May
7, 2012, Manila, Philippines—The
Philippine Normal University (PNU), the country’s National Center for Teacher
Education, conducted
a conference today billed as Teaching Powered by Technology: 21st
Century Skills and Tools for Teachers at
the AV Theater of Edilberto P. Dagot Hall, PNU campus in Taft Avenue, Manila.
This event is in collaboration with Vibe Technologies, the technology arm of
Vibal Publishing House, Inc.
The event is also in support of the
Department of Education’s (DepEd) thrust towards the integration of Information
and Communications Technology (ICT) in education. DepEd Secretary Bro. Armin
Luistro has issued DepEd Advisory No. 212 s. 2012, calling for the participation
of school administrators, supervisors, principals, school heads, coordinators
and classroom teachers from both public and private schools all over the
country.
Among the speakers in the conference are Mr. Erico Habijan (Director, National Educators Association
of the Philippines), Hal
Plotkin (Senior Policy Adviser, US Department of
Education), Michelle
Casio (Education Lead, Microsoft Philippines), Fr. Johnny Go, S.J. (President, Xavier School) and Michael Xia (Regional Sales and Marketing Manager,
McGraw Hill).
Highlights of the event include the launch
of Vibe Tablet, the first Philippine tablet specifically
meant for school use, and the formal donation and turnover of the open
courseware repository of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology (MIT), to
the PNU for the use of their teachers and students. MIT is recognized as a leading engineering
and technology university globally.
In further collaboration, Vibal Publishing
House, Inc. is donating a “classroom of the future” concept which will serve as
the official home of the continuing year-long course with degree units at
PNU. The facility will be equipped with mobile
PC tablets, an interactive whiteboard and LCD projector. The project is also in line with PNU’s
objective to enter into a twinning agreement with Columbia Universityʼs Center
for Technology and School Change, which has a reputable international
technology curriculum.
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