Sunday, February 26, 2012

A WORLD WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY



A WORLD WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY





 In this modern age, technology is everywhere. As human beings, we thrive on technology. We feed off of it or more like it feeds off of us. It is the Edward Cullen to us Bella Swans. What if one day, technology just vanished into thin air? Would we survive?
Yes we can if Swan survived in New Moon without Cullen, we can survive without technology. Of course she went a bit suicidal, but she survived nonetheless so let’s not think about that.
We have become too dependent on our “Edward Cullen”. He has impregnated the human race with demon children (obsessive technology-crazed children); children that will live huddled in caves with their precious iPads and Playstations. He has basically created a bridge linking the world of sparkling vampires and fake werewolves with the world of elves, dwarves, hairy hobbits, grey wizards that die and reincarnate into white wizards, and giant eyeballs made of fire. A bridge linking a world of near-perfection to a world filled with evil and corruption.  A bridge of doom. A bridge into a world that we fear to live in. A bridge that brings us into the world of one bajillion Smeagols/Gollums.
In the words of J.R.R. Tolkien, “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in darkness bind them.” The Ring is our savior. The Boy Scouts will be our Ring. They have learned to survive in the wilderness. They have been trained to assist the elderly. They have united. They have defended. They will unite us. They will use their knot tying skills to bind us. That is, until we toss them into Orodruin. One toss and down follows the Smeagols/Gollums. The tainted children will be eliminated and the human race will be saved.
Children are the future. We have two options. We can 1. Kill all the children or 2. Create rigorous survival course to include in the school curriculum.
Killing all the children will kill the human race. On the bright side, the human carbon footprint will decrease significantly and possibly end this global warming rubbish. We can kill the problem at its root. We can either die off on our own terms or suffer through having to rebuild society. There is the problem of where to put all the bodies though…
The survival course will train the future of the world to endure without technology. At age five, adolescents would be placed into the wild to fend for themselves with nothing but minimal training, the clothes on their backs, and a notebook. The children would have to provide their own food, water, and shelter. Through this process, Super Scouts will be created. They will be able to lead the human race into the age of super independency!
Dependency will be defeated. Independency will reign supreme once more. Huzzah!
Our existence depends on you. Choose wisely.

Saturday, February 18, 2012

TLE SKILL'S COMPETITION 2012

             


T.L.E. SKILL'S COMPETITION 2012



                  The Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Technology and Livelihood Education held their Skill's Competition 2012 , last Sunday of February 12,2012 in Camarin campus of the University of Caloocan City:It is the most awaited event every year that makes the TLE department more busy just thinking how to make this event successful.This event is formally start with doxology followed by the National Athem,then it was officially open by Prof.Rowena Tupaz .

               There are many TLE graduates come to support the event and also the TLE professors are present they are Dr.Ramon lacanilao (prof.in-charge in electricity and Electronics), Dr.Jose Espinueva (prof.In-charge in Woodworking), Prof.Michael Villalon (prof.in-charge in Flairtending), Prof.Eden Pangan(prof.in-charge in fruit carving and tableskirting), Prof.Rowena Tupaz (one of the host), Prof.Leynes (prof. in-charge in handicraft and recycling), and also Prof.Abad ( prof in-charge in Drafting)




               Some of  the skills were student compete to each other are (1) Quiz bee, (2) Food carving, (3) Woodworking, (4) Drafting, (5) Electricity, (6) Table skirting, (7) Recycling, (8) Flairtending and so on.


         


                                                                TABLE SKIRTING




                                       RECYCLING (ALSO CALLED COSMO CATEGORY)

I am very amazed in the event because i saw  how skillful is the  TLE students, they showed their talents , skills, and knowledge that they learned from their professors.and also i am very proud to greet every winners and participants of the event a "CONGRATULATION" from the bottom of my heart.This event is become successful because of all the people work behind it.these are the TLE 4th year students of both MAIN and CAMARIN campus,the TLE COUNCIL BATCH 2012 (main and camarin),all the professors,participants and also to our most beautiful Department head of TLE and Tourism no other than
PROF.RAMONA AGUILAR PRADO she also give the strength and she guide us to everything we do so that the event is  come up to a memorable event,moments in our life......
         
                                        THANK YOU EVERYONE AND GOD BLESS!








Sunday, February 5, 2012

WRITTEN REPORT

UNIVERSITY OF CALOOCAN CITY
GEN.SAN MIGUEL ST, SANGANDAAN CALOOCAN CITY
                                                            MAIN CAMPUS
_____________________________________________________________________

DISCUSSANT:  JOHN DAVID C. PEƑARROYO       PROF.MICHAEL VILLALON
COURSE/YR.SEC:  BSE-TLE IIIA                                RATING:____________
TOPIC:  THE COMPUTER AS  A TUTOR

I.              OBJECTIVES:
                     At the end of the lessons, 75% of the students should be able to:
a.    Describe the computer as a tutor
b.    Appreciate the significance of computer as a tutor;and
c.    enumerate the advantages and disadvatages of computer as tutor.

II.            INTRODUCTION:
The computer is one of the wonders of human ingenuity, even in its original design in the 1950’s to carry out complicated mathematical and logical operations. With the invention of the microcomputer (now also commonly referred to PCs or personal computers), the PC has become the tool for programmed instruction.
Educators saw much use of the PC. It has become affordable to small business, industries and homes. They saw its potential for individualization in learning, especially as individualized learning is a problem since teachers usually with a class of forty or more learners. They therefore devised strategies to use the computer to break the barriers to individualized instruction. 

III.           LEARNING CONTENT:

Ƙ  COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION ( CAI )
The computer can be a tutor in effect relieving the teacher of many activities in his personal role as classroom tutor.It should be clear, however, that the computer cannot totally replace the teacher since the teacher shall continue to play the major roles of information deliverer and learning environment controller. Even with the available computer and  CAI software,
TEACHER MUST:
·         Insure that students have the needed knowledge and skills for any computer activity.
·         Decide the appropriate learning objectives.
·         Plan the sequential and structured activities to achieve objectives.
·         Evaluatae the students’ achievement by ways of tests the specific expected outcomes.
On the other hand, the students in CAI play their own roles as learners as they:
·         Recieved information.
·         Understand instructions for the computer activity
·         Retain/keep in mind the information and rules for the computer activity
·         Apply the knowledge and rules during process of computer learning.
During  computer activity proper in  CAI the computer, too.plays its roles as it:
·         Acts as a sort of tutor
·         Provides a learning environment
·         Delivers learning instruction
·         Reinforce learning through drill and practice
·         Provides feedback.
          CAI  INTEGRATED  WITH  LESSONS
CAI computer learning should not stop with drill and practice activities of students.In effect, CAI best in reinforcing learning through repetitive exercise such  that students can practice basic skills or knowledge in various subject areas. Common types of drill and practice programs include vocabulary, building, math facts, basic science, and history or geography facts.In this programs, the computer presents a question/problem. Immediate feedback is given to the student’s answer. After a number of practice problems and at the end of the exercise, the students get a summary of his overall performance.
The question arises: When and how can teachers integrate drill and practice programs with their lessons?The following suggestion can be made:
·         Use drill and practice programs for basic skills and knowledge that require rapid or automatic response by students.
·         Ensure that drill and practice activities conform to the lesson plan/curriculum
·         Limit drill and practice to 20-30minutes to avoid boredom.
·         Use drill and practice to assist students with particular weakness in basic skills.
In integrating computer programs in instruction,use tutorial software associated with cognitive learning.while practice exercise or learning by doing is still the heart of each tutorial, the tutorial software should be able to:
·         Teach new content/information to students
·         Provide comprehensive information on concepts in addition to practice exercises.
·         Can be effectively used for remediation, reviewing or enrichment.
·         Allow the  teacher  to introduce follow-up questions to stimulate students learning.
·         Permit group activity for cooperative learning.
1.SIMULATION PROGRAM
Are another kind of software that is constructivist in nature.These simulation software:
·         Teaches strategies and rules applied to real-life problems/situations.
·         Asks students to make decision on models or scenarios.
·         Allows students to manipulate elements of a model and get the experience of the effects of their decisions.
2. INSTRUCTIONal games
While relating to low objectives, instructional computer games add the elements of competition and challenge.
3. PROBLEM SOLVING SOFTWARE
These are more sophisticated than the drill and practice exercise and allow students to learn and improve on their problem solving ability.since problems cannot be solved simply by memorizing the facts, the students have to employ higher thinking skills such as logic, recognition, reflection and strategy-making.

MULTIMEDIA ENCYCLOPEDIA
      CAN STORE A HUGE DATABASE WITH TEXTS, IMAGES, ANIMATION, AUDIO AND VIDEO.
STUDENTS CAN ACCESS ANY DESIRED INFORMATION, SEARCH ITS VAST CONTENTS AND EVEN DOWNLOAD/PRINT RELEVANT PORTIONS OF DATA FOR THEIR COMPOSITION
ELECTRONIC BOOKS
      PROVIDE TEXTUAL INFORMATION FOR READING,SUPPLEMENTED BY OTHER TYPES OF MULTIMEDIA INFORMATION.
      THESE ARE USEFUL FOR LEARNING READING, SPELLING AND WORDS, PICTURES AND ANIMATION.

IV.          SUMMARY

The computer is a tutor in this new age of learming. It does not replace the teacher, although it assumes certain roles previously aqssigned to teachers who know how to take new role of facilitator and guide.
Also, computer activities are not the end-all of learnng since they have to conform to the lessos/ curriculum .Integrating computer exercise is the new task of the teacher who can find in the computer and computer software an alternative medium to the traditional classroom practice of delivering information and supporting learning activities
           In the years ahead, we shall see the computer in schools as a common tool for the enhancement of the students thinking, communication and collaboration skills. Computer will become an integral component of future classroom and not mere machine that can deliver routine drills and exercises.

V.           POST –TEST

_______1. The computer is a tutor in this new age of Technology.
_______2. Computer activities are not the end-all of learning since they have to conform to the lessons/curriculum.
_______3.Simulation software materials are another kind of software that is constructivist in nature.
_______4.Limit drill and practice to 25-35 minutes to avoid boredom.
_______5.Use dril and practice to assist students with particular weakness in basic skills.
_______6.During the computer activity proper in CAI the computer too plays its role as it acts as a sort of tutor.
_______7.Instructional games are more sophisticated than drill and practice exercise.
_______8.The computer is one of human ingenuity, even in its original design in the 1950’s.
_______9.computer will become an integral component of the future classroom..
________10.Use drill and practice to assist  student teacher  with particular weakness in basic skills
              
Key to correction:
1. learning
2. True
3. True
4. 20-30 minutes
5. True
6. True
7. Problem solving software
8. True
9.True
     10. Studens

VI.          BIBLIOGRAPHY
                EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY II
                BY;PAZ I. LUCIDO,PH.D.
                PAGES 61-69
             


T.L.E. SKILL'S COMPETITION 2012



                  The Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in Technology and Livelihood Education held their Skill's Competition 2012 , last Sunday of February 12,2012 in Camarin campus of the University of Caloocan City:It is the most awaited event every year that makes the TLE department more busy just thinking how to make this event successful.This event is formally start with doxology followed by the National Athem,then it was officially open by Prof.Rowena Tupaz .

               There are many TLE graduates come to support the event and also the TLE professors are present they are Dr.Ramon lacanilao (prof.in-charge in electricity and Electronics), Dr.Jose Espinueva (prof.In-charge in Woodworking), Prof.Michael Villalon (prof.in-charge in Flairtending), Prof.Eden Pangan(prof.in-charge in fruit carving and tableskirting), Prof.Rowena Tupaz (one of the host), Prof.Leynes (prof. in-charge in handicraft and recycling), and also Prof.Abad ( prof in-charge in Drafting)




               Some of  the skills were student compete to each other are (1) Quiz bee, (2) Food carving, (3) Woodworking, (4) Drafting, (5) Electricity, (6) Table skirting, (7) Recycling, (8) Flairtending and so on.


         


                                                                TABLE SKIRTING




                                       RECYCLING (ALSO CALLED COSMO CATEGORY)

I am very amazed in the event because i saw  how skillful is the  TLE students, they showed their talents , skills, and knowledge that they learned from their professors.and also i am very proud to greet every winners and participants of the event a "CONGRATULATION" from the bottom of my heart.This event is become successful because of all the people work behind it.these are the TLE 4th year students of both MAIN and CAMARIN campus,the TLE COUNCIL BATCH 2012 (main and camarin),all the professors,participants and also to our most beautiful Department head of TLE and Tourism no other than
PROF.RAMONA AGUILAR PRADO she also give the strength and she guide us to everything we do so that the event is  come up to a memorable event,moments in our life......
         
                                        THANK YOU EVERYONE AND GOD BLESS!








Why Should You Fear SOPA and PIPA?

Initially, the simple question of the day is: “What’s so bad about trying to protect movies and music from being pirated?”   And, the simple answer is: “Nothing at all.”
But upon further examination, the next and ultimately most important question is:  “To what lengths will they (studios and the record labels) go to accomplish their goals?”  The answer is also simple.  They lobby for the passage of bills that would give the government enough power to not only attempt to stop piracy and fail, BUT while failing would also infringe on free speech, cost millions of jobs and hamper innovation all at the same time.   The phrase “can’t see the forest for the trees” has never been so perfectly matched with a real life situation.
The birth of SOPA and PIPA has been established through the efforts of the lobbying arms of the studios and labels The MPAA and RIAA.  SOPA or (Stop Online Piracy Act) is in the Senate and PIPA, or (Protect Intellectual Property Act) is in the House.  Both bills are essentially the ‘same wolf in sheep’s clothing’ so there is really no need to try and differentiate.
If passed, SOPA and/or PIPA will give the Justice Department the ability to shut down almost any blog or website at will, PLUS it will also do absolutely nothing to stop those that pirate movies or music.
Today the studios and labels rely on DMCA take down notices to handle piracy on websites such as YouTube, Vimeo and Facebook.   The DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) allows the website to take down the content within a specific period of time after receiving a DMCA notice without penalty.
In most cases all of the companies mentioned above do a fantastic job, and thus far have not done too much complaining about the costs of implementing technology and resources for a successful DMCA compliance structure.  The studios and labels have a much more difficult time with websites such as Piratebay.org or, what the studios would call ‘Rogue’ websites,  and it requires a little more knowledge about the details of technology that drives such websites to understand why they are such a complicated issue.   Piratebay.org doesn’t actually host any infringing content at all, but has millions of links to content being hosted on peer or nodes.  A peer, or node is a personal computer connected to the internet with an open source application based on BitTorrent open source code . BitTorrent allows a person to host a file (movie, music, software etc).  Those files are made available for download using a torrent download application which happens to be the same application that hosts the infringing files.  When someone downloads a file using a BitTorrent, they are actually receiving that one file from multiple machines that are hosting the same exact file using the same piece of software and then they are many cases, making that file available to be downloaded from their machine and the cycle begins. Those files could be hosted on machines that were located in multiple countries and it is possible that the person hosting the infringing file might not even know they are hosting it.  Confusing isn’t it?  It is this confusion that it makes things more difficult and more dangerous.  Dangerous because, Piratebay.org doesn’t actually host, deliver or infringe on any copyright at all. They only have links to such content, because it shows up in their search engine in the same way search result appear in Googles search engine however, under SOPA and PIPA those sites can not only be prosecuted but shut down entirely for the behavior of others they cannot control.  It becomes easier to understand why Google is so interested in SOPA and PIPA.  If either act had been passed prior to Googles launch, we would all still be using Yahoo, unless of course the Government hadn’t already shut them down too.  The same goes for YouTube and Facebook. What concerns free speech advocates about these laws is even more frightening then losing access to Google.
If the government, and those behind government, didn’t like Huffington Post or Breitbart.com it would now be legally plausible and simple to shut them down. After all, Huffington Post editors at some point in time have posted links to content from CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and other organizations. These networks could now claim that the Huffington Post was infringing upon their copyrights, and that Huffington editors, under SOPA/PIPA, be charged for each offense and go to jail. Yes jail.

“That would never happen” a friend of mine that works at a major studio told me. My response to him was simple.  “I have never known a law that gives the government more power that they have not only used but exceeded the laws intent to gain even more power.”
I agree that piracy is a serious problem and between 2001 and 2004 when I testified before Congress, we discussed many solutions, none of which violate our First Amendment Right to Free Speech.  I have also worked as an executive at a major studio so I do understand their issues as well however, passage of SOPA or PIPA will essentially allow the Government to shut down the DNS (Domain Name Server) that directed a URL such as www.google.com or www.piratebay.org to the physical address of the server its IP address such as (254.196.2.x).  Domain names are simply a fancy and more informative way for you to find a website since the data for a website resides on a server somewhere and that server has a digital address identified by something called an IP or (internet Protocol) address.  The Bills target the DNS servers that direct users from the URL name to the IP address.  For most users, shutting down an infringing DNS address would prevent them from reaching the website that contained the infringing content or the link to the infringing content.  It would NOT however stop the pirate from typing in IP address of (256.196.2.x) as an example, to reach the same content.   In short, it wouldn’t stop the pirates from downloading illegal content any more than background checks stop a gang member from purchasing a hand gun.  Gang members don’t buy guns legally and Pirates, hackers and criminals never open the legal route either.  It’s simply too messy and too easy to get caught.  SOPA and PIPA are dangerous, half-baked solutions that will cost millions of jobs, stifle innovation and ultimately do nothing to stop piracy at all.  It could be used as a solution for those in Government that seek to silence their opposition, even if that was never the intention.   Hollywood has many large donors that are huge contributors to Obama so, even though Harry Reid postponed a vote on the bill, you can bet that they will try to wait for the frenzy to calm down before voting on a somewhat different version of the bill and most likely have a different name than SOPA or PIPA.  After all, those names are as about as unpopular as members of Congress right now.
Karen Kotchar (contributed as an editor to this story).


http://www.forbes.com/sites/derekbroes/2012/01/20/why-should-you-fear-sopa-and-pipa/

TUTORIAL- HOME FOOTSPA

DO-IT-YOURSELF FOOT SPA

Foot spa can also be done alone without seeking any professional's help. All you need are few low-cost foot products and you're good to go. So how do I do it?
WHAT YOU NEED:
  • Basin/tub with warm water to soak your tired and aching feet
  • Pumice stone or foot file
  • Foot scrub
  • Mositurizer/Lotion
  • Nail cutter
  • Bubble bath or liquid soap
  • Salt
D-I-Y FOOT SPA--How to do it:
  1. SOAK UP AND RELAX! - Soak your sore and exhausted feet in a lukewarm water. Loosen up and let your feet stay in the water for 10 to 15 minutes. You can read magazines or books while waiting, you can even surf the net and create hubs if you want. Put some salt and liquid soap or your bubble bath. make it foamy for a soothing effect.
  2. EXFOLIATE DEAD SKIN - Surely after soaking your feet in foamy warm water, skin has become so soft and ready to be scrubbed. To exfoliate, use a pumice stone or a foot file. You can buy such at very reasonable prices on beauty shops. Put a generous amount of foot scrub on your palm and dab it on your feet. Scrub the dead skins on the focal points like the heels and toes which are very vulnerable to calluses and cracks.
  3. MOISTURIZE AND MASSAGE - After scrubbing off the dead skin cells, rinse your feet and towel it dry. Then put lotion or moisturizer (moisturizer is better)on your feet. Include the ankles. Massage your feet using yout fingertips, making your feet more relaxed than ever
  4. CUT AND POLISH - Your almost done! For the final touch, cut your toe nails, add life to your toe nails by putting on a nail polish. Ofcourse, the color depends on you and your mood. You can be as simple as just picking neutral colors like beige, cream, or brown, or you can use wild colors like yellow, orange or even neon green. As long as it looks good on you, then that will work!

REACTION # 2

                                                         "20 YEARS FROM NOW"

                      TODAY WE SEE TECHNOLOGY AS ONE OF THE MOST PRECIOUS THINGS OR PRODUCT OF MAN'S CREATIVITY..THEIR INFINITE IDEAS THAT CREATE SOMETHING NEW, A
CREATION OF TECHNOLOGY IN A DIFFERENT FORM AND THAT IS FROM SIMPLE TO A MUCH BETTER TECHNOLOGY.AS OF NOW WE HAVE DIFFERENT HIGH TECH GADGETS  WE  KNOW AND WE USE SUCH AS LAPTOP, CELLPHONES, CARS ETC. THAT ARE HIGH-TECH.
                     20 YEARS FROM NOW I CAN SAY THAT OUR SOCIETY WILL BE MUCH DEVELOP AND  IN THE STAGE OF PROGRESS BECAUSE WE ARE INTO AN AMAZING TIME OF THE PERVASIVENESS OF TECHNOLOGY;THERE WILL BE MORE INVENTIONS WILL PRODUCED SO THAT THE ACTIVITIES OF VARIOUS SECTOR OF OUR ECONOMY IS MUCH EASIER,,,AS PROOF TO THIS WE ENCOUNTERED VARIOUS INVENTIONS THAT ARE VERY USEFUL AND CAN MAKE ARE LIFE EASY  AND WITH REGARDS THIS, IS THE VIDEO WE ALREADY WATCHED  THAT SHOW A FUTURE WHITE BOARD  A TOUCH SCREEN BOARD THAT HAVE A VERSATILE FUNCTION I HOPE THAT !OUR COUNTRY WILL HAVE THIS SO THAT EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS MORE EFFECTIVE.