Innovations of Educational Technology in the Philippine Settings
by: EMMA LOU Z. REGALADO
The students are reminded that it is best to teach students in the vernacular and that in our current age, the digital world is the vernacular of children. By incorporating technology instead of avoiding it, it hopes to provide improvement and enrichment to education in the Philippines. Embracing technology also allows teachers the opportunity to properly guide children in the proper and responsible use of technology.
"Embodying the enthusiasm that Samsung has for the project is a prototype ‘E-board’ that you see in this photo dominating the front of the classroom, which was loaned to La Salle Green Hills for this very showcase of technology and how the PEARL project is envisioned to be."
"With the E-Board, students will be able to easily make reports and presentations by simply syncing their tablets and opening the file onscreen."
"Students will be able to take down notes through a notepad-type application."
"Each tablet is loaded with specially-designed apps provided by a partner company to assist in the learning process."
"After exams, test results can be directly emailed to the parents’ email addresses."
This project is a first in the country because no other educational institution had attempted to pursue a completely digitalized curriculum before. As such the project will be broken down into five phases to slowly integrate technology into students’ school life. It will also help to alleviate the cost of implementing such an ambitious system. One such concern that was mentioned by Engineer Jun Lozado is the Wi-Fi infrastructure needed to support a school-wide wireless environment. He states that the current wireless architecture will not suffice to support the projected bandwidth needed and will need to be redesigned.
Reference: http://www.hardwarezone.com.ph/feature-event-reinventing-learning-process-samsung-goes-la-salle-green-hills
