11

Empowerment
Technologies
Quarter 1–Module 5
ICT Productivity Tools (Application)

ICT APPLICATION

Development Team of the Module

Writer: Carissa S. Gozun

Editor: Rolylyn H. Dado
Reviewer: Ann Marjorie V. Pico
Layout Artist: Froilan G. Isip

Management Team Zenia G. Mostoles EdD, CESO V, SDS

Leonardo C. Canlas EdD CESE, ASDS
Rowena T. Quiambao CESE, ASDS
Celia R. Lacanlale PhD, CID Chief
Arceli S. Lopez PhD, SGOD Chief
June D. Cunanan EPS- English
Ruby M. Jimenez PhD, EPS-LRMDS

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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the Empowerment Technologies for Grade 11 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)
Module on ICT Productivity Tools (Application).

This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by educators from public
institutions to assist you, the teacher or facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set
by the K to 12 Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in
schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the module.

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also need
to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own learning.
Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks
included in the module.

For the Learner:

Welcome to the Empowerment Technologies for Grade 11 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM)
Module on ICT Productivity Tools (Application).

In this time of pandemic, sending out information to convey important information about Corona
Virus is vital. Because of ICT, things are now sent much faster than the traditional newsletters or
postal mail. An automated way of creating and sending uniform letters with different receiver is
the use of mail merge.

In this module you will learn the advanced features of Microsoft Word in creating innovative
output using mail merge and integrating images into documents. Microsoft Word easily create
and maintain mailing lists, create personalized documents and create newsletters. It also helps
you send documents to a group of people for feedback. You will also learn the advanced feature
of Microsoft PowerPoint to use in presentation. Animations and hyperlinking in PowerPoint
presentations have successfully positioned itself as a tool to present data and information for
presenting school and business.

What I Need to Know

In this module, the learners will learn how to create an original or derivative ICT content to effectively
communicate present data or information related to specific professional tracks. The application of mail
merging, inserting images in a document, animation will be tackled, along with how they are used and
what purpose they serve.

For the learner

The use of the advance tools of Microsoft Office helps you in creating and presenting data or information
in efficient way that saves your time in producing a large number of mails or data at the same time.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. Use some advanced capabilities of Microsoft Word commonly used to increase productivity and
efficiency.
2. Create form letters or documents using Microsoft Word.
3. Create form letter for distribution to various recipients using Mail Merge.
4. Create presentation of data/information.
 What I Know

Write the letter that best describes the concept based on what you learned from previous
lesson. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. This is an interactive computer application for organization, analysis and storage of data
in tubular form.
A. Database
B. Letter
C. Microsoft Word
D. Spreadsheet
2. Which is a word processor developed by Microsoft?
A. Facebook
B. Instagram
C. Microsoft Word
D. Twitter
3. This is a written message from one party to another which contains information.
A. Database
B. Letter
C. Mail Merge
D. Spreadsheet
4. This is an organized collection of data.
A. Database
B. Letter
C. Mail Merge
D. Spreadsheet
5. This is a process to create personalized letters and pre-addresses envelope or mailing
labels for mass mailings from a form letter.
A. Database
B. Letter
C. Mail Merge
D. Microsoft Word

Create an original or derivative ICT

Lesson
content to effectively communicate or
5 present data or information related to
specific professional tracks.

In the previous lesson you talked about “Productivity tools”. This refers to the software that
people use to create and produce documents, presentations, charts, and graphs.

In this lesson, you will learn the application of these productivity tools and how will you apply it
effectively and efficiently!
 What’s In

Identify the following logo. In 2 to 3 sentences, give the functions of these applications software.
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

APP ICON NAME FUNCTIONS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.
 What’s New

Do you know WPS?

WPS Office is a high performing and affordable suite office software

solutions developed by a subsidiary of KingSoft Corp, a software and
Internet services company based in California, USA. WPS Office has
established a reputation in the market for being an alternative to Microsoft
Office, empowering businesses, educational institutions, and professionals
to painlessly handle their office tasks.

The office software solution provides a set of efficient and light

applications that can run on Windows and Linux PCs as well as on iOS
and Android devices, making it a cross-platform office suite. WPS Office helps users perform
various tasks and fulfill their document needs such as the ability create and modify word or text
documents, produce spreadsheets and presentations, convert PDF files to editable document
formats, and even retrieve files and documents that they have accidentally deleted.

In addition, the WPS office suite has the same features of Microsoft office with basic tools: word
processor, spreadsheet application, and presentation tool.

What is It

Productivity tool helps you to create professional quality document, presentations, graphics and
more. Microsoft Office is a common productivity software package which includes Microsoft
Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Discussion of Activity 1
Copy the Venn Diagram in your notebook and compare and contrast the features of Microsoft
Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Microsoft Word

Microsoft
Powerpoint Microsoft Excel
 What’s More

Independent Activity 1
Given the situation, identify the problem and find solution by answering the questions given
below:

� You are the SSG President of your school and you are tasked to make and send out a
thank you letter to parents who donated essentials goods in your school. You are given
a list of names and address format of 10 parents. And also to make your thank you letter
appealing you wanted to insert a picture or image to the letter.
Questions:
1. How would you briefly describe to complete the task of sending the ten thank you
letter with individual names and address using MS Word?
2. Describe how you can insert pictures to the letter.

Independent Assessment 1
Use the numbers 1-5 to arrange the steps in creating invitation using mail merge.

______ Insert merge field to designated section of the letter.

______ Select recipients then use existing list.
______ Print documents.
______ Start mail merge and select letters.
______ Create an invitation template.

Independent Activity 2
Given the situation, identify the problem and find solution by answering the questions given
below:

� You are hired as a sales agent for Epson 01 printer and your supervisor asked you to
show your product sales for the year 2019 using graph format.
� Given the data below, create a graph showing Epson1 product sales 2019.
� Rank the month based on the sales from 1 (highest) to 12 (lowest).

PRODUCT SALES 2019

No. of sold
Month Product Name Quantity Unit Price Rank
items
January Epson 01 30 25 7, 999
February Epson 01 30 16 7, 999
March Epson 01 30 18 7, 999
April Epson 01 30 17 7, 999
May Epson 01 30 15 7, 999
June Epson 01 30 16 7, 999
July Epson 01 30 19 7, 999
August Epson 01 30 18 7, 999
September Epson 01 30 22 7, 999
October Epson 01 30 13 7, 999
November Epson 01 30 24 7, 999
December Epson 01 30 28 7, 999
Independent Assessment 2
Based on the activity, answer the following questions. Write your answers on the separate sheet
of paper.
1. What type of productivity tools did you use?
2. What month does the product increase its sales?
3. Did you find it effective to show your inventory using graphs?
4. If you will present it in a meeting, what productivity will you use?

Independent Activity 3
Computerized Lantern Making!

● Create a lantern (Parol) with at least 100 bulbs.

● Use animation to light your lantern and add music to make your project more creative.
● Music and light should be synchronized.

Your projects will be graded using these criteria/rubrics.

RUBRICS
Exemplary Accomplished Developing Beginning
Category Score
4 3 2 1
All skills in Most skills in Some skills in Few or no skills in
Skills powerpoint are Powerpoint are Powerpoint are Powerpoint are
applied. applied. applied applied.
The output The output is
The output is The output is
Content exceeds the somewhat
complete. incomplete.
expectations. complete.
The output The output
The output is free The output has
Correctness contains minimal contains many
from errors. several errors.
errors. errors.
The output was
The output was The output was
The output was able to complete
able to finish in the able to finish at
Efficiency able to finish in the but consumed
projected amount least in finishing
most effective way more time or
of time. the task.
resource.

Independent Assessment 3
Answer the following questions in your notebook.
1. What productivity tool did you use in making the activity?
2. Cite the methods you used in creating the activity.
3. What did you consider in making the activity? (Write in 2 to 3 paragraphs)

What I Have Learned

Answer the following questions in your notebook.

1. What did you learned using the advance productivity tools?

2. How will you apply the things you learned after taking this lesson?
3. Describe the steps in doing mail merge.
 What I Can Do

Create a record of grades of 10 different students for 1st semester. Then produce their report
card in Microsoft Word using mail merge. See sample below.

Assessment

Write the letter that best describes the concept based on what you learned from previous
lesson. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

1. What is a shortcut key to create a hyperlink?

A. Ctrl + A B. Ctrl + F C. Ctrl + K D. Ctrl + Z
2. The art of creating an optical illusion of moving pictures
A. Animation B. Keyframe C. Rendering D. Tweening
3. Which is NOT an application of Microsoft Office?
A. Excel B. Frame C. Powerpoint D. Word
4. It is the state or quality of producing something.
A. Animation B. Frame C. Keyframe D. Productivity
5. Which is NOT a type of animation?
A. Flip Book B. Motion graphics C. Spreadsheets D. Stop Motion
 Additional Activities

Given this scenario: (refer to Independent Activity 2) If you are to present your Product Sales
2019 for Epson 01 in a meeting. Create a presentation for this by following the guidelines below.

Guide for the presentation.

1. The presentation may contain text and images with animations.

2. It must have a background.
3. Present the graph (Independent Activity 2.)
 Answer Key

C
A
B -Answers may vary
C Independent Activity 1
D -Answer may vary What’s more
What I know What's In

5. C
-Answers may vary 4. D
Independent Assessment 2 3. B
5. 1 -answers may vary 2. A
4. 2 What I Know 1. C
3. 5 -answers may vary Assessment
2. 3 Independent Assessment 3
1. 4 -Answers may vary Answer may vary
Independent Assessment 1 Independent Activity 3 What I can do

References

1. Rex Book Store. Innovative Training Works. Empowerment Technologies First Edition
2. https://empowermenttech12.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/developing-ict-content-for-specific-purpose-1/
3. https://www.slideshare.net/AngelitoQuiambao/productivity-tools-
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20presentation%20about%20Microsoft...%205%20WELCOME%20More%20
4. https://www.e-careers.com/connected/microsoft-office-careers/8-benefits-of-microsoft-office
5. https://www.ablebits.com/office-addins-blog/2015/10/22/make-graph-excel-chart-template/