Enabling ICT Literacy through Learning Action Cells (Day 21)
by Rey Laguda(This is the 20th day of 50-day journey of DepEd Undersecretary Rey Laguda as being serialized here with his permission, culled from his Facebook account - Blogger/owner)
It is really not enough to simply provide hardware and equipment to schools. While access to technology was provided, adoption and use was varied and was affected by many factors. It did not automatically translate to effective use for teaching and learning. There was a need to support provision of technology with ample professional development.
There have been numerous ongoing efforts of industry partners and groups to train teachers for productivity, teaching and learning objectives. However, given the number of teachers to be trained, it was just a huge challenge to cover the whole ground. Further, these partners were not operating or present in all areas of the country. So the Department of Education made a decision to complement this with internal training and development as well. The whole process entailed development of a program after consulting with teachers from the field, and experts from the bureaus and ICT service from the Central Office.
ICT Literacy Facilitators
