Message for Aninag.
Verses for Christmas Cards.
Chapter in TfT book.
Minutes of AAC meeting and Student Org Meeting.
Journal website.
Management 203 lecture presentation.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Saturday, November 21, 2009
Book: Technology for Teaching
I mentioned in my previous post about writing a book. So, after many reasons to do so but not having the time, I decided to make time for writing my book.
(I cannot say first, because my real first book, although never published, has been written.)
I will write about existing technological opportunities to enhance the teaching and learning experience. Without the jargon.
In that short book (which I will create as an e-book first for feedback of my teacher friends and graduate course classmates), I will discuss the technology, when to use, and some issues related to using technology in the teaching functions.
Of course, when I say 'teaching,' I mean all responsibilities expected of a teacher: Develop curriculum, instruct, research, link, and develop professionally.
This book, by the way, is a long-delayed book. I had this idea since first month of working as information officer in the college (For those who can look at my desktop at the Dean's Office, you may have seen at one time my mind map for the idea.). This is just actually a small section for a broader book on training, which I and my former co-trainers at eSynergy (now working at Business Processing Association of the Philippines and ePerformaxx) were planning to publish. In 2008.
What do you think should the technology for teaching book contain?
(I cannot say first, because my real first book, although never published, has been written.)
I will write about existing technological opportunities to enhance the teaching and learning experience. Without the jargon.
In that short book (which I will create as an e-book first for feedback of my teacher friends and graduate course classmates), I will discuss the technology, when to use, and some issues related to using technology in the teaching functions.
Of course, when I say 'teaching,' I mean all responsibilities expected of a teacher: Develop curriculum, instruct, research, link, and develop professionally.
This book, by the way, is a long-delayed book. I had this idea since first month of working as information officer in the college (For those who can look at my desktop at the Dean's Office, you may have seen at one time my mind map for the idea.). This is just actually a small section for a broader book on training, which I and my former co-trainers at eSynergy (now working at Business Processing Association of the Philippines and ePerformaxx) were planning to publish. In 2008.
What do you think should the technology for teaching book contain?
Sunday, November 08, 2009
I want to write a book
No. I want to write many books. I want to write books on topics that I know some unique perspectives about. For example, I want to write about my experience in planning, organizing, promoting, implementing, evaluating a conference. I want to document this unique experience and lessons I have learned about organizing a conference. Maybe, other people would be interested.
I also want to write about using technology for teaching. I am really frustrated with seeing the premiere university of the country not being able to take advantage of technology, all the while complaining about the limited resources present. I want to show how educational institutions and learning facilitators can utilize offline and online technology to create a better, more enabling learning environment.
I want to write about training, based on my experience as a trainer and with new perspectives from my graduate education. I want to underscore ethics in training and how training functions in business and how it can be a business.
I want to write about crisis management - selling the idea for institutions which think it is a waste of time. It is critical - like development.
Of course, I want to write my old books - ZAIJE, 6SAR and Blue Light.
I also want to write about using technology for teaching. I am really frustrated with seeing the premiere university of the country not being able to take advantage of technology, all the while complaining about the limited resources present. I want to show how educational institutions and learning facilitators can utilize offline and online technology to create a better, more enabling learning environment.
I want to write about training, based on my experience as a trainer and with new perspectives from my graduate education. I want to underscore ethics in training and how training functions in business and how it can be a business.
I want to write about crisis management - selling the idea for institutions which think it is a waste of time. It is critical - like development.
Of course, I want to write my old books - ZAIJE, 6SAR and Blue Light.
Sunday, November 01, 2009
Sharing experience badly handled by other people - ethical?
Now, it is time to reflect--for myself.
I guess my emotions got the best of me.
This is not revenge. This is documentation. I believe that if lesson will be learned by me--it will not be about ethics or patience, no. It will be that however ideal institutions maybe, they can only be as strong as their weakest link--human emotion and ego.
Did ego play a part in my writing of these posts? Or how about revenge? Did I really do this to teach a person a lesson?
I will not make any justification for my action. Again, this is just documentation.
And documentation of human experience has never been objective.
- As a communicator, did I do the right thing?
- If I did, did I do it properly?
- If not, what wrong exactly did I do?
- What should I have done instead?
I guess my emotions got the best of me.
This is not revenge. This is documentation. I believe that if lesson will be learned by me--it will not be about ethics or patience, no. It will be that however ideal institutions maybe, they can only be as strong as their weakest link--human emotion and ego.
Did ego play a part in my writing of these posts? Or how about revenge? Did I really do this to teach a person a lesson?
I will not make any justification for my action. Again, this is just documentation.
And documentation of human experience has never been objective.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Things to do for today
So I am converting this blog into a to-do list.
- Pay for Cavite LGU and issue OR
- Finish Data CD of SCAHR 2009
- Finish Data CD of UPM GCC
- Finish After Activity Report/Review (AAR) of UP Manila Conference on Global Climate Change
- Encode the Mini-DV tape of UPMGCC.
- Follow up DV of my money
Monday, September 28, 2009
Crisis Management: Sharing Thoughts
Ever since I was employed here in UP Manila, I have thought of the College's capability to respond to a crisis. The crises I thought of were not all that disastrous, of course. Some were actually just pseudo-crisis, for example, a bomb threat.
Of course, I also thought of realistic crises, such as earthquakes and inclement weather. I never had the financial capability to do a formal risk assessment, but I thought it is obvious that the College can use whatever free services are available to have the capability to alleviate stress in crisis times.
I have been interested with crisis management since the time I was in ROTC. In ROTC, when we conducted program or project planning, we always considered uncertainty. In Oplan jargon, they were called "Assumptions," as compared to "Friendly Forces" or "Enemy Forces," which were sentient individuals or organizations. Assumptions are the clearly identified situational indicators that you will need to have, considering that they are out of your control or influence, in order to carry out your operation.
In my thesis for my undergraduate degree, I studied crisis management in an educational institution. It was then when I understood--among others--that crisis is relative, and that there are different types of crisis.
Crisis is relative means that a situation maybe a crisis to one person or organization and it may be normal for another. An example given to me by my key informants (in my undergraduate thesis) is tuberculosis. TB has been an ongoing health crisis for health practitioners, but it seems that a lot of other people do not care about it.
The typology of crisis is also important because the spectrum of your types of crisis will allow you to prepare with your limited resources for crisis--from one end to the next--while not interfering with your day-to-day operations.
As the College's information officer, my main responsibility is to communicate to the public information of importance to them. The way I look at it, my principal publics were:
Synthesizing crisis management and communication, you have crisis communication--a critical component in crisis management.
The minimalist goal of crisis communication is to minimize stress, fear, uncertainty and to bring order in a highly dynamic environment. This has been the basis of my initiative to lay out--without being asked by the Dean--a crisis communication system, using all free services that I know.
(Of course, the Dean actually initiated the idea of using online resources to increase interactive communication between the Office of the Dean and the various stakeholders of the College. My take on it was only in increasing the ability of the College to use it for crisis situations.)
Social networks proved to be useful, so I created a CAS Facebook Group, a Multiply Group, a YM ID for the CAS, and Twitter. I also made my mobile number easier to remember for CAS members (4636 spells INFO in mobile keypad). I designed the faculty database so that I can communicate with a lot of people faster.
Then, it was September 26, 2009. And I was at CAS.
To be continued....
Of course, I also thought of realistic crises, such as earthquakes and inclement weather. I never had the financial capability to do a formal risk assessment, but I thought it is obvious that the College can use whatever free services are available to have the capability to alleviate stress in crisis times.
I have been interested with crisis management since the time I was in ROTC. In ROTC, when we conducted program or project planning, we always considered uncertainty. In Oplan jargon, they were called "Assumptions," as compared to "Friendly Forces" or "Enemy Forces," which were sentient individuals or organizations. Assumptions are the clearly identified situational indicators that you will need to have, considering that they are out of your control or influence, in order to carry out your operation.
In my thesis for my undergraduate degree, I studied crisis management in an educational institution. It was then when I understood--among others--that crisis is relative, and that there are different types of crisis.
Crisis is relative means that a situation maybe a crisis to one person or organization and it may be normal for another. An example given to me by my key informants (in my undergraduate thesis) is tuberculosis. TB has been an ongoing health crisis for health practitioners, but it seems that a lot of other people do not care about it.
The typology of crisis is also important because the spectrum of your types of crisis will allow you to prepare with your limited resources for crisis--from one end to the next--while not interfering with your day-to-day operations.
As the College's information officer, my main responsibility is to communicate to the public information of importance to them. The way I look at it, my principal publics were:
- College Students
- College faculty
- College Administrative Staff
- College Alumni
- Partners
Synthesizing crisis management and communication, you have crisis communication--a critical component in crisis management.
The minimalist goal of crisis communication is to minimize stress, fear, uncertainty and to bring order in a highly dynamic environment. This has been the basis of my initiative to lay out--without being asked by the Dean--a crisis communication system, using all free services that I know.
(Of course, the Dean actually initiated the idea of using online resources to increase interactive communication between the Office of the Dean and the various stakeholders of the College. My take on it was only in increasing the ability of the College to use it for crisis situations.)
Social networks proved to be useful, so I created a CAS Facebook Group, a Multiply Group, a YM ID for the CAS, and Twitter. I also made my mobile number easier to remember for CAS members (4636 spells INFO in mobile keypad). I designed the faculty database so that I can communicate with a lot of people faster.
Then, it was September 26, 2009. And I was at CAS.
To be continued....
Friday, August 21, 2009
UP Manila leads awareness campaign on climate change
August 21, 2009, Manila -- The University of the Philippines Manila College of Arts and Sciences is joining the call for an immediate and collective effort to mitigate the grave effects of global climate change as it holds its conference on Global Climate Change on October 22 to 23, 2009 at the Pearl Garden Hotel, Ermita, Manila.
With the theme “The Science and Social Impact of Global Climate Change: A Philippine Setting,” the conference will highlight the effects of global climate change to different natural and social resources and development initiatives.
With renowned authorities as speakers on the environmental, social, legal and other aspects of global climate change, the conference will benefit individuals and organizations in the academe, research, development policy, environmental and natural sciences, and advocacy.
Aside from the plenary sessions, the conference has parallel sessions which will serve as a venue for presentation of research studies completed by various organizations. The parallel sessions will discuss Energy and Environment; Society; and Health.
Interested individuals and organizations may log on to http://sites.google.com/site/upmgcc or http://www.upm.edu.ph/climatechange for more information.
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is the liberal arts unit of UP Manila, the Health Sciences Center. CAS holds the distinction of being a Center of Development for its BS Biology program. The College also administers natural and social sciences programs and provides general education courses to the health science programs of the University. For more information about UP Manila, you may log on to http://www.upm.edu.ph.
With the theme “The Science and Social Impact of Global Climate Change: A Philippine Setting,” the conference will highlight the effects of global climate change to different natural and social resources and development initiatives.
With renowned authorities as speakers on the environmental, social, legal and other aspects of global climate change, the conference will benefit individuals and organizations in the academe, research, development policy, environmental and natural sciences, and advocacy.
Aside from the plenary sessions, the conference has parallel sessions which will serve as a venue for presentation of research studies completed by various organizations. The parallel sessions will discuss Energy and Environment; Society; and Health.
Interested individuals and organizations may log on to http://sites.google.com/site/upmgcc or http://www.upm.edu.ph/climatechange for more information.
The College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) is the liberal arts unit of UP Manila, the Health Sciences Center. CAS holds the distinction of being a Center of Development for its BS Biology program. The College also administers natural and social sciences programs and provides general education courses to the health science programs of the University. For more information about UP Manila, you may log on to http://www.upm.edu.ph.
Friday, April 03, 2009
New blogs
Parang wala akong kapaguran, parang ang dami kong oras. Bakit ko nasabi?
Dahil kahit ang dami kong ginagawa, ang lakas pa rin ng loob kong gumawa ng 2 pang blogs.
Visit ninyo na lang.
http://casupm.blogspot.com
http://castechbytes.blogspot.com
Dahil kahit ang dami kong ginagawa, ang lakas pa rin ng loob kong gumawa ng 2 pang blogs.
Visit ninyo na lang.
http://casupm.blogspot.com
http://castechbytes.blogspot.com
Monday, March 30, 2009
I did not give you a spirit of fear
Yesterday, when I was going home, I felt afraid.
I felt afraid because I didn't know what would happen. I failed my final exam in [Managerial] Economic Analysis, a required subject in my course (Master of Management).
I also failed my mid-term in the same exam.
If you were in my position, would you not feel afraid?
I tried to rationalize what was happening. I thought, If I would watch my life in a television, how would I look like? Maybe, I would say that that person is stupid for putting so much with such an unimportant, "un-everlasting" (in reference to everlasting things in Purpose Driven Life) idea.
Usually, I could do that. But not that time.
In the train, I felt afraid and hopeless. I was about to give up.
I mean just give up. Not to motivate myself (which I do everyday considering the number of things I have to do). Not to plan. Not to innovate or adopt. Just give up.
I felt the masters flying away.
(My feelings for the failure was compounded with the idea that I have not failed the graduate course when I was working for private companies, but now that I work at the school where I take it, that is when the threat comes in!)
Those were the things going through my head.
I read the Bible today. Early. I thought I have to make sure I don't forget reading it this time, and try to rush it in the evening. But I was not able to.
At 7 pm, I went to Gloria Jeans (Gateway), so get some files. I decided to read the Bible. And this time, I read it at www.biblegateway.com (what can I say?).
I decided to search for free downloadble Bibles for my Linux laptop. I want to have one, preferably an NIV. I got to some sites, but I was not able to get one because the idea of ProTIPS came in. I decided to search for it because I want to have an idea what the book is like.
Incidentally, I came across the ProTIPS blog.
I have tried searching for it more than a year ago at the FEBC website, to no avail. Now, I see all the tips I have been searching for.
But of course, I'm still buying the book. :)
Actually, all of that is just the introduction. My main point is short and simple.
In the post that I read (which is actually for November 4 2008), it saw two sentences:
You say: "I'm afraid."
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear. (2 Tim. 11:7)
That's it.
I felt afraid because I didn't know what would happen. I failed my final exam in [Managerial] Economic Analysis, a required subject in my course (Master of Management).
I also failed my mid-term in the same exam.
If you were in my position, would you not feel afraid?
I tried to rationalize what was happening. I thought, If I would watch my life in a television, how would I look like? Maybe, I would say that that person is stupid for putting so much with such an unimportant, "un-everlasting" (in reference to everlasting things in Purpose Driven Life) idea.
Usually, I could do that. But not that time.
In the train, I felt afraid and hopeless. I was about to give up.
I mean just give up. Not to motivate myself (which I do everyday considering the number of things I have to do). Not to plan. Not to innovate or adopt. Just give up.
I felt the masters flying away.
(My feelings for the failure was compounded with the idea that I have not failed the graduate course when I was working for private companies, but now that I work at the school where I take it, that is when the threat comes in!)
Those were the things going through my head.
I read the Bible today. Early. I thought I have to make sure I don't forget reading it this time, and try to rush it in the evening. But I was not able to.
At 7 pm, I went to Gloria Jeans (Gateway), so get some files. I decided to read the Bible. And this time, I read it at www.biblegateway.com (what can I say?).
I decided to search for free downloadble Bibles for my Linux laptop. I want to have one, preferably an NIV. I got to some sites, but I was not able to get one because the idea of ProTIPS came in. I decided to search for it because I want to have an idea what the book is like.
Incidentally, I came across the ProTIPS blog.
I have tried searching for it more than a year ago at the FEBC website, to no avail. Now, I see all the tips I have been searching for.
But of course, I'm still buying the book. :)
Actually, all of that is just the introduction. My main point is short and simple.
In the post that I read (which is actually for November 4 2008), it saw two sentences:
You say: "I'm afraid."
God says: I have not given you a spirit of fear. (2 Tim. 11:7)
That's it.
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