LVHS Entry Make it to the 2nd DPSA Learning Challenge Finals

Lupon: Abundant Fishing Ground
Science and Environment Category
Lupon Vocational High School
Lupon, Davao Oriental

Out of 147 entries submitted by 43 partner schools nationwide, 30 Focus Study entries made it to the final judging of the 2nd Doon Po Sa Amin Learning Challenge.

During the pre-final judging, the entries were classified and ranked according to their respective Topic Categories. The shortlisted entries were evaluated based on Educational Content (40%), ICT Integration (30%), Student Collaboration (20%), and Impact to the Community (10%).

Judges for the finals were:

Ms. Feny delos Angeles-Bautista (Community of Learners Foundation; SSP Advisory Council)
Mr. Roger Chua (Web Philippines; SSP Advisory Council)
Mr. Darwin F. Flores (Smart Communications Inc.)
Ms. Sally F. Aldaba (Smart Communications Inc.)
Mr. Mon Duremdes (Smart Communications Inc.)
Mr. Christopher Lorenzo (Netlearn Ventures Inc.)
Mr. Lloyd Layug (Netlearn Ventures Inc.)

Team members of finalists will be given individual tokens while winners of the Best in Topic Category Award will vie for the Grand Champion Award and will be invited in the DPSA Awards event to exhibit their works. The DPSA Awards event will be held back-to-back with the 6th SWEEP Innovation & Excellence Awards on February 4-6, 2010 at A.Venue Hall, Makati City.

Automatic Screen Refresh Tip

When you are working on your local computer and want to refresh any changes in your system automatically. For example some times you are watching sports results, online Stock Exchange rates and any changes to your hard drive but these changes are not usually refreshed until you press the F5 key on your keyboard.

To refresh your screen automatically you should edit your system Registry. But the best technique to edit the windows registry keys, always export or backup the whole windows registry keys on backup drive before editing. Because any mistake in Registry can cause serious problem in your computer to run properly.

Follow the given steps to change the updates automatically.

• First click on Start button then type Regedit in Run option.

• In Registry Editor panel go to the path:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE / System / CurrentControlSet /

Control / UpdateMode

• Here in right hand side panel edit the DWORD value to be between 1 and 5.

• Now restart your computer after any changes to go into effect.

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Dancing Inmates from Cebu

"Dancing Inmates" from Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a maximum security prison in the Philippines, were treated to a visit by Michael Jacksons long-time choreographer Travis Payne and dancers Daniel Celebre and Dres Reid to learn performances from THIS IS IT.

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Hundreds Strip For No-pants Subway Ride

Hundreds of New Yorkers have been riding the city's subway trains in their underwear.

They stripped down to their undies on Sunday for the ninth annual No Pants Subway Ride.

The idea is to act like nothing unusual is going on.

Participants met up at six locations throughout the city. They formed groups and dispersed to subway stations to catch trains. Once inside the subway cars, they began calmly removing their pants and folding them up.

Most people read magazines or chatted with their companions like any other straphanger.

The event started in 2002 with just seven people. It has spread to other cities.

The stunt is organized by Improv Everywhere, a group that says its mission is to cause "scenes of chaos and joy in public places."

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Microblogging

Microblogging is a web service that allows the subscriber to broadcast short messages to other subscribers of the service. Microposts can be made public on a Web site and/or distributed to a private group of subscribers. Subscribers can read microblog posts online or request that updates be delivered in real time to their desktop as an instant message or sent to a mobile device as an SMS text message.

The appeal of microblogging is both its immediacy and portability. Posts are brief (typically 140 – 200 characters) and can be written or received with a variety of computing devices, including cell phones. Although most microblog broadcasts are posted as text, some microblogging services allow video or audio posts.

Microblogging is slowly moving into the mainstream. In the United States, for example, Presidential candidate Barack Obama microblogged from the campaign trail using Twitter, one of the most popular microblogging services. Traditional media organizations, including The New York Times and the BBC, have begun to send headlines and links in microblog posts. Other potential applications of microblogging include traffic and sports updates and emergency broadcast systems.

In microblogging, also referred to as themed IM (Instant Messaging), users write brief updates, usually limited to less than 200 characters, and publish them via a web browser based service, email or mobile devices. Popular microblogging services include:

• Twitter
• Plurk
• Tumblr
• Jaiku
• Pownce

The practical usefulness of many microblogging services depends on the individual user creating and interacting with a Personal Learning Network [PLN] of professional colleagues.

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