Internet Cafe Association Internet Cafe Association of Imus, Incof Imus, Inc

Breaching the Digital Breaching the Digital Divide for a Better Divide for a Better

Tomorrow.Tomorrow.

Internet Cafes and the LGUsInternet Cafes and the LGUs

REGULATION

Each year new regulations are being placed by the LGUs that makes it harder for the icafes to

operate.

Most Common ComplaintsMost Common Complaints

Students in internet cafes during school hours

Access to Pornography

Internet Cafes converging place of Street Gangs

or is the problem something else?

Policy Makers should recognized the fact that the problem with today’s world is the

Digital Dividebetween

Digital Natives

and

Digital Migrants

Digital Natives – those who are born in the digital age who are accustomed to use technology in their

daily activities

our school system still uses systems dating back since it started which is not suited to the way of

the digital natives.

1. The children of today are digital natives which are different from the children of past generations.

2. School officials are complaining that there is a reduction in the level of reading among school children of today.

• They have to realize that these children was raised with television as their yaya.

• in the average Filipino home today no other reading materials that could be found other than the school textbooks of the children.

• children are not given the opportunity to read since parents are too busy with their work.

ICAII’s Initiative in LearningICAII’s Initiative in Learning

• Providing workshops and seminars to Providing workshops and seminars to school administrators and teachers school administrators and teachers to make technology work in their to make technology work in their respective schools.respective schools.

Two Primary AreasTwo Primary Areas

• Content – Providing Schools Content – Providing Schools administrators and teachers with administrators and teachers with materials that is available in the internet materials that is available in the internet that they could use in their daily that they could use in their daily activitiesactivities

• Access – Providing schools with the Access – Providing schools with the system in which they would be able to system in which they would be able to maximize the use of technology in their maximize the use of technology in their daily activities.daily activities.

It Starts HereIt Starts Here

• Acceptance of the Fact – That we are Acceptance of the Fact – That we are in the Digital Age and the Internet is in the Digital Age and the Internet is one of the most powerful tool that one of the most powerful tool that was invented by man.was invented by man.

• In the digital world it is the digital In the digital world it is the digital migrant that should adopt to the migrant that should adopt to the ways of the digital natives for it is ways of the digital natives for it is their world of the future.their world of the future.

Internet Most Powerful ToolInternet Most Powerful Tool

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the top 5 video in youtube

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ICAII Sponsored Educational ICAII Sponsored Educational Seminar Seminar

Tagaytay CityTagaytay City

Seminar and Workshops for Seminar and Workshops for 20082008

• Web 2.0 applications for school Web 2.0 applications for school administrators and teachers.administrators and teachers.

• Workshop on the use of Google tools Workshop on the use of Google tools for school administrators and teachers.for school administrators and teachers.

• Workshop of the use of computer Workshop of the use of computer games in teaching motivation and games in teaching motivation and keeping the students on-line with keeping the students on-line with educationeducation

AccessAccess

• Self Sustaining e-learning center Self Sustaining e-learning center inside schools – modeled after the inside schools – modeled after the University of Perpetual Help System University of Perpetual Help System Dalta.Dalta.

• Imus Digital Training CenterImus Digital Training Center

• ICAII Free OS Project – ubuntu – ICAII Free OS Project – ubuntu – making a statement against software making a statement against software piracypiracy

Primary Aim of this ProjectPrimary Aim of this Project

• For schools to harness the advances For schools to harness the advances in ICTin ICT

• So that students will go to the So that students will go to the internet cafe primarily to access the internet cafe primarily to access the internet to do their school work internet to do their school work instead of just gaminginstead of just gaming

ICAII’s Initiative on e ICAII’s Initiative on e governancegovernance

• establishment of the Municipal Information establishment of the Municipal Information Communication Technology CommitteeCommunication Technology Committee

• establishment of barangay e centerestablishment of barangay e center• that would provide the people in the barangay that would provide the people in the barangay

access to the internet and government services – access to the internet and government services – getting the municipal government closer to the getting the municipal government closer to the peoplepeople

• self sustaining for proceeds from the fees on self sustaining for proceeds from the fees on government services will be usedgovernment services will be used

• barangays will just be processing centers barangays will just be processing centers payments could be done via gcash or smart money payments could be done via gcash or smart money ensuring funds will go to the municipal treasury.ensuring funds will go to the municipal treasury.

ICAII INITIATIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT ICAII INITIATIVE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNET CAFE IN THE OF THE INTERNET CAFE IN THE

MUNICIPALITY OF IMUS.MUNICIPALITY OF IMUS.

• Excess in terms of the hardware – too Excess in terms of the hardware – too much internet cafes in a particular area.much internet cafes in a particular area.

• development of Digital Community development of Digital Community Cooperatives – pooling of resources of the Cooperatives – pooling of resources of the various internet cafes in a particular area.various internet cafes in a particular area.

• transform them to outsourcing digital transform them to outsourcing digital centers – call center, animation, medical centers – call center, animation, medical and legal transcription servicesand legal transcription services

Seminars and Workshops for Seminars and Workshops for 20082008

• Software Licensing 101Software Licensing 101

• Ordinances and LGU policies related Ordinances and LGU policies related to the operations of the internet cafesto the operations of the internet cafes

• WEB 2.0 Apps for additional income WEB 2.0 Apps for additional income for internet cafe operatorsfor internet cafe operators

• effective management of internet effective management of internet cafes.cafes.

ICAII’S INITIATIVE FOR THE ICAII’S INITIATIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNET CAFE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTERNET CAFE INDUSTRY FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRYINDUSTRY FOR THE WHOLE COUNTRY

• Working with the Internet Cafe Working with the Internet Cafe Association of Markina to organize Association of Markina to organize the different icafe organization the different icafe organization around the country to one around the country to one organization – Alliance of Internet organization – Alliance of Internet Access Providers of the Philippines.Access Providers of the Philippines.

ICAII’s Initiative for the Out of ICAII’s Initiative for the Out of School Youths and Adult School Youths and Adult

LearnersLearners• initiatives are being done for the initiatives are being done for the

project of the CICT to be project of the CICT to be implemented using the internet cafes implemented using the internet cafes as the platform for the out of school as the platform for the out of school youths and adult learners to access youths and adult learners to access the program the program

ICAII Initiatives on ICAII Initiatives on PornographyPornography• this problem could not be solved by the this problem could not be solved by the

internet cafe aloneinternet cafe alone

• what is needed is a national law that what is needed is a national law that instructs the isp like PLDT and Globe to ban instructs the isp like PLDT and Globe to ban pornographic websites like in Saudi Arabiapornographic websites like in Saudi Arabia

• This is done through the help of the This is done through the help of the Alliance of Internet Access Providers of the Alliance of Internet Access Providers of the Philippines and other internet cafe Philippines and other internet cafe associations around the countryassociations around the country

EducationCommunity

Governance

Successful ICT ProjectsLeads to

Empowerment

Self SustainingElearning Centers

Preparing the children for a technologically advanced future.

Making advancements in technology applicable in schools

Access to technology that would uplift the life of the people in the community

Participation down to the lowest levels of government and

transparency

How to Measure a successful ICT Project

Providing ICT access and training for all