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Hello guys! I am so happy to have this thing called "blogging." Nyajaja! I have been an internet user and also a blog reader but I have never experienced posting mine in my entire life. Nyajiji! Well, this time, I will be able to find myself expressive to the world because this piece of high technological window will allow me to.

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Juan’s Towering Hope

As the Isabela State University bus climbed in the mountainous area of Ifugao at around three in the afternoon, a hard and roaring rain poured in, spraying on the vehicle windshield causing all the smog and smoke vanished from the sight of the university team.

Eventually, a bracing body of water gushed from different parts of the mountains washing off the muddy street of Banaue. After a while, the team entered in a narrow gate which surprisingly fit for the university bus. It noticed a number of teenagers in their wet school uniform, wearing sludgy slippers, carrying plastic bags containing actor-covered notebooks.

Suddenly, an almost retired man waved his hand and waited for the team to get off the bus. It was the Banaue National Highschool principal who welcomed the grouped.

The team started to roam around the woody campus. The school buildings are almost dilapidated because they lack paint maintenance. The principal explained that they seldom re-paint due to budget constraint, besides; the place is dusty causing the buildings to immediately look old.

The team encountered a student, Juan dela Cruz and learned a story. He would just religiously help his parents who are tenants working in the terraces. He desperately thought he would grow uneducated. When his parents told him to enroll, he even grabbed his mother’s waist and tearfully thanked her.

Now, Juan’s reason to be happy is added when the university team broke the news that the Banaue National High School is a qualified recipient of the 2007 iSchool Project funded by the Commission on Institute of Communication Technology (CICT). Juan’s high school will be provided computers for its enhancement on the latest technology trends for better education.

Regardless of a mountainous or far-flung area, Banaue which once called the "Eighth Wonder of the World" because of its picturesque and historical the Banaue Rice Terraces, Juan’s future will be as towering as the peak of the mountain.

With the CICT’s 2007 iSchool Project, how many Juan dela Cruz will be provided better eagerness to finish education that will serve as their weapon for the call of high technology.

Future eLab

An old building of the Banaue National High School (HNHS) in a far-flung area of Ifugao, where a computer laboratory will be situated as one of the benefits of the qualified recipients of the 2007 iSchool Project. This project is initiated by the Commission on Information and Communication Technology (CICT) in its aim to support better instruction and learning for all students and teachers in different public high schools in the country. BNHS is one of the nine qualified public high schools inspected by the Isabela State University team, a partner institution of CICT.

ISU qualifies 9 public high schools for iSchools

The Isabela State University announced the qualified recipients for the 2007 iSchools Project after inspecting the sites from May 29 – June 18, 2008.

Nine public high schools: four in Ifugao and five in La Union, which are both from the northern part of the country, will benefit the project.

• Haliap National High School (Ifugao)
• Ayangan National High School (Ifugao)
• Banaue National High School (Ifugao)
• Hungduan National High School (Ifugao)
• Damortis National High School (La Union)
• Bawanta National High School (La Union)
• Acao National High School (La Union)
• Bail National High School (La Union)
• San Manuel National High School (La Union)

This project is an initiative of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology - Human Capital Development Group in support of the Department of Education in integrating ICT in education in public high schools.

The 2007 iSchools Project aims to determine and improve the freely available Internet based applications and digital content to support instruction and learning for all students and teachers in different public high schools in the country.

The project kicked off with a briefing held in Tagatay from May 26-28, 2008 headed by Antonette Torres, CICT project manager, participated by different state universities and colleges (SUC’s) representatives.

Though the ISU president, Dr. Romeo R. Quilang is scheduled to sign the Memorandum of Agreement, the university confirmed intent support to the 2007 iSchools Project through Dr. Mary Jane Bitanga, ISU-ICT coordinator, who attended the event.
The ISU then is set to train and develop the said public high schools to implement the 2007 iSchools Project.

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