[not]Feature: E-learning in the "barrio schools"

By Mai Gevera

Davao City (5 September) — Teachers of a barrio school in the Island Garden of Samal simply asked for additional teachers, yet they were gifted with more than what they asked as four personal computers are set to arrive this month in San Jose Elementary School, Samal District.

School principal Poe Bustalino could not contain his excitement after hearing two good news for his school. His «barriofolks», long deprived with the comforts of electricity, now enjoy the sounds and images on television sets and other products made possible by electricity.

Just months after getting electric power, the said school learned about Rotary Club of East Davao’s literacy project that makes the school a beneficiary of PC units that includes a learning software for Grades 1 and 2 as well as a training program for the teachers.

Bustalino said it is a big gift to the students who rarely had a chance to see a computer unit and operate it on their own. (leer más…)

Fuente: [PIA Press Release]

tags: e-learning, aprendizaje, web2.0, barrio schools, web 2.0