6 iSchools laboratories installed

Finally the computers arrived in the recipient schools. What a delight to behold the bright and joyful faces of students, teachers and parents as they admired the brand new computers that emerged from the boxes. And how much more when they saw the colorful lights of the cooling fans of the server which has a transparent casing, the projector, the scanner and the subwoofer. The installation team was relieved despite the fatigue and exhaustion of working in the warm rooms.


Six recipient schools in Ilocos Sur and Ilocos Norte have already been installed with the Wireless Internet Learning Laboratory (WILL) on October 2, 4, and 11, 2010 namely: Solsona National High School, Nueva Era National High School, San Juan National High School, Puro National High School and Pantay-Tamurong National High School and Del Pilar National High School. One school, the Puro NHS, which has already an existing Internet connection was online right away.


There were several problems encountered with the installed machines, generally, the installation of the WILL was successful. some of the problems were fixed right away such as loose wi-fi card, loose memory card, loose hard drive connection and the like. One keyboard was found to be defective and three units could not connect to the wi-fi.

The school principals were instructed to install the air conditioning unit, and if possible it should be operational before the start of the CILC trainings.

The installation team consisted of Mr. Eduardson Tacuban, Mr. Jonathan Pagatpatan, Mr. VJ Barayuga, Mr. Fernando Calacal, Mr. Melvin Dato and some OJT students. The teachers and students of the recipient schools also assisted during the opening of the boxes, checking of the serial numbers and cleaning up of the boxes and trash.

The next phase of the project will be the series of trainings to be conducted in the recipient schools. These are the Sustainability Planning Workshop, the Computer and Internet Literacy Course, the Laboratory Management Training, the Website Development Training, and the Library Management Training.

After the trainings, the teachers of the recipient schools are expected to become proficient in using ICT to enhance and improve the teaching and learning process.