This kind of slide will show you the nature and purposes of of online platforms and applications which will guide you to know and discover things from the said topic.

1. THE NATURE AND
PURPOSES 0F ONLINE
PLATFORMS AND
APPLICATIONS
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2. What is an Online Platform?
Within ICT terminology, a platform is any base of
technologies on which other technologies of process are built. The
idea is that the platform needs the support of other technologies or
application in order to run.
An Online Platform then, is a base of technologies designed
to run within an online environment and provides interactive online
services. Online platforms nowadays offer varied services which
you can use to develop your own ICT content. These online
platforms currently include, but are limited to: Presentation or
Visualization, Cloud Computing, Social Media, Web Page Creation,
File Management, and Mapping.
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3. NATURE OF ONLINE PLATFORMS
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The nature of online platforms introduced herein is categorized based from the
services that they provide. Take a look at these online platforms and understand
their nature and purpose.

4. PRESENTATION
OR
VISUALIZATION
This is an online platform
that allows you to present and
share presentations,
infographics and videos with
other people.
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5. Slideshare
It is actually a multipurpose web working tool. It provides
users the tool to create visually compelling presentations.
Presentations that are made outside Slideshare can also be
uploaded to Slideshare. In this way, you can share your
presentations to other people. This site also allows for easy
content sharing via email, social bookmarking and embedding
on blogs. You can also use this site to join interest groups, send
messages to your contacts, and participate in events.
www.slideshare.net
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6. CLOUD
COMPUTING
This is a platform often
referred to simply as “the
cloud”. In other words, instead
of using your computer’s hard
drive, you store and access
your data and programs over
the internet.
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7. Google Drive
It is a cloud storage service created by Google. It allows
users to backup files in the cloud, share files with collaborators,
and access them anywhere. These files can either be
documents, spreadsheets, and presentations. Google Drive
includes Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides, an office suite that
permits collaborative editing of documents, spreadsheets,
presentations, drawing, forms and more.
www.google.com/drive/
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8. SOCIAL
MEDIA
The information can be in the
form of ideas, pictures, videos or
anything that you want to create
and share will to the virtual
communities. The information you
share will be the basis of the
people to interact, share content
and collaborate with you and the
large group of people.
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9. Facebook
It is one of the most popular social networking sites that
allow users to create profiles, upload photos and video, share
links, send messages and keep in touch with friends, family
and colleagues.
www.facebook.com
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10. WEB PAGE
CREATION
This is an online platform
that lets you build a web page
that includes colors, text,
images and often contain links
to media such as video and
audio. The platform does not
require any web programming
skill as they provide a drag and
drop interface and free hosting
as well.
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11. Wix
It is a web page creation tool that lets you choose a
website template, customize it the way you want and publish it
online instantly. In using Wix, it requires no coding skills as it
provides a drag n’ drop website builder which makes it fun and
hassle – free for beginners. Wix now has 70,196,346 users and
still growing into a large community of webpage to create your
own.
www.wix.com
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12. FILE
MANAGEMEN
T
This is an online
platform that allows you to
convert and manages files like
images, video, documents,
audio and more to other
formats without downloading
software tool.
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13. Zamzar
It is an online platform that allows registered users to
store and manage converted files. As a user of Zamzar, you
can convert big files up to 1 GB. It supports over 1200 different
conversions such as PDF to Word, PDF to Excel, DOC to PDF,
MP4 to MP3, PNG to JPG and others. It also provides up to
100 GB of online file storage.
www.zamzar.com
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14. MAPPING
This is an online
platform that provides detailed
information about
geographical regions and
sites around the world. It
allows for embedding of maps
into proprietary sites.
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15. Google Maps
It is an online mapping platform and “ a Web – based
service that provides detailed information about geographical
regions and sites around the world. In addition to conventional
road maps, Google Maps offers aerial and satellite views of
many places. In some cities, Google Maps offers street views
comprising photographs taken from vehicles.
www.google.com/maps
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16. THANK YOU!
Wyll Jie I. Basalan
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