KEEPING KIDS SAFE ONLINE

With the advent of technology, a lot of terminologies are added to the lexicon such as digital natives, selfies, digital culture, digital immigrants, social media, tweet, google, blogging, etc. As our words evolve and our word bank increase, so does our youth change. 

Please watch this video to understand further what I want to convey.

Such overwhelming INTERNET REVOLUTION now presents a wide generational gap between the old and the young. But this is not the only problem. Our youth are vulnerable to a lot of cyber addictions and cyber distractions, more than we can imagine.

It is not pure chance that I got to sit for 2 hours to listen to Sir Sonnie Santos' talk on "Keeping Kids Safe Online."

I'm glad I went to this seminar as I was able to learn a lot even if the lecture was short.

As Sir Sonnie emphasized in his lecture, the use of the Internet is like a double edged sword.If properly used, the pool of knowledge and information that one could get from the World Wide Web could be beneficial and "transformational" to the user. However, if abused, the Internet is the harbinger of lots of addiction to the user.

The main purpose of social media should be to add value to a person. But it could be overwhelming to the youth as the youth lacks the capacity to really weigh its pros and cons. More often than not, the youth are inclined to be easily susceptible to  its influences. 

Ensuring web safety for our youth then becomes everybody's business. Parents, educators, media, legislators, NGO's, LGU's, no one is spared of the big responsibility to safeguard the young. 

I join Sonnie Santos in his advocacy against cyberbullying and web safety.

FEED for Web safety!!!

FILTER online sites.
ENGAGE your kids. Open communication is the key
EDUCATE your kids and yourselves as well.
DISCIPLINE wisely.

Want to have more of SONNIE? I'm sharing some of his slides.

About Sonnie Santos from ASKSonnie (Sonnie Santos)

It takes one spark to light the flame. Let us share the light to everybody else who cares. 

GRADE 9 EDUKASYON SA PAGPAPAKATAO MODULE

Grade 9 Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao Learners Module from Marco Med

POWER REVIEW FOR COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMS

Yes, you've got ambition. You've got all these dreams of your future. But how do you get there?

Here's your road map towards your goals.

Of course, first is to go back to your interests, skills and aptitude. You've got to assess yourself. Then, set a course to pursue in college. Take the college entrance test. Pass it. Because it is your gateway to a college degree.

Below are several guidelines for our outgoing fourth year students from Pines City National High School in their preparation for college entrance exams. I hope, this would be helpful to them and to all incoming college freshmen students.

POWER REVIEW FOR COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMNATIONS from L Ferndz

EDUKASYON SA PAGPAPAKATAO IV

Teaching EDUKASYON SA PAGPAPAKATAO IV is a big leap of faith. I have never visualized myself to be teaching it yet now that I am, I am finding it worthwhile. It is a reality checker. It is my constant reminder that I am after all human, who is bound to countlessly make mistakes.

Modules sa edukasyon sa pagpapakatao IV from L Ferndz

EXCERPTS FROM THE K to 12 Seminar

Topic 1: THE 21ST CENTURY TEACHER BY DR. GERTRUDE CORPUZ

21 st century gr. 9 final from L Ferndz

TOPIC 2: DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTIONS BY NORA DALAPNAS

·         Differentiated instruction is a systematic approach to planning curriculum and instruction for academically diverse learners… with the goals of honouring each student’s learning needs and maximizing each student’s learning capacity.

·         In DI, a teacher proactively plans varied approaches to what students need to learn, how they will learn it and how they will express what they have learned in order to increase the likelihood that each student will learn  as  much as he can as efficiently as possible. 

·         The goals of differentiation are:

1.Every student will make continuous progress no matter how old  she is or what levels  her knowledge and skills are  as she begins the unit.

2. Every student will become  a lifelong learner.

Differentiated classrooms feel right to students who learn in different ways and at different rates and who bring to school different talents and interests.

·         DI is permitting students to opt out of material they already know and progress at their own pace through new material.

·         The  first step in making your classroom a DI class is to do a formative assessment  to create an individual profile of every student in the class. Assessment should be on-going and diagnostic to provide data on readiness for particular skills. 

·         In DI teachers modify the content, process or product along with the learning area. 

TOPIC 3: CONSTRUCTIVISM

Rtot session 8-constructivism from L Ferndz

TOPIC 4:K TO 12 UPDATES BY MR. GRANATE
 

K to 12 updates from L Ferndz

TOPIC 5: LOCALIZATION AND CONTEXTUALIZATION BY NORA DALAPNAS
 

Localization & contextualization from L Ferndz

TOPIC 6: HOW CHILDREN LEARN
 

How children learn from L Ferndz

LIPUNAN

ANG TAO ANG BUMUBUO NG LIPUNAN; ANG LIPUNAN ANG BUMUBUO NG TAO.

One of the challenging tasks of a teacher is to come up with activities that are not only engaging but also meaningful to students. 

With the opening of classes on June 2, I have prepared an activity to jumpstart my lesson on “LIPUNAN: KABUTIHANG PANLAHAT,” the first lesson of Grade 9 under their Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao.

Here’s the flow of the activities:

FIRST DAY

• GROUPING BY THEIR BIRTH MONTH
• GROUP NAME
• GROUP YELL
•  GROUP RULES
•  GROUP EXPECTATIONS
•  PROCESSING- Each group that has been formed is a microcosm of the bigger community. Each group reflects norms that can also be mirrored in the general society. A functional group begets a functional community. A dysfunctional one leads to a dysfunctional society. It is therefore imperative that each team strives towards excellence, group cohesion and unity, embodying the principles of solidarity and subsidiarity. The group rules shall govern each team so that the members shall work in unison and harmony. Similarly, we have laws to guide us in our society.

SECOND DAY

• BODY MACHINE- students are tasked to make a representation or illustration of the following institutions using their bodies and no other materials.

1. Public Market
2.  Government
3. Hospital
4. Family 
5.  Church

• VENN DIAGRAM- showing the similarities and differences of their own group to the bigger community.
• PROCESSING- The body machine enhances the creativity of each team to paint or illustrate the different institutions in the society.
• REFLECTION- Students are tasked to make their reflection from the series of activities accomplished.

Here’s a reflection of one student (JIMMERSON SALVADOR)

Jimmerson: The author

Ang aking pagninilay- nilay sa mga nagdaang aktibidad ay masasalamin sa  pagkakaisa ng aming grupo sa pagkakatuparan ng mga obhektibo sa aralin. Naging masaya ang aming grupo dahil nagkaroon kami ng pagbabahaginan sa mga nalalaman namin sa mga topics na ibinigay. Kami ay sobrang nasiyahan dahil sa pagkakabuo ng aming grupo. Sa bawat pag-uusap namin, laging may biruan, tawanan at minsa’y kaseryosohan kapag hindi namin nasundan ang mga panuto.

Ang aming grupo ay halintulad sa malaking lipunan dahil katulad din ng malaking lipunan, ang grupo nami’y may mga alituntunin na dapat sundin. Ang mga group rules ay magsisilbing batas na siyang gagabay sa bawat miyembro.  Tulad din ng malaking lipunan, ang grupo nami’y naglalayong magkaroon ng kabutihang panlahat. Maisusulong ang mga proyekto namin. Maisasagawa ang mga aktibidad na dapat gawin. At ang pinakamahalaga sa lahat, nagkakaisa kami at nagtutulungan.

Gayundin, sa aming grupo, mayroon akong mga inaasahang bagay. Inaasahan ko na wala sanang mag-aaway away, mambubully at higit sa lahat, inaasahan kong walang babagsak sa amin. Sana lahat kami ay papasa. Walang lamangan at kami ay magmamahalan.