Thank you po for the write-up. This is really appreciated.

well, let me have my say on the cybered. first, i do not know anything about it so, my comments are just suntok sa ano…

i used to work in a big company whose operations rely heavily on networking/mainframe capability. timekeeping, ordering materials from vendors, students enrollment, courses offered, seminars and trainings postings, patients and their dependents database in the company hospital are examples of these applications. also, telephones, faxes and teleconferencing are done on the company’s line. of course, at the end of the month, we receive monthly bills accumulated from calls made by employees outside the company lines from the contracted telephone company. employees are given access to these applications depending on their job requirements and job designations. these are operation expenses paid by the company.

so, if government cybered or broadband networking have applications similar to what i have mentioned, i guess, i will not disapprove of the project. however, there should be transparency and expense report made to the public. these privileges to be enjoyed by government employees and students are to be paid for by the people.

and although, cybered is visual, nothing can replace hands on learning by the students. i guess cybered got the priority over the other pressing needs of the school. let me make a list:

1.) building schoolhouses will bring down the number of student per class from 55 or so to somewhere between 40 to 45. (readily, this project alone will solve unspeakable school problems in the country. in fact, a high school teacher with a 6 subjects load per school year has to memorize less number of student names from 330 to 240.) trivial, but in room management, knowing the name and the student up close is mandatory and essential.

2.) science laboratory. just how many schools have microscopes, chemical ingredients, physics equipment all over the country. how about garden tools, sports equipment/facility, even musical instruments? i passed by the school in our barangay this morning, and i noticed the students are using improvised materials for their experiments. nothing wrong with that except that these have been ongoing since lapu-lapu taught his students how to catch a fish. we do not even have a library in our town.

3.) security. how many theft incidents have been reported in our public schools?

and the list goes on and on. and to gma and cohorts, let me quote senator miriam deafensor santiago, “how dare you blah, blah, blah… ginagamit nyo lang ang mga estudyante, magsasaka, etc. etc. etc.”

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The idea of blogging as a tool for learning among our students could only be true, meaningful and valuable if students are fully equipped with the latest internet technology. This means that PC usage should have at least a ratio of 1:3 to be more practical. Students are expected to really grasp the importance of blogging as it takes time, patience and interest in doing so. Students’ participation could be more enhanced if they are provided enough gadgets they need in this trending technology. I fully support your program to uplift internet awareness or the so-called cyber education among students, which leads them to be fully equipped and in par with other students throughout the world.

Yes, so true.

Aside from the standard forms of education, on its present state Blogs are also a means non-standard form of education and learning. Furthermore Blogs are a means of expressing one’s opinions and analysis which are often left unspoken even in mass media.

Blogs are also a conduit for information and idea sharing which if positively harnessed can give great good to the nation hence a tool for nation building.

My question that has been nagging me for the past few days is what happened to the Inquirer “Current” Blogspot? It seems to has been down for many days now.

blogging can help teaching. but topics must be structured and organized..

like in information system, i have a few notes on that relates to ‘conspiracy of fears’ that dominates solutions.

the present academic training is driven by technology RICH but application POOR courses. In fact graduates worldwide are only qualified as GP or the equivalent of General Practitioners in medicine. There are no schools that will develop them into specialists in applications such as production, marketing, accounting, treasury, etc..

i do not know how to reach the proper authorities.

sir/madame popokwang,

the NBN project must be stopped.

si neri ay nag sisinungaling in his testimony …’that his people searched the internet for pricing, walang makitang presyo’. this is a big lie..a clear case of PERJURY.

any project of that magnitude cannot pass the NEDA Board without proper scrutiny of the Investment COORDINATION COUNCIL. In that body, a major requirement is a feasibility study based on a decent engineering plan with estimates from reputable suppliers, or competent consultants who are abundant in this country.

Kung ginawa nila na maayos iyong trabajo, hindi magkakagulo. masasagot maigi ang mga issues.

madali namang gawin iyon. the number of gateways that the country will need to connect to the ‘mainhighway’ can be computed. tapos the sizes of each gateway can be estimated depending on the traffic for each province/region.

madami naman supplier ng mga gateway para may reasonable estimates na ang gobyerno..

bakit di ginawa…tapos mag sisinungaling pa!

eto naman si USEC Ramon Sales,..isa pang tuliro!. Sabihin ba namang ‘your honor this is based only on very rough estimates”..ANO? hello! Am sure that when he was the Exec Vice President of BPI for Information System, hindi puedeng mag submit ng budget sa board ng bangko based on ‘rough estimates’. papaano mo pupunduhan iyong estimate?..

Bakit ng nasa gobyerno na siya, puede na ba na ang trabajo ay pawarde-warde na nakakalusot ang project na walang engineering study, walang feasibility study? O baka naman bumilis iyong approval eh dahil sa ‘usec. mayr…… kang. pangcaddy……dito’!

if this is the kind of officials we have…this country is going to the dogs..

tama si ArBishop Bacani..walanghiyaan na!

years later, when our young students gets to working, i fear that their value system will be distorted and corrupted with these examples done at chamber of the senate. For our senators to let such insults to professionalism to pass, shall make souls of revered RECTO, TANADA, and other great senators ‘cry foul’.

mbupapa