Some says that poverty is one of the major cause why people lack in education. In my case, I do not believe in this statement, why?Because I myself experienced poverty.
I grew up in a family who is not well-off in life. I even remember in the past that we do not have enough money to buy food so we ended up borrowing money from other people. Sometimes, me and my brothers also went to school without “baon”. But despite this hardships that we suffer in life, my parents made ways to give us education. That experiences inspired me that I should finish my studies.
Knowing that my parents could not afford to send me to college when I graduated in high school, I decided to work for the meantime and help them. But even though I’m working, I find time to look for schools who offers scholarships. Luckily, it was in 2007, when I tried to enter as a working scholar at the university of the Cordilleras and I passed. This gave me hope to continue my studies and have a better future.
As a working scholar, I can say that studying at the same time working is not that easy. But through hardwork and dedication, I will be able to graduate.One more thing that gave me inspiration is my family especially my mom who passed away last November 2008. When she’s still alive and at the hospital, the last words that she told me is to finish my studies. That is why when I encounter problems and thought of giving up, I always remember what my mom says.My father who is with us is also very supportive both to me and to my brother who is also a working scholar at the University of Baguio.He always remind us to study hard so that we will have a better life in the future.
Next year, I will be graduating and I’m looking forward also to my future plans like of course passing the board exam for professional teachers for me to be a licensed teacher and share my knowledge to my future students, pursue higher education and support my family. If I will be lucky, I also dream of putting up my own school not necessarily a big school but what is important is I will be able to share knowledge and help others to experienced education.
So when other people will asked me will I be able to graduate?I’m confident to say, YES I CAN!!
Sunday, August 29, 2010
A Student Now…..A Teacher in the Future
Some says that poverty is one of the major cause why people lack in education. In my case, I do not believe in this statement, why?Because I myself experienced poverty.
I grew up in a family who is not well-off in life. I even remember in the past that we do not have enough money to buy food so we ended up borrowing money from other people. Sometimes, me and my brothers also went to school without “baon”. But despite this hardships that we suffer in life, my parents made ways to give us education. That experiences inspired me that I should finish my studies.
Knowing that my parents could not afford to send me to college when I graduated in high school, I decided to work for the meantime and help them. But even though I’m working, I find time to look for schools who offers scholarships. Luckily, it was in 2007, when I tried to enter as a working scholar at the university of the Cordilleras and I passed. This gave me hope to continue my studies and have a better future.
As a working scholar, I can say that studying at the same time working is not that easy. But through hard work and dedication, I will be able to graduate.One more thing that gave me inspiration is my family especially my mom who passed away last November 2008. When she’s still alive and at the hospital, the last words that she told me is to finish my studies. That is why when I encounter problems and thought of giving up, I always remember what my mom says.My father who is with us is also very supportive both to me and to my brother who is also a working scholar at the University of Baguio.He always remind us to study hard so that we will have a better life in the future.
Next year, I will be graduating and I’m looking forward also to my future plans like of course passing the board exam for professional teachers for me to be a licensed teacher and share my knowledge to my future students, pursue higher education and support my family. If I will be lucky, I also dream of putting up my own school not necessarily a big school but what is important is I will be able to share knowledge and help others to experienced education.
So when other people will asked me will I be able to graduate?I’m confident to say, YES I CAN!!
I grew up in a family who is not well-off in life. I even remember in the past that we do not have enough money to buy food so we ended up borrowing money from other people. Sometimes, me and my brothers also went to school without “baon”. But despite this hardships that we suffer in life, my parents made ways to give us education. That experiences inspired me that I should finish my studies.
Knowing that my parents could not afford to send me to college when I graduated in high school, I decided to work for the meantime and help them. But even though I’m working, I find time to look for schools who offers scholarships. Luckily, it was in 2007, when I tried to enter as a working scholar at the university of the Cordilleras and I passed. This gave me hope to continue my studies and have a better future.
As a working scholar, I can say that studying at the same time working is not that easy. But through hard work and dedication, I will be able to graduate.One more thing that gave me inspiration is my family especially my mom who passed away last November 2008. When she’s still alive and at the hospital, the last words that she told me is to finish my studies. That is why when I encounter problems and thought of giving up, I always remember what my mom says.My father who is with us is also very supportive both to me and to my brother who is also a working scholar at the University of Baguio.He always remind us to study hard so that we will have a better life in the future.
Next year, I will be graduating and I’m looking forward also to my future plans like of course passing the board exam for professional teachers for me to be a licensed teacher and share my knowledge to my future students, pursue higher education and support my family. If I will be lucky, I also dream of putting up my own school not necessarily a big school but what is important is I will be able to share knowledge and help others to experienced education.
So when other people will asked me will I be able to graduate?I’m confident to say, YES I CAN!!
Monday, August 16, 2010
Technology - a plus factor in Education!
“The technology itself is not transformative. It’s the school, the pedagogy, that is transformative.” - Tanya Byron
Our society today becomes reliant on technology for so many things: staying in touch with family, online research, researching simple questions couldn’t be done today without our technological resources.As education prepares students to be productive members of the society, educational institutions must pay more attention than ever before to information technology. Technology combined with education, prepares you to teach technical skills to students of all ages and levels. Now what is information technology? Information technology is defined as “the development, design, study, implementation and management of computer related information,” For us to analyze the importance of information technology in education, the benefits to teachers and students should be given attention.
Using technology in education can be a great benefit for teachers. They can use technology to spread information to their students such as, class schedules, assignments, or even notes discussed in the previous lessons. The technology may also become a way to teachers to collaborate with one another and have the ability to work together for the betterment of the students. With the use of technology, teachers may also acquire new skills to improve their teaching abilities. Technology makes it possible for teachers to reach more students allowing them to be competent and knowledgeable in the future.
Technology when used inside the classroom can be used as a motivational tool that brings a great impact on their attitudes when it comes to learning. Through technology, students are able to experience situations that a student in the past or even in the future may only just imagine. Using technology in education provides them advanced information which is not yet published in books. It has also been proven that technology helps students achieve in reading, writing and arithmetic. Most of all, students with special needs and disabilities have been able to achieve ways which are not possible. Also those students who didn’t finish high school or college can now be free to continue their education with the help of technology.
Let’s take a look at the roles of technology in learning (according to Jonassen). First, technology serves as tools to support knowledge construction. This represents learners, ideas, understandings and beliefs and also producing organized, multimedia knowledge bases of learners. Second, technology as information vehicles for exploring knowledge to support learning-by-constructing. In here, technology access needed information and compares perspectives, beliefs and world views. Third, technology as context to support learning-by-doing. Technology represents and simulates meaningful real world problems, situations and context. It also represents perspectives, arguments and stories of others and defines a safe, controllable problem space for student thinking. Fourth, technology as a social medium to support learning by conversing. This helps in collaborating with others, discussing, arguing and building consensus among members of a community. Lastly, technology as intellectual partner to support learning-by-reflecting. For helping learners to articulate and represent what they know and for reflecting on what they have learned and how they came to know it.
According to research, when technology is used effectively it indicates increased in students learning, understanding and achievement but also augments motivation to learn, encourages collaborative learning and supports the development of critical thinking and problem-solving skills. Also, proper implementation of technology in the classroom gives students more control of their own learning and tends to move classrooms from teacher-dominated environments to ones that are more learner-centered.
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