REMEMBER, Oct. 15 is Blog Action Day. Join thousands of bloggers around the world in uniting for the environment.
Here’s a video clip courtesy of ReVampTV.com.
And read Erwin Oliva’s previous blog post.
FILIPINO bloggers are reacting to a remark made by one of the characters in a recent episode of television series “Desperate Housewives.”
While many condemned the remark as a racist slur and called for a boycott of the show, others suggested that people write to the producers of the show to complain.
The Filipino bloggers were reacting to a remark by the character Susan Mayer Delfino, played by Teri Hatcher, who was objecting to being checked by a doctor until she was sure of the doctor’s credentials.
CHECK out this speech by video blogger Coy of CokskiBlue.
I FOUND this blog called Inevitable Karma by Martin Perez, a social studies teacher at the Philippine Science High School.
A quick look at his blog will tell you he’s one cool teacher. Sir Martin (as he prefers to be called) loves rock and alternative music. He reads books like “The Lexus and the Olive Tree” and “The World is Flat” by Thomas Friedman. He was born in 1983! And did I say he loves comics? That’s a long introduction to the topic on teaching through blogs.
Remember I already featured a blog by an American teacher? So I thought of finding a local one to show how Filipinos are using the same technology to reach out to students.
In a project called Pisay meets World, Sir Martin encourages students to use Internet technology to express “What can the world expect from the Pisay scholar in the future?” Pisay is a short for Philippine Science High School.
He explains:
In March 2007, Sir Martin and his students unveiled an ambitious project for the very first time — the Pisay Meets World. It was a cascade of online student projects that answers the theme, “What can the world expect from the Pisay scholar in the future?”
Their answers ranged from satires of high school life (that showed off their artistic side) to short films on real issues, and to blogs that responded to real social concerns.
Here’s one good example of a short film done by his students, which they posted on YouTube.
One thing I found interesting from his blog is a podcast that explains the genesis of the Pisay Meets World project.
Now, who says learning social studies in high school is boring? Heh 
CITIZEN journalism may be an overused buzzword nowadays, but that doesn’t stop it from being a reality that has a profound impact on journalists and bloggers alike.
Slate published this story about the explosion of “first-person” witnessing, thanks to camera phones. As the article puts it: this innovation has allowed us to capture the “best of things,” “the worst of things,” and “everything.”
Like any other technology, camera phones can be abused. But its power to capture fleeting moments is undeniable. At the same time, it is also the meanest invention that can break people’s hearts since it can easily invade privacy.
HERE’S the video interview I conducted with Abe Olandres and Jayvee Fernandez, who talk about the Philippine Blog Awards that will be held at 5 p.m. on March 31 at Podium 4, RCBC Plaza Auditorium in Makati City.
