Smart Communications, Inc. (SMART), through its Smart Schools Program (SSP), recently conducted a training workshop for partner schools in the Visayas in preparation for its “Doon Po Sa Amin” project.
In attendance at the workshop held at the
Under the instruction of Netlearn Ventures, Inc.’s Christopher Lorenzo and Lloyd Anthony Layug, workshop participants learned basic Internet technologies and terminologies, community-based research, the formulation of a research topic, site mapping, and guidelines on website construction.
They were also guided on the step-by-step process of building an actual website using Microsoft’s web-authoring tool MS Frontpage.
“The training is a springboard to get partner schools excited about Doon Po Sa Amin,” said trainer Christopher Lorenzo.
Doon Po Sa Amin is a project under the SSP that aims to encourage partner educators and students nationwide to use desktop and Internet technologies in generating web-based information as well as local content using community mapping techniques. The project also aims to promote ICT in basic education through curriculum-based topic categories. To date, 15 partner schools have published their official school website with the help of partner schools under the Smart Wireless Engineering Education Program (SWEEP).
The Smart Schools Program aims to provide Internet access, online content and training to public elementary and secondary schools nationwide. Through the Smart Schools Program, SMART is enabling educational institutions to acquire Internet access as part of SMART’s “Internet for all” advocacy.
To date, a total of 180 public high schools and elementary schools nationwide have been provided with Internet access through the Smart Schools Program and the Smart Schools Jr. These programs are carried out in partnership with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) which shares in the advocacy of providing more affordable Internet access to a broader segment of the population. /MP
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