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Thursday, May 27, 2004
Toral: ICT for basic education
By Janette Toral
Digital Filipino
SCHOOLS. In the next 10 years, we can expect more computers and Inter-net facilities to be made available to elementary and high school institutions.
One of the organizations playing an important role in this area is CBCPWorld (www.cbcpworld.com), an Internet service provider catering to Catholic schools nationwide.
This year, CBCPWorld is moving into the content development space to further equip educators and schools with software applications that can be used in their daily work.
Last May 24 to 26, I was tapped to teach 90 teachers on how information and com-munications technology (ICT) and the Internet can be used in subject integration.
An open source content management system called Moodle (http://www.moodle.org) was used for this purpose.
Through it, the participants were able to look through the lessons as discussed and upload their assignments.
Participating teachers are now building their content specializations, such as algebra, science, English, Christian living, trigonometry and word processing. These can be viewed at http://www.cbcpworld.com/moodle.
ICT and Subject Integration. Teachers today, regardless of what subject they teach, need to acquire new skills as ICT and the Internet become more accessible to students. These skills include the use of e-mail, designing educational websites, online content development and copyright, among others.
The acquisition of these skills is needed, or else, the full potential and relevance of the Internet in educational studies won’t be realized by the students.
Online shared learning. Teachers today should also recognize that learning should not be limited to the classroom. With the Internet, collaborative projects can be undertaken where two or more classes or groups from various geographical locations can work on a common project.
The Philippine Schools Cyberfair is an example. This is where schools come up with websites about their community and even compete on specific content areas, allowing sharing and learning. In Cebu, the Center for International Education is the only school that takes the challenge in this area.
This year, CIE made us proud once again as it won in the International Schools Cyberfair, bagging the gold prize in the local attractions category. Their entry is all about Cebu’s famous local attractions
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Last year, they bagged the silver prize for their Sinulog Festival coverage entry to the contest. I hope more schools will take on the challenge of joining this contest that fosters research-based education.
(e-mail: janette@digitalfilipino.com.)
(May 27, 2004 issue)
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