ICT

• Convergence

  the combination of two or more different entities of technologies to create a new single device
• Social Media


  A website, application, or online channel that enables web users to create, co-create, modify, and exchange user-generated content
• Types of Social Media

  • Social Networks
  • Bookmarking Sites
  • Social News
  • Media Sharing
  • Microblogging
  • Blogs and Forums
• Social Networks


  • Sites that allow you to connect with other people with the same interests or background
• Social Networks


  • Facebook, Google
• Bookmarking Sites


  • Sites that allow users to store and manage links to various websites and resources, and to tag
• Bookmarking Sites


  • Stumble Upon, Pinterest
• Social News


  • Sites that allow users to post their own news items or links to other news sources
• Social News


  • reddit, dig
• Media Sharing


  • Sites that allow you to upload and share media content like images, music, and video
• Media Sharing


  • Flickr, YouTube, and Instagram
• Microblogging


  • Sites that focus on short updates from the user. Those who are subscribed will receive updates
• Microblogging


  • Twitter, Plurk
• Blogs and Forums


  • Sites that allow users to post their content
• Blogs and Forums


  • Blogger, WordPress, Tumblr
• Mobile Operating Systems

  • iOS
  • Android
  • Blackberry OS
  • Windows Phone OS
  • Symbian
  • WebOS
  • Windows Mobile
• Assistive Media


  A nonprofit service designed to help people with visual and reading impairments. A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user
• The Internet


  A powerful tool that can be used to promote your business, gain new friends, stay in touch with the old ones, and for entertainment through games, online communities, and everything in between
• The Internet


  Defined as the information superhighway
• Malware


  Malicious software, any program or file that is harmful to a computer user
• Types of Malware

  • Virus
  • Worm
  • Trojan
  • Spyware
  • Adware
  • Ransomware
• Virus


  A malicious program designed to replicate itself and transfer from one computer to another (internet, local networks, FDs, CDs, etc.)
• Worm


  A malicious program that transfers from one computer to another by any type of means
• Trojan


  A malicious program that disguises as a useful program but once downloaded or installed, leaves your PC unprotected and allows hackers to get your information
• Spyware


  A program that runs in the background without you knowing it (thus called 'spy')
• Adware


  A program designed to send you advertisements, mostly as pop-ups
• Ransomware


  Ransom software, a type of malicious software from cryptovirology
• Spam


  Unwanted email mostly from bots or advertisers. It can be used to send malware
• Phishing


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


  A Microsoft feature that allows the user to create documents and combine and merge them with another document or data file
• Form Document


  The document that contains the main body of the message we want to convey or send
• 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
• Integrating Images and External Materials


  Integrating or inserting pictures in your document is fun and it improves the impression of your document
• Kinds of Materials

  • Pictures
  • Clip Art
  • Shapes
  • Smart Art
  • Chart
• Joint Photographic Experts Group 


  A type of image file that uses data compression to make it more compatible and portable through the Internet
• Graphics Interchange Format

  a type of image file capable of displaying transparencies and simple animations
• Portable Network Graphics

  An image file format built around the capabilities of .GIF, developed for the purpose of transporting images on the Internet at faster rates
• Clip Art


  Line art drawings or images used as generic representation for ideas and objects that you might want to integrate in your document
• Shapes


  Printable objects or materials that you can integrate in your document to enhance its appearance or allow you to have some tools to use for composing and representing ideas or messages
• Smart Art


  Predefined sets of different shapes grouped together to form ideas that are organizational or structural in nature