Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Educators win awards for innovative teachers



   


Educators
from Iligan and Makati win awards for innovative teachers.



Two teachers from Iligan City, and one from Makati City won Microsoft Philippines' Innovative Teachers Leadership Awards. Fedelyn Gomez, Noemi Bagayaua, and Julius Hechanova went home with cash, a brand new laptop, and bragging rights.

Three teacher top in this year’s Innovative Teachers Leadership Awards (ITLA). Were most of the finalists focused on science, math, and language subjects.

Fedelyn Gomez, a high school teacher at the Tomas Cabili National High School in Iligan City received a coveted award for most innovative teachers in the country.

Gomez was a teacher for 12 years currently teaching Makabayan (Civics), she was ecstatic when Microsoft Philippines officials called out her name from among the 10 finalists. Her winning lesson plan taught students important concepts in entrepreneurship. "The Wonders of One's Finger Tips" lesson plan required students to design a business plan for an animal production project. Their work was then published on the Web.

Julius Hechanova, also a fellow teacher from Iligan City a second winner. Developed a literature-based interactive lesson to enhance the reading comprehension of Grade 6 pupils.

The third winner is Ma. Noemi Bagayaua, a five-year elementary teacher from Cembo Elementary School in Makati City who specializes in English.

All three teachers said they did not expect to win. But they also admit that their victory was indication that they were on to something that was good and right.

Despite the lack of computers in the schools where the winning teachers are teaching, they still believe technology has provided them more tools to make lessons interesting.

source: http://technology.inquirer.net





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