Lesson 12: Project for Social Change

ICT on Social Change

Social change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society.

Campaign - a work in an organized and active way toward a particular goal, typically a political or social one. A campaign will help you promote and organize your project properly.
Formalize your Objective.

Simplified ICT Project Process Overview

Planning - 

• Conceptualizing you Project
• Researching on available data about your topic
• Setting deadlines and meetings
• Listing down all applications that you need for the project
• Assigning people various tasks
• Finding a web or blog host
• Creating a sitemap your website
• Funding

Development - involves the actual creation of the website(s); involves the production of images, infographics, etc.

Release and Promotion - involves the actual release of the website for public view and promoting it. The promotion typically starts before the actual release.

Maintenance - involves responding to the feedback from your site visitors and continuing to improve the 

Creating a Campaign 

Five elements of a concept paper

Introduction - includes the mission and the vision and the brief introduction to your project.

Purpose - includes the reasons why the project is worth the effort time and money.

Description - includes all necessary information about the project, This involves the platforms you are going to use for this project (like website and blog site).

Support - includes the information about the budget needed for the project.

Contact - includes information on how supporters can contact the members of the project. 

Lesson 11: As Platform for Change

We use ICT before and now for Change.

Throughout the years, we are using ICT for school works, updates, to gain more knowledge about a certain topic or thing or what's happening. But not only because of that... We can also use it for Change. 

According to the book and history, Philippines once used ICT to make a change in the society. Without ICT, Filipinos would not do any action. Using Radio Broadcast and Social Media.

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) plays an important role in our world today. But how can we connect ICT to the historical event-EDSA People Power Revolution? What is EDSA People Power Revolution? Why is it Important to know? Does it play an important role in the development of our country?

Information and Communication Technology(ICT) is an umbrella term that includes any communication device or application, encompassing; radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software.

Historical Events occurred

1.    EDSA (People Power Revolution)/(PPR) - In 1986, millions of unarmed Filipinos surprised the world buy nonviolently overthrowing the brutal dictator Ferdinand Marcos, know at the time as "the Hitler of Southeast Asia". They called their movement "people power", demonstrating in an amazing way the power of active nonviolence, the power of truth and love, similar to what was seen in the Gandhian freedom struggle in India and the civil rights movement in the United States.

2. EDSA Dos - The EDSA Revolution of 2001, also called by the local media as EDSA II (pronounced as Edsa dos) or the Second People Power Revolution, is the common name of the four-day popular revolution that peacefully overthrew Philippines President Joseph Estrada in January 2001. He was succeeded by his then vice president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.

3. Million People March - The Million People March or the so-called "Pork Barrel Scam" was the first ever on-going series of protest in the Philippines held at the Luneta Park on the 26th day of August 2013, about the total abolition of the Pork Barrel or the Priority Development Assistance Fund scam which triggered the anger of the people through social media such as Facebook and Twitter.

4. Yolanda People Finder - On the 8th day of November, the year 2013, people are living their lives peacefully until a massive tragedy shook their innocent lives. Typhoon Haiyan, also known as Typhoon Yolanda, was one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded in the world history. It killed a total number of 6,300 people in the Philippines. 

Change.org is a petition website operated by for-profit Change.org, Inc. an American certified B corporation which claims to have over 100 million users and hosts sponsored campaigns for organizations. The company is headquartered in San Fransisco, California. The Website serves to facilitate petitions by the general public.

Lesson 10: Interactive Multimedia

How do multimedia effects in terms of education? Before that, we need to know the term Interactive Multimedia.

What is Interactive Multimedia?

From the term "Interactive" 
offers multiple choices.
and
"Multimedia"
Texts and sounds and graphical animation in the same presentation.

Interactive Multimedia, any computer-delivered electronic system that allows the user to control, combine, and manipulate different types of media, such as text, sound, video, computer graphics, and animation.


Here are some examples of Multimedia

• Videos
• Sound, Music, or Audio
• Online Games
• Online Tests
• Courseware
• Podcasts
• Vodcasts

Potentials of Multimedia in Terms of Education

• Fast 
• Cheap
• Private
• Safe
• Strong Foundation
• Tool to make remembering longer and easier
• More Information Faster
• It's fun

When to use Interactive Multimedia?

• Collaborative Learning
• Individualized Learning
• Creating Reports of Presentations
• Lecture Presentation
• Assesment