Integrating Modern Technology In Classroom Instruction

July 28-30, 2006

Sponsored by: IBM-eMentor Scholars (MSU CHAPTER)

in cooperation with MSU-OAVCAA (External Affairs)

First Day

MSU-System Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Nasroden B. Guro (2nd frm left) with Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Macabangkit P. Ati (left) and Asst. Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs(External Studies) Dr. Malawi Panambulan (third frm left). Included in the picture is the MSU-Binidayan Principal (right).

The Participants coming from all over Lanao del Sur. Some are from MSU Main Campus, most come from MSU-External Studies (as far as MSU-Malabang), and there are also some participants from DEPed (Datu Calaca National High School).

2nd Day

The participants busy creating and developing their lesson presentations.

3rd Day

Presentation of Outputs. Prof. Saima Diron of MSU-Baloi with her lesson presentation.

The MSU IBM eMentor Scholars with MSU-Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Macabangkit P. Ati who delivered the inspirational message during the closing program of the seminar.

(MSU IBM eMentors..Ma'am Marie, Ma'am Sal, Ma'am Venus, Ma'am Yam, Sir Arnold, Sir Acsie...By the way, sino si winswim?dipo sya MSU chapter ha.)

Second Hurrah!!!!!!!!!!

Good day!!!!!!!!
We are on our first day of our eMentor Reecho Training Program. Again it was attended by none other than MSU's Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Nasroden Guro, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Macabangkit Ati, and Assistant Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Malawi P. Panambulan.
It's fairly tough job, but without the joint efforts of the MSU eMentors Group,Sir Arnold, Sir Acsie, Ma'am Marie, MA'am Sal, Ma'am Yam, and Ma'am Barbs. More power to all of us eMentors..We can all do it!!!!

Day 1 of the 2nd Batch

We are now conducting our 2nd batch of the re-echo training still in the MSU-ISED Computer Laboratory. The opening program was attended by VPAA Guro, VCAA Ati and VCAA[EU]Panambulan. The participants are mostly coming from some parts of Lanao.

GEM Graces Malabang NHS IBM eMentor Training

The IBM eMentor Curriculum Technology Integration Training conducted in our school the Malabang National High School as the basis of my avalanche last July 20-24, 2006. It was started an opening program attended by some Education Supervisors in our Division Office and or course with all our school officials like the Administrative Officer, Head Teacher III, Guidanace Couselor, Master Teachers. The most thriling part was the message from the GEM in the person of Madame Maej Villanueva who delivered her speech via phone pal. The entire officialdom of our school would like to extend our gratitude and thanks for such elightenment Maam Maej. We felt that we are really part of GEM...
The training conducted for 4 days covering all the modules which were produced during the 10 day training in Davao City. During the culminating program education supervisors and school officials were present again and they were all amazed on the outputs presented by 20 IBM eMentor Participants. Believe it or not one of the participants was our administrative officer Maam Faridah Jamil who presented INTERNET(SEE THE WORLD IN A CLICK OF A SECOND) as her topic. Our school nurse also who is handling a computer Education subject presented Computer (the power of technology) as her topic. we have already 40 IBM eMentors trained in our school in addtion to Maam Carol Trained teachers.

GEM Graces Malabang NHS IBM eMentor Training

The IBM eMentor Curriculum Technology Integration Training conducted in our school the Malabang National High School as the basis of my avalanche last July 20-24, 2006. It was started an opening program attended by some Education Supervisors in our Division Office and or course with all our school officials like the Administrative Officer, Head Teacher III, Guidanace Couselor, Master Teachers. The most thriling part was the message from the GEM in the person of Madame Maej Villanueva who delivered her speech via phone pal. The entire officialdom of our school would like to extend our gratitude and thanks for such elightenment Maam Maej. We felt that we are really part of GEM...
The training conducted for 4 days covering all the modules which were produced during the 10 day training in Davao City. During the culminating program education supervisors and school officials were present again and they were all amazed on the outputs presented by 20 IBM eMentor Participants. Believe it or not one of the participants was our administrative officer Maam Faridah Jamil who presented INTERNET(SEE THE WORLD IN A CLICK OF A SECOND) as her topic. Our school nurse also who is handling a computer Education subject presented Computer (the power of technology) as her topic. we have already 40 IBM eMentors trained in our school in addtion to Maam Carol Trained teachers.

Congratulations!

Congratulations Sir Aquil for a job well done.

Sir Meoh

Arabic Teachers made it

in my inner portion of my life, i am so happy as i made a sort of training to values and arabic teachers in our school about internet exploration. i think its an achievement in my part as i have seen in their faces the excitement, enthusiast and appreciation as they go along exploring the power and magic of internet. i hope could send you the captions (pictures) how they used to enjoy setting in the computers.....they asked me to have it again so they may equip with the necessary knowledge on how to use technology...... because of that the technology and livelihood education department invited me also to lecture them on internet exploration... this time their department head is now starting getting instructional materials and compile them to make as their references in their particular subject area....

Arabic Teachers made it

in my inner portion of my life, i am so happy as i made a sort of training to values and arabic teachers in our school about internet exploration. i think its an achievement in my part as i have seen in their faces the excitement, enthusiast and appreciation as they go along exploring the power and magic of internet. i hope could send you the captions (pictures) how they used to enjoy setting in the computers.....they asked me to have it again so they may equip with the necessary knowledge on how to use technology...... because of that the technology and livelihood education department invited me also to lecture them on internet exploration... this time their department head is now starting getting instructional materials and compile them to make as their references in their particular subject area....

Avalanche

We are here right now in our computer laboratory for my reecho training........... i can rteally see the excitement and enthusiast of the aprticipants............. say good luck for for me....... madugo talaga to ............... i need your help ........

Re-scheduled training-workshop...

Assalamo Alaikom!!!

To all my co-IBM eMentors (MSU Chapter):

This is to inform you that due to the hectic schedule of the MSU Officials, our scheduled Second Batch of training-workshop on July 21 - 23, 2006 is re-scheduled on July 28 - 30, 2006.

Please be guided accordingly.

I just talked to the MSU Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Nasroden Guro and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Dr. Macabangkit Ati with Dr. Malawi A. Panambulan, our Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs [External Studies] and have agreed to postpone the said training-workshop with some unavoidable circumstances.

Thank you and more power to all.

Maryam Q. Manalundong
Team Leader
IBM eMentor Scholars
MSU Chapter

The Next Phase of the Re-echo Training

The SO of the 2nd batch of the re-echo training of MSU had finally released last July 7 just a day we had made it with Mam Marie. By this week the memorandum will be sent to the different principals. This will be on july 21-23, 2006 and we are hoping to have another 50 participants to complete the expected trained teachers of 80 from all of us here in eMentor MSU Chapter. There will be two venues for the conduct of the training.

With the requirements that we had i guess everybody is busy doing these. I am also trying to do same thing eventhough the SASE Booster review in our school had started last week and by next month we'll be in Marawi City for another Booster Review. I am hoping we could do it to the best of our abilities as ementors against all "busy works" that we will be facing.

Sir Meoh, Sir Garsh and Mam Maej thanks for always reminding us in all of our endeavors, we really need sometime to be reminded. Sorry for being quiet in time you send us messages but deep inside I am always thinking of them(requirements) most of the time.
Arnold

Because of the IBM

The IBM program had helped me lot with regards to my work. i dont have good term with my school principal that's why i was not able to realize my reecho training. for several moments i was bringing this troubled feeling of FEAR to reconcile with her..... until such time that i forced my self to ask forgiveness and thanks GOD she understood me and gave me all the chances and supports. thanks for the IBM eMentor program i made it.................... i cried for for so long and now i am happy as bird flying in the sky........... i will do my avalanche this coming July 20-22, 2006 inshaallah..

Archiving all Lesson Plans Developed by CLIC Teachers

In view of the CLIC Teachers section in the GEM website (www.mindanao.org), please send me an ecopy of all lesson plans developed by co-teachers during the "re-echo" of IBM eMentor Program.

What's unique in this web page is that all lesson plans were created and (proudly) developed by CLIC teachers, therefore, all components indicated in the lesson plans can be realistically implemented given the context (in Mindanao) by which it is developed.

All lesson plans will be uploaded in the website which will be made available to all other teachers everywhere in the world. We are hoping the lesson plans posted will increase a hundredfold, which initiated with just 28 lesson plans developed by the Ementors. Imagine, 10 teachers for each eMentor and the lesson plans developed as an output at the end of each training session will be posted in the website, there will be total of 280 lesson plans in a just a few months. Imagine that the teachers you trained will train 5 more teachers (possibly) from other schools in the community?

We are hoping that the eMentor will create a "ripple-effect" and more and more lesson plans will be developed and shared to the rest of the world.

Imagine -- millions of teachers can benefit from the lesson plans you have developed and the impact it will create to the students' learning. This is your legacy.

PLEASE SEND ALL LESSON PLANS DEVELOPED via email at maej@mindanao.org. In addition, please send me a summary table indicating names of teachers, contact info and their photos for proper reference once lesson plans are posted.

Best Regards,

Maej

Web Page for CLIC Teachers in GEM's Website

Dear IBM eMentors,

The GEM Program developed a web page for all CLIC Teachers which aims to:

1) archive all lesson plans developed by CLIC teachers through various training programs (i.e. IBM eMentor Scholarship Program);

2) make these developed lesson plans available to the rest of the CLIC network located all over Mindanao; and

3) document the developments of all CLIC teachers.

The webpage has been designed for you. There are other links that were posted to assist every CLIC teacher's progress to adapt and develop the technological approach in to life -long classroom learning and teaching.

Please click on the ff. URL (or highlight the URL, then copy & paste in the web browser):

http://www.mindanao.org/components/clicteachers.htm

We are always open for suggestions. Please send me an email for more of your ideas on how we can improve the utilization of the webpage.

!!! Please take time to visit the webpage and share it to the rest of the community!!!

Lastly, please inform the rest of your community, colleagues, parents and students about the CLIC web page. Once introduced to the community, please send me an email at maej@mindanao.org on how the webpage has helped you and for what purpose it has been accessed. Any type of feedback will be highly appreciated.

Thanks so much.

Regards,

Maej

Hi everyone! What's up there na po? Are you having madugong preparation of your IMs? hehehehehe ............. I can really sense that everyone is sooooo busy working on his/her IMs for implementation. I hope that I could be like you guys. I just hope that I can finish them all so I can submit them to Sir Meoh for editing or corrections. By the way, our next batch of re-echo training is tentatively scheduled on July 21-23. We really need to conduct the second batch because next month (August) will be our very tiresome and madugong month in the MSU-External IBM eMentors (Ma'am Marie, Ma'am Sal, Ma'am Nor-ain, and Sir Arnold) coz we'll have SASE Booster Review Classes for 10 days.

Generator for the school...

Greeting of Peace to everyone. Hello...hello...hello!!!

I am please to announce to everybody that our PTCA Officials and members of our school had just bought a "Brand New Generator" intended for the use of computers and integrating technology in classroom instruction.

Infact, I am the first one to use it last wednesday July 5, 2006. Our school Principal Prof. Manis M. Didatar, Assistant Principal Prof. Lawan M. Lawi, and my co-faculties were so glad and amazed when they saw me lecturing using technology in my 2nd year class. Mrs. Omerah Andamun was her first time to see me lecturing integrating technology in my class, "Oh..it's so nice and amazing, all you have to do is to explain your lesson to the students. No need to write and write on the board" commented by Ms. Andamun as they observed my class last Wednesday. Our Assistant Principal Prof. Lawan to gether with her son also observed my class. When she saw my lesson she immediately called her son, Vandam, who is suffering from leukemia and is under going chemo therapy (see attached pictures) to have a sit-in in my class. He also enjoyed seeing the animated pictures and numbers in my lecture.

I am hoping that every teacher should adapt this kind of presenting lessons to the students. It motivates the students and makes them more active in the class.

Ms. Marie

How I wish.................

It seems that evryone of us is sooooooo busy working on his/her multi-media presentations. But we have to remember that it's for the benefits of our students. After all, we'll be reaping the fruits of our hardships through our students. How I wish I can have a lot of time in preparing my lessons with the aid of the modern technology so I can make those lessons a powerful one for my students. But despite all those hectic schedules I have, I'm trying my very best to finish my multi-media presentations to submit them to Sir Meoh for corrections...............

eMentor's Commitment to IBM

As I read Sir Meoh's posts at the YahooGroup, Blogspot, and Mentorplace, I can't help but feel overwhelmed with all the things that still need to be done.

But then I am also reminded of what eMentor is all about. I am reminded of the process we went through just to be picked up as one of the scholars. I am reminded of the great time we have in Davao as we went through that very rigid training. Best of all, I am reminded of the commitment and pledge that we made to the program.

What is this commitment? What is this pledge?

As beneficiaries of the eMentor program, we eMentors and scholars are committed and tasked to model, coach and facilitate the practice of contemporary teaching and learning. One of the purpose of the program is to spread out and disseminate the effective practice and integration of educational technology in our schools. Thus, we pledged to spread out the good word, the training of at least 10 teachers in our school or from nearby areas to achieve this main purpose.

I am nearly finished with my lesson presentations, and me and my co- MSU eMentors just concluded a very successful reecho seminar of 30 teachers from all over Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte. And another batch will be trained last week of July. We believe among us MSU Group "walang iwanan" ( no one should be left behind), because we believe we can conquer whatever comes our way if we stand together. For that matter, our group Ma'am Marie, Ma'am Sal, Ma'am Yam, Ma'am Venus, Ma'am Barbs, Sir Arnold and Sir Acsie, has been in this together from the beginning , middle and till the end of this whole program.

The real reward of this program are the smiles of the children as they see, learn and understand very well the lessons imparted to them. When you see them go well in the quizzes and evaluations as compared to their past standings, when you see them become more interested in your subject, now that's the real reward we mentors can get. And this is not just temporary, this is just the beginning. A beginning of more effective methods and strategies of teaching. It's a complete turnaround and change for some, but a very very good one nonetheless.

More power to the eMentor scholars! Press on!

IBM eMentor on tudlo mindanao

Tudlo Mindanao or Teach Mindanao is one of the responsible in bringing quality education in Mindanao funded also by the USAID. The program is focusing on ICT or Information and Computer Education, Teaching English Language and Science. Our school being the only the recipeint on this program in the Division of Lanao Sur II really takes pride. about 5 teachers who were trained by tudlo mindanao including me who are making the best out in carrying its vision. In August 14-18, 2006 we will have our Regional workshop Avalanche in Cagayan de Oro city. in connection with, its a chance for me to inject what i have learned in the IBM EMENTOR Program more specifically on the significance of Educational Technology as one of the Regional trainers. we will trained more than 100 teachers in the ARMM. so, this is to inform sir meoh that theres a conflict on my schedule. the monitoring visit also in our school is been scheduled on that day. my best regards to all of you!!!!! miss you all

Aftermath?

It was a successful re-echo training. At last! I had shared to my co-faculty the training that we had in Davao because there are 5 of them who attended the training from my station. I was indeed vey surprise when our principal himself accompany them in the training venue and attended the opening program. I had this feeling of being tensed because they will be watching me delivering my module but it was fulfulling to see that right after the training they immediately applied and implemented the things that they learned in the traininbg by holding their classes in the com lab. I had a difficulty in the booking of the com lab because they wanted to share the beauty of using technology in their respective classes. With the grace of God the power supply is cooperating with us because we had a suffucient power supply last week and hoping to have it next week since I had reserved the com lab for another mmp of their lessons and film showing of the English and Filipino classes through the use of our tv and dvd player.

The materials that we had were being used by some of my co-faculty as well as the mmp that we had presented in Davao. Just this week the light is cooperating with us. Though, we had this problem but still we really apply the ICT in school evrytime there is power and the use of the generator.

best regards,

arnold

Mechanics for Identifying Top eMentor Scholars

The primary purpose of the IBM eMentor Scholarship Program’s is to propagate and disseminate models of practice in technology integration; as such recognition of effective and appropriate use of educational technology tools as a means to enhance and improve educational results in their respective schools is imperative.

Because of the comprehensive process that is followed by the proponents in selecting and developing IBM eMentors, the following offers a mechanism for identifying top eMentors as it provides direction for teachers to understand what is expected of them.

Selection Criteria


The eMentors’ performance and effectiveness in the use of educational technology will be assessed in order to identify the Top IBM eMentors.

IBM eMentor Assessment Form. The IBM eMentor Assessment Form would be utilized to measure and track teachers’ performance and effectiveness during the program implementation period. It is comprised of appropriate rubrics that were prepared for specific indicators; the rubrics will serve as the primary performance measurement indicators to determine the eMentors’ success in the practice of the professional use of educational technology. The form is focused on the following domains:

1. Development and Implementation of ICT-Enabled Instructional Materials (50%)
2. Re-Echo Training (30%)
3. Teacher Collaboration (20%)

For the teacher evaluation to be more participatory, eMentors will be asked to rate himself/herself using the tool; eMentors will also be rated by representatives of EduQuest, GEM, and IBM utilizing the same tool.


eMentor’s Portfolio. eMentors are required to prepare their teacher portfolio in consultation with an EduQuest Instruction Specialist; the teacher portfolio will be submitted as proof of practice. The portfolio demonstrates the eMentor’s accomplishments and highlights his/her competencies as it is a diversified sample of a best works during the program implementation period.


eMentor Observation. For purposes of teacher evaluation, each eMentor must be observed in an instructional setting. The observation results and feedback would serve as a guide in validating information acquired from the IBM eMentor Assessment Form and eMentor Observation.

The aforementioned mechanics draws on the practice of the teacher during the program implementation period to ascertain the development in the eMentor’s competencies and to review their experience gained from the program. It is designed not only to encourage professional growth, but also to identify and validate already effective instructional practices utilizing educational technology.

The IBM eMentor Assessment Form can be downloaded from the eMentor yahoo group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/IBMeMentor2006/.

Sir Meoh

What a feeling!

Hi co-mentors!

Alhamdulillah! At last we finished the very tiresome and MADUGONG re-echo training yesterday. I thought we couldn't do it but I was wrong. We had done it with the help and support of our top officials here in MSU System. A sense of accomplishment was depicted in everyone's face (IBM eMentor Scholars, MSU Chapter).