EVSU iSchools Goes Camp Blog

“I already know how to create a blog,” says Mae Jessel Montaño, a student from Granja Kalinawan National High School, Jaro, Leyte. She is one of the eight students and teachers from the iSchools benificiary schools who qualified in representing Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) iSchools Cluster in the first Camp Blog for the iSchools Project.

Only those who passed the online assessment exam and met the basic qualifications of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) were invited to the Camp Blog. Others didn’t make it, some were over qualified but most were just right for the training.

Others who qualified are: Marissa Sadia and Rhea May Calabia, Granja Kalinawan National High School- Annex, Jaro, Leyte; Patrick Borongan, Osmeña National High School, Marabut, Eastern Samar;Ms. Pearl Macalalad, Taft National High School, Taft, Eastern Samar; Vinyl Bordios, San Isidro National High School, Northern Samar; Louie Rominez and Mhelke Claire Rominez, Makiwalo Integrated School, Mondragon, Northern Samar.

Camp Blog is a 10-day training that runs from May 18-28, 2009 at Pampanga Agricultural College in Magalang, Pampanga. Commission on Information and Communications Technology spearheaded it. Its aim is to equip a new generation of students and teachers with an appreciation of the benefits of digital learning.

On its eighth day, participants are busy finalizing their entries in their blog sites. Teachers are making lesson plans while students are compiling educational resources. All are eager to finish their assignments in time for the presentation of outputs which is scheduled on May 27, 2009.

Laboratory Management Training - Visayas Cluster Finally Set

The Laboratory Management Training for Trainers- Visayas cluster is finally scheduled on May 11 - 15, 2009 in Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU), Tacloban City, Leyte. Nineteen Instructors, from the Visayas who passed the International Open Source Network (IOSN) assessment examination, are invited to attend the training.

The prospective attendees are:

1 Navarrosa Leo Anthony C. CAPSU
2 Dumangas Maria Elena T. CNU
3 Bergavera, Jr. Eduardo D. DNSC
4 Delos Reyes Ian Val P. DNSC
5 Masangkay Rogelio A. DNSC
6 Obediencia Dindo C. EVSU
7 Bañes Arnold B. NIPSC
8 Wenceslao, Jr. Felicisimo V. NIPSC
9 Flores Raoul Rey G. NIPSC
10 Castillo James D. NONESCOST
11 Quingking Robert G. NONESCOST
12 Lobaton Winniefred K. NONESCOST
13 Barbaza Johnny E. PSCA
14 Mistio Reynaldo O. PSCA
15 Caytiles Ronnie D. PSCA
16 Tabada Winston M. VSU
17 Subong Paul Marlou C. WVSU
18 Soriano Ronald T. WVCST
19 Jamile Joyce F. WVCST



This is part of a series of trainings given by the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) to trainers of the iSchools Project.

Regions 6,7,& 8 Draft iSchools Project Sustainability Plan

Participants of the Sustainability Planning Workshop (SPW) in Eastern Visayas joined their hands together as they pledge their commitment to the 2007 iSchools Project of the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT).

Over a hundred Principals, Parents-Teachers Association Presidents, Local Government Unit Representatives of the recipient schools from Regions 6,7 and 8 came to Asia Convention Center, Tacloban City for a 3-day training-workshop on March 18-20, 2009. This was hosted by the Eastern Visayas State University (EVSU) iSchools Team.

The aim of the workshop is for the participants to draft a sustainability plan that would help the dreams of the high school students come true - to be one with the world, a world that is connected through the internet.

With this plan and goal in mind, the lines of the song that participants sang at the end of the workshop became even more meaningful-- “If we hold on together, I know our dreams will never die. Dreams see us through to forever, where clouds roll by…For YOU and I”.

Training Never Stops for Trainers

Nine Certified Linux Professional Instructors (LPI) attended the Seminar-Workshop on Laboratory Management for LPI Certified Trainers. This was held last February 11-13, 2009 at Zaibatsu Café Bar, Tacloban City, Leyte. Eastern Visayas State University’s (EVSU) iSchools Team hosted the event.

The objective of the workshop was to revise the laboratory management curriculum based on the experiences of the trainers on the field. Mr. Clement Rasul, a National Consultant for Education Management Information System and an expert on Open Source System Development, guided the participants in obtaining this goal.

The participants were Baquirquir, Lloyd A., Batangas State University; Diaz, Mario Rosendo, Benguet State University; Medina, Ronald, Western Mindanao State University; Miras, Adrian F., Laguna University; Pulma, Danilo B., Eastern Visayas State University; Santiago, Tristan Rex E., Western Philippines University; Villaruz, Dorward F., Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology; Mahinay, Marc Joseph, Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology; and Leonido, Alex L. Wertern Visayas College of Science & Technology.

After a rigid brainstorming and consultation, the group was able to come up with a 3- day Training Design for the Trainer’s Training and a 5-day Training Design for the public high schools.

“The Laboratory Management Training this year uses a practical approach. The training design is based on the capability and needs of the Laboratory Managers of the Public High Schools. This is something they would easily appreciate and understand,” said Dr. Danilo B. Pulma, a participant and the ICTC of the EVSU iSchools Team.