Anyway…

Now this all changed because we now have a Cisco LinkSys E1000 Wireless-N Router with Parental Control settings, thanks to Mommy Mundo and Cisco.

What is Linksys E1000 Wireless-N Router with Parental Control all about?

The LinkSys E1000 Wireless-N router package consists of:

1. Power cable

2. Quick installation guide

3. CD for installing the router and its settings

4. LAN/Ethernet cable

5. LinkSys E1000 Wireless-N Router

The LinkSys E1000 Wireless-N Router work can be easily installed and here’s a step-by-step instruction (please click on the photo to see a bigger resolution):

After inserting the CD, you need to

Set the parental control with the different gadgets you have in your home. You can set the time for the internet access to be made unnavigable to the gadgets you choose. Keywords can also be set for more parental control.

Personalize the settings according to what you feel should be for your family/home use:

Set the password and if you plan to stick to your settings, do not share the passwords with the children

This is what the page will look like when your internet is blocked:

More Photos here.

You can win a Cisco LinkSys E4200 Wireless-N Router with Parental Control by answering the survey questions below.

Specifications:

• Simultaneous Dual-Band N (2.4 & 5 GHz)
• Gigabit Ethernet 4-port switch
• Maximum speed up to 300 + 450 Mbps
• USB port for shared storage
• Built-In UPnP AV media server

If you want to win the Cisco Linksys E4200 Wireless Router worth almost P9,000 by just answering these questions:

• Just answer the survey questions in the comment section below from October 17 – October 24 and you get a chance to win that wonderful router.
• Write your full name and email address so I can contact you just in case I get the most number of respondents and get the chance to raffle off this device (please see below)
• You should have an NCR address (a relative’s or a friend’s NCR home address would do!) where the Cisco Linksys E4200 will be delivered by Mommy Mundo if you win

Please help spread this contest because if I get the most number of respondents to the survey,  I get the chance to raffle this off to the lucky respondent* and I also win a gadget! Woohoo! Come on, let’s help each other

*There are 10 9 other mommy bloggers hosting this giveaway.

Let’s all help each other by spreading this good news.

Thank you all!

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IMPORTANT UPDATE:

I got an email from Mommy Mundo yesterday and there is good news and bad news:

Bad news: if you posted response in any of the 10 participating mommy bloggers, you don’t increase your chances of winning because they will count the first comment as the valid one. So, if you answered my survey questions after you answered another blog’s, that comment counts as the other participating blog’s point. Buhuhuhu for me.

a) Readers may post only once and only in ONE (1) participating blog. Duplicate responses are not allowed. Only the survey response posted earlier will be counted.

but wait there’s more from Mommy Mundo:

Now to make things even more exciting, Mommy Mundo is also giving away a Linkys E4200 Router (worth P8,995)! So if you want to double your chances of winning, simply:

1) Join the CISCO LINKSYS Router BLOG CONTEST by following the mechanics above.
2) Leave a comment on this post along with your name and email address.
The winner of Mommy Mundo’s own Cisco giveaway will be announced on Oct. 28 as well!

Reminder: Only those who have commented/answered the survey in any of the 10 participating mom blogs can win in this Mommy Mundo giveaway so make sure to read the instructions very well! If the same winner is drawn for Mommy Mundo’s giveaway as for the Blog Contest, another name will be drawn for the prize.

I asked why.

“It’s not me”, he said.

I asked how he knows about it.

He explained that his classmates said they got friend invites from him and he was surprised because he has NOT signed up for an account in Facebook.

Uh-oh. Good thing I brought a laptop with me so I plugged in the prepaid internet usb and looked for his name.

Sure enough we saw his name and he has an account. With a photo to boot.

Did he know who could possibly do this to him? He said he has no idea.

This prompted a lecture about internet security and how details we put in the net are seen by hundreds if not thousands of people we don’t know. There are scams and there are scams and people with bad intentions will never run out of ideas to scam people.

People have to scrutinize and research about security settings before signing up on anything online or even considering to buy gold online or book a flight. Children and adults too should know not put up their photos online unless necessary, their school names or workplace, addresses and telephone numbers not just to avoid phishing but also for security reasons.

We teach our children not to talk to strangers and this same philosophy should also be true to online or virtual friends.

To parents: it is important to know your children’s activity online not just to avoid online trouble but real-life troubles too. If in doubt, use Google Chrome Nanny.

The timing is perfect since I was scouring the web looking for netbooks and had this hp mini laptops bookmarked.

On the other hand, I dare not bring it anywhere especially when I need to take public transport. This goes with me when I go to that little room where I teach my students in hubby’s family home. My students are not that thrilled however because they prefer the bigger laptop since it has a more superior audio quality

Mahirap na, crimes, petty and big are happening everywhere.

Why is this a good teaching tool?

I use a laptop for some students who do reading comprehension. Sure, they can do this drill using printed materials but they feel “special” using a gadget that belongs to me to read these stories. In here I also have downloads (free of course) for issues we discuss like bullying, about friendships, quotations and inspiring true stories.

We also discuss in passing, tips about online precautions for them to be able to protect themselves when they are online.

This also serves as a “reward” for accomplished tasks, they get to play a game they choose

We don’t have internet cable so that the children are not enticed to watch tv shows until way past their bed time. For special live shows, we rely on the internet for livestream links. We also rely heavily on the net for homeworks, project ideas, gardening, crafts, baking and cooking tip videos and a host of other online time and bandwidth consuming sites like my favorite tv series.

Yesterday, as I was watching the online streaming of the Philippines’ National Telecommunication Commission regarding capping the internet usage. This means putting a limit on how much data we consumers can download/use per day. I don’t usually download a lot of stuff (ows?) but still…

The fact that we lag behind 137 countries in terms of internet speed makes one wonder how in the world these people thought of capping internet usage when they should be focusing on making the telco improve their services.

People seem to be up in arms to stop this from happening. And yes, I’m one of those people.

Meanwhile…

Yes, I do. This is important to me specially since the one I’m using is not new and heats up easily.

A rational, optimistic, forward-looking and technically savvy work ethics that works hand-in-hand with technological achievement, human ingenuity and sustainable living.

Read more about Techonomy here.

The problem(s) of scarcity do not just mean people living way below the poverty level. Problems of scarcity mean lack of resources for people to use to be able to survive. IMO, in our country, part of this problem is the lack of population control. Uncontrolled actions of people ravaging our natural resources for their own selfish reasons, more often than not under the radar of the environment bureau but with their heads turned another way is one that has been happening for a long time. The shortage of water during the rainy season is a puzzle. Leaks and illegal connections, hello?

Technological advancement does not mean having a Facebook account or being able to surf the web in the confines and comforts of one’s own home. Technological advancement means being able to develop [bright ideas] that will be able to help people in terms of health, education, environment and better quality of life among others.

Technological advancement transcends all disciplines whose aim is to have better innovations where everyone will benefit one way or another.

As a parent and a teacher, it is important for educational institutions to initiate change and innovations in the way they teach their students to include techonomy and technological advancement in their curriculum. Yes, all those plus good work ethics when taught to the young will surely help us move towards a better way of life.

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