Protection Through Small Actions

 September is the celebration of National Clean-up Month and World Clean and Green Week, starting from 17th to 24th of September. This serves as a reminder that every human being has a responsibility for his or her environment. It reminds us to take care of our environment, take actions on the different environmental issues and encourage us to clean and conserve our environment for a cleaner, greener, and safer environment. This blog highlights how I contribute to the protection and care for the environment by engaging in different activities.

In this picture, I am planting on the side of our house. Trees provide us with clean air and food and also protect us from the effects of different disasters. Since I live in Barangay Sarsaracat, which is in the mountains, if this grows, it will surely help us to avoid soil erosion.

I enjoy taking care of our garden and assisting my Dad with his plants. Gardening is a sustainable hobby that helps reduce waste, keeps the soil healthy and purifies the air while providing natural beauty and enhancing aesthetics to a home.

Me and my schoolmates participated in a clean-up drive in school. We are separated and were assigned in different areas. We are enjoying and having fun talking while picking up some trash. In this way, we have time to bond together while helping the environment of the school.

We participated in the RECYCRAFT contest of YES-O CLUB, wherein we turned bubble wraps, trash bags, food wrappers, used courier pouches and a broken umbrella base as an Umbrella. In this product, we helped reduce waste and contribute to sustainability for the environment. 

Since I often use social media, I spread awareness through sharing post about the environmental issues we are experiencing. It can encourage other people to take care of our environment, take actions and be educated about what's happening around us. 

 

"We don't have to engage in grand, heroic actions to participate in the process of change. Small acts, when multiplied by millions of people, can transform the world."

—Howard Zinn

IMAGE REFERENCE

 ISNHS YES-O FACEBOOK. (2022, September 15) . https://www.facebook.com/share/p/XBS96fkG91YqyFwn/

MY ICT JOURNEY THROUGH THE FIRST QUARTER OF GRADE 10

 

Throughout the first quarter, I learned deeper about the history of the internet, its functions and major components, and I became familiar with different internet services and tools such as email, WAIS, etc. I discovered how the WWW works, the parts of a web browser, how browsers fetch and display pages via browser-server interaction, and how to find a website. I also learned about the different data types, like text files, graphic files, and multimedia. Additionally, we discussed the levels of domain names, which pinpoint the location of an entity on the Web. We also explored the internet pioneers, including those in the Philippines. One of the most interesting topics was blogs. We discussed what a blog is and the different types of blogs, then we proceeded to the steps on creating a blog account. I learned how to make my own blog and how to publish it.

Despite all the fun learning, I still encountered some challenges and problems throughout the first quarter. One of the main challenges I encountered was the making of blog posts. Even though the topic was already provided by our teacher, as a student who's first time to make a blog, I still find it hard to compose my content and make it interesting even though I understand the topic. I often struggled writing and it was difficult for me to come up with an idea. It took me a long time to finish my drafts because I feel stuck, which is very frustrating. Another problem I encountered was understanding the web server and browser interaction.

To address and overcome those challenges and problems, I started searching for examples of blogs on the internet to understand how they are made. In order to make my content interesting, I tried searching for information related to the topic given by our teacher and added my ideas. For the reference and citing part, I used APA as instructed by our teacher to avoid plagiarism. In order to understand the web server and browser interaction, I made time to review the notes given by our teacher, i researched about it and watched educational videos on YouTube. I also asked my classmates to clarify the topic.

Moving on, I will continue to practice more by creating blogs to improve my writing, and I will always consider ethical practices such as citing sources to avoid plagiarism. Also, I will try to dig deeper about the internet to enhance my knowledge.