What Does it Takes to be an ICT Student

Taking an online course is very different from taking a 

traditional face-to-face course and not all students are 

prepared to be successful in the online environment. For 

most, if not all of you, this is your first experience taking 

an online course.  Sometimes students have the 

misconception that online courses are easier than 

traditional face-to-face courses.  This is not the case!  

Online learning should be viewed as a convenient way to 

receive your education, not an easier way.  For some of 

you, depending on your own individual learning styles and 

preferences, learning in this type of environment may be 

more challenging than a traditional classroom. 

The goal of this handout is to explain some of the 

differences between being an online learner and a student 

in a traditional course as well as offering you some tips 

and advice on how you may have to change some of your 

study habits in order to be successful in the online 

learning environment.  This will hopefully help prepare you 

so you know what to expect and also help you avoid some 

of the same pitfalls that past students encountered in their 

transition to becoming an online learner. 

My Dream My Future

spent three weeks to write something about my dreams and my future, and now I'd like to share it with all my frends.

The moment when others suddenly asked me about my future was the moment I realized that I should begin to think about it carefully. I tried to write down all the future plans that I have had before in order to find something worth. Looking at my list, I suddenly noticed that as the time went by, all my great future plans became dreams, but the small ones became true.

At the age of 4, I had my first great future plan——being a painter. The first time when I drew a pear I drew some dots on it as well whereas other children only drew the shape. It made my parents believe I may be good at drawing. Although they let me want to be a painter, I have noting to do with a painter right now. The plan was so far away from a 4-year-old girl that I hardly reached. However, at the same time my other small plans were realized. I planed to draw a picture and receive praise. I planed to do homework as fast as possible so that parents allowed me to play with my friends.

Change: It Starts With Me

I need to change my outlook on myself, I need to change my appearance... my haircolor would be great... I need to be more true to myself and then get back to finding myself.   I've done it again, I gave so much of myself to a relationship that I've forgotten who the hell I am.  Once that's changed, at the end of my lease I am moving away from someone I am living with... if not both of them... and That's if I haven't done it before then..   I'm tired of giving my life away and getting little in return... I've done it too often...  When these changes happen it will be big, and I don't know where I'll end up.. I just know that I'll be better when these changes happen. 

Kanawidan the ilocos festival

Every year we are celebrating " kannawidan" in our province were in this event we are re-practicing our culture and tradition for being a "ilokano" citizen.

this is indeed a very memorable one because every night we are wittiness and entertain celebrities sponsored by the provincial government.

in this festival also the provincial government also gives opportunity especially to us ilocano to see our otop entire ilocos sur in the trade fair beside the capitol.

I am very happy and proud that i belong to a single flesh of blood for being a ilocano.

I am very proud that we have a fruitful culture were i am practicing right now.

climate change

bal climate change is caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the lower atmosphere. The global concentration of these gases is increasing, mainly due to human activities, such as the combustion of fossil fuels (which release carbon dioxide) and deforestation (because forests remove carbon from the atmosphere). The atmospheric concentration of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, has increased by 30 percent since preindustrial times.

Projections of future climate change are derived from global climate model or general circulation model (GCM) experiments. Climatologists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) review the results of these experiments for global and regional assessments. It is estimated that global mean surface temperature will rise by 1.5° to 3.5° C by 2100. This rate of warming is significant. Large changes in precipitation, both increases and decreases, are forecast, largely in the tropics. Climate change is very likely to affect the frequency and intensity of weather events, such as storms and floods, around the world. Climate change will also cause sea level rise due to the thermal expansion of the oceans and the melting of the mountain glaciers. Global mean sea level is anticipated to rise by 15 to 95 centimeters by 2100. Sea level rise will increase vulnerability to coastal flooding and storm surges. The faster the climate change, the greater will be the risk of damage to the environment. Climatic zones (and thus ecosystems and agricultural zones) could shift toward the poles by 150 to 550 kilometers by 2100. Many ecosystems may decline or fragment, and individual species may become extinct. The IPCC Second Assessment report concludes that climate change has probably already begun.

Read more: http://www.answers.com/topic/climate-change#ixzz1lB2F7c3s

equal rights, equal opportunity

Equal opportunity is a stipulation that all people should be treated similarly, unhampered by artificial barriers or prejudices or preferences, except when particular “distinctions can be explicitly justified.” The aim according to this often "complex and contested concept" is that important jobs should go to those “the most qualified”––persons most likely to perform ably in a given task––and not to go to persons for arbitrary or irrelevant reasons, such as circumstances of birth, upbringing, friendship ties to whoever is in power, religion, sex,ethnicity,race, caste,or “involuntary personal attributes” such as disability, age, or sexual preferences.Chances for advancement are open to everybody interestedsuch that they have “an equal chance to compete within the framework of goals and the structure of rules established.” The idea is to remove arbitrariness from the selection process and base it on some “pre-agreed basis of fairness, with the assessment process being related to the type of position,” and emphasizing procedural and legal means. It is opposed to nepotism^[ and plays a role in whether a social structure is seen as legitimate. People with differing political viewpoints see it differently.The concept is debated in fields such as political philosophy, sociology and psychology. It is being applied to increasingly wider areas beyond employment including lending, housing, college admissions, voting rights, and elsewhere.

In the classical sense, the equality of opportunity is closely aligned with the concept ofequality before the law and ideas of meritocracy.

Keeping in Mind our Mother Tongue

Today we are all witnessing an aspect of globalization which is the increasing movement of people from one country to another for different purposes, such as education, desire for a better life, the need for employment, escape from conflicts between groups including oppression of one group by another, or natural disasters. Whatever the reason, while such phenomenon may have a lot of benefits, living in another country affects one’s mother tongue. In my article I want to discuss why parents and educators should support children learning and retaining their native language. As a parent living far from my native country I have often experienced the fear that my children would not learn their mother language well. As an English as a Second Language (ESL) teacher I have strongly encouraged my ESL students to develop literacy in their mother tongue and to take pride in their culture and the country they originated in. Every language spoken in the world represents a special culture, melody, color, and asset and to everyone the mother language is certainly one of the most precious treasures in our lives. It’s a duty and responsibility to preserve it and pass it down from generation to generation. Whether we are urged by necessity or because of other reasons, learning another language brings a lot of advantages in our life. A new language opens a new window in our world view and makes us more aware, open-minded, and respectful to other cultures, lifestyles, customs and beliefs. Moreover, knowing another language has been proven to contribute to helping us understand our mother tongue better. However, much research indicates that most children eventually learn a second, or even more, languages to a native-like fluency level, what immigrant families are not often aware of is that many of their children are at risk of losing their mother tongue.