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ICT As Platform For Change

ICT played a key role in several important events in recent Philippine history. Radio broadcasts encouraged protests against President Marcos during the 1986 People Power Revolution. Text messaging fueled growing protests against President Estrada in 2001. Social media campaigns organized the 2013 Million People March against misused government funds. Google's People Finder helped locate people after the devastating 2013 Typhoon Haiyan.

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ICT As Platform For Change

ICT played a key role in several important events in recent Philippine history. Radio broadcasts encouraged protests against President Marcos during the 1986 People Power Revolution. Text messaging fueled growing protests against President Estrada in 2001. Social media campaigns organized the 2013 Million People March against misused government funds. Google's People Finder helped locate people after the devastating 2013 Typhoon Haiyan.

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ICT as Platform for Change

Advocacy – is a way of expressing views, opinions, concerns information


access and on establishing to all one’s rights and responsibilities through any
possible means or ways.

Social Media – (according to TechTarget network, as posted by Margaret


Rouse) is a collective term for website applications which focus on
community-based input, communication, interaction, content-sharing and
collaboration.
ICT in the recent history of Philippines?
(From-JUST NERD THOUGHTS)
1.EDSA (People Power Revolution)
The People Power Revolution lasted from 1983 to 1986. During a
radio broadcast of Radyo Veritas, Cardinal Sin encouraged the
Filipinos to help end the regime of then President Ferdinand
Marcos. A major protest took place along EDSA from February 22
to 25, 1986 involving two million Filipinos from different regions
and sectors. These include civilians, political parties, the military
and religious groups. The radio broadcast helped to change the
course of history. Without it, Filipinos would not have been moved
into action.
2. EDSA II.

This was also known as the 2001 EDSA Revolution which


happened during January 17 to 21, 2001. It was fueled after 11
prosecutors of then President Joseph Estrada walked out in the
impeachment trial. As a result, the crowd in EDSA grew over the
course of few days through text brigades stating“Military needs
to see 1 million at rally tomorrow, Jan 19 to make a decision to
go against Erap! Please pass on.” Like the first People Power
Revolution, Edsa Dos would not have been successful without
the text brigades.
3. Million People March
This was a series of protest that mainly took place in Luneta Park
from August 22 to 26, 2013. There were also several
demonstrations that happened in key cities in the Philippines and
some locations overseas. It condemned the misuse of the Priority
Development Assistance Fund (PDAF). Though dubbed as the
Million People March, the number of total attendees was only
around 400,000. Despite that, it was still considered a success as it
clearly demonstrated how powerful social media campaigns are.
The organizers and promoters of the Million People March used
Facebook and Change.org as their media.
4. Yolanda People Finder

Recent storms in the Philippine history gave birth to the people


finder database powered by Google. During typhoon Yolanda,
the people finder was a vital tool for people across the globe to
track the situation of their relatives. This proved to be
successful and is now adapted by more organizations to help
people track relatives during calamities.
Platform for placing petitions or change
advocacy Change.org

Change.org
is dubbed as the “world’s platform for
change” where anyone from the online
community can create a petition and ask
others to sign it. During the past times,
petitions were only done through signing a
paper, usually done by a group asking for
signatures via travelling door-to-door.
Change.org gives access to more people by
allowing the online community to affix their
digital signatures on a petition.
Its mission is to help people from around the world create the change they
want to see. For years, Change.org hosted several petitions that help solve
the following problems: economic problems, criminal injustices, abuse of
human rights, lack of education, environmental concerns, animal abuse,
human health concerns, and world hunger.
Procedure on how to make a simple petition using Change.org Platform
1. Log in first using your account and the search and click the word “petition”
2. Select a topic of what kind of issue are you petitioning on?
3. Write your petition title on the box.
4. Choose the recipient(s) of your petition. It can be people or organizations
which has the power to solve your problem.
5. Estate your problem that you would like to solve
6. Upload a photo or video that captures the emotions of your story;
7. Then lastly click the word publish.
Event Analysis Directions:
Using the graphic organizer below. Write in chronological order the Events
that happened in the ICT in recent history of Philippines. Include the roles of
ICT during those times which show significant changes.
1. There are different platforms online that can be used
depending on the theme that we want to work out. Which of
the following is an online petition platform that allows the
online community to create or sign petitions?
a. Weebly c. Change.org
b. Pinterest d. Better.net

2. People Finder is a vital tool used during the typhoon Yolanda.


Which of following search engine does People Finder belong?
a. Bing c. Google
b. Yahoo d. MSN
3. Radio station was used by Cardinal Sin to call on the Filipino
people to support the rally against President Marcos. Which of
the following radio stations did he use?
a. DZMM c. DZRH
b. Radyo Veritas d. ABAM
4. Which of the following social platforms were used by the
organizers and promoters of the protest called “Million People
March”?
a. Facebook and Twitter
b. YouTube and Facebook
c. Facebook and Change.org
d. Facebook and Friendster
5. What is the role of ICT in EDSA II?
a. ICT specifically, the mega phone was the symbol of the EDSA II.
b. ICT specifically, internet was the symbol of the EDSA II
c. ICT specifically, email was the symbol of EDSA II
d. ICT specifically, social media was the symbol of EDSA II
6. This platform gives access to more people by allowing the online
community to affix their digital signatures on a petition. What social
platform is being described in the given statement?
a. Twitter c. Google
b. Change.org d. Yahoo
7. The crowd in EDSA grew over the course of a few days through what
specific mode of communication?
a. Radio Broadcast c. Text Brigades
b. Social Media d. TV Broadcast
8. A major protest took place sectors. These include civilians, political
parties, the military and religious groups. The radio broadcast helped
change the course of history. Without it, Filipinos would not have been
moved to action. Which of the following event is being described in the
given statement?
a. EDSA II c. Million People March
b. EDSA d. Yolanda People Finder

9. Protest in Luneta Park from August 22-26, 2013. There were several
demos that happened around key cities in the Philippines and some
locations overseas. It was to condemn the misuse of the priority
development assistance fund (PDAF). Which event is being described in the
given statement?
a. EDSA II c. Yolanda People Finder
b. EDSA d. Million People March
10. This proved to be successful and is now adapted by more
organizations to help people track relatives during calamities. Which
event is being described in the given statement?
a. EDSA II c. Yolanda People Finder
b. EDSA d. Million People March

11.What does ICT stand for ?


a. Information of Communication and Technology
b. Information Community Technology
c. Information Communication Technology
d. Inform Community Technology
12. Million People March was a series of protest that mainly took place
in Luneta. It condemned the misuse of the Priority Development
Assistance Fund (PDAF). What year did Million People March take
place?
a. 2010 b. 2003 c. 2013 d. 2015

13. The People Power Revolution, also known as the EDSA Revolution,
was a series of popular demonstrations in the Philippines, mostly in
Metro Manila. What is EDSA stands for?
a. Epifanio de los Santos Avenue
b. Epifanio de las Santos Avenue
c. Epifanio de los Santo Avenue
d. Epifan de los Santos Avenue
14.This social networking site makes it easy for you to like and share the post
with family and friends online. Which social platforms is being described in
the given?
a. Twitter c. Friendster
b. Facebook d. Instagram

15. The PDAF scam or the pork barrel scam, is a political scandal involving
the alleged misuse by several members of the Congress of the Philippines
What does PDAF stands for?
c. Priority Developmental Assistance Fund
d. Priority Development Assist Fund
e. Priority Develop Assistance Fund
f. Priority Development Assistance Fund

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