ComVal CeC supports birth of Gawad Kalinga Designer Village

Written by Joyzel
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
Compostela Valley USWAG Gawad Kalinga Designer Village is a joint project of the Provincial Government of Compostela Valley and Gawad Kalinga to provide shelter and livelihood for the Masara landslide victims. The initial undertaking of the project is the construction of fifty houses within seven days in Kinuban, Maco, Compostela Valley, an area which does not have stable cellphone signal. Comval Community eCenter provided communication services during the build through its radio communication facilities. Deliveries of construction materials and deployment of equipment are some of the facilitated activities by the CeC radio station. Some CeC personnel also volunteered to help build a house. A databank for all volunteers and recipients was also developed by the CeC to support the project documentation. The build was participated by different volunteer groups from all over the Davao Region. The materials for the build came from donations and pledges from businessmen, employees, officials, NGOs and private individuals.

Comval CeC tests information kiosk

Written by Joyzel
Wednesday, 28 January 2009
The Compostela Valley Community eCenter, housed under the Information Technology and Communication Development Division of the Office of the Provincial Governor, presented its information kiosk for testing to all provincial employees and officials starting January 26, 2009. The kiosk, which presents basic information about the province and its municipalities, also functions as an attendance station where employees log using their respective IDs. It is equipped with a touch screen monitor, barcode reader and speakers. It was specially fabricated to package ready information for visiting clients and employees as well as officials of the provincial capitol. The kiosk is linked to the servers of the CeC and the IT unit in the province. It will later be enhanced to provide employees and officials information about their attendance records, payroll, and service records. Employees and officials gave favorable feedback regarding the information kiosk. Various suggestions were made for its further customization. It is set to be launched by end of first quarter of 2009.

Written by Claire
Saturday, 24 January 2009
Recently, the Community eCenter of Tanauan, Leyte has acquired six new laptop computers in preparation for the establishment of eSkwela at the CeC. eSkwela is a project of the Commission on ICT in partnership with the Bureau of Alternative Learning Systems (BALS) under the Department of Education (DepEd) which endeavors to make public high school education completely accessible over the Internet to out of school youth and adults (OSYAs). Now equipped with ten computers, Tanauan CeC’s capacity to cater to the needs of OSYAs within the municipality is further enhanced and strengthened. In a related development, CeC has also partnered with the Microsoft Unlimited Potential–Community Technology Skills Program which promotes workforce development and IT skills training programs that enable young people and adults to realize their potential. Microsoft's Unlimited Potential Community Learning Curriculum provides the foundation for teaching basic to intermediate technology skills in a hands-on manner. Designed to be used in community technology centers (CTCs) or telecenters, the curriculum provides quality content focused on real-world skill development in the areas of beginning information, technology, and computer literacy, information and communications technologies and workforce development and preliminary technical certification preparation which would be a boost for the municipality of Tanauan.
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