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EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY PORTFOLIO

CHAPTER 1

LESSON 1: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

-Communication is an act of transmitting messages. It is a process whereby information is exchanged between individuals using symbols, signs or verbal interactions. Communication is important in order to gain knowledge. Technology is the use of scientific knowledge, experience and resources to create processes products that fulfill human needs. Technology is vital in communication.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES

Artificial intelligence (AI) ~ is the ability of a

digital computer or computer-controlled robot

to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent

beings.

Robotics - is a branch of engineering that involves the conception, design, manufacture, and operation of robots.

Biometrics - are physical or behavioral human characteristics so that can be used to digitally identify a person.

Quantum cryptography - also called quantum encryption, applies principles of quantum mechanics to encrypt messages in a way that it is never read by anyone outside of the intended recipient.

Online Learning Platforms

- is an integrated set of interactive online services that involves in education with information.

Computer Assisted Translation

-using a computer-assisted translation tool,it is a process which includes the use of software to aid individuals in translating.

3d Imaging and Holography

- a 3D hologram displays products, objects, and animated sequences three-dimensional and enables seemingly real objects or animations to appear to float completely freely in space.

Virtual Reality

-the term ‘virtual reality’ basically means ‘near-reality’. This could,mean anything but it usually refers to a specific type of reality emulation.

LESSON 2:ONLINE SYSTEMS, FUNCTIONS, AND PLATFORMS

Online system

-are online versions of information systems.

Common Online Platforms

Social Media Platform

- means a mobile or internet-based platform used and controlled by a seller or any of its affiliates for the exclusive purpose of promoting the Business, including any profiles or accounts on Facebook, Google,etc.

E-Commerce platform

- is an application that allows online businesses to manage their websites.

Online Learning Platform

- is an integrated set of interactive of online services that may help help learners to there education with information.

Online Video Platform (OVP)

- provided by a video services often via a structured that may generate revenue.

LESSON 3:ONLINE SYSTEM, SECURITY, ETHICS and ETIQUETTE

- internet has made great breakthroughs in the field of information. It helped connect people miles away from each other. However, these advances carried draw backs wherein the issue of safety, security and ethics of the consumer are compromised.

there are example of some crimes and issues that happens online;

1.CYBERBULLYING

2.PLAGIARISM

3.HACKING

These issues may caused the rules and regulations to be followed when using the internet.

Online Ethics and Netiquette

Online Ethics - focuses on the acceptable use of online resources.

Netiquette - focuses on the acceptable behaviour of the person while using online resources.

LESSON 4: CONTEXTUALIZED ONLINE SEARCH AND RESEARCH SKILLS

Looking forward E- Commerce

- is an article that features the positive responses of the young Filipinos towards E- commerce.

CHAPTER 2

LESSON 1:PRODUCTIVITY TOOLS

- can be a freeware or shareware,which can be copied for trial but needs to be purchased for continued use.A lot of presentation software are available whether online or offline. Similarly, financial reports are calculated and tabulated using electronic spreadsheets because of the automatic formulas and functions available.

Productivity tools like Microsoft Office allow you to create different content applications.

WORD - It offers a set of tools that is advanced compared to its previous versions.

POWERPOINT - allows you to create slideshow presentations wherein you can format texts and images, also adding animations and other multimedia components interactively.

EXCEL - one of the applications created by Microsoft,also it is stimulate a paper of worksheet.

LESSON 2:ADVANCED TECHNIQUES USING MICROSOFT WORD: HYPERLINKS

A hyperlink is a link that will direct you to another page or part of the same document.it is also can be a word, a phrase, a symbol or image , a different element in the document, another hypertext document, a file, or a script.

Microsoft word create a hyperlink when you type the address of an existing web page, such as www.google.com, if the automatic formatting of You can create a hyperlink to a new or existing document or web page.

LESSON 3: MAIL MERGE

Mail Merge allows you to quickly produce an information to many people.

-by creating a mail merge, you need a data source that contains the basic information to be merged into your document. A data source may contain name, address,telephone, and other information you want to include. A data source must be created first to be able to use Mail Merge for mass mailing.

LESSON 4: ADVANCED TECHNIQUES USING MICROSOFT POWERPOINT: ANIMATIONS AND HYPERLINKS

PowerPoint - is a software application that is particularly used to present data and information by using text, diagrams with animation, images, and transitional effects, etc in the form of slides. It helps people to better understand the idea or topic in front of the audience practically and easily.

LESSON 5:ADVANCED TECHNIQUES USING MICROSOFT EXCEL: FORMULAS AND FUNCTIONS

-a software program created by Microsoft that uses spreadsheets to organize numbers and data with formulas and functions,Also excel analysis is ubiquitous around the world and used by businesses of all sizes to perform financial analysis.

CHAPTER 3

LESSON 1: IMAGING AND DESIGN FOR THE ONLINE ENVIRONMENT

- is an online graphics and layouts that taught me many effective things in order for me to use image design and its advantages.

Here are some techniques that we should've known:

1. BALANCE- It describes the placement of an object that has the same weight.

2. MOVEMENT- refers to the flow of elements.

3. UNITY- it's describe the sense of oneness of the elements that creates balance and harmony.

4. REPETITION- the act or an instance of repeating or being repeated.it is also describes the consistent and balanced repetition of a design or element.

5. PROXIMITY- It is described the organization and relationship of elements include in the design.

6. CONTRAST- It is the combination of opposing characteristics of an element like color, size, thickness among others.

7. WHITESPACE -refers the negative space or large margins that allow your design to breath within the elements.

LESSON 2: INFOGRAPHIC

-also known as a visual data that is defined by visual images such a chart or diagram that's usually used to explain information.

LESSON 3: IMAGE FILE FORMAT

- this file format becomes more popular of aspects in the stage design.

There are the common examples of file formats:

JPEG

-files are used mostly by photographers, artists graphic designers, medical imaging specialists, art historians, and other groups because image quality and color fidelity is important in the field.

GIF

-best used for diagrams, cartoons, and logos which use few colors and is the chosen format for animation effects.

BMP

-it is called as a raster image.

TIFF

- it is supported by imaging programs and format for graphic, storage, processing and printing.

PNG

- is an image format developed by a group of graphic software developers as a non-propriety alternative to the GIF format.

LESSON 4:PRINCIPLES AND BASIC TECHNIQUES OF IMAGE MANIPULATION

there are many techniques to improved your skills for editing an images.

1. CROPPING

-a process or removing unwanted parts or details of an images.

2. COLOR BALANCE

-this will allows you to changes in the mixture of an object.

3. ADJUSTING THE BRIGHTNESS AND CONTRAST

-it is the most basic technique when adjusting the image tone (highlights, shadows, and midtones).

4. COMPRESSION AND RE-SIZING

- printing, set the maximum resolution to 300 dpi and set its physical printing size in inches.

5.COLOR BLENDING

-Combining colors that will give a dynamic image result.

6.COMBINING MULTIPLE IMAGES

-render the best image and message possible pictures.

LESSON 5: ONLINE GRAPHIC SOFTWARE

-it is known as a standard photo editing.However,there are some image editing that also offer basic and advance techniques.

the following are the list of websites that you can try as beginners in the filed or for professionals;

PICASA - a free desktop image editing program.

FOTOR - a multiplatform photo editing websites.

PIXLR - a multi-platform editing programs.However,the tools are almost similar to Photoshop that makes it easier for you to manipulate other image editing.

LESSON 6:IMAGE HOSTING SITES

-Images can also be shared online through the different web hosting sites that are free. All you just need is to create a free account, and you will be able to post, organize, and share your photos.

There are different sites that u can try:

IMGUR - this sites are free image hosting sites wherein you can uploads your photo in your own computer.

FLICKR - a social networking sites.

PHOTO BUCKET - it has a similar features with Flickr.

SLICK PIC - it is an online image hosting service that also allows you to upload and store an unlimited number of photos online.

ZEN FOLIO - It is an online image hosting site that also allow you to upload image,also lets you create an online image website for your images.

CHAPTER 4

LESSON 1: WEB DESIGN PRINCIPLES

-Web design is a concept of planning, creating and maintaining websites,it is the process of being creatively in designing and constructing a website and updating it regularly to incorporate changes.

there are some principles:

VISUAL HIERARCHY - it is the principle of arranging elements to show their order of importance.

PROPORTION - adjust or regulate (something) so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to something else.

HICK'S LAW - it's describes the time it takes for a person to make a decision as a result of the possible choices he or she has.

FITTS LAW - a human movement primarily used in human–computer interaction and ergonomics.

ACCESSIBILITY - a practice of making your websites usable by as many people as possible.

VISIBLE LANGUAGE - is a system of communication using visual elements.

WHITE SPACE AND SIMPLE DESIGN - It is the space between the layouts, lines of paragraphs, between paragraphs, between different UI elements and so on.

REGULAR TESTING - Conducting usability tests every now and then provide important results and insights into many kinds of problems and complications related to a website layout or aspects of design.

LESSON 2: WEB DESIGN ELEMENTS

There are some techniques to come up with a good web design and an effective visual and technical appeal of a website, the following elements must be considered.

1.LINKS - is commonly found on almost every webpage and provide a simple means of navigating between pages on the web. Most text links are blue, since that is standard color web browser.

2.FORMS -is a particular way in which a thing exists or appears; a manifestation.

there are two of the most important considerations when laying out a form are:

Form label- Formal typically collect personal data.

Input Fields and labels- labelling those fields that needed to be styled and oriented relative to the fields.

3.FORM VALIDATION - is a technical process where a web-form checks if the information provided by a user is correct.

Required Fields- This is usually done with an asterisk.

Real-time validation- a kind of validation informs the users as quickly as possible of any problems with the data.

Post-back validation- this kind of validation happens after the user has submitted the form.

LESSON 3: WEB PAGE DESIGN: USING TEMPLATES AND ONLINE WYSIWYG PLATFORMS

- a web template is ready-made design for your website including image, some navigation, preferably several samplers in some cases flash animation. Contents come from you as the author A web template must be customized or modified to turn it onto your very own website.

•AWYSIWYG or “what you see is what you get” (pronounces “wiz-ee wig”)

Here are some of the dvantages of Using Templates;

1. Know how your finished site looks.

2. Do not spend a lot of time on getting the colors and layout right

3. Chose templates that are designed by professionals.

Also the advantages of WYSIWYG Editor;

1 Changing content to WYSIWSG Is much easier compare with searching and inserting bet. HTML tags, or using complex management system.

2. WYSIWYG runs in any windows computer.

3. You can create background images on he flies.

ONLINE TECHNOLOGIES

The online Technologies include presentation programs, forms and file management that are available over the internet. You can create and edit he products without installing the programs into your computer.

Three of the main benefits f cloud computing include:

• Self-service provisioning

End users can spin up computing resources for almost any type of workload in demand.

• Elasticity

Companies can scale up as computing needs increase and then scale down again as a demands decreases.

• Pay-per-use

Computing resources are assured at a granular level, allowing users to pay only fr the resources and workloads they use.

“The goal of cloud computing is to apply traditional supercomputing or high-performance”

CLOUD COMPUTING AND MAPPING

-A mind map is a concept of using diagrams for representing tasks, words, concepts, or items linked to and arranges around a central concept or subject.

There's a concept mind map that can have long list of monotonous information into colorful and highly organized diagram:

File and Project Management- a software that manages data files in a computer.

MindMiester -an online mind making tool that allows uses to create, develop and share ideas visually.

Sibelius -an online platform used for writing music.

Google forms- part of Google drive, a tool used for creating surveys tests, or web input forms.

CHAPTER 5

LESSON 1:COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN ICT

-Online collaboration lets a group of people work together in real-time over the Internet.Abd those engaged in online collaboration can work together on word processor documents, Power Point presentations and even for brainstorming, all without needing to be in the same room at the same time. So,it means that projects can be done much faster, as there is no need to send documents back and forth between offices, and it also means that communication between employees.

ONLINE COLLABORATIVE TOOLS AND PROCESSES

Online collaboration lets a group of people work together in real time using the internet.

-collaborating online is the way to bridge the distance between the employees, as they can work together on the same documents at the same time as if they were all in the same room

There are some ssential Features of an Online Collaborative Tool;

1. Easy and Clean Interface

Application that are simple and intuitive are much easier to learn to use.

3. File storage with document version

Aside from uploading documents onto your online collaborative tool, you need to be sure that all document are saved on the tool.

3. Whiteboard

It is hosting a virtual brainstorming session. With this tool you can always refer back to the ideas that were added by you colleagues.

4. Document Locking

This features ensures that only one person is working on a document at a time.

To handle high traffic levels or spikes for any particular websites. However, that he dis-advantage is that many clod hosting set IPS do not offer root access (required to change server settings and install some software higher cost.

“The concept of team structure and team dynamics has been in practice especially in the field of businesses. Offices have been converted to an online work place using the different online collaborative tools.”

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chucklestheechidona · 4 years

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Freedom Fighters - An Unceremonious Death

For the love of god let them die

Look, I like the Freedom Fighters. More the reboot than the preboot, they have less baggage, but still, I respect what they did. But if you’ve read my other dumb things you also know I think Red Dwarf USA had a real chance of working, so maybe I’m just insane.

Either way, this whole Rally For Sally business has been going around and disturbing the usual culprits from their dens and I feel I should say something.

“The American Canon“

This is a stupid sentence and yet thrown around as you like. There is no American canon, there is just “The Canon” and “Non-canon.” Believe it or not, the people who make the product get to decide what’s done with it and what is canon.

If you made something and then in France they made an entirely different story with concepts and themes you didn’t want to explore, you’d be hesitant about including or acknowledging it. Same with Sega of Japan.

But then why did Sega allow this to be made?

Well, I think this needs a tad bit of history behind it.

We’re going to the 90′s

Denim was in, the future was here, everything in 2000′s would be chrome and the Y2k bug was on the horizon.

Ohno

But Sega of Japan had an issue. Their arcade machines were selling like nobody’s business but they wanted that sweet console piece of the pie, but had no winning mascot. Alex Kidd, unfortunately, wasn’t moving as many consoles as they had hoped, god knows not enough to rival Mario.

They needed something cool, something different, somethi- It’s Sonic. You know it is, I know it is, I ain’t dragging this on.

It did well enough in Japan, but Sega was focusing on international markets with this game. It had a somewhat universal design, helped by the basis being Felix and Mickey Mouse which were popular around the world, with catchy songs based on both Japanese and American releases from the past.

It was going to be a hit.

Or... was it?

Did they need to do more?

Well, Sega doesn’t just have Sega of Japan. It had SOE and SOA as well. Europe and America respectively. Others too I’m sure but my memory’s off.

SoA and SoJ had a somewhat shaky relationship with each other, but then again, so did other companies back then. It was a new foray into public relations. Japan built the consoles that actually sold, America had to sell them, but there was a big gap between the countries, how things were interpreted, different values, and let’s not forget, American pride and greed.

AMERICA in the 90′s

SOJ needed this thing to sell big. Sonic was going to be a global success if they could help it. And let’s be honest, it was.

America had it’s own plans on what Sonic should be, and SOJ actually listened to some of them. Madeline Schroeder, product manager at the time for Sega in the US, actually went to Japan to say what she thought Sonic would be. As of this, they removed Madonna and Sonic’s tie-in with a band, as well as changing certain design traits in the US because “Sonic looked too Japanese.“

And then had the gall to call herself the “Mother Of Sonic”

Again, in a world where shitting on other people’s culture is a big no-no, and for good reason, how that managed to be fine is insane.

It’s a Japanese fucking product, Madeline.

Alongside this, as SOA hadn’t had much access to the Japanese backstories (although, the manuals should have been fine enough), when it came to marketing the games as an ongoing story (and ready in time for the cartoons they wanted to push) SOA made their own Sonic Bible, for use outside of non-Japanese territories.

This would have the seeds of what most people know, Freedom Fighters, Eggman once being good, Sonic being part of the good fight, etc.

[Astoundingly, when they made the cartoons and everything, Fleetway would be the one to actually stick closer to this than Archie/Satam/Underground/Aosth ever did so who’s talking about canon now huh]

Japan didn’t really notice nor take heed. One could make a good case for their complete obliviousness to what SOA was doing. You can tell because absolutely nothing from the bible/comics/magazine ever appeared in a Japanese Sonic game. Spinball was Sega Technical Institute, an American Division. Not Sega of Japan.

On top of this, as I see a bunch of people who go “Sega is disrespecting the American canon”, interesting fact. In Europe and Japan, the manual for Sonic CD clearly states Amy Rose is in the game. Sega of America actually edited this to say Sally, despite not going through and changing the sprites. If that’s not disrespect towards the creators of the games I don’t know what is.

The Canon

The problem I find with this is that, let’s be honest, if we had to look at this from an objective viewpoint:

Japan released a game.

America sought to profit off it, but didn’t like it was very much Japanese, not American.

They changed the story to be more American themed, changed the art design to look more American drawn, and ignored the Japanese additions to the games by editing out the Japanese characters in the manuals.

Because they wanted to profit off a different culture’s work by changing it wholesale so it didn’t resemble the culture it came from.

Nothing about SatAm’s premise or creation says anything about the original material it came from, just heavily adapted without any input from it’s creators to resemble a more American product.

You know how Japan saw Sonic?

This cute lad who acted more like a cartoon Felix the Cat type figure.

Now I get it, especially in the 90′s, everyone was localising. The markets weren’t as much the same, god knows they gave Ratchet attack eyebrows to be appealing etc.

But this was so anti-Japanese that the fact they were profiting at all from a Japanese product is insane.

Adventure

Back in Japan in the 90′s, they didn’t really have much of an idea what they were doing with the canon. They had plans but they seemed to be not as stable as they would have liked. The amount of games they were pumping out with different Eggman attacks and characters and if the GG games fit in with the MD games-

They needed something a bit more stable.

So when it was their time for their biggest game yet, they started to reign things in. In Japan. In Europe.

In America.

Sonic Adventure would be the basis for the stories for the next decade or so, with some revisions on what came before, what was mainline, what have you.

At this point, SOA’s cartoons had all died and the only thing remaining in the Sonic canon from that time was the Archie comic, still ongoing. But yet America still pulled this stuff off.

In the original script, Eggman is still Eggman. None of this “I AM DOCTOR ROBOTNIK, GENIUS OF THE WORLD” schtick.

No changing the manuals this time at least, so they’re getting better.

Over time, the only surviving things to come out of the canon, which Sega was nice enough to do considering, was

- Chilli-dogs - I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG - Robotnik being Maria’s surname

Didn’t you have something to say about the Freedom Fighters?

Why yes I do.

So, the Freedom Fighters for me, as much as I like them as , represent an American centrism. Not only was America not a Sega dominated market, for Nintendo did better and Europe was buying Sega consoles like candy, but the characters and show weren’t that popular outside the country anyway.

Ask someone in Europe in the 90′s who Sally Acorn was and unless they had access to a specific channel they wouldn’t have the first idea. Amy Rose, for sure, she was in the games.

I didn’t know who Sally was until Mega Collection Plus came out, and the UK STILL manages to get Sonic games in the top of the charts when they come out.

Aosth was shown more abroad with more appeal, the comics weren’t sold internationally, let alone in Japan.

To be all “But these characters cemented the Western fanbase” is mental.

The comics sold somewhere in the tens of thousands in their hey-day. At the same time, Sonic games were selling millions. The comic and show are so old that unless you were part of the 20,000 buying the comics recently or pirated them, you don’t even know who they are.

Fleetway was the only Sonic comic we got in the UK, and there’s more fans that have grown up with Sonic Adventure being the basis which had absolutely no inspiration from the Western products.

These characters are relics of America taking the mick out of a Japanese product in order to make more money and produce shows.

To say they’ve made a big impact on Sonic in the world is really stretching it.

F.A.Q

But you said you liked the FF’s!

I do, but in the same way I like AU’s. It was interesting, of it’s time and it said a lot about the culture it was made in. Like, comparable to Tails gets Trolled or Fleetway

B-but I really like the FF’s!

Good for you, don’t let me stop you. Again, I like a bunch of the stories.

Are you a Japanese purist?

Fleetway is cool and I liked the Boom show, and I liked Robotnik better than Eggman as a name.

I heard that some Japanese fans actually liked the FF’s though...

And more power to them. Again, Red Dwarf USA does a lot to shit on what made the UK version so good but I respect what it tried to do. Again, even I like the FF’s to an extent.

Why did you write this all out?

Seeing all this Rally for Sally has brought out all the insane people who shout at SOJ for being gits for not respecting the American canon despite the American canon being born from a disrespect to the Japanese creators.

What about IDW?

Ironically I actually liked Reboot more but also I was younger when I read them.

What do you think of Tangle and Whisper getting in?

I need to read more of IDW but they’re good enough. As for getting in the games, these designs were vetted and passed through SOJ first and the comic is overseen by them. On top of this, T+W don’t come from a place of SOA taking the mick.

But Sega has used these characters before and ESTABLISHED this as canon why are they changing it now-

I see this a lot, usually with certain people. Dobson’s a good example of why this is stupid. When the Japanese revert changes made to characters like Mario/Zelda/Samus by the West, they didn’t radically change their personalities, they just reset them to what Japan intended.

Japan never intended for the FF’s, the three heavily contrasting cartoons and Knuckles is Jesus Christ Superstar.

They just reverted him back to the sole guy on Angel Island.

Do you think Sally should get in to Sonic Dash?

No more than I think Tekno or Sonia does. They’re old, irrelevant, gone. If they do get brought in for a cameo I’d be happy enough, I like dumb nods to non-canon things.

However, there are crazy people out there and you give them an inch and they’ll take a mile. Best to leave it.

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