Seeking to make good on its promise of “bridging the digital divide,” the iSchools Project will conduct Camp Blog 2010 this May 31 to June 9 at Nature's Village Resort, Talisay City, Negros Occidental.
While past Camps offered only basic blogging as its forte, this iteration will address the different capacity-building needs of iSchools recipients be it students, teachers and school administrators. Camp Blog 2010 will conduct 3 simultaneous events: Camp Blog 1C, Camp Blog 2A and Framework Planning Workshop on Capability Building for Teachers.
Eventually, the iSchool Project hopes that these participants will become competent ICT-for-education champions in their localities.
Camp Blog 1C
This is a content generation activity for teachers and students which advocates blogging as a tool for education. While past Camps 1A and 1B focused on English, Math, Science and Technology Livelihood Education (TLE), 1C focuses on creating online content on Filipino history, culture and the arts – a first in Camp Blog history. Camp Blog 1C is highlighted by a heritage tour covering various places of interest in historic Negros Occidental which includes stops at Balay Negrense and the Ruins in Talisay.
Camp Blog 2A
This is the first advanced-level course offered by Project in its Camp Blog series. Teachers, who were particpants of Camp Blog 1A and 1B, will get to develop learning objects, which are essentially self-contained and reusable digital units of learning. Camp Blog 2A chose participants who continued to post relevant educational content in their blogs even after Camp ended. In a way, the iSchools Project rewards those that stick to the program and make the most use of the training given.
Framework Planning Workshop on Capability Building for Teachers (ICT4BE)
This activity will be the first time the iSchools Project will engage DepEd Superintendents and Principals from all over the country. Essentially the participants, who are mainly school adminstrators, will draft a framework that integrates ICT in the overall improvement of teachers in their various capacities be it teaching, classroom adminstration, development of education materials and even their own personal development. Essentially, the Workshop will be bringing the conceptual to the actual by defining a teacher's ICT competencies manifested through actual ICT tools.
About Carlos Hilado Memorial State College
Carlos Hilado Memorial State College is the State University and Colleges (SUC) tapped by the iSchools Project to host the event. Carlos Hilado Memorial State College is a public, state-owned college with its main campus in Talisay City, Negros Occidenal. It provides advanced technological, professional and vocational instruction and training in science, agriculture and industrial fields, as well as short-term courses. It is notable for being the only state college in the province of Negros Occidental.
About the iSchools Project
The iSchools Project is the main organizer of Camp Blog 2010. It is one of the flagship projects of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT). Recognized at the 3rd Government Technology Awards in Bali, Indonesia, the project aims to integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education. With an annual budget of P350 million, it has provided training modules and increased ICT access in public high schools, making it the most comprehensive initiative of its kind in the Philippines. Now on its 4th year of implementation, the iSchools Project has provided these services to 1,000 public high schools nationwide.
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