Lesson 12: ICT Project for Social Change

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      ICT on Social Change

• Social Change refers to an alteration in the social order of a society. Social Change may include social institutions, social behaviors, or social relations. It can be done in any form of multimedia.

      You can make social changes through the use of campaigns. Campaigns are 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.

      Simplified ICT Project Process Overview :

     

      Planning —> Development —> Release and Promotion —> Maintenance

      1. Planning - Involves the following task( but not limited to):

• Conceptualizing your project
• Researching on available data about your topic
• Setting deadlines and meetings
• Assigning people to various tasks
• Finding a web or blog post
• Creating a site map for tour website
•  Listing down all applications that you need for your project
• Funding

     Creating a Concept Paper

Before starting your project, your group should be able to do the necessary paperwork. This allows experts to see if your project is doable over the time frame that was given and if it is significant enough to be made into reality.

A concept paper is a document used to convince a panel of potential funders to help a product, program, or service to become a reality.

There are five elements of a concept paper:

1.Introduction-includes tour group’s mission and vision and a brief introduction of your project.

Purpose-includes the reasons why this project is worth your group and your sponsor’s time, effort and money.

3.Description-includes all the necessary information about the project. In ICT, it involves the sites you are going to produce and the purpose of each and how they work in unison.

4.Support-contains the budget needed for the project. Some concept papers do not specify any amount requested from the sponsor.

5.Contact information-includes information on how the group be contacted.

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

    Medias you can use:

• Text
• Videos
• Pictures
• Audio
• Websites

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

     4. Maintenance- involves responding to feedback of your site visitors and continuing to improve your website.

     

Lesson 11: ICT as Platform for Change

                           source: http://mariahfrancheska.blogspot.com/2016/07/ict-as-platform-for-change.html

                1. EDSA ( People Power Revolution). The People Power Revolution lasted from 1983 to 1986. During a radio broadcast of Radyo Veritas, Cardinal Sin encouraged the Filipinos to help end the regime of the president Ferdinand Marcos.

A major protest took place along EDSA from February 22-25, 1986 involving two million Filipinos from different sectors. These include civilians,  political parties, the military, and these sectors. The radio broadcast helped change the course of history. Without it, Filipinos would no have been moved into action.

                2. EDSA Dos. This is also known as the 2001 EDSA Revolution, happened during January 17-21,2001. It was also fueled after 11 prosecutes of then President Joseph Estrada walked out of the impeachment trial. As a result, The crowd in EDSA grew over the course of a few days through text brigades. Like the first People Power Revolution, EDSA Dos would not have been successful without the text brigades.

             3. Million People March. This is a series of protests that mainly took place in Luneta Park from August 22 to 26, 2013. There were also several demonstration that happened around the key cities in the Philippines and some locations overseas. It was to condemn the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund(PDAF). Though dubbed as the Million People March, the number of total attendees was only around 400,00. Despite that, it was still considered a success and clearly demonstrated how powerful social media campaigns are. The organizers and promoters of the Million People March used Facebook and Change.org as their medium.

            4. Yolanda People Finder. Recent storms in the Philippine history gave birth to the People finder database powered by Google. During typhoon Yolanda, the People Finder was a vital tool for people across the globe to track the situation of their relatives. This proved to be successful and is now adapted by more organizations to help people track relatives during calamity.

                 Change.org

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                         Change.org is dubbed as the "world's platform for change"

        where anyone form the online community can create a petition and ask others to sign it. During the past time petitions are only done through signing a paper, usually done by a group asking for signature via travel. Change.org gives access to more people by allowing the online community to affix their digital signatures on a petition. 

                       Change.org's mission is to help people around the world create change they want to see. For years, Change.org hosted several petitions that help solve the following problems: economic problems, criminal's injustice, abuse of human rights, lack of education, environmental concerns, animal abuse, human health concerns, and world hunger.

             

Lesson 10: Interactive Multimedia

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                  Interactive- It offers multiple choices or scenarios, the viewer chooses which sequences or subjects to explore, "interacts" with viewers

                 Multimedia- Text, sound, video, animation and graphics in the same program or presentation

            Interactive Multimedia- Products and services on computer based system which responds to user's actions by presenting content

      Different multimedia contents

1.  Videos
2. Sound, Music, Audio
3. Online Games
4. Online Tests
5. Courseware
6. Podcast
7. Vodcast

      Potentials In Mutlimedia To Education

1. Fast
2. Cheap
3. Consistent
4. Private
5. Safe
6. Personal
7. Strong Foundation
8. Tool To Make Remembering Easier
9. More Information Faster
10. Fun

     Multimedia In Education

1. Change in student and teacher
2. Increased motivation and self-esteem
3. Technical Skills
4. Accomplishment of more complex tasks
5. More collaboration with peers
6. Increased use of outside resources
7. Improved Design Skills

   When to use Interactive Multimedia

1. Lecture/Presentation
2. Collaborative learning
3. Individualized learning
4. Treating reports or presentations assessments

     Pros Of Interactive Multimedia

1. The ability to change outcomes based on input
2. The learning style is individual and exclusive.
3. Learners take more productive roles.

   Cons Of Interactive Multimedia

1. Using instructional technologies requires a great quantity of resources
2. Learner Control Problems