The Social Power of Social Media

Social Media is a computer-mediated technology that, through virtual communities and

networks, encourages the generation and sharing of knowledge, ideas, career interests,
and other forms of expression. With the millions of apps, websites, and other platforms
for people to communicate through media that are all over the Internet these days; this
is truly the age of social media.

General View of Social Media: Good or Bad?

There are a lot of negative aspects of kids having so much freedom on the Internet
today.

 Advertisers have endless opportunities to manipulate and influence a lot of

people.
 Privacy is not really an option for most social media users.
 Plus, the Internet is now an environment that allows people to hurt others
easily and anonymously.
 Cyberbullying has become a huge problem in the last few years.

That being said, I don't think social media is totally bad.

 It's actually that think being part of the social media world is beneficial to
teenagers.
 It provides a space for youth to share opinions, stories, and thoughts.
 It allows us to connect with people all over the world.
 It can be used for bad things, but it can also be used for good.
The Three Faces of Social Media

1. The Good - used for communication where distance no longer matters.

2. The Bad -allowed people to hide behind screens and avatars and it has taken over
our lives rather than us being in control.
3. The Ugly-it has become a common cause of broken relationships, self-centeredness,
and egocentricity. It is also for fraud and child abuse.

Popular Social Media Sites

 Facebook - the largest social networking site in the world and one of the most
widely used. You can access different Facebook apps to sell online, and you can
even market or promote your business, brand, and products by using paid
Facebook ads. Number of active users per month: 1.59 billion approximately.
  Google - this enables you to share messages, photos, videos, useful links to
sites, and so on. It also extends support for video conferencing and allows
businesses to promote their brands and products.

 Instagram- it was launched as a unique social networking platform that was

completely based on sharing photos and videos. This enables you to capture
the best moments of your life and convert them into works of art. Number of
active users per month: 400 million approximately.

 Twitter- enables you to post short text messages to convey your message to
the world. Twitter also makes it possible to promote your businesses and even
shop directly through tweets. Number of active users per month: 320 million
approximately.

 YouTube is a free video-sharing website that makes it easy to watch online

videos. You can even create and upload your own videos to share with others.
Number of active users per month with visitors watching around 6 billion
hours of video.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Social Media for Society

 Disadvantages

 Cyberbullying- according to a report published by PewCenter.org most of the

children have become victims over the past.
 Hacking- personal data and privacy can easily be shared on the internet. This
can make financial losses and losses to personal life.
 Fraud and Scams- several examples are available where individuals have
scammed and commit fraud through the social media.
 Security Issues- nowadays security agencies have access to people personal
accounts.
 Reputation- can easily ruin someone’s reputation by creating a false story and
spreading across the social media.
 Cheating and Relationship Issues- most of the people have used the social
media platform to propose and marry each other.
 Health Issues- the excess usage of social media can also have a negative
impact on the health.

 Advantages

 Education- it has a lot of benefits for the students and teachers. It is very easy
to educate from others who are professionals.
 Information and Updates- the main advantage of that you update yourself
from the latest happenings around in the world.
  Promotion- whether you have an offline business or online, you can promote
your business to the largest audience.
 Awareness- innovate the way people live. It is helped people discover new
and innovative stuffs that can enhance personal lives.
 Improve Business Reputation- just like it can ruin any business, it can also
improve business sales and reputation. Positive comments and sharing about
a company can help them with sales and goodwill.
 Helps in building communities- since our world has different religions and
beliefs. It helps in building and participating in the community of own religion
and believes to discuss and learn about it.
 Finding People with Common Interests- you can seek out groups that are
focused on your special interests and hobbies and connect with local people
that share the same interests.

Digital Citizenship and the Filipino People

Digital citizenship- The norms of appropriate, responsible technology use. It

is a holistic and positive approach to helping children learn how to be safe and secure,
as well as smart and effective participants in the digital world.

Key Principles with Elements of Digital Citizenship

Respect Yourself/ Respect Others

 Digital Etiquette
 Digital Access
 Digital Law
Educate Yourself/ Connect with Others
 Digital Literacy
 Digital Communications
 Digital Commerce
Protect Yourself/ Protect Others
 Digital Rights and Responsibility
 Digital Safety and Security
 Digital Health and Welfare

Netiquette
 is a set of rules for behaving properly online and respecting other users '
views and displaying common courtesy when posting your views to online
discussion groups. The word netiquette is a combination of the net (from
the internet) and etiquette. It means respecting other users' views and
displaying common courtesy when posting your views to online
discussion groups.
 The Core Rules of Netiquette

 Rule 1: Remember the human. Practice the Golden Rule: Do unto others as
you would have others do unto you.
 Rule 2: Know where you are in cyberspace. Depending on where you are
in the virtual world can be acceptable in one area.
 Rule 3: Respect other people's time. Most people today lead busy lives,
just like you do, and don't have time to read or respond.
 Rule 4: Make yourself look good online. The virtual world is the lack of
judgment associated with your physical appearance, the sound of your
voice, or the clothes you wear.
 Rule 5: Share expert knowledge, The Internet offers its users many
benefits; one is the ease in which information can be shared or accessed
and in fact, this " information sharing".
 Rule 6: Help keep flame wars under control. Hot is meant by " flaming is
what people do when they express a strongly held opinion without
holding back any emotion."
 Rule 7: Respect other people's privacy. You may be exposed to some
private or personal information that needs to be handled with care.
 Rule 8: Don't abuse your power. Just like in face-to-face situations, there
are people in cyberspace who have more " power" than others.

WEEK 3-5

Developing an ICT Project for 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 using campaigns.

Planning and conceptualizing an ICT Project for Social Change

ICT project for social change is an organizational structure with a shared

interest and provides a facility for easy information dissemination, a platform for
volunteers, and the organization's representatives.

Creating a Concept Paper

A concept paper is a document used to convince a panel of potential funders

to help a product, program, or service become a reality.
Five (5) Elements of a concept paper:

1. Introduction-the group's mission and vision and brief introduction of the project.
Name the project or add a logo and description.
2. Purpose-reasons why your project is worth and important.
3. Description-necessary information about the project and it involves M the sites you
are going to produce or affiliated with and how it works.
4. Support- budget needed for the project, or some papers do not specify any amount
requested from the sponsors.
5. Contact Information- information on how you or your group can be contacted.

Demographic
is described as factual information that is gathered from users of the ICT
application and psychographics is described as non-countable information from people
such as interests, opinions, and insights. A prototype is a model or an example that
serves as a template for other processes. In software technology, the word prototype is
a working example from which it is possible to derive a new concept or version of an
existing product.

Process of ICT Projects

1. Planning -also involves finding a web host, creating a site map, listing applications,
and funding.
2. Development -the creation of the website and involves the production of images,
infographics, etc.
3. Release and Promotion - the release of the website for the public view, Starts
before the actual release.
4. Maintenance - responding to the feedback of your site visitors and Improvement of
the website.

WEEK 6-7 : Publishing an ICT Project

You can upload your files on different platforms:

 WordPress - is a free content management system used to build and

maintain websites. Its ease of use and unique blogging features has helped
it become the most popular blogging tool on the web.
  Microsoft Office Project Server – this is a project management server
solution made by Microsoft that allows you to view and upload
documents.
 File Manager - is an uploading tool web interface that allows you to
manage all your files.
A website management platform is an integrated set of tools that allows
teams to create, design, develop, launch manage, administer, and monitor website
content.
A Web Content Management System (WCMS) is a Web Content
Management System (CMS) for software content management. It provides website
authoring, collaboration, and administration tools that help users build and manage
website content with little knowledge of the language of web programming or markup
languages.
Statistics indicate that access to and usage of information technology by
private individuals, such as computers and the internet at home, based on age and
traffic monitoring: is the process of evaluating, analyzing, and controlling network
traffic for any efficient, functional internet at home, based is the process of evaluating,
analyzing and any abnormality or process that may affect and/or protection of the
network.

Monitoring and Generate Technical Reports, Interpreting Data

In your Facebook page, a summary of statistics will appear on your wall. Clicking the
insights tab will give you more in-depth statistics (the name is Page Insights and will
appear on the left side of your Facebook page):

a. Overview – it contains the summary of statistics about your page.

 Reach: Organic- your posts are seen through the page’s wall, shared by users,
and the newsfeed.
 Reach: Paid- your posts are seen through paid ads.
 Post Clicks- it is the number of clicks done to your posts.
 Likes, Comments, and Shares- your audience’s actual engagement either by
liking the message, commenting on it, or posting it on their walls.

b. Likes- it includes the trend statistics that your page likes.

c. Reach- it contains details of the number of people your post has acquired.
d. Page Views/ Previews- include data about the number of people visiting or viewing
the page tabs (such as the timeline) that are visited.
e. Actions on Page- the tab helps you to know what people are doing or doing while
they are on your website.
f. Posts- contains details showing whether your web users visit your site or page for
days and time.
g. People- it includes statistics about the demographics of your audience. It also
contains demographics regarding the individuals with whom you have reached and
engaged.

WEEK 8: Sustaining an ICT Project and Reflecting on the ICT Learning Process

Evaluation through User Feedback

User input from contact is the knowledge that comes directly from clients
about the satisfaction or dissatisfaction they have with a product or service. A
significant resource for optimizing and resolving the needs and wants of the customer
is the customer’s feedback and concerns provided to an organization.

After building, developing, and releasing your website, updating content and
sustaining traffic to an ICT project, there are other activities that you have to do to
maintain and refresh it regularly to keep the content new. This will allow individuals to
view your site more actively.
1. Update content regularly
2. Update links
3. Response to inquiries
4. Maintaining your site

Creating Feedback Forms Using Google Forms

Google forms is a web-based software that is used for data collection

purposes to build forms. Google forms may be used by students and teachers to make
surveys, quizzes, or event registration sheets. The form is web-based and can be
exchanged by sending a link, e-mailing a message, or embedding it in a web page or
blog post with respondents.

To create online surveys and quizzes, you can use Google Forms and send
them to other people. Use your computer, android phone, iPhone, and iPod to create
and design it.

Step 1: Sign in or create a google account.

Step 2: Create a form from Google Drive
When you create a google form, it’s saved in google drive. To create a form
directly from google drive:
1. On a computer, go to google.com.
2. In the top right-hand side, click google apps then google drive.
3. Click +New at the left-hand side and > Google Forms.
4. Click blank form or from a template > a new form will open.

Step 3: Edit and format a form or survey.

 Palette icon – to change your survey’s color or add a photo to the header.
 Eye icon- to preview your survey.
 Gear icon- to access survey settings

 Add question.

 Import question.

 Add title and description.

 Add image and video.

 Add section.

Click the Palette icon to change your survey's color or add a photo to the header.

Under the Palette icon is the Theme Options:

• Header-you can upload or use the existing theme or photo.
• Color you can choose the theme and background color of your form.
• Font style-you can choose a style of the letter.
 Step 4. Select an option for how the question will be answered.
For all options except for Short answer, Paragraph, Date and Time, you'll have
to write in options for answers.
• Short answers and paragraphs give recipients a blank field to fill in.
• Multiple choice lets users select one answer from a series of options,
while Checkboxes allow users to select multiple answers. You can use
the Grid that contains sub-questions with similar options.
• Dropdown gives recipients a field to click that reveals a menu they
will select an answer from.
• The linear scale allows users to answer by selecting a rating from a
range such as 1 to 5.
• Date and Time allow recipients to select a date or time.

Step 5. Click the Eye icon to preview your survey.

Step 6. Click the Gear icon to access survey settings.

a. General setting
• Collect email addresses-audience and request a response receipt if the
respondent requests it or always.
• Requires sign in-you can limit your response by using only their
Google account or other accounts.
• Respondents can edit their responses after submitting or see
summary charts and text responses.
b. Presentation Setting
• Show the progress bar to view the data and summary of the
respondents.
• Shuffle question orders can be randomly reordered.
• Show the link to submit another response-allows the user to answer
the same form again.

Step 7. Click Send form button.

The send form dialog box is on the top right-hand side. You can edit the option
as you see.
• Send form: you can click the collect email address so that in your
future survey you can use their email to send another survey of your
page.
 • Email-allows the form to be shared via email. Add a message and
include the form.

• Link to share - includes the URL that you can share on your website
or page. Click the button to shorten the URL to generate and can share
it with social apps that have limited space. Then copy the link. Can
send it to the messenger or another group page.

• Embed HTML- contains an embed code to attach your HTML. Then

copy the link.

• Share link via- allows sharing the link to affiliated social media like
Facebook and Twitter.

• Add collaborators- allows to edit your form, it is necessary for those

who are working in groups.

Analyzing your Google Forms Result

The summary of the responses is the best way of viewing the outcome. Go
back to your google drive and check your created survey form and click on
Responses>Summary. You can browse and check the results of your survey and it is
automatically generated by google forms by the built in features like creating a chart
for your data.