E-Tech and ICT in the Philippines

• E-Tech involves using technologies like phones/computers for locating, saving, communicating, and informing, it's innovative and sufficient for daily needs.

ICT (Information and Communications Technology)

• ICT includes information for decision-making and predicting the future.
• Communication now relies more on the internet, e-mail, and video conferencing for knowledge acquisition.
• Technology uses scientific knowledge, experience, and resources to create products.
• The Philippines is known as the "ICT Hub of Asia" due to the growth of ICT-related jobs like BPO or call centers.
• ICT departments in the Philippines plan, develop, and promote the country's ICT agenda.
• A computer is an electronic device that stores and processes data in binary form.
• The internet is a global system of interconnected computer networks using the TCP/IP protocol suite; "The Net" is another name for it.
• The World Wide Web is an information system on the internet with documents connected via hypertext links, created by Tim Burners-Lee.
• Web pages are hypertext documents connected to the World Wide Web.

Web Platforms

• Web 1.0 is the first version that have static web pages with hyperlinks.
• Web 2.0 evolved from Web 1.0 by adding dynamic pages for user interaction.
• Folksonomy in Web 2.0 lets users categorize info with keywords, like tagging with hashtags.
• Web 2.0 has a rich user experience with dynamic and responsive content.
• Web 2.0 encourages user participation through comments, reviews, and content creation.
• Web 2.0 has long tail services are offered on demand.
• Web 2.0 provides software as a service on a subscription basis.
• Web 2.0 promotes mass participation through diverse info sharing.
• Web 3.0 is the semantic web, where machines understand user preferences for content delivery.
• Web 3.0 aims to provide a framework for data sharing and reuse to target users specifically.
• Compatibility issues between HTML files, current web browsers, and Web 3.0 remain.
• Security concerns about saving user preferences in Web 3.0.
• The vastness of the World Wide Web with billions of pages poses a challenge for Web 3.0.
• Vagueness of certain words affects Web 3.0 as "old" and "small" are subjective.
• The reliance on logic in machines presents limitations for predicting user wants in Web 3.0.

Trends in ICT

• Convergence is the synergy of tech advancements.
• Social Media are platforms for creating, discussing, modifying, and exchanging user-generated content.
• Social Networks connect people with similar interests or backgrounds.
• Bookmarking Sites let you store and manage links to websites and resources.
• Social News sites allow users to post news items or links.
• Media Sharing sites enable uploading and sharing of images, music, and videos.
• Microblogging is focuses on short updates to subscribers.
• Blogs and Forums allow users to post their content.

Online Safety

• Online safety involves practices and precautions.
• Online safety ensures the safety of users, computers, and personal info from internet crimes.
• Stalking, identity theft, privacy violations, and harassment are online delinquencies.

Online Safety Measures

• Never give out personal information over the internet.
• Do not provide banking/sensitive information unless you know it is a reputable business with secure service and 'https' url.
• Never access links from emails and type it in manually.
• Never open messages or attachments from unknown individuals.
• Review privacy settings to avoid sharing important information.
• Clear browsing data after using public computers.
• Keep software updated to avoid security holes.
• Avoid downloading unknown software.

Online Threats

• Online threats are from knowledgeable computer users who steal information.

Types of Threats

• Phishing is disguised as an email from a legitimate source.
• Pharming is a malicious website that collects usernames and passwords.
• Internet Scam can be misleading and tries to take private information
• Internet Bots are networks of computers hijacked by robots.
• Malware is malicious software disguised as real software.
• Adware is a type of malware that delivers ads automatically.
• Spyware spies on user activity.
• Virus/Worm can replicate by attacking other programs, files, or the boot sector.
• Worms can enter a network via USB or email.
• Trojan Horse disguises itself to trick users into downloading and installing malware
• The "Iloveyou" Virus, also called the "love bug" has infected 10 million computers.
• The "Iloveyou" Virus caused shutdowns and deletion of files in 2000 and was created by Onel De Guzman and Reonel Ramores.
• Computer Bug is the malfunction in a computer through its runtime.
• Cyber Stalking uses the internet to stalk individuals.
• Cyber Bullying is tormenting, threatening, or harassing someone online.
• Spam is an unsolicited email/message.
• Spoofing disguises email addresses, sender names, phone numbers, or website URLs.

Online Ethics and Netiquette

• Netiquette combines "Network" and "Etiquette" for acceptable conduct.
• Netiquette includes "Ten Core Rules".
• One rule of netiquette is to remember the human.
• One rule of netiquette is to adhere to real-world behavior online.
• Know where you are in the cyberspace
• Respect other people's time and bandwidth
• Make yourself look good
• Share expert knowledge
• Help keep flame wars under control
• Respect other people's privacy
• Don't abuse your power
• Be forgiving of other people's mistakes
• Computer ethics is about privacy and the right to deny or restrict the use of personal information.
• Authentication verifies user identity.
• Example of Authentication can be a possessed object (beep/credit cards), biometric, or a callback system.

Contextualized Online Search and Research Skills

• Includes media and information sources.
• Indigenous Knowledge is knowledge unique to a culture, contrasting international knowledge.
• Indigenous Knowledge uses oral traditions for communication and local knowledge.
• Types of Libraries are physical or digital in form.
• Libraries can be school, academic, public, or special.
• Libraries of published books are considered reliable, accurate and valuable.
• Books reviewed from good sources considered relevant
• ISSN/ISBN registration ensures standards for materials were followed.
• When searching the Internet or Online the info can be varied and hard to validate.
• The Internet is known as Internet Research.

Evaluating Information

• Consider the Author, Domain Types, Currency, and Fairness.
• Currency means the information is current.
• Fairness means the content is presented showing all points of view.
• Use Several Search Engines to find documents based on specified keywords
• Google and Yahoo are search engines
• Relevance and Search Skills are important

Search Skills

• Use Search Tools
• Safe Search helps block explicit search results on Google.
• Restricted Move helps block NSFW content
• Google Scholar searches for scholarly literature.
• Reverse Image Search uses an image for searching related content.
• Search Operators use punctuation to optimize search.
• Plagiarism is imitating the language of another author.
• To Avoid Plagiarism, cite sources.
• Includes Search Tools Skills and Engines for searches
• Also includes Information Evaluation and Plagiarism

Microsoft Office Stuff

• With Word you can use Mail Merge to create letters, labels, nametags, or catalogue documents to groups of people.

Imaging and Design

• Graphics are visual images/designs to inform or illustrate
• Layout involves planning and arranging graphic elements.
• Layout uses good balance and make up and alignment of elements.
• Balance is an equal distribution of weight
• Symmetrical Balance has evenly allocated elements on both sides
• Asymmetrical Balance shows different elements on each side of the page.
• Proximity puts related elements closer to lessen clutter.
• White Space is the "art of nothing".
• Alignment means "Nothing should be placed on the page arbitrarily".
• Repetition means repeating elements for a unified look.
• Infographics represent info or statistical data.

Principles of effective infographics

• Be Unique
• Keep Simple
• Be Creative and Bold
• Less is More
• Importance of Getting it Across
• Infographic Video/Infomercial visually represents data and knowledge.
• Color is determined by hue, intensity, and value.
• Shade darkens the color.
• Contrast means divergence of opposing elements
• Hierarchy means arrangement of stuff.
• Visual Information should gain attention, create meaning and facilitate retention.
• File Formats encode data for computer files
• Lossy file formats remove information and lower quality in order to reduce file size
• Lossless file formats don't remove information.
• You can adjust the Cropping, Color Balance, Brightness and Contrast in images
• You can also adjust Filters, Cloning, Changing the background, Removing the colors, and Combining Graphics and Text.
• You can use visual message design using infographics.
• You can determine Online file formats for images and text.
• You can use basic techniques of image manipulation.
• You can do basic image manipulation using offline or open source software.
• You can also do Combining text, graphics, and images
• Uploading, Sharing, and image hosting platforms exist
• Images are representations of the external form of a person or thing.
• Images can be 2D or 3D.
• Images are Captured with optical devices
• Online Platforms support ICT content development.
• Online Platforms provide interactive online services.
• Presentation/Visualization allow people to present, share presentations and videos.
• Cloud Computing ("The Cloud") is accessible anytime, anywhere.
• Social Media is are computer-mediated tools to create, share, and exchange content.
• File Management involves storing, naming, sorting, and handling files.
• Mapping transforms points from one space to another.
• Web Page Creation encompasses important elements like color and layout.
• Web Templates and WYSIWYG Platforms are available.