WEEK 2

• EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY
• MR. JERICHO G. DIZON
• WEEK 8
• OBJECTIVES


  • Understand the importance of ICT as platform for social change
  • Understand the events that ICT help realize
  • Use prior knowledge in planning a campaign using online resources
• ICT


  Information and Communications Technology
• Imagine today's world without Internet

  Your daily routine, the way you dress, your eating preference, your decisions, the way you plan things, your options, your priorities would be different
• The Philippines has been one of a new nations that demonstrates unity for a call to action or social change
• EDSA (People Power Revolution)

  1. Radio broadcast of Radyo Veritas, Cardinal Sin encouraged Filipinos to help end the regime of then President Ferdinand Marcos

  2. Major protest took place along EDSA from February 22-25, 1986 involving two million Filipinos from different sectors
• EDSA Dos


  1. Happened during January 17-21, 2001

  2. Fueled after 11 prosecutes of then President Joseph Estrada walked out of the impeachment trial

  3. Crowd in EDSA grew over the course of a few days through text brigades
• Million People March


  1. Series of protests that mainly took place in Luneta Park from August 22 to 26, 2013

  2. Several demonstrations that happened around key cities in the Philippines and some locations overseas

  3. To condemn the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (PDAF)
• Yolanda People Finder


  1. Recent storms in the Philippine history gave birth to the People Finder database powered by Google

  2. During typhoon Yolanda, the People Finder was a vital tool for people across the globe to track the situation of their relatives
• ICT as a Medium


  • Tool and Force
  • Catalyst of change in the population, society and culture
  • Bring relevant actions to mobilize this change
• Advocacy


  • Doing or taking some actions
  • Giving support to an idea and influence others to create change
• Advocacy in democracy is about getting what you want out of the government. In a democracy, which is a collection of voices, it is everyone's job to use their voice to remind the government about what people want.
• Advocacy in Social Media

  • Post It Forward
  • The SML Project
• The aim of launching "Post It Forward" was to break down silos of cyberbullying, body shaming, and issues related to sexuality. Tumblr launched the "Post It Forward" campaign in 2015 to promote positivity and support within online communities. People were invited to share their personal stories and struggles without the fear of being judged.
• The SML Project is an advocacy campaign which aims to counter hate speech as well as raise awareness on responsible social media use through responsible citizen journalism and social media consumerism & production.
• Let's Browse: Visit Change.org
• Prototype


  A sample model of a product or representation of a design concept which is used to communicate or test the concept, process, or design
• Prototype's purpose is for testing, it often failed, and this failure revealed the defects and issues that needs to refine or to solve
• Prototype


  Helps creator avoids wasting of energy, time, and money when implementing weak or inappropriate solutions
• Types of Prototype


  • Low fidelity prototype (paper prototype, sticky notes, sketches)
  • High fidelity (Hi-fi) prototype (almost represent the final product)
• The types of prototype may differ depending on its fidelity. It determines to what degree the prototype looks like its real-world version or behaves like it
• Communication


  A process of sharing and exchanging of thoughts and ideas
• Collaboration


  A situation wherein two or more people working together to create or achieve the same thing
• Concept


  The designer and the copywriter must get on the same page through continuous communication and collaboration to create a concept that achieves the goal of your ICT project