E-Technology

• Key features of Web 2.0

  • Folksonomy - allows users to categorize and classify arrange information using freely chosen keywords
  • Rich User Experience - content is dynamic and is responsive to user's input
  • User Participation - the owner of the website is not the only one who is able to put content
  • Long Tail - services that are offered or demand rather than on a one time purchase
  • Software as a Service - user will subscribe to a "software only when needed rather than purchasing them
  • Mass Participation - diverse information sharing through universal web access
• Convergence


  Technological convergence is the synergy of technological advancements to work on a similar goal or tasks
• Types of social media

  • Social Networks - sites that allow you to connect with the other people with the same interest or background
  • Bookmarking sites - sites that allow you to store and manage links to various websites and resources
  • Social News - sites that allow users to post their own news item or links to other news sources
  • Media Sharing - sites that allow you to upload and share content like images, music and video
  • Microblogging - sites that focus on short updates from the user
  • Blogs and Forums - websites that allow users to post their content
• Assistive media


  A non-profit service designed to help people who have visual and reading impairments
• Types of malware


  • Virus - a malicious software program loaded into users computer without the user's knowledge and perform malicious actions
  • Worm - stand alone malicious program that can self-replicate and propagate via computer networks without human help
  • Trojan - a malicious program that is disguised
  • Spyware - a program that runs in the background without you knowing it
  • Keyloggers - used to record the keystrokes done by the users
  • Adware - a program designed to send you advertisement mostly as pop-ups
• Phishing


  Its goal is to acquire sensitive personal information like passwords and credit card details
• Pharming


  A more complicated way of phishing where it exploits the DNS (DOMAIN NAME SERVICE) system
• Copyright infringement


  If you create something an idea, an invention, a form of literary work or a research, you have the right as to how it should be used by others
• Understand

  • copyright Literary works
  • Photographs
  • Paintings
  • Drawings
  • Films
  • Music (and lyrics)
  • Choreography
  • Sculptures
• Form document


  The main body of the message that remains the same no matter to whom you will send the message from among your contact list
• Place holders


  Also referred to as "data fields or merge fields"
• List or data file

  Where the individual information or data that needs to be plugged in (merged) to the form document is placed and maintained
• JPG


  Short form for Joint Photographic Experts Group
• GIF


  Graphics Interchange Format
• PNG


  Portable Network Graphics
• Types of materials


  • JPG
  • GIF
  • PNG
• Image placement options


  • In Line with Text- default settings for images that are inserted
  • Square -allows image you inserted to be placed anywhere within the paragraph with the text
  • Tight-the text hugs or conforms
  • Through- flow even tighter
  • Top and Bottom- push text away vertically
  • Behind Text-text floating in front of it
  • In Front of Text-image dropped right on it
• Tips for creating an effective presentation

  • Clarity - make sure that the presentations is readable for everyone
  • Consistency - make your design uniform
  • Contrast - use light font on dark background and vice versa (color combination)
  • Minimize - keep slide counts to a minimum. Include important details only
  • Simplicity - Summarize the information, use bullets or short sentences
  • Visual - use graphics that won't distract the audience. Instead of using table of data, use charts and graphs
• Hyperlink options


  • Existing File or Web Page- local file saved in your hard drive
  • Place in This Document - allows you to jump to a specific slide in your presentation
  • Create a New Document- creates a new document on your specific location
  • E-mail Address-automatically adds your specified recipient on a new email
• Basic principles of graphics and layout

  • Balance - the placement of elements of equal weight on the page
  • Emphasis - area in the design that may appear different in size, texture, shape, or color to attract the viewer's attention
  • Movement - visual elements that guides the viewer's eyes around the screen
  • Pattern, Repetition and Rhythm - the repeating visual element in an image or layout or image rhythm is achieved when visual elements create a sense of organized movement
  • Proportion - visual element that creates a sense of unity where they relate well with one another
  • Variety - uses several design elements to draw a viewer's attention
• Infographics


  It is used to represent information that statistical data
• Infographic tools


  • Graphics - allows you to insert lines, shapes, icons, and even photos
  • Uploads - allows you to browse and upload images from your local disk
  • Background - changes a background of a selected block
  • Text - allows you to insert text to your infographic with the option to add text frames
  • Color Scheme - allows you to modify or create new color scheme of your infographic
  • Tools - allows you to create charts, maps, and videos
• Indicators in Photobucket


  • View Uploads - views photos you just uploaded which also grants you options to share and edit them individually
  • Share Album - shares everything you just uploaded plus the other contents of your specified folder
  • Edit Photos - uses Photobucket's photo editing tools to manipulate your image
• Tips for image manipulation

  • Choose the right file format-Try to make a real life photograph into GIF to see the difference
  • Choose the right image size- A camera with 12 megapiseis constitute to a bigger image size
  • Caption it- remember to put a caption on images whenever possible
• Photoscope tools


  • Viewer - picture viewer that has the same features with most image viewers
  • Editor - alters the appearance of a single image
  • Batch Editor - alters the of multiple images
  • Page - arranges several photos to create a single one similar to mosaic
  • Combine - links several images together to form a bigger image
  • Animated GIF - allows you to create an animated GIF from several pictures
  • Print - readies pictures for printing
  • Splitter - divides a single photo into multiple parts
  • Screen Capture - captures the screen and saves it
  • Color Picker - grabs a pixel from your screen to be used in editing
  • Raw Converter - converts raw images to JPEG
  • Rename - allows user to rename a batch of photos
  • Paper Print - useful for printing your own calendars, sheets, lined paper, graph paper, etc.
• KIND, TIPS IN CREATING AN EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION: 1.CLARITY- make sure that the presentations is readable for everyone.

  2.cONSISTENCY- make your design uniform.

  3. cONTRAST- use light font on dark background and vice versa (color combination)

  4. MINIMIZE- keep slide counts to a minimum. Include important details only.

  5. SIMPLICITY- Summarize the information, use bullets or short sentences.

  6. VISUAL- use graphics that won't distract the audience. Instead of using table of data, use charts and graphs.