ESC 18- TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES
MODULE 2 ICT POLICIES AND ISSUES: IMPLICATIONS TO
TEACHING AND LEARNING
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2 Prepared by: LORNA L. ACUAVERA, PhD
PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
ESC 18- TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES
MODULE ONE 1.1 Lesson 1- Policies and Issues on Internet and Implications to
Teaching and Learning
OUTLINE: 1.2 Lesson 2- Safety Issues on the Use of ICT including e-Safety
Rules
MODULE OUTCOMES
After reading the module, the students are expected to:
1. Discuss some ICT policies and explain their implications to teaching and learning
2. Explain some issues that relate to ICT policies
3. Identify safety concerns on internet including digital safety rules.
INTRODUCTION
Globalization is a reality and ICT has become a fundamental part of the process. A
networked society is one in which the entire planet is organized around telecommunicated
networks of computers. The powerful use of network has broken boundaries, provided
opportunities for inclusion and collaboration. However, there were also be a struggle for those
who do not have access or those who are excluded, marginalized and powerless. Thus, a need
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to establish policies in the use of ICT is imperative.
As the Department of Information, Communication and Technology (DICT) says: “The future
has arrived. Now we have to ensure that we have a place in it.”
LESSON 1- POLICIES AND ISSUES ON INTERNET AND IMPLICATIONS TO
TEACHING AND LEARNING
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Name examples of ICT Policies which are applicable to teaching and learning
2. Discuss some issues that relate to the ICT policy
EXCITE
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 bank, using the
library, watching news on television, going to the doctor, catching a flight, or seeing a movie,
you are using ICT. Almost everything that we do in the modern world is influenced by the new
technologies.
Would your life as a teacher be also influenced by the new technologies?
Should we leave our lives to be controlled by technology or should we control the utilization
of technology in our lives? How?
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EXPLORE
One way of enhancing and regulating the use of ICT is to formulate and implement
policies to guide appropriate decisions.
Definition of ICT Policy
The Oxford Dictionary has defined “policy” as a course of action, adopted and pursued
by a government, party, ruler, or statesman. It is any of course of action adopted as expedient
or advantageous. Its operational definition of policy is a plan of action to guide decisions and
achieve outcomes.
Thus, ICT policies are needed to put a roadmap or course of actions to be pursued and
adopted by various governments, organizations, entities involving ICT. These includes
principles and guidelines in the use of ICT which cover three main areas: telecommunications
(telephone), broadcasting (radio and television) and Internet.
The New ICT Technologies
More recent technological innovations increased the reach and speed of
communications which can be grouped into three categories:
1. Information Technology- includes the use of computer, which has become
indispensable in modern societies to process data and save time and effort. What we
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needed will be computer hardware and peripherals, software and for the user, computer
literacy.
2. Telecommunication technologies- include telephones (with fax) and the broadcasting
of radio and television often through satellites. Telephone system, radio and TV
broadcasting are needed in this category.
3. Networking technologies- The best known of networking technologies is Internet, but has
extended to mobile phone technology, Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) satellite
communications and other forms of communications are still in their infancy. In addition
to Internet, this category also includes mobile telephone, cable, DSL, satellite and other
broadband connectivity.
The 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 corresponding policy statements and guidelines.
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 education-related web content.
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3. PheDNET, is a “walled” garden that hosts educational learning and teaching
materials and applications for use by 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 local government
units.
7. ICT skills strategic plan which develops an inter-agency approach to identifying
strategic policy and program recommendations to address ICT skills demand-supply
type.
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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.
1. Access to 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.
2. Infringement to Civil Liberties or Human Rights
What are specific internet issues on internet policy that have relationship to civil liberties
or human rights?
Issue No. 1: Freedom of Expression and Censorship
Under international human rights conventions, all people are guaranteed the rights for
free expression. However, with the shift from communicating through letter, newspaper 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 tat everyone has the right of
freedom of thought, conscience and religion. Like wise the right to freedom of opinion and
expression.
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Practices that violate these provisions:
1. Individual rights are given up in order to have access to electronic networks. Microsoft
Network’s (MSN’s) contracts provide protection of individuals like “upload, or otherwise
make available files that contain images, photographs or other materials protected by
intellectual property laws, including but not limiting to copyright, unless or trademark law,
unless you own or control the rights thereto or have received all necessary consents to
do the same.” However, Microsoft reserves the rights in its sole discretion, to terminate
access to any or all MSN sites or services.
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 address while filtering is sifting
the packets of data or messages as they move across computer networks and
eliminating those considered “undesirable” materials. The selection of cites that are
blocked or filtered has been considered as an issue.
WARNING!!!
“When you are surfing the web, you may think you are anonymous, but there are various
ways that information about you or your activities can be collected without your consent.”
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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” button, it is as if you have turned over private
information to any authority that may access it.
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 for privacy of communications is an essential
prerequisite for the maintenance human relationship via technological communication
media.
3. Information privacy is related to the use of computers and communications system 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. In the 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 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
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communications systems.
Issue No. 4 E-pollutants from E-waste
Large amount of e-waste is generated by ICT. These are in particular, terminal
equipment 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 that 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 b both consumers and equipment vendors are selling must be required.
Implications to Teaching and Learning
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 past, teachers might be overwhelmed by its
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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 individua 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 and 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 vast resources as 21 st century
learners and many more.
Both the teachers and learners should be mindful of the e-waste that are being thrown
away to the land and to the atmosphere.
PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
ESC 18- TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES
REFERENCES
Bilbao, P., Dequilla, MAC., Rosano, D., and Boholano, H., Technology for Teaching and
Learning 1
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PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
ESC 18- TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES
Name: __________________________ Date: __________
Curr. Yr. & Sec.: ___________ Score: _______
APPLICATION
A. Group Activity
1. Assume yourself as an investigator who would like to inform your learners and co-
teachers about the current issues on technology use.
2. With your groupmates (group of 4), search the web and find out articles or case about:
a. Freedom of Expression and Censorship
b. Privacy and Security
c. Surveillance and Data Retention
d. e-pollutants from e-waste
3. Choose only one that you will work on. Use the template below to answer. Submit your
output to your teacher and post the same in our GC.
Title of the Issue: (Choose from A, B, C, D) Ex. Privacy and Security
Title of the Article: ____________________________________________________
Source: ____________________________________________________________
Author: _____________________________________________________________ Page | 8
Summary Narrative:
What lesson have you learned?
What suggestions can you offer?
Submitted by:
Names of the students (4 members)
B. Individual
Name: __________________________________ Year and Section: ______
Date: ________________
Reflections: Shared Technology Articles or Cases
1. Watch the 4 shared technology articles or cases in the GC.
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COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
ESC 18- TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES
Task: Use this template to react or reflect on the 4 shared articles.
Based from the shared articles or cases, I as a future teacher …….
1. learned that _________________________________________________________
2. realized that _________________________________________________________
3. plan to _____________________________________________________________
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PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
ESC 18- TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES
Lesson 2: Safety Issues on the Use of ICT including e-Safety Rules
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Identify and explain safety issues on the use of ICT
2. List down and apply e-safety rules in the use of ICT
EXCITE
Using technology is not a risk by itself, but how it used will be vulnerable to risks. When
improperly used, it will pose danger to the users in school and at home. What are the safety
issues that are needed to be addressed by safety policy and guidelines/ As future teachers, do
you need to know all of these?
EXPLORE
Some Risks in the Use of ICT and e-Networking
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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;
7. Addiction to gambling and gaming;
8. Theft and fraud from activities such as phishing;
9. Viruses, Trojans, spyware and other malware; and
10. Social pressure 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)
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• 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
With all the above concerns and many more, how do we confront all of these so as to
protect our future generation?
e-Safety takes care not only of 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 bout 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.
Networking Management
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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 p 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 standards.
1.8 Review the school ICT system regularly with regard to 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 tat 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
3.1 All mobile phones shall be kept away in a box away from the children or learners and
access is only allowed at breaktime or at the end of 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.
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COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
ESC 18- TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES
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.
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REFERENCES
Bilbao, P., Dequilla, MAC., Rosano, D., and Boholano, H., Technology for Teaching and
Learning 1
PRESIDENT RAMON MAGSAYSAY STATE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE OF TEACHER EDUCATION
ESC 18- TECHNOLOGY FOR TEACHING AND LEARNING FOR ELEMENTARY GRADES
Name: __________________________ Date: __________
Curr. Yr. & Sec.: ___________ Score: _______
EXPERIENCE
I. With your group (group of 4), formulate e-safety Guidelines and Rules in the use of the
Computer Room in the school. Wait for the instruction of the teacher before sharing in
our GC .
II. In not less than 3 paragraphs, critique/reflect on the posted activities on GC.
(individual)
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