REVIEWER IN EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES
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ONLINE SAFETY AND SECURITY, ETHICS AND NETIQUETTE
Common issues and crimes on the internet:
1. Cyberbullying
2. Hacking
3. Identity Theft
4. Plagiarism
5. Intellectual Property rights and copyright issues
Online safety and security defines how you are going to
keep yourself safe while surfing the web. There are different
types of personal information easily stolen online when
caution is not practiced. Examples of these information
are: First, Middle and Last Name, Current and Previous
School, Cellphone Number, Parents and Siblings Name,
Address, Home number and birthday
NETIQUETTE – from words “net” (from internet) and
“etiquette”. It focuses on acceptable behavior of the
person while using the internet resource.
INTERNET THREATS
1. MALWARE – malicious software
a. Virus – malicious program designed to
replicate itself and transfer from one
computer to another either through internet,
local networks or data storage and devices.
b. Worm – malicious program that transfer from
one computer to another by any type of
means.
c. Trojan – malicious program that disguise as a
useful program but once downloaded or
installed, leaves your PC unprotected and
allows hackers to get your information
i. Rogue security software – tricks user into
posing that it is a security software.
d. Spyware – a program that runs in the
background without you knowing it. It has the
ability to monitor what you are currently doing
and typing though keylogging.
i. Keyloggers – use to record the keystroke
done by the users. Can record email,
messages or any information you type
using keyboard.
e. Adware – a program designed to send you
advertisements, mostly as pop-ups.
2. SPAM – unwanted email mostly from bots or
advertisers. It can be used to send malware.
3. PHISHING – its goal is to acquire sensitive personal
information like password and credit card details.
a. Pharming – a more complicated way of
phishing where it exploits the DNS (domain
name service) system.
IP Rights – right refers to the general term for the
assignment of property rights through patents, copyrights
and trademarks.
© - copyright sign;
® - registered sign;
™ - trademark sign
• Patent – exclusive right granted for an invention
• IP – (intellectual property) – is the creation in mind
• Republic Act 8293 otherwise known as “An act
prescribing the intellectual property code of the
Philippines…”
- IPOPhil – Intellectual Property Office of the
Philippines – is a government agency in
charge of registration of intellectual property
and conflict resolution of intellectual property
rights in the Philippines.
• Copyright Infringement – is the use of works
protected by copyright law without permission.
• Fair Use Policy – an IP may be used without a
consent as long as it is used in commentaries,
criticisms, search engines, parodies, news reports,
education.
ONLINE RESEARCH
Advance Search – best way to filter information you get
from search engines. This will allow you to filter information
you do not need.
Microsoft search engine, Bing, you can use certain
keywords and symbols:
BOOLEAN OPERATORS / FUNCTIONS
Symbol Function
+ Finds web pages that contain all terms
“” Find the exact words in a phrase
() Finds or excludes web pages that
contain group of words
AND or & Find web pages that contain all the
terms or phrases
NOT or - Excluded web pages that contain a
term or phrase
OR or | Finds web pages that contain either of
the terms or phrases.
Google Search
OPERATORS / FUNCTIONS
Symbol Function
Minus ( - ) Symbol to exclude terms
Tilde ( ~ ) Symbol to search using
synonyms
site:website.com Provide result from the
specific website
Asterisk ( * ) If you don’t know the exact
term
related.website.com To provide related website
• Use google as calculator
• Use google to convert currencies and
measurements
• Use google to provide actual weather
• Use google to provide actual time.
ONLINE SYSTEMS
Chrome OS: An operating system for the web – developed
by Google, the person’s data relies on the cloud (via
Google’s services such as Google Docs), meaning, the
system needs to be connected to the internet.
Learning Management Systems
1. Edmodo – started in 2008, being used in 90% of all
schools in the US. Free for students and teachers.
2. Moodle – free and open-source. Second largest
provider of LMS to universities and colleges with
23% market share.
3. Blackboard – started in 1997, has evolved into
becoming one of the preferred LMS especially in
the US. It has many issues such as numerous
glitches and for being expensive.
PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS can be a freeware or shareware.
• FREEWARE is copyrighted, which can be used for
free and for an unlimited time.
• SHAREWARE is commercial software that is
copyrighted which can be copied for trial but
needs to be purchased for continued use.
MICROSOFT OFFICE developed by Microsoft is one of the
most popular productivity tools. It includes processing
software, electronic spreadsheet, presentation software,
and database and desktop publishing program.
SEARCH AND REVIEW FOR THE COMMON SHORTCUT KEYS
OF THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS:
Copy, Paste, New, Highlight, Save, Project, Print, Editing
Font and Paragraph Alignment, Find, Open, Cut, Redo,
Undo, etc.
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MS WORD – new features include hyperlink, macros, and EXAMPLE: =MIN(A1:A20)
mail merge. - RANGE – the range of cells where you want to
• HYPERLINK – is a link that will direct you to another look for the criteria.
page or part of the same document. It can be an - CRITERIA – a value or label that determines id
image, word, phrase, symbol or different element a cell is part of the range to be averaged.
in the document. - AVERAGE RANGE – the actual range of cells
• INTEGRATING IMAGES AND OTHER EXTERNAL that will be averaged, if omitted, the range
MATERIALS – integrating or inserting pictures in your will be used instead.
document is fun and it improves the impression of
your document. MS POWERPOINT – format text and images, adding
KINDS OF MATERIALS animations and other multimedia components
1. Picture – has three types: .jpeg/.jpg, .gif, interactively.
/png. • SLIDE ANIMATION – a moving computer graphic
2. Clipart effect that can be added to the object, text or
3. Shapes the entire slide itself.
4. SmartArt • SLIDE TRANSITION – control how your presentation
5. Charts moves from slide to slide.
6. Screenshot – other option is by using • HYPERLINKS – allows you to go to other slides in the
keyboard command ( fn+prt sc) or by same presentation or in another presentation or in
using desktop snipping tool a web page and even to e-mail addresses.
• EMBEDDED FILES AND DATA – multimedia file can • ACTION BUTTON – allows you to play sounds,
be inserted or embedded into the web page. animate, or run a program. Allows you to move
• MAIL MERGE - allows user to quickly produce and from one slide to another without using the using
send information, newsletter, resume’s or next button in a slide show.
brochure to many people.
- Form Document – first component of our mail CREATING AN EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION
merge document. It contains the main body
of the message we want to convey or send. 1. MINIMIZE – slide counts to a minimum to
Also included are the place holders, also maintain a clear message.
referred to as data fields or merge fields. 2. CLARITY – use font style and size that are
Place holdersx`x` are marked by the text with easy to read.
double-headed arrows ( << >>) on each side. 3. SIMPLICITY – use bullets or short sentences.
- List or Data File – second component of mail 4. VISUALS – use graphics to help in your
merge. This is where individual information or presentation
data that needs to be plugged in to the form 5. CONSISTENCY – make you design uniform.
document. 6. CONTRAST – use light font on dark
IMAGE PLACEMENT background, vice versa.
1. In line with text
2. Square PRODUCTIVITY APPS AND METHODS
3. Tight
4. Through Aside from MS Office applications, there are various
5. Top and Bottom desktop or mobile software that guides us in prioritizing our
6. Behind Text tasks and workload. They are:
7. In front of Text 1. 1-3-5 list
2. Carrot
MS EXCEL – simulate a paper worksheet. Composed of 3. Wunderlist
cells that are represented in rows and columns designed 4. Teux-deux
to perform basic arithmetic operation. Widely used in 5. Bullet Journaling
accounting and financial operations, as well as statistics 6. Today.txt
and engineering calculations. 7. Post it
• FORMULAS – excel formulas always begin with an 8. Evernote
equal sign ( = ). 9. Trello
- COUNT – a function used to count the cells 10. Asana
with content in a range. 11. Get it done
Formula: =COUNT(range) 12. Pomodoro
Example: =COUNT(A1:A20) 13. Kanban
- SUM – a function used to compute for the
summation of the number of a range. ONLINE SOFTWARES AND THEIR BENEFITS
Formula: =SUM(range) There are various online software that can be used in
Example: =SUM(A1:A20) mobile devices. Examples are Google Apps, Evernote,
- AVERAGE – a function used to compute for Google Docs and Pocket.
the average of the number of a range.
FORMULA: =AVERAGE(range) Benefits of Online Software
EXAMPLE: =AVERAGE(A1:A20) 1. Convenience
- COUNTIF – used to count the cells with a 2. Scalability
specified content within a range. 3. Safety
FORMULA: =COUNTIF(range,criteria) 4. Sustainability
EXAMPLE: =COUNTIF(A1:A20,”Batangas”)
- IF –
FORMULA: =IF(B4<70,”FAIL”,”PASS”)
- MAX – gives the maximum value in a range of
cells
FORMULA: =MAX(range)
EXAMPLE: =MAX(A1:A20)
- MIN – gives the minimum value in a range of
cells.
FORMULA: =MIN(range)