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CHMSC co-hosts Camp Blog 2010


In order to fulfill the promise of “bridging the digital divide”, iSchools Project in 
cooperation with CHMSC-ICT Department (Talisay Campus) conducted Camp 
Blog 2010 at  Natures Village Resort, Talisay City from May 31 to June 9.


It’s a national gathering of regional ICT champions and iSchools recipients such 
as students, teachers and school administrators to practice their expertise in 
their field through the use of blogging.  iSchools Project was the main  organizer 
of the camp and it’s one of the flagship projects of the Commission on 
Information and Communications Technology (CICT).   CICT tapped CHMSC to 
co-host the event for it served as the provider of the facilities such as computers, 
technical support, additional staff and logistics preparation to name a few.   
“CICT has now 680 official high schools that are part of this project and we 
are hoping to have 1000 high schools by this year”, Ms. Toni Torres, one of the 
organizers said.   54 participants including students, teachers and school 
administrators from iSchools all over the country attended the camp to become 
competent ICT-for-Education champions in their localities.
Previous camp offered blogging as its main concentration in co-host the event for 
it served as the provider of the facilities such as  computers, technical support, 
additional staff and logistics preparation to name a few.   “CICT has now 680 
official high schools that are part of this project and we are hoping to have 1000 
high schools by this year”, Ms. Toni Torres, one of the organizers said.   54 
participants including students, teachers and school administrators from iSchools 
all over the country attended the camp to become competent ICT-for-Education 
champions in their localities. the seminar however this year, 3 simultaneous events 
were conducted: Camp Blog 1C-for content generation activity for teachers and 
advocating blogging as a tool for education and was highlighted by heritage tour to  
historic places in Negros Occidental; Camp Blog 2A – first advanced course offered 
for the camp ; and Framework Planning Workshop on Capacity Building for Teachers 
(ICT4BE) wherein the participants were mainly school administrators defining a  
teachers ICT competencies through actual ICT tools. After the camp in Luzon 
and Visayas Areas, Camp Blog will set foot next time in Mindanao.