Into the Digital Light

In the last few days. I’ve been hearing of several educational initiatives on how schools will conduct learning activities for the school year 2020 – 2021.    The   Corona19 pandemic puts a big challenge to schools on how to continue their operations and ensure that children would continue learning. Face to face in classroom learning is dangerous right now without the vaccine needed to control Covid19.   Alternative, Modular, Online or, Cloud learning are now being floated around as an alternative to Face to Face in classroom learning. School children will spend more of their time at home and have their learning modules delivered to them through the various educational platforms that are now available.           One of the most interesting news lately is that congress is studying at the possibility of creating a law that would make internet cafes as centers for distance learning for the poor that don’t have interne...

Since the beginning, the Internet Café Industry in the Philippines has faced numerous challenges in its operations.   From an unfavorable business image in the community, tightening government regulations, a cut-throat competition to unbelievable low rental rates it has managed to survive and prosper.   In its height in 2008, it was estimated that there was a total of 100,000 internet cafes operating all over the country.   Mostly these are mom and pop operations with an average of 10 computer units per shop catering to gaming requirements of teenagers in the community. In 2020 the internet café owners found themselves facing a formidable foe, Covid19, that could change the manner they operate their business and their survival. It’s a Numbers Game           We have to understand first the nature of is operations so that we could relate it to the challenges it faces during this pandemic. It has always been a numbers ...