Philippine E-Journals

ParCon: AN ENHANCEMENT PARENTAL CONTROL APPLICATION TO MONITOR CHILDS’ ONLINE ACTIVITY USING ANDROID APPLICATION

Lovelyn Catubigan | Jebie Desales | Salvie Madulara | Marigold Usaraga | Chester Mark Villamor | Ceasar Ian P. Benablo

 

Abstract:

Monitoring online activities of children is something parents are now concerned about. With the Internet containing different kinds of information, it is sometimes difficult to filter those that are harmful from those that are not. Several technological advancements have been innovated to address such concern of parents. One study in the University of the Immaculate Conception once attempted to create the same. Though the study was able to create a monitoring application, it was observed that some limitations are to be addressed. This study was conducted to look into the existing application, the result of the previous study, which helps parent have control over their children’s online activities. The general objective of this study is to enhance the existing application and to address some of the recommendations of the previous study to offer additional features that are essential for the betterment of the application. In order to identify better functionalities, the researchers did use the existing application. In the course of the study, some flaws of the existing application were addressed and a few additional features were added. To ensure its functionality, the application was tested. The results showed that there was indeed an improvement from what the existing application was capable of doing.