DEVELOPMENT Evaluate existing creation tools, platforms and applications in developing ICT content for specific professional tracks. To be able to create a good online presentation, webpage, and content, you should know the principles and techniques of design using online creation tools, platforms, and applications to develop ICT content. Following are some of the online platforms and applications that you can use: 1. Presentation tools Prezi, Zoho Show, MS Powerpoint 2. Newsletter, ICT Content platforms Dropbox, Tumblr, Wix 3. Photo editing tools Picasa, Adobe Photoshop, MS Paint 4. Online Collaborative Tools Google Drive, Viber, Facebook 5. Cloud Computing Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft One Drive 6. Blog tools Blogger, WordPress, Live Journal 7. Mapping Tools Google Maps, Wikimapia 8. Survey and Forms Google Forms 9. File Management Platforms Zamwar, Word2pdf 10. Web Management Platforms Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla PRESENTATION / VISUALIZATION Presentation – is a graphics program that allows you to create slideshows presenting a topic, lecture, demonstration to enlighten, educate, communicate, or persuade the audience. PRESENTATION / VISUALIZATION - Allows you to organize, summarize and format your materials, illustrate your presentation with images or ClipArt, animation, graphics, and other multimedia components. Examples of Presentation Tools: 1. Zoho Show – is an online presentation that features masters slides, templates, customization, the ability to insert videos/images, transitions/animations, image editing, shape effects, and easy flowchart building Examples of Presentation Tools: 2. LinkedIn Slideshare – is a Web 2.0 based slide hosting service. Users can upload files privately or publicly in the following file formats: Powerpoint, PDF, Keynote or OpenDocument Presentations Examples of Presentation Tools: 3. Google Slides – Create a new presentation and edit, collaborate with others, and present wherever you are for free. Examples of Presentation Tools: 4. Slide Rocket – is an online presentation platform that lets users create, manage, share and measure presentations. Examples of Presentation Tools: 5. MS Powerpoint – is a slideshow presentation program currently developed by Microsoft. Examples of Presentation Tools: 6. Prezi – is a cloud –based presentation software based on a software as a service model. The product employs a zooming user interface (ZUI), which allows users to zoom in and out of their presentation media. USING PREZI TO CREATE PRESENTATION Creating a New Prezi Account 1. Go to prezi.com 2. Click Get Started on the upper right corner 3. Sign Up for a public account. 4. Fill the boxes with the specified information 5. Click Create your free Public Account CLOUD COMPUTING - Involves deploying groups of remote servers and software networks that allows centralized data storage and online access to computer services or resources CLOUD COMPUTING - is an internet-based computing utility where you can store, process and access data and programs from the internet or third party data centers, instead from your local servers or hard drives. CATEGORIES CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES: 1. Software as a Service (SaaS) - Commercially available applications, provided by a third party to customers over the internet. Leading providers are Microsoft, SAP, etc. CATEGORIES CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES: 2. Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Allows users to create software applications and services using tools supplied by the provider over the Internet, simply via their web browser. CATEGORIES CLOUD COMPUTING SERVICES: 3. Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Provides companies with computer resources including servers, networking, storage, and data center space on a pay-per-use basis over the Internet. EXAMPLES OF CLOUD COMPUTING TOOLS: 1. Evernote 2. Dropbox 3. Google Drive 4. Amazon Cloud Drive 5. Microsoft OneDrive EXAMPLES OF CLOUD COMPUTING TOOLS: 1. Evernote - Is a multi-platform application which is designed for systemizing, storing, and taking notes. EXAMPLES OF CLOUD COMPUTING TOOLS: 2. Dropbox - Is a private cloud storage amenity which renders features like cloud storage, and file exchange and synchronization. It is the center for all of your files, photographs, documents, videos and more. EXAMPLES OF CLOUD COMPUTING TOOLS: 3. Google Drive - Is a free file storage and synchronization service where you can store and exchange documents, photos, music, videos, etc in one place and be able to access it anywhere in the cloud. EXAMPLES OF CLOUD COMPUTING TOOLS: 4. Amazon Cloud Drive - Is a data storage and file exchange service used to back up, protect and share photos, videos, and files from any device. EXAMPLES OF CLOUD COMPUTING TOOLS: 5. Microsoft OneDrive - Is a data storage and file exchange service to save your files and photos from anywhere, and on any device. Share and work together with anyone. FILE MANAGEMENT - Is a system that allows you to organize and keep track of files. - An operating system has its own file management system but you can also have a separate file management system if you want more functions.