ICT

• George Couros: 'Technology is not just a tool. It can give learners a voice that they may not have had before.'
• Technologies that are grouped to be used as a base upon which other applications processes or technologies are developed
• Is a base of technologies designed to run within an online environment and provides interactive online services
• Online platform


  Technology that provides interactive online services
• Online platforms for ICT content development


  • Cloud Computing
  • Social Media
  • Blogging Platforms
• Presentation/Visualization


  Communicates information clearly and efficiently via statistical graphics, plots, and information graphics
• Presentation/Visualization

  • PREZI – helping to reinvent the art of presentation
  • WordPress
  • ZOHO
  • SlideShare
• Cloud Computing


  The practice of using a network of remote servers hosted on the internet to store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer
• Cloud Computing

  • Google Drive – keep all work in one secure place with online file storage
  • Dropbox – keeps your files safe, synched, and easy to share
• Social Media

  Computer-mediated tools that allow people, companies, and other organizations to create, share, or exchange information, career interests, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks
• Customizer controls


  • Colors – changes the header text color and the background color
  • Fonts – change the default fonts for headings and content
  • Header Image – changes the image at the top of your page There are also suggested headers you can use
  • Background Image – changes the image of the page’s background
  • Menus – shows the navigation bar and the pages that will be accessible at the top of your page
  • View Site – shows a preview of your site
  • Plan – option where in case your blog grows in the future, you may opt to change your plan to another paid subscription
  • Blog Posts – allows you to add, delete, and edit blog posts
  • Site Pages – allows you to add, delete, and edit pages on your blog
  • Media – allows you to add images, documents, videos, and audio
  • Customize – allows the editing of the site’s look
  • People – allows you to collaborate with other people in working with your blog