Globe advances public school teachers' IT learning in Central Visayas

MANILA, Philippines - Globe recently conducted a training-workshop for 100 teachers in Central Visayas to help them integrate Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in teaching basic subjects like English, science, math, and HeKaSi which aims to raise the bar of classroom instructions by effectively harnessing the powers of the Internet and ICT in the teaching and learning of students.

The ICT training is part of the Global Filipino Teachers (GFT) project of Globe through its corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm Globe Bridging Communities (Globe BridgeCom). Launched September of last year, the GFT project is part of Globe’s effort to bring ICT in public schools all over the country. Through GFT, public high school teachers will be equipped with the right tools that would make them more globally competitive. In addition, the training program can also be credited as three units of a Masters Program should the teacher want to pursue higher education.

The teachers were selected from schools in Bohol, Negros Oriental, Cebu Province and Metro Cebu who were recipients of Globe BridgeCom’s Internet in Schools Program (ISP) in Region 7. ISP is one of Globe BridgeCom’s major education programs wherein applicable schools are given free Internet access for one year via Globe Broadband. The project was initially launched in Central Visayas, where the biggest concentration of schools under ISP can be found.

Topics in the six-day training program includes the proper use of ICT application for school-centered classroom activities, online assessment through the use of rubrics, effective and efficient management of class resources, create virtual classrooms and moderate discussion boards, prepare portfolio of classroom project activities, and demo-lecture of the modules they have prepared.

The Global Filipino Teachers Program is done in partnership with the Department of Education-Region 7 and the Coalition for Better Education (CBE), a Cebu-based non-profit organization composed of various education stakeholders from the academe, students, parents, non-government and business organizations.

“Our aim is for our public school teachers to maximize ICT in their teaching profession and enhance the learning skills of students in this generation,” Globe Community Relations head Jeffrey Tarayao said.