ICT Content Development Online Platform PDF

 OBJECTIVES DIFFERENTIATE THE PLATFORMS AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPING WEB CONTENT; UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THESE PLATFORMS AND KNOW THE BASICS OF USING THEM; AND ENHANCE ONE’S KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORLD OF CLOUD COMPUTING.  ONLINE PLATFORM FOR ICT CONTENT DEVELOPM...

 OBJECTIVES DIFFERENTIATE THE PLATFORMS AVAILABLE FOR DEVELOPING WEB CONTENT; UNDERSTAND THE PURPOSE OF THESE PLATFORMS AND KNOW THE BASICS OF USING THEM; AND ENHANCE ONE’S KNOWLEDGE IN THE WORLD OF CLOUD COMPUTING.  ONLINE PLATFORM FOR ICT CONTENT DEVELOPMENT 1. SOCIAL MEDIA OFFICE Websites like facebook allow to create not only personal accounts but also pages and groups where you can share content. The only downside of this is that you are restricted to facebook “one-sized-fits-all” design. On the plus side, facebook has billions of users. 2.BLOGGING PLAT FORM Websites like wordpress, tumblr, and blogger focus on content and Design. It typically looks like a newsletter where you are given options to change the design you are liking. Though you can manipulate the design, social media platform’s popularity is still unrivaled.  USES OF BLOGS SELF EXPRESSION Blogs are like online diaries which can be read by anyone who visits them. The content of your blog may include pictures, memoirs, and other snippets of your life that you are willing to share. ONLINE PORTFOLIO It can be to promote your skills and talents or showcase your works in the form of articles, reports and presentations which can link your other sites. CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A Content Management System (CMS) is a computer application that allows you to publish, edit and manipulate, organize and delete web content. CMS is used in bogs, news websites, and shopping. CLOUD COMPUTING When we created infographics, we used piktochart and its infographic editor uses cloud computing. The same goes for making our own blog and creating our first post: we used the editor from wordpress.  These are referred to as cloud computing because we did not need to install any software in our computer. The software is in the “cloud” over the internet. Cloud computing means storing and accessing data and programs over the internet instead of your computer's hard drive. The cloud is just a metaphor for the internet.  HOW DOES AN ONLINE PLATFORM HELP STUDENTS IN LEARNING?