Individual Activity for Module 1

Objectives:
Internet scavenger hunt of chosen professional track on the following:
- Work Opportunities
- Images and Videos on the impact of ICT
- Articles on the nature of ICT in the context of their lives, society, and professional tracks to be
used as reference for their reflection paper.
Apply search and research skills using advance Google Search tips.

For this activity you will be using Google Search Engine, the most popular search engine based on
estimated number of unique monthly visitors (retrieved on October 29, 2016 at
http://www.ebizmba.com/articles/search-engines).

Part 1: Launching the Google Search Engine

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1. Click on your browser (Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc.)

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2. Once the browser is launched, go to the address box to type the URL: google.com and press

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enter to launch Google Search Engine.

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Address bar
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URL : google.com
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3. Once the Google Search Engine is launched, you can type in your search keywords or phrases.
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 Search textbox

Google Search Tips and Tricks

1. Explicit Phrase: When searching for something specific, to minimize the guesswork for Google
search, use quotes. When you put your search parameters in quotes, it tells the search engine to

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search for the whole phrase. If you are looking for content about online marketing. Instead of

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just typing online marketing into the Google search box, simply enclose the search phrase within

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double quotes; “online marketing”.

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2. Exclude Words: Let’s say you want to search for content about online marketing, but you want

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to exclude any results that contain the term advertising. To do this, simply use the “-“ sign in

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front of the word you want to exclude; online marketing –advertising
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3. This OR That: By default, when you do a search, Google will include all the terms specified in the
search. If you are looking for any one of one or more terms to match, then you can use the OR
operator. (Note: The OR has to be capitalized); online marketing OR advertising
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4. Words in the Text: If you want to find a webpage where all the terms you're searching for
appear in the text of that page (but not necessarily beside each other), type in allintext:
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followed immediately by words or phrases; allintext : online marketing

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5. How to Search Within a Website : Often, you want to search a specific website for content
that matches a certain phrase. Even if the site doesn’t support a built-in search feature,
you can use Google to search the site for your term. Simply use the site:somesite.com
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modifier; site: www.forbes.com “online marketing”

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6. Related Search: If you want to find new websites with similar content to a website you already
know of, use the related:somesite.com modifier; related: google.com.
7. Similar Words and Synonyms: Let’s say you want to include a word in your search, but also
want to include results that contain similar words or synonyms. To do this, use the ~ in front of
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the word; “online marketing” ~professional

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8. Word Definitions :If you need to quickly look up the definition of a word or phrase, simply use
the define: command. You can listen to the word's pronunciation by pressing the megaphone
icon; define: marketing
9. Specific Document Types : If you’re looking to find results that are of a specific type, you can
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use the modifier filetype:. For example, you might want to find only PowerPoint presentations
related to online marketing; “online marketing” filetype:ppt

*source:http://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/1264/12-Quick-Tips-To-Search-Google-Like-An-
Expert.aspx#sm.0001n5m6x178gdmqx7o1o1rh4vfed

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 Part 2: Google Search.

1. Search for work opportunities in your strand; use the following keywords with the phrase: career
opportunities in
ABM : business, business management, accountancy, marketing
HUMMS : humanities, social science
STEM : science and technology, mathematics, engineering
GAS : any of the items in all strands

Career opportunities in
business management

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a. What are your observations with the results? About how many results were produced from
the search?
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Answer: Based on my observations, the results are based on the phrase that I searched. Only
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11 were produced from the search.

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b. Try to do the same search, this time put a double quotation (“ ) at the start and end of the
search phrase. Did it produce exactly the same result? Did you get the same number of
results?
Answer: No results was produced when I put a double quotation (“ ) at the start and end of
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the search phrase. I didn’t get the same number of results because no results were found.
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c. Use the same search and exclude sales for business management (you can use related item
for your strand). What will be your search phrase?
Answer: “Career opportunities for engineering”
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d. Try to search for career opportunities in more than one specific field, if you are searching for
careers in both accountancy and humanities what will be your search phrase?
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Answer: Career opportunities in both accountancy and humanities

e. To better understand your strand, try searching the Department of Education website for
content on your specific strand. What will be your search phrase?
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Answer: Contents of Engineering in Department of Education

f. List 5 possible work opportunities for your specific strand based from your search results
Answer: Civil Engineer
Agricultural Engineering
Environmental Engineering Technician
Petroleum Engineer
Electrical Engineering

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 2. Search for the Impacts of ICT as reference for your reflection paper. Use the search results as
sources; make sure to copy the URL (Provide at least 2 sources for each item). Search for articles
that will help you answer the following questions:
a. How has ICT changed the way people live? Provide positive and negative effects of ICT in
general?
Answer: We can easily communicate to each other and we can have the information that we
want faster than we could. The positive effects of ICT are: access to information, improved
access to education, and new tools, new opportunities. The negative effects of ICT are: job
loss, reduced personal interaction, and reduced physical activity.
Sources: https://welovekdrama.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/how-does-ict-changed-the-world/
https://ajahana.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/the-positive-and-negative-impacts-of-ict-5/
b. How has ICT affected society? How has it changed the way people learn, work, and
communicate?
Answer: ICT affected our society in communication by bullying, harassment, and speaking to
relatives overseas; and our economy the shops are closing down because people are
shopping online, loss of jobs for shops and supermarkets, and shops are 24 hours; and also

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education through online learning, revision at home, and student can work from home; and
the access because not everyone have a computer, not everyone can afford internet, and

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most people have internet. It was changed the way people learn, work, and communicate by
creating new forms of learning that can be customized to student needs, it

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includes a various number of tools like computers which help to improve human

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life, and Using ICT tools, such as multimedia, e-mail, interactive presentation, CD-
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ROM, computer simulations, computer lab and www-based resources, can
organize teaching so that the students can control the learning process.
Sources: https://www.ukessays.com/essays/education/ict-has-changed-the-way-people-live-work-
and-communicate-education-essay.php
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https://09bailies.wordpress.com/
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c. What will be the role of ICT in the context of your professional track? What role will ICT play
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in your future profession?

Answer: When used pedagogically, ICT can enhance students' learning outcomes and digital
competence. Evidence shows that an early exposure to STEM and ICT has a positive impact
on students' perceptions towards those subjects, and can ensure that students are digitally
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competent when they leave school. Businesses can facilitate this early exposure through
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meaningful partnerships with schools, therefore making STEM careers more attractive to
students. In addition, the school and home environment have a shared role to play in
ensuring this early exposure, in view of the fact that technology has a positive effect on
students' motivation, self-confidence and self-esteem, especially when students have a say
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in choosing the technology they use. Engineering is not only about the experimentation and
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learning. It is about the impact it has on the society. Information and Communication
Technology has been the branch of Engineering that humans have used all through the
evolution process for being the most advanced creature on the Earth. Moreover developing
countries try to improve their lives and gain a competitive edge using Information and
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Communication.
Sources: http://www.eun.org/news/detail?articleId=660338
https://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/Information_and_Communication_Technology_(ICT_Engineering)

d. Search for images and videos showcasing impacts of ICT

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 Answer:

Sources: http://jayani-75.blogspot.com/2013/11/impact-of-ict.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXxrq3NrwkI

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3. Scholarly Research

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Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly

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literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. It indexes most peer-reviewed

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online academic journals and books, conference papers, theses and dissertations, preprints,
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abstracts, technical reports and other scholarly literature, including court opinions and patents.
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Other freely available sites with similar function include CiteSeerX and getCITED, as well as
subscription-based tools Elsevier’s Scopus and Thomas Reuters’ Web of Science.
(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Scholar).
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To launch google scholar, type in the address bar scholar. google.com

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*Notice the difference with google.com. Tips and tricks for searching also applies here.

a. Provide at least 3 scholarly articles (researches) on the impact of ICT in your professional track.
Provide title, author/s, year of publication and URL.

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 1)
Title: The Impact of Information and Communication Technology on Education: The Missing Discourse
between Three Different Paradigms
Author: Deborah Talmi and Aharon Aviram
Year of Publication: June 1, 2005
URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.2304/elea.2005.2.2.5
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Title: Evaluating the use of ICT in engineering education
Author: Michael Christie, Andre Jaun, and Lars-Erik Jonsson
Year of Publication: March 2002
URL:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/245494056_Evaluating_the_use_of_ICT_in_engineering_education

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Title: Foreword: Quality in ICT Requirements Engineering

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Author: Maria Lencastre
Year of Publication: September 2012

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URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261316843_Foreword_Quality_in_ICT_Requirements_Engineering

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