Lesson 7: Online Platforms for ICT Content Development

Lesson 7: Online Platforms for ICT Content Development

The internet has plenty of online platforms for different purposes. In this lesson, we will focus on the platforms that allow us to share our own content to the rest of the world

Online Platforms for ICT Content Development

1. Social Media Platform - A social media platform allows us to create our own personal account and post our own content. A great example for a Social Media Platform is Facebook. Facebook is a widely known Social Media Website,  It has over a billion accounts created. Facebook is very well known for its news feed feature where you can see you and your friends' content. 

Facebook is a very popular social media platform.

2. Blogging Platform - Although you can post your content in social media platform, it cannot be compared to blogging when it comes to customizations. A blogging platform's primary focus is on content and design. Websites such as Wordpress allow you to not only add content but to also customize the design of your website itself. Even though blogging platform has a lot of features for your content, it is less popular when compared to social media platform because social media platform is a lot more user-friendly and it does not really require a lot of knowledge when posting your content.

Blogger is a great example of a blogging platform.

Content Mangement System (CMS) - it is an application that allows you to customize your content. An example of this is wordpress. Wordpress is one of the most popular websites that allow users to customize their own content. It has a ton of features for the users to make their content fresh and unique.