It describes the rules of conduct for
respectful and appropriate
communication on the internet.
 Netiquette is often referred to as
etiquette for the internet.

36. Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics
(Dr. Ramon C. Barquin)
1.Thoushaltnotuseacomputertoharmotherpeople.
2.Thoushalt notinterferewithotherpeople’scomputer
work.
3.Thoushalt notsnooparoundinotherpeople’sfiles.
4.Thoushaltnotuseacomputertosteal.
5.Thoushaltnotuseacomputertobearfalsewitness.

37. Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics
(Dr. Ramon C. Barquin)
6.Thoushaltnotuseorcopysoftwareforwhich
youhavenotpaid.
7.Thoushaltnotuseotherpeople’scomputer
resourceswithoutauthorization.
8.Thoushaltnotappropriateotherpeople’s
intellectualoutput.

38. Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics
(Dr. Ramon C. Barquin)
9.Thoushaltthinkaboutthesocial
consequencesoftheprogramyouwrite.
10.Thoushaltuseacomputerinwaysthat
showconsiderationandrespect.

39. Lesson Recap
1.Whatisphishing?
2.Whatisacomputervirus?
3.Whatdoyoumeanbynetiquette?
4.Howtobeethicalonline?
5.Doyouconsideryourselfasmartonline?

40. INDIVIDUALLY, DO THE FOLLOWING:
•IDENTIFY A COMMUNITY PROBLEM
THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN
TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY
EMPOWERMENT.
•DEVELOP A PLAN USING A CHOSEN
PLATFORM TO ADDRESS THE
PROBLEM.