Empowerment Technology 2nd Quarter Review

Empowerment Technology 2nd Quarter Reviewer

• Online platforms are digital services facilitating interactions between users.
• They are technologies used as bases for other applications.
• Digital environments enable individuals, organizations, and communities to interact and share information.
• They allow users to connect regardless of location.
• They work as hubs for application development, facilitating interaction between internet users.
• Continuously adapting to environmental changes.

Categories of Online Platforms

• Communication Platforms: Facilitate instant messaging, video conferencing, and email for real-time communication in professional and academic settings.
  • Email: Essential tool for formal communication, document sharing, and information dissemination.
  • Messaging Apps: Support group chats, direct messaging, collaborative channels, and file sharing/task management.
  • Video Conferencing: Platforms for online meetings, webinars, and virtual classrooms, enabling interactive video and audio communication.
• Collaboration Platforms: Enable multiple users to work together.

Content Creation Platforms

• Canva/Adobe Spark: Easy-to-use graphic design platforms for creating presentations, social media content, infographics, etc.
• Wix/WordPress: Web development platforms for website design without intensive coding.
• YouTube/Vimeo: Platforms for uploading, sharing, and streaming video content, crucial for tutorials, education, and marketing.
• Learning and Development Platforms: Enable individuals and institutions to access educational content, certifications, and training.

Google Workspace

• Allows real-time collaboration on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.
• Cloud storage for easy access and sharing.

Microsoft 365

• Productivity suite for online collaboration through shared documents.
• Project management and cloud storage.

Trello/Asana

• Task management and project tracking tools for task assignment, setting deadlines, and progress monitoring.

Content Creation Platforms

• Essential for web development, media production, and designing user interfaces/presentations.

Social Media Platforms

• Essential for communication, networking, and content promotion.
• Facebook/Instagram/Twitter (X): Widely used social networking platforms for sharing content, news, and communication with peers/clients.
• LinkedIn: Professional networking platform for building connections, job searches, and industry-specific knowledge sharing.

Cloud Platforms

• Enable storage, processing, and management of data and applications over the internet.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS): Comprehensive cloud computing service offering scalable computing power, storage, and networking.
• Google Cloud/Microsoft Azure: Cloud platforms for hosting applications, databases, and large-scale web services.

Web 1.0/2.0 (Global Library/Publishing)

• Web 1.0: Read-only information web, static web pages, hyperlinking.
• Web 2.0: Individuals creating information globally. Read-write platforms, interaction, Dynamic content.
• Web 3.0: Global Databank, focus on individual, monetization of data.

Multimedia Elements

• Text: Basic element of multimedia, containing words, labels for menus, navigational buttons.
• Graphics: Two-dimensional figures or illustrations.
• Animation: Illusion of motion from consecutive display of images of static elements.
• Video: Captures, records, processes, and reconstructs moving pictures.
• Sound: Encompasses music, speech, effects, sonic representation of any sound.
• Interactive Media: Combines various media formats like text, graphics, etc.

Graphic Types

• Decorative: Adds aesthetic appeal or humor.
• Representational: Illustrates appearance of an object.
• Organizational: Shows relationships among content (tables, flowcharts, matrices).
• Relational: Summarizes quantitative relationships among content (bar graphs, thematic maps).

Online Collaborative Tools

• Platforms designed to facilitate and enhance teamwork among individuals/groups on a common task.

Teamwork Collaboration Types

• Team Collaboration: Leader oversees team members, equal participation in tasks.
• Community Collaboration: Sharing knowledge and learning collaboratively.
• Network Collaboration: Collaborative effort, without necessarily knowing each person.
• Cloud Collaboration: Multiple users can access, read, and edit documents simultaneously.
• Video Collaboration: Virtual conference rooms where users meet.

Social Collaboration Tools

• Enable social interactions and sharing of information in organizations.
• Enable team to share updates, news and ideas.

Online Whiteboards

• Enables teams to collaborate visually, brainstorming, planning, and visualizing ideas.

Workflow Automation

• Automates routine tasks by connecting different applications.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Collaborative Tools

• Advantages: Enhanced collaboration, efficiency, access to shared resources, remote work capability, project management.
• Disadvantages: Learning curve, security/privacy concerns, technical issues, misuse/abuse, data loss/backup concerns, costs (subscription fees).

ICT as a Platform for Change

• Digital Divide: Unequal access to information and communication technologies.
• Factors for Digital Divide Existence: Infrastructure differences, geographical barriers, government restrictions.
• ICT for Social Change: Digital activism using online platforms for awareness, mobilization, and advocacy.

ICT in Education, Governance, Business, and Environmental Sustainability

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and ICT

• The UN integrates ICT into implementation of SDGs. Uses technology to address poverty, education, health, gender equality, environmental sustainability.

Power of Social Media

• Social media is a platform where individuals interact, share ideas and information, and participate in virtual communities.

Social Media Marketing Metrics

• Likes/Reactions: Measures surface-level approval or agreement with content.
• Comments: Indicates deeper engagement, questions, and feedback.
• Shares/Retweets/Reshares A strong indicator of content resonance.
• Click-Through Rate (CTR): Measures effectiveness of content in driving traffic.
• Follower Growth Rate: Shows audience expansion/brand awareness.

Mentions/Tags, Reach, Impressions, Engagement Rate, Video Views

This quiz covers key concepts in Empowerment Technology, focusing on the role of online platforms in facilitating communication and interaction. It explores various categories of online platforms, including communication tools like email, messaging apps, and video conferencing tools. Prepare for your exams with this comprehensive review.