COURSE MODULE Tagoloan Community College

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Baluarte, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental

College of Education
EDUC 1: Technology for Teaching and Learning 1
1st Semester of A.Y. 2021-2022

Introduction

New technologies have become central to the lives of every individual in this planet. Whether
you are talking on the phone, sending an electronic mail, going to the back, using the library, watching
news on television, going to the doctor, catching flight, or seeing a movie, you are using ICT. Almost
everything that we do in the modern world is influenced by the new technologies.

Rationale

This module will give you an understanding about ICT Policies and Safety Issues in Teaching and
Learning & Uses of ICT Policies in the Teaching and Learning Environment.

Intended Learning Outcomes

a. enumerate the national ICT policies affecting classroom practices;

b. describe the implementation of ICT policies in teaching-learning; and
c. identify ICT policies that are incorporated to the design and implementation of teachinglearning
activities

Discussion

DICT Roadmap

In our country, the Department of Information and Communication Technology (DICT) has
formulated a roadmap to guide all agencies in the utilization, regulation and enhancement of ICT. Each
project has a corresponding policy statements and guidelines.

The ICT for Education (ICT4E) is a program under the DICT that supports all the efforts of the
education sector in incorporating the use of ICT as well as in determining and gaining access to the
infrastructure (hardware, software, telecommunications facilities and others) which are necessary to use and
deploy learning technologies at all levels of education. Among the policy recommended programs that have
applications to education teaching-learning are:
1. ICT in education Masterplan for all levels, including a National Roadmap for faculty Development
in ICT in Education. A National Framework Plan for ICTs in Basic Education was developed.

2. Content and application development through the Open Content in Education Initiative
(OCEI) which converts DepEd materials into interactive multi-media content, develop applications
used in schools, and conduct students and teachers’ competitions to promote the development of

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3. PhedNET is a “walled” garden that hosts educational learning and teaching materials and
applications for use by the Filipino students, their parents and teachers. All public high schools will
be part of this network with only DepEd-approved multi-media applications, materials and mirrored
internet sites accessible from school’s PCs.

4. Established Community eLearning Centers called eskwela for out-of-school youth (OSY)
providing them with ICT-enhanced alternative education opportunities.

5. eQuality Program for Tertiary education through partnerships with state universities and colleges
(SUCs) to improve quality of IT education and the use of ICT in education in the country,
particularly outside of Metro Manila.

6. Digital Media Arts Program which builds digital media skills for government using Open
Source technologies. Particular beneficiary agencies include the Philippine Information Agency and
the other government media organizations, the Cultural Center of the Philippines, National
Commission for Culture and Arts and other government art agencies, State Universities and Colleges
and other local government units.

7. ICT skills strategic plan which develops an inter-agency approach to identifying strategic and
policy and program recommendations to address ICT skills demand-supply type.

All the seven programs were guided by the roadmap that embeds policy statements that relate to
education specifically in the enhancement of human development for teaching and learning.

Some Issues on ICT and Internet Policy and Regulations

● Global Issues
Access and Civil Liberties are two sets of issues in ICT Policy which are crucial to the modern
society. The other concern is civil liberties which refer to human rights and freedom. These include freedom
of expression, the right to privacy, the right to communicate and intellectual property rights. Access of
the Use of Internet and ICT. Access means the possibility for everyone to use the internet and other media. In
richer countries, basic access to internet is almost available to all with faster broadband connections. There
are still countries where access to internet is still a challenge.

Issue No 1: Freedom of Expression and Censorship

Under international human rights convention, all people are guaranteed the rights for free expression.
However, with the shift from communicating through letter, newspapers and public meetings to electronic
communications and on-line networking, a need to look into how these new means modifies the
understanding of freedom of expression and censorship.
The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights provides that everyone has the right to freedom of
thought, conscience, and religion, likewise the right to freedom of opinion and expression.
However, there are practices that violate these provisions in the use of internet.

Some examples are the following:

1. Individual rights are given up in order to have access to electronic networks. Microsoft Network’s
(MSN) contracts provide protection of individuals. However, Microsoft reserves the rights, in its sole
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2. Censorship restricts the transmission of information by blocking it or filtering the information.

Blocking is preventing access to whole areas of internet based upon the “blacklist” of certain Internet
address, location or email addresses while filtering is sifting the packets of data or messages as they
move across computer networks and eliminating those considered “undesirable” materials.
3. Defamation actions may be used to silence critics. This action deters the freedom of expression.

Issue No. 2: Privacy and Security

Privacy policies are an issue. Most commercial sites have a privacy policy. When someone uses a site
and clicks “I agree”, it is as if you have turned over private information to any authority that may access it.

There are several types of privacy as shown by the following examples:

1. For most, privacy means “personal privacy” the right of individuals not to have their home, private
life or personal life interfered with.
2. Privacy of communication refers to the protection from interference with communication over the
phone or internet. Respect of privacy of communications is an essential prerequisite for the
maintenance of human relationship via technological communications media.
3. Information privacy is related to the use of computers and communication systems which are able to
hold and process information about large numbers of people at a high speed. It is important to ensure
that information will only be used for purposes for which it was gathered and will not be disclosed to
others without consent of the individuals.

Issue No. 3: Surveillance and Data Retention

The use of electronic communications has enhanced the development of indirect surveillance, there
is no direct contact between the agent and the subject of surveillance but evidence of activities can be traced.
The new and powerful form of indirect surveillance is dataveillance. Dataveillance is the use of personal
information to monitor a person’s activities while data retention is the storage and use of information from
communication system.

There is very little that can be done to prevent surveillance. What can be done is to change the methods
of working to make surveillance difficult. This is called “counter surveillance” or “information security” if it
refers to computers and electronic communication.

Issue No. 4: E-pollutants from E-waste

Large amount of e-waste is generated by ICT. These are particular, terminal equipment's used for
computing (PCs, laptops), broadcasting (television and radio sets), telephony (fixed and mobile phones) and
peripherals (fax machines, printers, and scanners).
The accumulated e-waste is due to rapid turnover of equipment due to rapid improvement of software.
While material waste can be destroyed by crushing, toxic material brought about by the different equipment
requires utmost management.

The quantities of e-waste are increasing in both developed and developing countries. A very dismal
state is that there is a significant amount of electronic waste than has been shipped from industrial countries
to developing countries, using less environmentally responsible procedure.

Remedies include standardization and regulatory measures to increase the life cycle of equipment
before they become obsolete. Efficient extraction of toxic components and requiring the recycling by both
consumers and equipment vendors are selling must be required.

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There are great implications of this lesson to both the teachers who are teaching and the learners who are
learning. A few of these are as follows:

For the Teachers and Teaching

1. Guide the teachers on what they should teach that relate to ICT, and how to teach it. Since ICT
development comes so rapid and fast, teachers might be overwhelmed by its rapid speed. Temperance
in its use is a caution that should be looked at.

2. Technology should never replace any human teacher. The tools are support instructional materials for
the teachers which are available for use. The teacher should learn how to appropriately use them. The
human touch of the teacher is still a vital component in teaching. Teachers should always be
reminded that there are always limitations in the use of the different gadget and tools.

3. There are rules and regulations that govern the use of technology. Caution should be observed to
protect individual privacy. As teachers, you must be aware that the use of technology may jeopardize
your privacy and security.

4. All the issues and many more shall be part of the teaching content as each teacher will be encouraged
to use technology in teaching.

For the Learners and Learning

The learners of the 21st Century are even more advanced than some of the teachers. However, learners
still need guidance on how to use, regulate technology use. As there are positive and negative effects of
technology use, learners should know the difference. Learners should not only know the benefits of
technology use, but they should also know how they can be protected from the hazards that technology brings
to their lives.

Learners should take advantage of the potential of learning support they can derive such as the
development of higher order thinking skills, the development of learning communities through collaboration,
the enhancement of skills to manage the valid resources as 21st century learners and many more. Both
teachers and learners should be mindful of the e-waste that are being thrown away to the land and to the
atmosphere.

Safety Issues on the Use of ICT

Technology is a phenomenon that seems to be uncontrollable. Despite the so many benefits for
teaching and learning, there are also negative effects or influence on the learners. Hence as future teachers,
you have to be aware of how to safeguard learners in the school communities where they spend most of their
waking hours and also in their homes or facilities that provide opportunities to use digital technologies like
Internet Cafes. Safeguard and protection should be the primordial role of parents, teachers and schools. There
are so many risks that we have to be aware of in the use of digital technologies. These may include the
following:

1. Exposure to inappropriate content, including on-line pornography, extremism (exposure to violence

associated with racist language);
2. Lifestyle websites like self-harms and suicide sites, and hate sites;
3. Cyber-bullying in all forms, receiving sexually explicit images or messages;
4. Privacy issues including disclosure of personal information;
5. Health and well being (amount of time spent on-line, internet gaming and many more;
6. Prolonged exposure to on-line technologies, particularly at an early age;
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8. Theft and fraud from activities such as phishing;

9. Viruses, Trojans, spyware and other malware; and
10. Social pressures to maintain online networks via texting and social networking sites.

Minor Misuse of ICT

In school, some minor misuse made by learners include the following:
• Copying information into assignment and failing to acknowledge the source (plagiarism and
copyright infringement)
• Downloading materials not relevant to their studies
• Misconduct associated with subject logins, such as using someone else’s password
• Leaving a mobile phone turned on during class period
• Unauthorized taking of pictures or images with mobile phone camera, still or moving

E-Safety Rules
With all the above concerns and many more, how do we confront all of these to protect our future
generation?

e-safety takes care not only of the internet technologies but also of electronic communications via
mobile phones, games consoles and wireless technology. It highlights the need to educate children and young
people about the benefits, risks and responsibilities of using information technology. Here are some issues of
e-safety:

• e-safety helps safeguard children and young people in the digital world;
• e-safety emphasizes learning to understand and new technologies in a positive way;
• e-safety educates children about the risks as well as the benefits so we can feel confident online; and
• e-safety supports young learners and adults to develop safer online behaviors, both in and out of
school.

Network Management

1. Safety in the Use of Network in Schools

1.1 Make clear that no one should log on as another user.
1.2 Require all users to always log off when they have finished working.
1.3 Maintain equipment to ensure health and safety.
1.4 Provide students with access to content and resources through guided e-learning.
1.5 Set up a clear disaster recovery system in place for critical data that include secure, remote back
up of critical data.
1.6 Secure wireless network to appropriate standards suitable for educational use.
1.7 Install all computer equipment professionally and meet health and safety and security.

2. Password Policy
2.1 Only authorized users will have individual passwords. Users are not permitted to disclose their
passwords unless they got permission from the owner or from the management. The equipment
that keeps the personal information shall be locked when unattended to prevent unauthorized
access.

Computers should be set to a time out if they become unused for a certain period of time.

3. Personal mobile phones and mobile devices

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only allowed at breaktime or at the end of the classes or when needed during the class period.

4. Cameras
4.1 Taking pictures only from parents or caregivers and not from any other family member or friend
while the child attends class.
4.2 Any picture taken of children shall be on cameras solely for the purpose.

Setting Up An Educational Technology Room

Schools that plan to dedicate a room where the students can access technologies for learning should
include the following basic safety rules:

1. Provide tiltable tables. These tables can be tilted and adjusted to the height of the users.
2. Provide anti-glare screen filters.
3. Provide adjustable chairs.
4. Provide foot support.
5. Make sure lighting is suitable.
6. Make sure work stations are not cramped.
7. Plan work at a computer so that there are frequent breaks.

More specifically safety rules that can reduce risk of accidents in the working stations should include:

1. No trailing wires across or around the room which people can trip on.
2. Electrical sockets should not be overloaded.
3. Electrical equipment should be safety-tested at least once a year.
4. There should be adequate space around desk for people to move.
5. Bags and obstacles should be stored out of the way.
6. Food and drinks should not be placed near machines.
7. Heating and ventilation should be suitable for the working environment.
8. Fire extinguishers should be available.
9. Fire exits should be clearly marked and free from clutter.

REFERENCES

Books
Bernardo, A., & Gonzales, H. (2017). Educational technology 1. Rex Book Store, Inc.

Bilbao, et. al., (2019). Technology for teaching and learning 1. Lorimar Publishing.

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