Welcome ME back
again blogging world! It’s been like so many months since I last posted here.
My apologies, I was overwhelmed with so much happenings that I can’t find the
time to post some updates here. So thankful for this holiday vacation that
gives me a little luxury of time to enjoy and dedicate to some of my leisure
pursuits (yes… like this blogging).
So what happened
to me during that almost three-month hiatus? As expected (really huh? LOLs), my
schedule was crowded with school-related activities, professional development
assemblies, web development trainings and writing workshops. These are the
highlights:
TECH TUTOR 6
Last September 24, together with my
fellow ICT teachers, we attended the Tech Tutor 6 at SM Megamall, with the
theme “The Mobile e-Learning Revolution.” This learning engagement with the great IT expert, Jerry Liao and other speakers was a showcase of latest technologies that support learning beyond the
classroom walls. Smartphones and tablets are indeed becoming ubiquitous and
their potentials to transform our education to the next level is indeed very
promising. That is how I see the gist of this seminar.
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| Photo Credits: Jeffry Reovoca |
WORLD TEACHERS DAY
Again, the celebration of World
Teachers Day in our school last September 1 to October 5 was a hit! Banners
that show appreciation and dedication to teachers were posted on the school
lobby and hallways. Letters of endearment and token of appreciation to teachers
were received. Greetings flooded our Facebook timeline and inbox. Truly, the
feeling is magical. These are the moments when I feel so blessed that I am a
teacher. Of course, student teaching was also organized by the Student Supreme
Government (SSG). During the culminating ceremony, we were both surprised by my
student teacher, Christian Sabadisto of IV – Gatus, when he was called as the Best Student Teacher for senior
category. A citation that is well-deserved, because this young aspiring teacher
is really good.
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Christian Sabadisto, Best Student Teacher (Senior Category)
Photo Credits: Christian Sabadisto |
WEB DEVELOPMENT TRAINING
As part of the Division of
Valenzuela’s goal to create an endless learning opportunities for both the
teachers and students, every school in the division was required to develop a
school website with virtual classroom. This project was made possible through 88DB as the website host. Every school
was given a website domain.
However, the teachers, who were in-charge of website development, lacked the required skills to
accomplish the website. This became our rationale in proposing a training design
to help the teachers acquire skills in web development and enhance the visual
appearance of their school websites. Together with Mrs. Jean Tropel, a Master
Teacher of Valenzuela City School of Mathematics and Science, we proposed the
training to Mr. Wilfredo Cabral, our Division Superintendent and we were
fortunate that it was approved. Last October 7 to 9, we successfully conducted this
three-day training and helped the teachers to develop their school web and
content visual elements.
Confession 101: This is my first time to become a workshop trainer... a great milestone indeed!
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A priceless picture with Ma'am Jean Tropel, Dr. Winnie Tugade, EPS in English
and Dr. Jenny Rose Corpuz, Assistant Schools Division Superintendent |
GOOGLE TEACHERS WORKSHOP
I, together with Mrs. Jenny Loseñada, was
assigned by our head teacher-in-charge to attend the Google Teachers Workshop
last November 15 at De Las Salle-College of Saint Benilde. This was a very
interactive seminar-workshop with a lot of hands-on activities to train the
teachers how to maximize the use of some Google applications to enhance the
teaching and learning experience. I really like Google Docs, it has a feature wherein teachers
and students can collaborate to work on a particular project.
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A photo souvenir from the event's photo booth (cool!)
And yes... I forgot to apply a retro filter on this one. LOLs |
REVISION AND FINALIZATION OF GRADE 4
EPP-ICT TGs AND LMs
Last December 1and 2, I was again invited by the DepEd Central to attend the Revision
and Finalization of Grade 4 Teacher’s Guides and Learner’s Materials for
EPP-ICT. It was held at Emiramona Garden Hotel, Tagaytay City. I was glad to
know that there were just some few minimal revisions as suggested by the content
experts. It was from the language experts that we received a lot of suggestions
for revisions. I would say that there is really a need for a seminar-workshop in
Orthography of Filipino language for content writers. Hopefully, I could attend one someday.
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| Module content writers at work! |
