Week 2 – Empowerment Technologies

Introduction to Online Platforms

ONLINE PLATFORMS FOR ICT

1.) Social Media Platforms
- Facebook allows you to create not only personal accounts but also pages and groups where you can share
content. The only downside of this is that you restricted to the Facebook's "one-size-fits-all" design. It is the
biggest social network of students and is gaining ground among professionals too.
- LinkedIn is a social networking site designed specifically for the business community.
2.) Blogging Platforms
- A blogging platform is the software or service that you use to publish your content onto the internet in the form
of a blog. A blog platform is a specific form of a content management system.
- Websites like WordPress, Tumblr, and Blogger focus on the content and design. It let you create blog or
websites that you can use for different purposes. It typically looks like a newsletter where you are given options
to change the design to your liking.

Online Creation Tools and platforms exist and enable users to create content that corresponds to professional tracks
such as academics, sports, arts, design and technical vocational. Many tools that exist online are free to use and have
guides that are readily available for users. A common example of an output from using these online creation tools is
website. There are numerous website-creating tools that can be found online community members, a list of online tool
references and resources.

Edutopia, www.edutopia.org, is a comprehensive US-based website online community that encourages knowledge
sharing and adoption of what works in K-12 education. Here’s a portion of that list,

1. Thinkfinity: www.thinkfinity.org
Verizon is a global leader delivering innovative communication and technology solutions that improve the way
customers live, work and play.

2. National Geographic Expeditions: www.nationalgegraphic.com

National Geographic Expeditions, the travel program of the National Geographic Society, was founded on the
same belief in the importance of exploration that distinguishes the Society’s 125-year history. Launched in
1999, National Geographic Expeditions now operates hundreds of trips each year, spanning all seven
continents and more than 60 destinations.

3. Culture Grams: www.culturegrams.com

Since its beginnings un 1974, Culture Grams has become one of the most trusted and widely used cultural
products in the education, government, and nonprofit arenas. It aims to foster understanding and their customs,
traditions, and daily life. Culture Grams content is available in the CultureGrams database and as PDF
downloads on individual reports.

4. Asia Society: www.asiasociety.org/arts-culture-asia-society-museum

Asia Society is the leading educational organization dedicated to promoting mutual understanding and
strengthening partnerships among context. Across the fields of arts, business, culture, education, and policy,
the society provides insight, generates ideas, and promotes collaboration to address present challenges and
create a shared future.

5. OWL at Purdue: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

In an attempt to bring the Purdue Writing Lab to students no matter where they were, Dr. Murriel Harries (former
director and founder of the Purdue Writing lab) and David Taylor (former graduate student in Educational
Computing) started the world’s first Online Writing Lab (OWL) in 1994. Dave redesigned the e-mail server and
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 developed the gopher. Soon after, Stuart Blythe transitioned the OWL to the World Wide Web. Their goal was
to provide a resource for students who sought writing help but could not make it into the physical Writing Lab
during operating hours. OWL has become a complements to classroom instructions, a supplements to face-to-
face tutorials, and a stand-alone reference for thousands of writers worldwide.

6. TED: www.ted.com
TED is a nonprofit online site devoted to spreading ideas, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18
minutes or less). TED began in1984 as conference where technology, entertainment, and design converged.

Today, it covers almost all topics from science to business to global issues in more than 100 languages.
Meanwhile, independently-run TED events help share ideas in communities around the world.

7. The Teacher’s Corner: www.theteacherscorner.net

“The Teacher’s Corner is based in Castle rock, a town about 20 miles south of Denver, Colorado. It was started
in 1996 as a hobby website by my wife, Jennifer Jensen, that provided links to teacher resources on the
internet. In 1998, we decided to create our own resources and offer them free to teachers and parents. In the
years that follow, The Teacher’s Corner grew and I joined in on her hobby. In 2005, it became a full-time job.” –
Chad Jensen

8. Slide Share: www.slideshare.net

SlideShare is a slide-sharing service where users can upload infographics, documents or videos to support and
enhance their presentations. Visual formats help presentations stand out and resonate more with the readers.
Uploads in SlideShare reach an audience that is interested in their contents. Over 80 percent of SlideShare’s
estimated 70 million visitors come through target search. This can help build the user’s reputation with the right
audience and cultivate more professional opportunities.

9. Free-rice Vocabulary Site: www.freerice.com

FreeRice is a nonprofit website that is owned by and supports the United Nation world Food Programme
(UNWFP). It has two goals:

a. Provide education to everyone for free

b. Help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free

This is made possible by the generosity of the sponsors who advertise on this site. Users of FreeRice play
multiple-choice quiz games. For every correct question they answer correctly, the sponsors donate 10 grains of
rice to the UNWFP. As the users improve their education which can improve their lives, they also help feed
hungry people and enable them to function and be productive.

10. Free Poverty Geography Site: www.frreepoverty.com

GreaterGood began in 1999 to provide support for worthy causes through easy, online actions. Since its launch
GreaterGood has contributed more than $40 million to charities round the world. Each of its cause-related
websites partners with nonprofits to provide support through many different easy actions, including a free, fast
“click”, shopping and through the “Gifts that Give More” online donation program.

11. Learner: www.learner.org

Annenberg Learner’s mission is to ‘Advance Excellent Teaching in American Schools”. “we have pursued this
mission for more than three decades by funding and distributing multimedia resources for teachers to teach
their subjects and to stay up-to-date in their fields. As our name Annenberg Learner implies, we focus on the
teacher as a learner, as well as the student as a learner. In fact all adults who are lifelong learners have
enjoyed and benefited from using our resources.”

12. International Reading association: www.readwritethink.org

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 The mission of ReadWriteThink is to provide educators, parents, and after-school professionals with the access
to the highest quality practices in reading and language arts instruction by offering the best materials for free

W2 – ACTIVITY 1
Instructions:
1. Identify the following given websites whether if it is a blogging platform or social media platform.
2. Visit these websites and describe your experiences while exploring the websites.
3. Upon visiting the websites, take a screenshot (one only) of each sites and place it under each definition above
module.

LINKS ONLINE PLATFORM EXPERIENCE

1. Thinkfinity: www.thinkfinity.org
2. National Geographic Expeditions:
www.nationalgegraphic.com
3. Culture Grams: www.culturegrams.com
4. Asia Society: www.asiasociety.org/arts-
culture-asia-society-museum
5. OWL at Purdue:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/
6. TED: www.ted.com
7. The Teacher’s Corner:
www.theteacherscorner.net
8. Slide Share: www.slideshare.net
9. Free-rice Vocabulary Site:
www.freerice.com
10. Free Poverty Geography Site:
www.frreepoverty.com
11. Learner: www.learner.org
12. International Reading association:
www.readwritethink.org

W2 – ACITIVITY 2
Research and answer the following questions.
1. What are the advantages of social media platforms? Give at least 5. Include also the links which you use as
your basis to your answers.
2. What are the advantages of blogging platforms? Give at least 5. Include also the links which you use as your
basis to your answers.
3. Which is more superior between social media platforms and blogging platforms? Include links for your
references.

W2 – ACITIVITY 3
Based from the given links from Edutopia (www.edutopia.org ) , visit the website and look for at least 5 other websites
and describe nature of the websites provided. Identify the websites if it is a social media or blogging platform.
Follow the format below.
LINKS ONLINE PLATFORM NATURE OF WEBSITE
1.

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 2.
3.
4.
5.

Note: Include screenshots of each links you choose based from above table.

References
Innovative Training Works, Onc. (2016). Empowerment Technologies . Recto Avenue, Philippines: Rex Book Store.

Yuvienco, J. C. (2017). Empowerment Technologies. Quezon City, Philippines: C & E Publishing, Inc. .

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