DepEd thinks using internet technology will combat the lack of classroom materials.

Under the program, students will listen or download lectures and reading materials for particular subjects as well as take examinations as part of the curriculum.

Each grade and year level will have its own channel and will cover all subjects in the curriculum with each subject consisting of a 20-minute interactive computer lecture and 40-minute classroom lecture. The lectures conducted through the computer could be replayed as they would be stored in the computer to be set up in the multi-media classroom. Cyber education would partially solve the present shortage in books and teachers.

The project will initially include 3,000 schools but would exclude those that are in first and second-class cities added Lapus.

The DepEd hopes to implement the project in 37,000 schools within a three-year period. Source: PIA

The idea is good. But what about implementation? What I'm afraid of is that these computers will end up covered in thick plastics as to avoid getting destroyed by the students. Students learn to use these things fast. How about the teachers? And in cases that these computers starts to break down, how about tech support?

I don't how many of these computers will go the way of the multicabs distributed to each barangays in Iloilo City for the purpose of combating crimes and better mobilization.

Beware of phishing. Phishers are now targeting Philippine banks. The latest bank to be targeted by phishing scams is BPI Expressonline site as reported in Technobiography. I bank online using BPI Expressonline and Union Bank so it certainly raised my scam alert level.