SELF-LEARNING HOME TASK (SLHT)

Subject : Empowerment Technology Grade: 11/12 Quarter : 2 Week:2

MELC: Shares anecdotes of how he/she has used ICTs to be part of a social
movement, change, or cause to illustrate aspects of digital citizenship.
Competency Code: CS_ICT11/12-ICTPT-11K-15

Name __________________________ Section ________ Date ________

School: Cansuje National High School District :2

A. Readings/Discussions

The Power of Social Media

• What advantages do the creation of social media offer citizens of developing

nations?
• Should international policymakers and organizations concerned with economic
development and human rights embrace social media as tools for achieving
those ends? How should social media fit into the broader context of ICT?
a. Global Digital Divide
• Describes the unequal distribution of information and communication
technology across nations, commonly described as the “gap between
information haves and have-nots”.

The Role of ICT in the Recent History

❖ Edsa (People Power Revolution)

A major protest that took place along EDSA from February 22 to 25, 1986
involving 2 million Filipinos from different sectors.
Cardinal Sinencouraged the Filipinos to help change the course of
history.
❖ EDSA Dos
➢ Also known as 2001 EDSA Revolution
➢ Happened during Jan 17-21, 2001.
➢ It was fueled after 11 prosecutors of then President Joseph Estrada
walked out of the impeachment trial. As a result, the people in EDSA
grew over the course of a few days through text brigades.
❖ Yolanda People Finder
• Recent storms in the Philippines gave birth to the People Finder
database powered by Google. During typhoon Yolanda, the People
Finder was a vital tool for people across the globe to track the situation
of their relatives. This proved to be successful and is now adapted by
more organizations to help people track relatives during calamities.
❖ Million People March
• A series of protests that mainly took place in Luneta Park from Aug 22 to
26, 2013. There were several demonstrations that happened around the
key cities in the Philippines and some locations overseas. It was to
condemn the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund
(PDAF)
• Though dubbed as the Million People March, the number of total
attendees was only around 400,000. The organizers and promoters of
the protest used Facebook and Change.org as their mediums.
❖ ICT as Medium for Advocacy

Change.org is dubbed as a “world’s platform for change” where anyone

from online community can create a petition and ask others to sign it.

Change.org it gives access to more people by allowing the online

community to affix their digital signatures on a petition.

Change.org it’s mission is to help people from around the world create the
change they want to see.

Change.org, Sample petitions raised were: economic problems, criminal

injustice, abuse of human rights, lack of education, environmental concerns,
animal abuse, human health concerns and world hunger.

❖ DIGITAL CITIZENSHIP
▪ Refers to the utilization of information technology (IT) in order to
engage in society, politics and government.
▪ K.Mossberger,et.al define digital citizens as those who use the
Internet regularly effectively”.
• Digital Citizenship Principles
➢ Engage Positively
• Respect the rights of others to participate and have an
opinion.
• Ask before tagging other people or posting photos.
• Report offensive or illegal content
• Stand up and speak out about cyberbullying-protect your
friends.
➢ Know your Online World
• Learn how new skills will help you explore the online world.
• Recognize online risks and how to manage them
• Look out for suspicious emails and scams.
• Use secure websites for financial and retail services
• Keep passwords secret, strong and unique.
• Know how to report bullying behavior on social media
sites.
➢ Choose Consciously
• Choose privacy and security settings carefully and check
them regularly.
• Choose friends wisely online -not everybody online is who
they claim to be, regularly review your connections, and
remove people.
• If you have made a mistake apologize and take down
offensive material as soon as possible.
• Ask for permission before uploading pictures of your
friends.
❖ Nine Elements of Digital Citizenship
➢ Access
This is perhaps one of the most fundamental blocks to being a
digital citizen. However, due to socio economic status, location,
and other disabilities some individuals may not have digital
access. Digital access is available in many remote countries via
cyber cafes and small coffee shops.
➢ Commerce
This is the ability for users to recognize that much of the economy
is regulated online. It also deals with the understanding of the
dangers and benefits of online buying, using credit cards online,
and so forth.
➢ Communication
This element deals with understanding the variety of online
communication mediums such as email, instant messaging, FB
messenger, the variety of apps, and so forth. There is a standard
of etiquette associated with each medium.
➢ Literacy
This deals with the understanding of how to use various digital
devices. It is ability and knowledge needed to learn and teach
using technology tools.

➢ Etiquette
This is the expectation that various mediums require a variety of
etiquette. Certain mediums demand more appropriate behavior
and language than others.
➢ Law
Thisis where enforcement occurs for illegal downloads,
plagiarizing, hacking, creating viruses, sending spams, identity
theft, cyberbullying and so forth.
➢ Rights and Responsibilities
This is the set of rights that digital citizens have such as privacy,
speech, and so forth.
➢ Health
Digital citizens must be aware of the physical stress placed on
their bodies by internet usage. They must be aware to not
become overly dependent on the internet causing eye strain,
headaches, stress problems and so on.
➢ Security
This simply means that citizens must take measures to be safe
by practicing using difficult passwords, virus protection, backing
up data, and so forth.

B. Exercises

Exercises 1

Directions: Write your opinion about the fake news below. Please write your
answers in your notebook.

A conspiracy brought to you by big pharma

According to this theory, pharmaceutical giants that have made a fortune off of
drugs are hiding simple, effective coronavirus treatments so that they can profit from
the sale of a future vaccine. The anti-vaccine movement piggybacks on the delayed
treatment conspiracy.

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Exercise 2

Directions: Write a journal how they have used ICT to be part of a social movement,
change, or cause to illustrate aspects of digital citizenship.
Examples:
Creating poetry online, writing blogs on belief systems, politics or about environmental
concerns, and participating in a clean-up drive or a fund-raising for typhoon victims.

Guide Questions
1. What advocacy in your professional tract have you supported?
In what way did you support it? Did you use any digital tool to do so?
2. How was the ICT experience? Was it positive or negative?
3. How did ICT change the way people communicated? Compare and contrast how things
would have been done had there no ICTs used and had ICTs been used Assessment
you may want to use the following rubric for the journal.
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C. Assessment/Application/Outputs (Please refer to DepEd Order No. 31, s. 2020)

A. Directions: Identify what is being asked. Write your answer on the notebook.

___________1. It is the process of supporting and enabling people to: express their
views and concerns, access information and services, defend and promote their rights
and responsibilities.

____________2. He encouraged the Filipinos to help end the regime of the former
President Ferdinand Marcos through Radyo Veritas which helped change the course of
the history.

____________3. It refers to the utilization of Information Technology (IT) in order to

engage in society, politics and government.

____________4. It is a principle of Digital Citizenship respect the rights of others to

participate and have an option.

____________5. It is an element Digital Citizenship which focus on the ability for users to
recognize that much of the economy is regulated online.
B. Directions :Read and analyze the questions and write the letter of the correct
answers on the notebook.

_____1. It is an online petition platform that allows the online community to create or
sign petitions.

a. Weebly b. Pinterest c. Change.org d. Better.net

_____ 2. In what year did EDSA Dos take place?

a. 2001 b. 2002 c. 2003 d. 2004

_____ 3. It was a series of protest that happened during August 22 to 26, 2013 that
was caused by the misuse of the pork barrel.

a. Edsa Tres b. Edsa Dos c. Million People March

_____ 4. The Yolanda People Finder that was used to locate individuals during and
after the storm was created by.

a. GMA 7 b. ABS-CBN c. Google d. Microsoft

______5. It is dubbed as “ the world’s platform for change.”

a. Weebly b. Pinterest c. Change.org d. Better.net

C. Suggested Enrichment/Reinforcement Activity/ies:

1. Create a blog post about how social media has helped families, social
workers, and the government in discerning information during calamities.
Differentiate it from the past where information is only provided by the media
(TV,radio and print)

References:

https://slideshare.net/rosdenhingpit/lesson8-emporment technologies

https://slideshare.net/livedeped/em-tech-reader6111816

https://slideshare.net/livedeped/em-tech-tgacad51112316
https://commons.deped.gov.ph/documents.

https://learn_quipper.com/

Prepared by: Edited by:

Marites C. Melendres __________________

SHS-Teacher III

Reviewed by:

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GUIDE

For the Teacher : Advise the students to read the reading and discussion portion
before they attempt to answer the practice exercises. Going through the parts
sequentially will help them easily understand the topic.

For the Learner: Read through the self-learning home task from the first part to the last
part. Doing so, will help you understand better the topic.

For the Parent/Home Tutor :Assist your child and make sure that he/she reads the
self-learning home task from beginning to end to ensure proper understanding of the
concepts.