Project in Educational Technology 2

Rica Mae Reyes BSED IIIA

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INNOVATIONS OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY IN PHILIPPINE SETTINGS

Innovation of Educational Technology in the Philippines

I.

1.  Instead of defining ICT for education in terms of technology literacy or information literacy, the concept of “ICT capability” should be understood and considered as a definition of ICT for education.ICT capability involves technical and cognitive proficiency to access, use, develop, create, and communicate information appropriately using ICT tools. Learners demonstrate this capability by applying technology purposefully to solve problems, analyze and exchange information, develop ideas, create models, and control devices. They are discriminating in their use of information and ICT tools, and systematic in reviewing and evaluating the contribution that ICT can make to their work as it progresses. ICT capability is much broader than acquiring a set of technical competencies in software applications.

2.  Along with establishing informatics or computer education as a curricular subject, the overall school

curriculum should be assessed to identify ways in which ICT may enhance learning in both core subject

areas and electives.

3.  ICT for education encompasses low and high technologies.

4.  In an ICT-supported learning environment, teachers need to act as a guide to facilitate student-centered

learning.

5.  School leaders must communicate a vision for ICT in the school and foster an ICT culture that allows all

school staff to be regular users of ICT.

II.

Naga City’s class act

BICOL’S model city is trying its best to address its ‘weakest link’ in achieving the Millennium Development Goals: keeping schoolchildren in class to complete elementary education.

  

 THE Naga City School Board has prioritized investments in information technology like the Computer Literacy and Instructional Center for Kids (CLICK) that provided computer hardware to elementary schools. 

III.

Veritas Parochial School launches Digital Learning Program with Vibal, Acer

When the students of Veritas Parochial School (VPS) returned to school this year, they were greeted by a big, bold sign at the gate: “You are now entering the Chrome Zone, proceed with wonder and excitement.”

The Chromebook as a learning platform is something new in the Philippines, where tablets are still the device used in most schools undertaking mobile education programs.  For VPS, the Acer C720 is proving to be most ideal. It is compact, lightweight, and offers a faster, simpler, hassle-free, and secure computing experience.  Parents also approve of the Chromebook for its affordability.

  

  

IV.

Young Women & The Web: Tech Age Girls Launches in Vietnam & The Philippines

From Intel’s groundbreaking new report Women and the Web to the theme of this year’s Women’s History Month—“Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination: Celebrating Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics”—the call to involve more women and girls in the technology sector has never been more unified.

This makes the recent launch of IREX’s Tech Age Girls (TAG)project in the Philippines and Vietnam all the more exciting and relevant. TAG empowers a cadre of promising young women leaders to become tech-savvy agents of change in their communities.

  

  

Math Courseware for Tablet PC vies for ISIF Asia Award

The Technology Package for Student Learning Empowerment: Mathematics Courseware for Tablet PC is nominated at the ISIF Asia Award for 2013. Along with 21 other contenders in the Asian region, the courseware project will compete for AUD 3000 prize money plus a travel grant to attend the awards ceremony at a regional or global event chosen by the ISIF Asia secretariat. The said entry was entered under the Innovation on Learning and Localization category, of which the winner is to be decided by the ISIF Asia committee. Aside from the major awards, the Community Choice Award will be given to the project who will get the most number of online votes using social media campaign. All the approved nominations are listed at http://isif.asia/projects/projects/index, and the online poll is still ongoing as of press time.

The Technology Package for Student Learning Empowerment: Mathematics Courseware for Tablet PC is a project of the Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI) and Advanced Science Technology (DOST-ASTI) in cooperation with the Department of Education (DepEd), National Institute of Science and Mathematics Education (UP-NISMED), DOST Undersecretary Fortunato T. Dela Peña, Dr. Queena Lee-Chua of Ateneo de Manila University, and Dr. Rowena Cristina Guevarra of the Philippine Council for Industry, Energy, and Emerging Technology Research and Development (PCIEERD) which seeks to contribute to the improved delivery of educational content especially in the primary education, and consequently to the improvement of the quality of Philippine education.

The provision of grants and awards of the ISIF Asia Program  was developed to help advance local and regional projects aimed at introducing, improving, and applying Internet technology for the benefit of Asia Pacific users and communities. The ISIF Asia Award seeks to acknowledge the important contributions ICT innovators have made with creative solutions to the social and economic development of the Asia Pacific region. The ISIF Asia Awards are granted to initiatives on the last stages of implementation that have finalized activities already and are aligned with the funding categories and eligibility criteria. Innovation and development focus should be an integral part of all award nominations. The funding categories are:

• Innovation on access provision: Access to Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) is a prevalent issue in the Asia Pacific region, especially for services that require broadband connectivity. Innovative solutions offering low cost deployment, low power consumption and low maintenance that expanded fixed and mobile access to the internet through new forms of technical and organizational arrangements as well as improved the quality of access based on issues of accessibility, disability and linguistic diversity.
• Innovation on learning and localization: Capacity building and localization efforts have been key to develop the skills needed to design, maintain, and manage ICT infrastructure and services in local languages, supporting local talent and creating job opportunities in rural or urban marginalized areas. Innovative, open, inclusive and sustainable approaches to learning and localization are key elements to guarantee the quality of access to knowledge needed to offer reliable services and applications.
• Code for the common good: High mobile penetration in the AP region has been a catalyst in the development of mobile-based services, applications and software solutions. These solutions have been used to support timely and relevant information dissemination on a large scale using a range of network infrastructures through a variety of devices, even where literacy rates are lower. Mobile technologies have enabled communities to increase participation in political processes, coordinate efforts during emergency situations, receive extreme weather alerts, communicate with remote health services, and receive specialized patient referrals, among many other applications.
• Rights: Strategic use of Internet tools and services to promote freedom of expression, freedom of association, privacy, security, consumers’ rights, gender equality, new forms of intellectual property in the digital environment, and a wider range of issues related to the Internet and human rights.
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Project in Educational Technology 2

Project #1

Rica Mae Reyes

Educational Technology in the Philippines

La Salle Green Hills and Samsung Electronics Philipppines Corporation (SEPCO) teamed up for a massive undertaking, the likes of which have never been attempted, which will take learning into the 21st century. This joint project also encompasses numerous other partners whose roles are critical to the success of the project.

Engineer Jun Lozado gives a brief introduction to on the PEARL project and how the partnership with Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation will benefit the said project.

This project has been dubbed the PEARL project and will utilize the latest tablet devices from Samsung’s repertoire as a Personal Learning Device that is distinctly driven by digitized curriculum materials. The project is currently under its pilot phase after more than a year of planning. It is also a way for the Lasallian brothers to celebrate 100 years of providing quality education in the Philippines and to contribute in the improvement of education in the country.

During the opening statements, the attendees were reminded of a saying that it is best to teach students in the vernacular and that in our current age, the digital world is the vernacular of children. By incorporating technology instead of avoiding it, PEARL hopes to provide improve and enrich education in the Philippines. Embracing technology also allows teachers the opportunity to properly guide children in the proper and responsible use of technology.

Embodying the enthusiasm that Samsung has for the project is a prototype ‘E-board’ that you see in this photo dominating the front of the classroom, which was loaned to La Salle Green Hills for this very showcase of technology and how the PEARL project is envisioned to be.

With the E-Board, students will be able to easily make reports and presentations by simply syncing their tablets and opening the file onscreen.

Here is how the PEARL project envisions a teacher maximizing the technology provided for teaching.

Students will be able to take down notes through a notepad-type application.

Each tablet is loaded with specially-designed apps provided by a partner company to assist in the learning process.

After exams, test results can be directly emailed to the parents’ email addresses.

Currently, Samsung provided a number of Samsung Galaxy Tabs to La Salle Green Hills for the pilot phase of the project. The control group for testing out the project consists of 5th grade honor students. Each of the participating students was awarded a tablet device or ‘Personal Learning Device’ loaded with ebook counterparts of the books utilized for the school year. Participating teachers were also given tablets to allow them to grow accustomed to using the device as a teaching and learning tool.

This project is a first in the country because no other educational institution had attempted to pursue a completely digitalized curriculum before. As such the project will be broken down into five phases to slowly integrate technology into students’ school life. It will also help to alleviate the cost of implementing such an ambitious system. One such concern that was mentioned by Engineer Jun Lozado is the Wi-Fi infrastructure needed to support a school-wide wireless environment. He states that the current wireless architecture will not suffice to support the projected bandwidth needed and will need to be redesigned.

Here is a photo of the two Lasallian brothers heading the project with Mr. KC Park, CEO and President of SEPCO, with representatives from partner companies also involved with the PEARL project.

Similar to how St. John Baptist De Las Salle innovated by introducing a simultaneous instruction system, said Bro. Felipe Belleza FSC, the PEARL project is being implemented so that learning will no longer be confined to the classroom and it can be done anywhere, anytime.

Assignment 2. in Educational Technology

Assignment 2:

I. The Educational System of Bhutan. 

• Bhutan adopts adopts a 7 year primacy cycle followed by 6 years of secondary education leading to tertiary education. Basic education in Bhutan is defined as 11 years of education.
• Computer classes are offered in Grade 11 and 12 but they are theoretical courses in C++ programming and follow the Indian syllabus.
• Dzongkha is the national language of Bhutan. English is the medium of instruction in the schools and Dzongkha is taught as the national language.
• A local IT curriculum has recently been developed for Grade 11 and 12, however, and this will be implemented in 2008.
• After completion of general education up to Class X, students then chose from the three streams of study for the higher secondary level – arts, commerce and science, which determines what profession they pursue thereafter.

II. Discuss the SIF ICT in Education project briefly.

         The Singapore International Foundation (SIF) ICT in Education project was initiated in 2000 to assist Bhutan's Ministry of Health and Education (MoHE) to introduce ICT into its education system to help bridge the gap between the low ICT-skills among pupils (the future workforce) and the growing adoption of ICT technology in the workplace. The project, conducted by the SIF Specialist information technology (IT) team, also trained teacher educators and curriculum design specialists to utilize ICT in their work and to integrate computer-based training materials into the school curriculum. Funding for the project was obtained from the Singapore Government and philanthropic foundations in Singapore.

III. What is Bhutan's EIT CURRICULUM?

          EIT curriculum known as "Enhanced IT" (EIT), is similar in terms of coursework demands to other courses offered in the Bachelor of Education programme, requiring a period of three years to complete. In addition to taking the EIT modules, trainee teachers also specialize in another discipline. It began with an initial face-to-face meeting which was followed up on through a series of e-mail exchanges. When the curriculum was complete, it was submitted to the Paro College academic board for approval, which was obtained in late 2002.

IV. Explain the categories on the use of Computer Technology in Education?
         There are three categories on the use of computer technology in education. These are computers could be an object, aspect and a medium.  An object, computers can be considered as an object which students learn about (hardware and software). An aspect, computer technologies can be an aspect which means using them as tools in subject such as computer aided design courses, or as general tools in educational setting, such as the use of graphic design software to create web pages for a school. And as a medium, computer technologies are a medium for instruction. For this categories technology could be the best partner in education.

Ang Aking Sarili:)

Annyeonghaseyo. Ikinagagalak ko pong ipinapakilala ang aking sarili sa mundo. Ako nga po si Rica Mae B. Reyes a.k.a "Mikay", labingwalong taong gulang. Ako ay ipinanganak noong Hunyo 11, 1996 sa Mayapay, Buruanga, Aklan. Anak nina Rommel Reyes at Connie Reyes. Ako po ay nakapagtapos ng elementarya sa Habana Elementary School at nagtapos din ng Sekundarya sa Buruanga Academy. Ako po ngayon ay nasa Kolehiyo at kumukuha ng kursong edukasyon, Medyur sa Filipino. Pangarap ko pong makapagtapos ng pag-aaral at makapagtrabaho upang makatulong sa aking pamilya.

Mahilig po akong makinig ng musika at magtext. Mapalad ako at nagkaroon ako ng mga mababait na mga kaibigan at totoo.

At naniniwala po ako sa kasabihang " Kung ano ang ginawa mo sa kapwa mo ay babalik din sayo".