The Construct

The Department of Education isn’t a stranger to being given grants (what I term as “alms”) for continuous integration of IT in the education sector. I think the government has had dealings with IT giants like as Oracle with their Oracle Academy and Microsoft with their Partners in Learning program. While these efforts give students and educational institutions a break in their efforts, I still view it in the overall sad state of Philippine education. We rely on the generosity of the large Western capitalists to educate our students.

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So I spoke for St. Matthew’s College in Cainta, Rizal yesterday. My topic is built for the geek stuff – Learning Resources for the Internet Generation. “And boy, it was a blast. There were four different sessions for the different levels in high school. So I was speaking for a good part of the day. I kinda lost my voice at that. Haha.

Anyway, I was the only speaker to cover all four sessions. There were two others but one was just for the morning session and the other for the afternoon sessions. Speaking for the whole day takes a lot. Good thing I’ve been working out so I didn’t run out of juice and air.

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