Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Theme for this year's science quest: Science Enthusiasts: Essential Partners for a Sustainable Future
The age of discovery, it is said has been fueled by curiosity and enthusisasm. The twenty-first century is an age of tough times, where the challenges the world is facing are much worse than before.
A Dime of Pure Gold
The nation is under very turbulent conditions.
It is said that the iron can only be made into steel through extreme heat, while the gem can only be polished through friction. While we all struggle to live through the tough times we are undergoing let us not forget, that challenge is the first ingredient for progress. We have long endured the agony of poverty, and the paradox of the different strata of society. Let us address these with full hope-- with enthusisasm and optimism for a brighter tomorrow. We need not another age of turmoli. Let us start the chage in ourselves, and perhaps, by then and only by then can we have a dime of pure gold.
It is said that the iron can only be made into steel through extreme heat, while the gem can only be polished through friction. While we all struggle to live through the tough times we are undergoing let us not forget, that challenge is the first ingredient for progress. We have long endured the agony of poverty, and the paradox of the different strata of society. Let us address these with full hope-- with enthusisasm and optimism for a brighter tomorrow. We need not another age of turmoli. Let us start the chage in ourselves, and perhaps, by then and only by then can we have a dime of pure gold.
Thursday, June 3, 2010
Global Connections
ENVIRONMENTAL AWARNESS: Needs a GLOBAL CHALLENGE in EDUCATION
Today’s fast-moving society makes it increasingly important for people, especially our youth to understand what is happening in the wider world. For us, globalization creates both opportunities and dangers. It throws our young learners and economies together, changing the way they live in unpredictable ways. Our youth has spread new technologies into every corner of the regions in the Philippines and even to the world, bringing both improvements and problems in their wake. With the use of I.C.T. it enables our learners to communicate and travel with greater ease, widening horizons as well as raising fears and barriers. Multimedia, including new ICT, has turned our learning environment into a global village, dramatically highlighting the gulf between rich and poor, cities and countryside, industrialized and subsistence economies.
The students of Marcial O. Ranola Memorial School (M.O.R.M.S.) are digital natives that continue to learn to live as a global society. Its I.C.T. initiative revolves around the belief that the lack of awareness about global interdependence can have serious consequences. To over looked the importance of global awareness also means to us that huge opportunities offered by a global society is an opportunity lost.
Education combined with the use of I.C.T. has become a great combination in our school. It has enabled our youth in learning the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in this changing world. But the kind of education needed today is now different from that of the past. Knowledge is changing and growing faster than ever before. Our students’ uses multimedia and the internet have given our students more access to knowledge.
What does GLOBAL CONNECTION
MEAN to our students?
As a learning institution, global connection is what we want our learners to achieve as a result in collaboration with other diverse cultures. Our youth are ACTIVE: means that it is not simply academic or theoretical, but starts from learner’s everyday experiences, develop practical skills and involves active learning.
Understanding: means that our student engages in critical analysis of information, knowledge, concepts and values. Collaboration or Connections: means our students put into practice the basic skills in discussing global challenges in everyday life;
sharing experiences and solutions to challenges and other issues about which they feel strongly and meaningful to them. Our institution believes that this would generate words and topics that increase interest and motivation to learn. Our learners made links
between these topics and relevant global issues that enabled them to interpret and discuss the global issues more critically, to form their own opinions and express them freely while developing confidence, vocabulary and communication skills in the process.
Today’s fast-moving society makes it increasingly important for people, especially our youth to understand what is happening in the wider world. For us, globalization creates both opportunities and dangers. It throws our young learners and economies together, changing the way they live in unpredictable ways. Our youth has spread new technologies into every corner of the regions in the Philippines and even to the world, bringing both improvements and problems in their wake. With the use of I.C.T. it enables our learners to communicate and travel with greater ease, widening horizons as well as raising fears and barriers. Multimedia, including new ICT, has turned our learning environment into a global village, dramatically highlighting the gulf between rich and poor, cities and countryside, industrialized and subsistence economies.
The students of Marcial O. Ranola Memorial School (M.O.R.M.S.) are digital natives that continue to learn to live as a global society. Its I.C.T. initiative revolves around the belief that the lack of awareness about global interdependence can have serious consequences. To over looked the importance of global awareness also means to us that huge opportunities offered by a global society is an opportunity lost.
Education combined with the use of I.C.T. has become a great combination in our school. It has enabled our youth in learning the skills and knowledge needed to thrive in this changing world. But the kind of education needed today is now different from that of the past. Knowledge is changing and growing faster than ever before. Our students’ uses multimedia and the internet have given our students more access to knowledge.
What does GLOBAL CONNECTION
MEAN to our students?
As a learning institution, global connection is what we want our learners to achieve as a result in collaboration with other diverse cultures. Our youth are ACTIVE: means that it is not simply academic or theoretical, but starts from learner’s everyday experiences, develop practical skills and involves active learning.
Understanding: means that our student engages in critical analysis of information, knowledge, concepts and values. Collaboration or Connections: means our students put into practice the basic skills in discussing global challenges in everyday life;
sharing experiences and solutions to challenges and other issues about which they feel strongly and meaningful to them. Our institution believes that this would generate words and topics that increase interest and motivation to learn. Our learners made links
between these topics and relevant global issues that enabled them to interpret and discuss the global issues more critically, to form their own opinions and express them freely while developing confidence, vocabulary and communication skills in the process.
Friday, January 22, 2010
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