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Filipino
high school students can now access a learning portal
for math and science that is calibrated to the existing
local curriculum, thanks to the efforts of computer chip
maker Intel Technology Philippines and the Department of
Education (DepEd).
Intel
and DepEd yesterday launched the educational web site
www.skoool.ph, as an online platform to help teachers
and their students learn key concepts in mathematics and
science using free resources and lessons. The subject
matter covers detailed and visually-enhanced lessons in
algebra, geometry, trigonometry, statistics, biology,
chemistry and physics.
DepEd
and Intel worked together to establish the skoool.ph
e-learning web site, which contains locally-relevant
content and is the first online resource of its kind
designed specifically for math and science teachers and
students.
“We
believe that technology-aided education results in
better input and output from both teachers and
students,” Intel Technology Philippines country manager
Ricky Banaag said. “Intel’s goal is to provide
technology and relevant content to increase knowledge
development in the Philippines.”
Banaag
also said Intel is “optimistic that skoool.ph will
stimulate the use of information technology [IT] in
education and pave the way for a new generation of
technology-savvy Filipinos.”
The
DepEd’s Bureau of Secondary Education reviewed and
evaluated the contents of skoool.com, which was
originally developed by Intel Ireland, and selected
lessons that aligned with DepEd’s high school curricula.
Education Secretary Jesli Lapus said at the skoool.ph
launch that “the Philippine education system needs to
evolve from a techer-led instructional model to one that
is personalized and learner-focused to meet the
challenges of the 21st century.”
DepEd is
in the process of integrating information and
communications technology in education and is now
focusing its efforts on providing all public-high
schools nationwide with computer laboratories.
The
department is also digitizing its modules for its
“mobile teachers,” so these field-operating teachers
will have easier access to instructional materials in
order to reach out to learners outside the formal school
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