“You never miss the water until the well runs dry” and
maybe the same saying goes for the internet. How many times has your ISP
deprived you and your right to access the internet? How many times have you
been frustrated? But besides not being able to update what you had for dinner
last night or updating your profile picture, there are actually far bigger
things this world would have missed without internet. In fact, ICT in general
has played a key role in our history.
The Role of ICT in Recent History
Throughout
recent history, the Philippines have been one of a few nations that demonstrate
unity for a call to action or social change. These campaigns for social change
would have not been successful if it were not for ICT.
1. EDSA (PEOPLE
POWER REVOLUTION). The people power
revolution lasted from 1083 to 1986. During a radio broadcast of Radio Veritas,
Cardinal Sin encouraged the Filipinos to help end the regime of then President
Ferdinand Marcos. A major protest took place along the EDSA from February 22 to
25, 1986 involving two million Filipinos from different sectors. These included
civilians, political parties, the military and religious groups.
2. EDSA DOS. This
is also known as the 2001 EDSA Revolution, happened during January 17 to 21,
2001. It was fueled after 11 prosecutors of the President Joseph Estrada walked
out of the impeachment trial. As a result, the crowd in EDSA grew over the
course of a few days through text brigades. 
3. Million People
March. This is a series pf protest that mainly took place in Luneta Park
from august 22 to 26, 2013. There were also several demonstrations that
happened around key cities in the Philippines and some location overseas. The organizers
and promoters of the Million People March used Facebook and Change.org as
their, mediums.
4. Yolanda People
Finder. Recent storms in Philippines history 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.
Change.org
Change.org
is dubbed as the “world’s platform for change” where anyone from the online
community can create a petition and ask others to sign in it. During the past
times petitions are only done through signing a paper, usually done by a group
asking for signatures via travel. Change.org gives access to more people by
allowing the online community to affix their digital signatures on petition.
Signing
an Online Petition
1. Visit Change.org
2. Change.org works this way. If this is your first time
to use Change.org, click Sign up or log in with Facebook. Otherwise, just input
your log in details.
3. You can then start your own petition, but for now
click on any petition you want under tending petitions.
4. Read the petitions description to see if this petition
matters to you. If it is, sign the petition by filling up the information on
the right side of the screen.
5. Share the petition on Facebook to promote it.
Alternatively,
you can check out petitions of your friends on Facebook, and then click on
those petitions to read about it and sign it.
Can you cite some negative effects of ICT that really made a great impact in the history of Philippines? Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for the question aldrin :)
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Ma'am cheska is there any example of negatives effect that really made a great impact in the philippines aside from what you said already?
DeleteMaam Cheska,i just want to correct on the frst role i think it was "1983" instead of "1083". Hehehe. anyway.. heres my question:
ReplyDeleteIs the Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines considered as "Platform for change" in the demcoratic society like our country? Thank you !
Thank you for the correction :)
DeleteAnyway Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines is considered as a "Platform for change" because it is use as the national government portal, people can learn more about the Philippine government, its structure, how government works and the people behind it.
wow I can't believe google made a yolanda people finder :3 anyway, Im just curious, are the petitions made in change.org are considered legit? I mean anyone can make a petition and then ask anyone to sign in it. I just want to ask if it is safe from fakers, posers, people pretending to someone else and the like. thanks in advance!
ReplyDeleteGood question Hannah :)
DeleteAccording to change.org.
How can I tell if my change.org mail is fake?
1: An odd “From” domain
Our mail will always come from the domain change.org, without any random letters or numbers and never from a personal account such as Yahoo or AOL.
2: Mismatched or masked links
Suspicious links are often the main giveaway of a message from a fake account. Mouse over the top of each URL in the message without actually clicking; you’ll see the actual hyperlinked address, or it may appear in a bar at the bottom or top of your screen. If the hyperlinked address does not include change.org, the message is probably fraudulent or malicious.
3: Links contain a misleading domain name
Change.org must be the main domain in the links. For example, the domain name mail.change.org is a child domain of change.org because change.org appears at the end of the full domain name (on the right-hand side). On the other hand, change.org.spammersdomain.com does not originate from change.org because the reference to change.org is on the left side of the domain name.
This is a very common trick. All the links in our mail will end with change.org.
4: The message contains poor spelling and grammar
Although many change.org petitions are started by users who may not have perfect grammar or spelling, anything coming directly from change.org should be spelled correctly and look professional, with the usual change.org branding.
5: The message asks for personal information
Change.org will never send an email asking for a password, bank details, credit card number, or the answer to a security question.
6: The message contains attachments
Change.org messages will very rarely have attachments. You should never open an attachment you do not trust.
7: Something just doesn't look right
If your gut tells you something is wrong with the email, trust that instinct.
ma'am cheska, can you cite some examples of the petitions that was successful,and i wonder how many signatures does it takes?
ReplyDeleteHi Hannah this two are the successful petitions according to the Change.org. First is Rental car industry stops fighting vehicle safety- Callie Houck’s two daughters died in a car crash in 2004. The reason? Enterprise had given them a rental car that was under recall for safety defects. Due to a federal loophole, what Enterprise did wasn’t illegal. And for the past 8 years, the company continued handing out recalled cars to customers and blocking legislation intended to stop the practice. Then, early this year, Callie launched a Change.org petition asking Enterprise to stop blocking the legislation. After months of resisting, Enterprise finally agreed to call off its opposition in October, marking a major shift in the rental car industry.
DeleteAnd Second Cellphone companies take on domestic violence- When Cynthia Butterworth’s sister escaped from her abusive husband, she needed to cancel their shared cell phone contract so he couldn’t track her phone calls. But when she called Verizon, they said it would cost $500 to end her contract – money she simply didn’t have. Finally, after a massive Change.org petition, Cynthia got Verizon to change its policies so domestic abuse victims like Cynthia's sister could easily cancel their contracts. Then word spread, and another domestic abuse victim, "Jane Doe," launched her own Change.org petition, asking Sprint to follow suit. And just last month, Sprint agreed to waive its $200 cancellation fee in cases of domestic violence victims. I think that the petitions in the change.org did not mention on how many signatures they get in this appeal . I hope this answer helps you :)
See more at: http://www.businessnewsdaily.com/3637-business-changes-year.html#sthash.eWdGCq9E.dpuf
Thank you ma'am Cheska!
DeleteYou're Welcome Hannah :)
DeleteMa'am Cheska, can you give another successful change where ICT played an important role?
ReplyDeleteThe Use of Public Cloud Technology
DeleteCloud technology will continue to evolve in 2016, as government entities seek to find more efficient, affordable and secure ways to make public services available to citizens. The Federal Cloud Computing Strategy, implemented in 2011, required federal agencies to consider using cloud-based technology -- and it is just now beginning to reap positive results among larger state entities.
In fact, the public sector has not only experienced more efficiency, but it’s also starting to trust the security and reliability of storing sensitive information in the cloud. Government entities can have total control of data, but also have the ability to share this data with the public via hybrid cloud technology.
Federal adoption is paving the way for smaller, more resource-stretched local governments to follow suit. In 2016, we should take note of public sector services that leverage more hybrid cloud technology in order to allocate IT resources and expensive enterprise software that’s already been purchased. Reducing costs and speeding up deployment and procurement will drive this trend.
As government entities seek to share enterprise resources, greater integration in the cloud will also be key. Developing internal cloud infrastructure will cease as governments now see the value in leveraging commercial government cloud technology from providers like Microsoft and IBM.
Can a student like me make a change through ICT?
ReplyDeleteyes, because student can promote change and foster the development of ICT because learners can develop their creativity, problem-solving abilities, informational reasoning skills, communication skills, and other higher-order thinking skills. So that students may lead to some bigger achievements in future.
DeleteWhat do you think is the impact of ICT in the students like me?
ReplyDeleteIn your opinion, what would be the difference if we didn't study ICT?
Anjonette, Our generation ICT plays an important role to society especially to Education because ICT can lead to improved student learning and better teaching methods. So as a student if we don't study about the ICT it might be difficult for us to use some ICT Tools if we don't have any background with it.
DeleteMa'am. What if ICT remove here in the Philippine, do you think modern Filipino's can survive without internet? Technologies make our easy life or they make us lazy
ReplyDeleteI think that if we don't have any technology here in the Philippines it may cause some disadvantages for our country because in other country they have different technologies that can help them to their everyday life. The use of technology is increasing day by day, we all depend on technology and we use various technologies to accomplish specific tasks in our lives.
DeleteIn our modern society, Ict is very important today and beyond the future but it makes me/us to became lazy so discipline is very important in every move we make such us courting a girl :P just kidding :)
ReplyDeleteyeah you're right discipline is very important! :)
DeleteIs ICT become more useful or not?
ReplyDeleteICT is very useful in our everyday life because unlike in the past when communication was limited to letter writing and waiting for those postal services to deliver your message. Today technology has made the field of communications so easy. Now you can draft a business message and email it or fax in a second without any delays, the recipient will get the message and they will reply you instantly.
Deletecan you give me other example of ICT platform for change
ReplyDeleteMobile Engagement
DeleteIt should come as no surprise that individuals are using multiple devices to accomplish a single task and smartphones and iPad devices have officially outpaced the use of laptops, according to comScore. But the government has been much slower to follow suit. In 2016, engaging with citizens via mobile will continue to evolve as mobility remains top of mind for public services of all kinds, from transportation to tax reporting and localized health care.
In light of this, we can expect government entities to test the waters with engaging citizens via mobile. Whether it’s making public services and data available on multiple channels or communicating with citizens via online chat, text message or forums, the public sector knows that to put the needs of tax-paying citizens first, it must start making services and communication available via multiple devices and channels.
A trend for governments to start leveraging their own platforms as "services” to reach the public should also be watched in 2016. Local governments will make use of their existing infrastructure by allowing public access to services, for example, filing and e-signing documents for health care programs, as well as public data, more available to local citizens.
It's incredible to see some events in this blog that shows ICT is essential for objective purposes of a group ,rather millions of people. Somehow, does it sound vias mam from other people who is not technically updated through social media networking sites?
ReplyDeleteIn our generation, everyone is connected to one another in this vast network generated by the Internet. People use the social media sites to communicate with other people but in that case, people who is not involved with some social media sites is really sound vias because they are not updated on what's going on in the world of social networking sites like when it comes to suspending our class. Our governor use the twitter and Facebook to inform us about the class suspension. Students like us depend on this sites because the news in our television is sometimes late when it comes to some trending news and also when it comes to suspending our class.
DeleteFrom then until now, ICT is very useful. In what way ICT became more "modernized" through the years?
ReplyDeleteICT become more "modernized" in a way that technology has made business meetings so simple, with the introduction of video conferencing; you no longer have to worry to be late for a business meeting. Now with this video conferencing technology, you can be in the meeting in a virtual form and engage with your partners directly.
Deleteeveryone has their own flaws, no matter who we elect as the leader of our country, we cannot expect them to no fail.change and how our country will be one of the greatest is not just in the hands of who is in the position in our government, its is also up to us, the people of this nation how we can make this happen, if we still sabotage, find each others flaws do what we do best so called crab mentality that other countries accuses us of having, that thing we what for our country will and still remain as a dream of a man who really love this country.
ReplyDeleteyes, it depends on us, what we are going to do to have a better society and how we can have the change we want for our country.
Deletema'am of all the people who suffered the calamity(Yolanda), can someone really find the person they're looking for using the change.org?
ReplyDeleteKristel, are you referring to yolanda finder? because the change.org is an online petition were you can sign in through the this site and then you can create any petition you want.
Deletehow we can achieve change if most on the internet was wrong? we all know that we can get a lot of info through internet but are we sure that most of it is true?
ReplyDeleteI admit that not all the information in the internet is correct but if you have any hesitation regarding to what you have search maybe you can use some books in the library so that you are sure that the content in the books was correct and exact.
DeleteWhat could possibly happen without ICT?
ReplyDeletemaybe people may become lack of knowledge about technology and also we have problems in communicating with our relatives outside the Philippines.
DeleteWhat would happen if there is no touch of technology today ?
ReplyDeleteI guess it is not easy for us to communicate with other people in other country, we cannot have our assignments as easy as we have the internet that we can use to search for the specific assignment and research we want to search for and also it is not easy for us to have the news regarding to weather, government and so on because we don't have any technology to use for.
DeleteWhat is the disadvantage of ICT ?
ReplyDeleteStudent Privacy.
DeleteCriminals, marketers, and other persons can easily get information from students when they are online. These could post danger to students’ lives or may even lead to litigation against the school. To avoid this problem, students should be educated on the dangers of giving information to people online. Parents and teachers need to supervise students’ online activities.
Are there any other disadvantages and or great impact of ICT here in Philippines?
ReplyDeleteDisadvantage:
DeletePreparation Time.
It takes a lot of preparation time to effectively use the Net for education. In addition to designing Internet based lesson plans, we may have to surf the Internet to download lesson plans and adapt them to support the curriculum objectives or visit sites to select those appropriate for classes. We have no choice but prepare in order to help your students become responsible user of the Internet.
I think I don't see it as a change but I see it as an advancement. We just get the information much quicker but the purpose is still the same.
ReplyDeleteyes that right because were still in the process of learning and adapting more technologies that we can use for our country.
DeleteWhat are the advantages and disadvantages of ICT?
ReplyDeletehere some advantages and disadvantages of ICT:
Deleteadvantages:
1.Motivating Factor.
The Internet can act as a motivating tool for many students. Young people are very captivated with technology. Educators must capitalize on this interest, excitement, and enthusiasm about the Internet for the purpose of enhancing learning. For already enthusiastic learners, the Internet allows you to provide them with additional learning activities not readily available in the classroom.
2. Fast Communication.
The Internet promotes fast communication across geographical barriers. Your students can join collaborative projects that involve students from different states, countries or continents. This type of learning experience was not possible before the Internet. This is a unique learning experience very essential for each of our students, as the world is becoming one big community
Disadvantages:
1.Plagiarism.
Apart from Web sites that claim to help students write term papers, there are numerous cases of students downloading information from the Net and turning them in for grades. We can minimize this problem by requiring students to cite research sources. There is an online service, Plagiarism.org at http://www.plagiarism.org/, which can assist us in minimizing cases of plagiarism in the class. This service claims to prevent plagiarism by determining if a term paper has been copied from the Internet or not.
2.New Administrative Responsibilities.
Teaching using the Internet brings to bear a new set of administrative demands on the teacher and the school administration. These include development and implementation of acceptable use policy, training, developing new evaluation criteria as needed, and addressing parents’ concerns.
"Apple Vows to Protect Workers in Chinese Factories"
ReplyDeleteAfter major media networks all over the world reported on the poor conditions in Apple’s factories in China, an avid Apple fan and customer petitioned for better conditions for workers.
The petitioner asked Apple to release “a worker protection strategy for new product releases” and for the company to “publish the results of the Fair Labor Association’s monitoring” on suppliers, which should include the “names of suppliers found to have violations and what those violations are.
Why is it important to follow the steps in the ICT project process?
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