Empowerment

Technologies
QUARTER 2
MODULE Digital Citizenship and the
2 Filipino People

TECHNICAL VOCATIONAL LIVELIHOOD

QUARTER 2

MODULE

Digital Citizenship and the

2 Filipino people

EXPECTATIONS
At the end of the learning period, the students shall have:
1. understood how the Filipinos utilized the ICTs to achieve social
change; 2. conceptualized a petition about their chosen issue; and
3. justified how the Filipinos practiced digital citizenship.

PRETEST
Directions: Highlight the word per item which does not belong in the group.

President
1. Radyo Veritas Edsa I Cardinal Sin
Erap
11
2. pork barrel Edsa II text brigades
prosecutors
Million People Facebook and
3. 400,000 Ondoy
March Change.org

Google People November,

4. Yolanda SOGIE Bill 2013
Finder
 RECAP
Directions: Analyze the image. Write the best answer.

What kind of multimedia:

__________________________
Category: ________________
List down the elements:
__________________________
__________________________
__________________________
Image source: Bartender the Right mix from Y8.com

LESSON

The Role of ICT in Recent History

1. Radio Veritas and EDSA I (People Power Revolution)

Cardinal Tagle pointed out that Radio Veritas’ essential function is to spread
the right information, especially the Word of God. On April 11, 1969, Radio
Veritas facility was inaugurated by Cardinal Antonio Samore, a Vatican
official, and Cardinal Rufino Santos, the former Archbishop of Manila
(Vatican News, 2019).

It was unpopular radio station back then; eventually, it gained more

audience after the station covered the assassination of former senator
Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino on August 21, 1983 that government-run media
reported hours later (CMFR Philippines, 2011). When late Jaime Cardinal
Sin spoke over the Radio Veritas calling the Filipino people for support, two
million Filipinos from different sectors participated in the four-day major
protest that took place along EDSA from February 22 to 25, 1986.

2. Text brigades and EDSA Dos

Before the Filipinos turned in the comfort of chatting and Messenger, the
Philippines was named the “Text Capital of the World” (Philippine Mission
Org.). In 1995, Short Message Service (SMS) was introduced as a
promotional gimmick until in 1998, Philippine mobile-service providers
launched it as a service targeting hearing-impaired users. From “I’ll call you”
to “I’ll text you”, most of the Filipinos used this service for communication
since it was free, but soon, telcos started charging 1 peso per SMS. It is
much cheaper than a voice call, and this led to the ownership of a mobile
phone by around five million Filipinos by 2001.

It was also 2001 when EDSA Dos or Second People Power Revolution
happened. It started after 11 senators voted against the opening of the
second envelope that contains the crucial evidence that would allegedly
prove acts of political corruption by former President Joseph E. Estrada.
After that vote, Senator Aquilino Pimentel resigned as Senate President, the
11 prosecutors in the impeachment trial resigned as well, and the Filipinos
started to respond to a text message stating “Military needs to see 1 million
at a rally tomorrow. Jan.19 to make a decision to go against Erap! Please
pass on.” The protesters started to gathered around the EDSA Shrine on
January 17, 2001 and ended when former president Erap released a letter
stating his resignation on January 20, 2001.

3. Million People March

From August 22 to 26, 2013, a series of small-scale rallies that happened in
other cities across the country and around the world, but the main protest
took place on Luneta Park. It is named “Million People March”, however
attendees were only around 400,000 people. These protests happened due to
the misuse of the Priority Development Assistance Fund (or PDAF). PDAF is
intended to allow lawmakers to finance small-scale development or
community programs, such as scholarship programs, beyond the framework
of the national infrastructure program. The Million People March organizers
and supporters have used Facebook, Twitter and Change.org as their
mediums.

Change.org is the world’s largest petition platform for change. It aims to

help people around the world create the change they want to see. In the
past, petitions were done by a group asking for signature via travel, however
affixing your digital signature on the petition you want to support become
easy and accessible with the help of this website. As of August 23,
Change.org showed a totla of 19 petitions with an estimated total of 26, 942
signature supporting various campaigns on the PDAF issues (CMFR-Phil.
2013).

4. Yolanda People Finder

Yolanda, with international code name Haiyan, was recorded as one of the
most powerful typhoons in the Philippine history. After the six landfalls
made by Yolanda on November 8, 2013, Leyte and Samar were lost in the
map due to power and communication lines were cut off. Months before
Yolanda, Google Philippines office was officially launched on January 2013.
Julian Persaud, managing director of Google in Southeast Asia, said that
Philippines is a key country due to its digital economy and tech savvy
population. Philippine was chosen for the debut of Free Zone, which was an
early adopter of the Chrome browser. Now, how did Google get linked to the
victims of Yolanda?

Aside from social media, Yolanda victims took the Google help to find their
lost loved ones through Google Person Finder. It is an open access software
platform that offers a message board to post and check for information
about each other's situation and alerts for people affected by a natural
disaster. Just by clicking “I’m looking for someone” button, and typing their
name, thousand of people affected by the Yolanda typhoon have been aided.

How to start an online petition?

1. Visit change.org. For the first time user, you can sign up with your
Facebook account, otherwise, input you log-in details.

Image source: https://www.change.org

2. Click the start petition button. Choose the kind of issue you’re
petitioning on. After that, you will follow the four steps.
3. Click the save and preview button.
You can support any petition you want. Read the petition details to see if
this petition matters to you. If it is, fill-in the box on the right side.
Complete the sentence “I’m signing because…” and click sign this petition
button.

2. Directions: Complete the table below:

 CAMPAIGNS FOR ICT PLATFORM
DATE OBJECTIVE / PURPOSE / ISSUE
SOCIAL CHANGE USED

EDSA
(People Power
Revolution)

EDSA Dos

Million People
March

Yolanda People
Finder

VALUING

1. Based on the events mentioned, did the Filipinos properly and

effectively exercise their digital citizenship? Why?
_________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________
2. Can you say that Filipino youth are practicing their digital
citizenship properly and effectively for the betterment of the society?
How?
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________
 POST TEST

Directions: Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. It is an online petition platform that allows the online community to
create or sign petitions.

a. Weebly b. Pinterest c. Change.org d. Better.net

2. The Million People March never reached a million. What was the
estimated number of protesters for this protest?

a. 400,000 b. 500,000 c. 600,000 d. 700,000

3. The People Power Revolution protest mainly happened along EDSA from
February 22 to 25 of what year?

a. 1983 b. 1985 c. 1986 d. 1988

4. In what year did EDSA II take place?

a. 2001 b. 2002 c. 2003 d. 2004

5. The Yolanda People Finder that was used to locate individuals during and
after storm was by ______________.

a. GMA 7 b. ABS-CBN c. Change.org d. Google

Quarter
QUARTER4 2

ICT as Medium for

Week
4
Advocacy and
EXPECTATIONS
At the end of the learning period, students should be able to:
A. Understand the power of social media;
B. Differentiate advocacy from developmental communication;
and
C. Share anecdotes of how he/she used ICTs to be a part of
social movement, change or cause to illustrate aspects of
digital citizenship.

LESSON

In democratic country like Philippines, collection of voices from a

uniting society is mainly visible in some of the country’s events like
EDSA I and II. Its goal to create changes and progression became
more successful with the aid of ICT tools and platforms. These ICT
tools and platforms changed the way Filipino people communicate.
ICT can be a medium for developmental communication and
advocacy.

It is a communication approach which brings knowledge to

societies that they can use to change their lives (Silandote
Jr., G. 2016). According to Audiopedia, it seeks to influence
stakeholders and policy makers, to build favorable environments, to
identify challenges and opportunities and to facilitate the sharing of
knowledge to produce positive social change via sustainable
development.

One example of this is Information and Communication Technologies

for Development (ICT4D). Through ICT, it aimed to bridge the space
between technological “have” and “have not” geographic locations or
demographic groups. It supports socio-economic development,
international development, and human rights (GAVI CSO Constituency,
2014). One of the examples of what you can do with ICT4D is send and
receive mobile money. It promotes easier and safer alternative to cash
payments, and benefits people who cannot maintain a conventional bank
account.

The success of developmental communication and advocacy

depends on the ICT platforms and tools you choose. One of the best
options you have is social media. Through this, you can reach large
audiences, have a direct connection with your audience, create
organic and viral content, evaluate your performance, and join
social media networks for free. However, it is also important to
know the following downsides: you can receive negative feedback,
has a potential for embarrassment, must spend a lot of time on
your campaigns, and must wait to see the progress (WebFX.com,
n.d.).

According to Silandote Jr. G. (2016), there are three faces of social

media:

1. The Good – used to contact people regardless of their distant and

time zone.
2. The Bad – enabled people to hide behind screen and avatars and
it took over their lives than being them in control.
3. The Ugly – might became a common cause of broken
relationships, self-centeredness, and cybercrimes.
 EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGY
ACTIVITY SHEET IN WEEK 3-4

NAME: ________________________________ DATE:_________

STRAND:_______________________________ SCORE:________
ACTIVITY I.

Directions: Write the important details about your chosen Filipino advocate
that you admire.