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Basic IT as GE course
In: Education
10 Feb 2010
I’m getting sick and tired of the “excuse,” “Kaya nga ako nag-English” as an excuse not to know basic math concepts and technology concepts.
I’ve been involved in IT education as writer, editor, trainer and consultant largely because part of [...]
Focus on basic education
In: Education
31 Jan 2009Our educational system needs a revamp and fixing it by adding another year to college education is not the way to go.
Writing as a person who has taught college freshman courses, I can readily tell that the problem is not with college education but with the 10 years of basic education that should have prepared [...]
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- Tags: Education, Language, Teaching
With great power…
In: Education
26 Mar 2008…comes great chances of messing things up.
Never mind if I’m actually a rookie but I sat as a panel member for the defense of three undergraduate theses done by seniors. And I’d have to say it really feels different being on the other side of the room, making comments and providing criticism to what these [...]
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- Tags: Education, Teaching, Thesis, UP
I’ve been meaning to make a new blog for the new year and here it is. A product of an hour of nothing to do the past holidays, I’m launching Exploring English, a blog for learning the English language and literature for Filipino learners especially for college students.
The blog focuses on reading, writing, and business [...]
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- Tags: Education, Language, Teaching
Three days of DynEd training and I felt I lost three precious teaching days. Now know how the teachers in my teacher development seminars with my former company felt. Well, not necessarily the same, since I was a really good facilitator and we have catered lunches then. And at least I always had the upper [...]
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- Tags: Rant, Teaching, UP, Work
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