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‘Oplan Bantay Signal’ lets you report areas with slow mobile signal to the DICT

Does your subdivision or workplace suffer from a slow mobile signal? Do you know a place notorious for giving you zero cell bars (ehem, Festival Mall), then you might want to report it to the Department of Information and Technology (DICT). The DICT recently launched its Oplan Bantay Signal , where Filipinos are encouraged to report areas in the Philippines with slow mobile signal. This, hopefully, will help nudge service providers to improve and up their game. How it works is pretty simple. Filipinos are asked to run a network speed test and email the result to the DICT. How to report weak mobile coverage to the DICT You can follow the steps below: Download the Opensignal Internet Speed Test on the Google Play Store (Android) or Apple App Store (iOS). Turn off your WiFi and turn on the mobile data. Open the app and enable the location. Start the test and wait for the result. Take a screenshot of the result and email it to 1326@dict.gov.ph with this subject head format: ...
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Pinoy-made ‘Aral-cade’ machine uses games to help young students learn

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Imagine the buzz and lights of an arcade, but instead of just high scores, kids are leaving with better reading skills. That’s the idea behind “Aral-cade,” a new educational game machine built by engineering students in Laguna.

The project was featured on GMA’s “24 Oras”. The creators, Jericho Castillo, Crystal Mae Tolentino, and Diana Mhae Celis, are all engineering students from Laguna State Polytechnic University’s San Pablo City Campus.

Their invention looks and feels like a classic arcade cabinet, but it’s built at a child-friendly height. Inside, a mini PC and an Arduino controller power the system. It features color-coded buttons: red to play, green for volume, and blue to watch videos.

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The games are all focused on literacy. “Letter Link Up” has players match uppercase and lowercase letters. “Syllable Splash” tests listening skills by having kids select words they hear. Another game, “Spellcraft Puzzle,” challenges players to fill in missing letters to complete a word.

True to arcade tradition, it even dispenses tickets based on a player’s score. Whatever score the children get appears on the ticket, it can be exchanged for candies or toys.

The Aral-cade isn’t just a prototype. It’s already being used in several schools in San Pablo, Laguna, with plans to deploy more units elsewhere. Teachers are reporting positive results.

Based on teachers’ observations, the students have reportedly shown real improvement.

The team isn’t stopping there. They plan to expand the game’s educational content and add higher difficulty levels to keep challenging young learners, proving that sometimes, the best way to learn is to play.

Source: GMA News

This article, Pinoy-made ‘Aral-cade’ machine uses games to help young students learn, was originally published at NoypiGeeks | Philippines Technology News, Reviews and How to's.


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