Cebu and GuhIT

I joined the Third National ICTS in Basic Education Congress last September 10-11, 2008 at the Waterfront Hotel, Cebu City. The congress was organized by the Department of Education (DepEd), Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development, Inc. (FIT-ED) and the University of the Philippines Open University (UPOU). The theme for this year is Curriculum, Pedagogy and the Challenge of the 21st Century Learning. I presented my paper entitled GuhIT 2008: A Project-Based Approach to Teaching Digital Literacy. It was a special project of the First year High School students of the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology Integrated Developmental School. It is an offshoot of the Intel Teach Program: Skills For Success Course, a curriculum on digital literacy, that has been adapted for the IT1 subject.

My paper presentation went out fine at the Caspian Room of the Waterfront Hotel. The aircon was freezing cold and the waiters served glasses of cold drinking water. We were allowed to talk for twenty (20) minutes only and ten (10) minutes for the open forum. I think I talked too fast that I ended up five (5) minutes before the time. During the Q&A, I was on hot seat as the audience started to ask their questions and the room felt warmer for a while but in the end it went out well. I reminded myself that it was my project and no one else in the world knows better about its outcomes (both achievements and shortcomings) than me.

GuhIT paper presentation

plenary sessions at the Pacific Hall