Reach out! Millions out there thirst for Functional Knowledge.
Set aside one to ten minutes of your time a day to touch a less fortunate one - not with pity, but with a spark of knowledge and hope. Functional knowledge is like binhi or seed that germinates and grows organically, in the system, in the person. This is the missing heart of the computer, the missing inner person in a Television or Screen. This is the missing mission of technology,
Set aside one to ten minutes of your time a day to touch a less fortunate one - not with pity, but with a spark of knowledge and hope. Functional knowledge is like binhi or seed that germinates and grows organically, in the system, in the person. This is the missing heart of the computer, the missing inner person in a Television or Screen. This is the missing mission of technology,
Dr Abe V Rotor
Living with Nature School on Blog
Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid with Ms Melly C Tenorio
738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday
Living with Nature - School on Blog
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- Trees, Trees, Trees (Photo poetry) 4364
- Intercession (Prayer verse) 3220
- Life and works of Rizal 2878
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(32 AM stations and 7 FM stations nationwide, and international broadcast under PBS)
There is good reason to be happy about - all of us followers and viewers of this blog, and all those whose lives we have touched in one way or the other - and to Google for its support to this outreach program.
There has been a significant increase in overall participation based on our daily pageviews, and very encouraging feedback. The top ten countries availing of our more than two thousand (2000) lessons/posts are the following, in decreasing order.
This list however varies daily or weekly with many other countries. From this macro view, it is but important to translate the lessons into functional literacy to millions of people who have very little access to the institutions of learning, those who have not used a telephone, more so a computer. It is estimated that half of the world's population of more than seven billion, have little in life - not so much because they have little food, little money little home, but because they have very little opportunity to learn - learn to earn, learn to live life and therefore miss the many opportunities it can bring.
How we wish we can reach more less developed countries, the remote communities, in particular. Maybe It's time to move out of the campus and go to the community, laboratory to the field. Maybe from Google we do the barefoot work. From this blog we become teachers in our own right and regard reach out as an obligation of humanity. Reach out for the dying child in a desert closely followed by a vulture. Reach out for the flood victims of Thailand and South China, or the drought stricken communities in the Sahel. Reach out for the out-of-school youth, the marginal communities around cities, the orphans of war, the infirmed, the very old.
Even with our own meager resources we can do our share. Have one minute to ten minutes of your time a day to touch a less fortunate one - not with pity, but with a spark of knowledge and hope. Functional knowledge is like binhi or a seed that germinates and grows organically, in the system, in the person. This is the missing heart of the computer, the missing inner person in a Television or Screen. This is the missing mission of technology, the missing conscience of science. The missing link of humanity Let's not call it legacy. Or heritage. It's just a little deed which we do casually, unconditionally, a little goodness here, a little goodness there, that make us feel happy, that unburdens us, that brightens our outlook in life, that make us sleep well and dream sweet dreams.
Here are some things we can all do.
NOTE: Reach Out is purely a voluntary project. If you wish to help, please write, or contact though the Comment box of this blog. Or contact:
Dr Abercio V Rotor
Blk 61, Lot 55 Lagro Subdivision
Lam-ang and Kudyapi Streets, Quezon City
Metro Manila, Philippines
avrotor@gmail.com
Profile of pageviews from June 28 to July 5, 2014. Published comments 531; post or lessons 2974; pageview today yesterday and today July 5, 2014. Latest data incomplete, taken at 6 am, cutoff is 8 a.m.
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2014 (393) (June 71, May 78, April 61, March 78, February 54, January 51)
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· 2009 (314)
2008 (8)
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· Linked with Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People’s
· School-on-Air) Evening Class, 8 to 9 o’clock, Monday to Friday 738 DZRB AM Band, and Philippine Broadcasting Network www.pbs.gov.ph
PBS Stations in the Philippines
PBS AM Stations
| Branding | Call-Sign | Frequency | Power (kW) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Radyo ng Bayan | DZRB | 738 kHz | 50 kW | Metro Manila/Luzon-Wide Region (with nationwide propagation popularization broadcast) |
| Sports Radio | DZSR | 918 kHz | 50 kW | Metro Manila |
| Radyo Magasin | DZRM | 1278 kHz | 10 kW | Metro Manila |
| Radyo ng Bayan Baguio | DZEQ | 999 kHz | 5 kW | Baguio |
| Radyo ng Bayan Tabuk | DZRK | 1323 kHz | 1 kW | Tabuk, Kalinga |
| Radyo ng Bayan Bontoc | DWFR | 972 kHz | 5 kW | Bontoc, Mountain Province |
| Radyo ng Bayan Laoag | DWFB | 954 kHz | 10 kW | Laoag/Ilocos Region |
| Radyo ng Bayan Agoo | DZAG | 1224 kHz | 1 kW | Agoo, La Union |
| Radyo ng Bayan Dagupan | DZMQ | 576 kHz | 10 kW | Dagupan |
| Radyo ng Bayan Tayug | DWRS-AM | 756 kHz | 1 kW | Tayug, Pangasinan |
| Radyo ng Bayan Batanes | DWBT | 1134 kHz | 1 kW | Basco, Batanes |
| Radyo ng Bayan Tuguegarao | DWPE | 729 kHz | 10 kW | Tuguegarao |
| Radyo ng Bayan Lucena | DWLC | 1017 kHz | 10 kW | Lucena/Southern Luzon Region |
| Radyo ng Bayan Palawan | DWRM | 567 kHz | 10 kW | Puerto Princesa |
| Radyo ng Bayan Naga | DWRB-AM | 549 kHz | 10 kW | Naga |
| Radyo ng Bayan Legaspi | DWJS | 621 kHz | 25 kW | Legaspi |
| Radyo ng Bayan Iloilo | DYLL | 585 kHz | 1 kW | Iloilo/Panay Region |
| Radyo ng Bayan Cebu | DYMR | 576 kHz | 10 kW | Cebu/Central Visayas Region |
| Radyo ng Bayan Tacloban | DYMP | 1566 kHz | 1 kW | Tacloban |
| Radyo ng Bayan Sogod | DYSL | 1359 kHz | 1 kW | Sogod, Southern Leyte |
| Radyo ng Bayan Calbayog | DYOG | 882 kHz | 10 kW | Calbayog |
| Radyo ng Bayan Borongan | DYES | 657 kHz | 5 kW | Borongan, Eastern Samar |
| Radyo ng Bayan Zamboanga | DXMR | 1170 kHz | 10 kW | Zamboanga |
| Radyo ng Bayan Cagayan de Oro | DXIM | 936 kHz | 10 kW | Cagayan De Oro/Northern Mindanao Area |
| Radyo ng Bayan Gingoog | DXRG-AM | 1242 kHz | 10 kW | Gingoog/Northern Mindanao Area |
| Radyo ng Bayan Tangub | DXJT | 954 kHz | 1 kW | Tangub |
| Radyo ng Bayan Davao | DXRP | 675 kHz | 10 kW | Davao and General Santos/Southern Mindanao Region |
| Radyo ng Bayan Butuan | DXBN | 792 kHz | 10 kW | Butuan/Caraga Region |
| Radyo ng Bayan Tandag | DXJS | 837 kHz | 5 kW | Tandag, Surigao del Sur/Caraga Region |
| Radyo ng Bayan Marawi | DXSO | 774 kHz | 10 kW | Marawi |
| Radyo ng Bayan Jolo | DXSM | 1224 kHz | 1 kW | Jolo, Sulu |
PBS FM Stations[edit]
| Branding | Call-Sign | Frequency (Channel) | Power (kW) | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 104.3 Business Radio | DWBR | 104.3 MHz (Channel 282) | 25 kW | Metro Manila |
| 89.5 Bay FM | DWSB | 89.5 MHz (Channel 208) | 10 kW | Subic Bay |
| Radyo ng Bayan Virac | DZVC-FM | 94.3 MHz (Channel 232) | 1 kW | Virac, Catanduanes |
| Radyo ng Bayan Tacloban | DYCT | 104.3 MHz (Channel 282) | 5 kW | Tacloban |
| 94.9 Kool FM | DXVL | 94.9 MHz (Channel 235) | 1 kW | Kabacan, Cotabato |
| 105.5 Upi for Peace | DXUP | 105.5 MHz (Channel 288) | 3 kW | Upi, Maguindanao |
| Radyo ng Bayan Tawi-Tawi | DXDC-FM | 104.7 MHz (Channel 284) | 1 kW | Tawi-Tawi |
There has been a significant increase in overall participation based on our daily pageviews, and very encouraging feedback. The top ten countries availing of our more than two thousand (2000) lessons/posts are the following, in decreasing order.
This list however varies daily or weekly with many other countries. From this macro view, it is but important to translate the lessons into functional literacy to millions of people who have very little access to the institutions of learning, those who have not used a telephone, more so a computer. It is estimated that half of the world's population of more than seven billion, have little in life - not so much because they have little food, little money little home, but because they have very little opportunity to learn - learn to earn, learn to live life and therefore miss the many opportunities it can bring.
How we wish we can reach more less developed countries, the remote communities, in particular. Maybe It's time to move out of the campus and go to the community, laboratory to the field. Maybe from Google we do the barefoot work. From this blog we become teachers in our own right and regard reach out as an obligation of humanity. Reach out for the dying child in a desert closely followed by a vulture. Reach out for the flood victims of Thailand and South China, or the drought stricken communities in the Sahel. Reach out for the out-of-school youth, the marginal communities around cities, the orphans of war, the infirmed, the very old.
Even with our own meager resources we can do our share. Have one minute to ten minutes of your time a day to touch a less fortunate one - not with pity, but with a spark of knowledge and hope. Functional knowledge is like binhi or a seed that germinates and grows organically, in the system, in the person. This is the missing heart of the computer, the missing inner person in a Television or Screen. This is the missing mission of technology, the missing conscience of science. The missing link of humanity Let's not call it legacy. Or heritage. It's just a little deed which we do casually, unconditionally, a little goodness here, a little goodness there, that make us feel happy, that unburdens us, that brightens our outlook in life, that make us sleep well and dream sweet dreams.
Here are some things we can all do.
Here are some things we can all do.
- Visit/open the Blog. Refer to the latest posts or lessons for the day. These are also the lessons to be taken up under Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid. It is a simulcast of radio broadcast and Internet-Blog posts. Learning is enhanced by reading and listening, among other senses that may be stimulated in the process. Take down notes. You may electronically record the broadcast, download the posts and print them, too. Use these for your Reach Out Program
- Prepare a simple lesson like a teacher should. Don't go out and teach if you have not done your assignment. Refer to the lessons in the Blog. Search for the keyword, open the article, read and understand, and practice (dry run). Download and print those you need. Supplement your knowledge with reliable materials and sources.
- Don't be all-knowing. One at a time, one lesson after another at proper pacing. If you are accepted by the community, go for collective approach. Take advantage of snowball effect, but be careful of its cascading effect. Don't overload, do not rush. And don't build a tower of Babel either. Don't talk about religion. Don't talk about politics. There is no end to debate. There are many good things to talk about life. How to live life.
- Reach out. This means extension, not education. The teacher goes to his pupil. This is the opposite of the university. Be simple, be warm, be friendly but sincere to people. "Live with the people" (social immersion), not to be taken literally. Consider first their felt needs , not the needs the book says, or the bank says.
- Use all tools and methods of teaching from chalk and blackboard to multi-media that are appropriate. Adopt Ka Efren's kariton school model. Use recycled paper. For visual aids use re-usable discarded materials, recycle them. Don't spend for something you can avail free. Innovate, renovate before you modernize.
- Multiplier effect. Anything people perceived to be good to them is treasured by them. More than that, they share to and with others. There is no mathematical law in sharing. The more you divide and share a good thing, the more it will multiply. Take advantage of this echo effect, chain reaction, the gaya gaya culture.
- Don't disturb your pupils, don't interrupt their work, don't be their guest, special guest. Don't introduce change that changes their culture. Change their attitude to life that is positive to themselves and to others. And to their environment, principally nature. You are an agent of change but change takes time to develop and ripen.
- Keep low with advertisements and promotions. There's too much consumerism, especially among the young - and they are easy victims, systemic victims. It is because capitalism thrives on over consumption of goods and services, of growing affluence, of luxury. Of extending our children. Teach your pupils to become producers instead, not consumers. Efficient farmers, fisher folk, homemakers, entrepreneur. Don't lead them unwittingly to the tender trap of abusive capitalism.
- Learn from lessons in Occupy Wall Street (US), Arab Spring (North African and Middle East), European Recession (European Union), three widespread revolutions - people's revolutions. Then there is trouble in Ukraine, the resurgence of conflict in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Israel-Palestine Gaza Strip, local conflicts notwithstanding. All these are shaking the world today. Why can’t we offer functional literary as a way to peace?
Dr Abercio V Rotor
Blk 61, Lot 55 Lagro Subdivision
Lam-ang and Kudyapi Streets, Quezon City
Metro Manila, Philippines
avrotor@gmail.com
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