Lesson 7: Online Platforms For ICT Content Development

                                   source: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/Europe/Pages/Events/2016/KnowledgeExchange/Knowledge-Exchange-on-ICT-Accessibility-Making-ICTs-Accessible-and-Inclusive-for-All.aspx

            

                      According to my what my teacher told us about this lesson is that, you only need to know the difference between Blogging Platforms and Social Media Platforms.

  

   Online Platforms For ICT Content Development

   We will focus on platforms that will allow us to share our content to the rest of the world. We will also create a few of them to experience what it is like to use all of them.

1. Social Media Platforms. Websites like Facebook allow 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 are restricted to Facebook's "one-size-fits-all" design.
2. Blogging Platforms. Websites like WordPress, Tumblr, and Blogger focus on content and design. It typically looks like a newsletter where you are given options to change the design to your liking. Though you can manipulate the design, social media platform's popularity is still unrivaled. The amount of customization in blogs also unrivaled depending on the content management system implemented by the provider.

        A Content Management System (CMS) is a computer application (sometimes online or browser-based) that allows you to publish, edit and manipulate, organize and delete web content. CMS is used in blogs, news websites, and shopping.

  

         My teacher also told me that in terms of usefulness they are equal. It depends on how the user maximizes the uses of each Platforms. And the difference between the two platforms is that in Social Media you can post a status or express your opinion about a certain topic but in Blogging Platforms is where you make a post about a certain topic but it is more in-depth than the Social Media Platforms.