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Forum on INTEL Teach to the Future Program

INTEL Technology Philippines, Inc. launched anew the Intel Teach to the Future Program (ITFP), in conjunction with the second phase of the PCs for Public Schools (PCPS), a project of the Philippine Department of Education, through a series of fora cum workshops held in June 2004 at SEAMEO INNOTECH.

INTEL Technology Philippines saw an opportunity to extend support once more to the DepEd by holding the ITFP forum cum workshop, in partnership with SEAMEO INNOTECH. The forum, held in two batches, zeroed in on the school heads of the recipient schools under PCPS-2, together with their regional IT coordinators.

The PCPS-2 project of the DepEd gave away a set of 10 new computer equipment and paraphernalia, including two dot matrix printers, to more than a thousand secondary public schools around the country. The project was made possible through the assistance of the Department of Trade and Industry.

With the new equipment in their hands, staff of the recipient schools must gain understanding and appreciation of what they received. Similarly, school personnel must know DepEd’s policies regarding technology use and ICT integration in the classroom. More importantly, school administrators must have the necessary leadership and technical support to raise student achievement through technology use in classroom instruction.

For these reasons, the forum on Intel Teach to the Future program (ITFP) was evidently significant to the recipient schools. In particular, ITFP provides the technical assistance needed by the recipient schools in ICT integration for classroom instruction.

The Forum specifically built on the ideas and shared experiences of the close to five hundred (500) school heads, including regional coordinators, that were chosen to participate in the two-day event.

Inputs from various speakers were likewise given to help them gain better understanding of the program, as well as the possibilities it offers in their respective schools.

Education Secretary Dr. Edilberto de Jesus headed the list of speakers who spoke about the ITFP and gave inputs about ICT integration in the classroom. His presence gave the participants the chance to raise issues affecting their schools and other projects related with IT integration in education. Most significant was the issue about the High School Bridge Program implemented last summer to incoming high school freshmen. The Bridge Program intends to improve the competencies of students in the areas of English, Math and Science.

The Bureau of Secondary Education (BSE) director, Dr. Lolita Andrada, provided the much needed information about existing DepEd policies and the possibilities of the Intel Teach to the Future program. Ms. Celia Balbin, science education specialist at the University of the Philippines-National Institute for Science and Mathematics Education Development (UP-NISMED), shared how the ITFP helped achieve results in the teaching-learning process in the first batch of recipient schools under the PCPS.

More inputs were provided by Intel teacher Ms. Amelia T. Buan of the Iligan City East High School, Iligan City; and principal Mrs. Nancy Flores, who was with the Pasay City West High School at the time the program was first implemented.

The ITFP teacher-practitioner spoke of the potentials of ICT in the classroom based on her personal experience. The ITFP principal, Mrs. Flores enlightened her fellow principals with the elements of success of the ITFP in the school she formerly handled.

With those valuable inputs, and peer interaction through sharing of experiences, forum delegates devised their three-month start-up plan for the successful implementation of the Intel Teach to the Future program in their respective schools.

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