What It Means to be an Icon

If you happen to search the for definition of an icon, then you will know that it has several definitions based on how it is used. It could be: 1. a graphic symbol on a computer display screen that represents an app, an object (such as a file), or a function (such as the command to save), a sign (such as a word or graphic symbol) whose form suggests its meaning. It could also be 2. an object of uncritical devotion, an IDOL of some sort. Some dictionaries might also define an icon as an 3. emblem or a symbol, and lastly, an icon is defined as 4.  pictorial representation or an image. However, if you take a look closely at all the definitions, you will notice that they point to a singular commonality: that an ICON is a symbol, a representation or an emblem. The question now is: What do they symbolize? What do they represent? Continue reading What It Means to be an Icon

DepEd Malaybalay Expands Radio-Based Instruction (RBI) to Formal Education

In the face of the current COVID-19 crisis that the country is facing right now, the Department of Education’s topmost priority is to ensure the health, safety and well-being of our learners while making sure there is continuance of basic education (DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtulis-Briones). Concomitant to this passion, in a recent live broadcast interview of the DepEd Region X Director Arturo B. Bayocot, he reasoned that several teaching modalities are being considered to effectively deliver the department’s objectives. Among them: multimodal teaching approach, distance learning instruction, and blended learning. Continue reading DepEd Malaybalay Expands Radio-Based Instruction (RBI) to Formal Education

DepEd Malaybalay Supports the Implementation of Comprehensive Oral Health Program

Oral disease continues to be a serious public health problem in the Philippines. The prevalence of dental caries on permanent teeth has generally remained above 90% throughout the years. About 92.4% of Filipinos have tooth decay (dental caries) and 78% have gum diseases (periodontal diseases) (DOH, NMEDS 1998). Although preventable, these diseases affect almost every Filipino at one point or another in his or her lifetime. Continue reading DepEd Malaybalay Supports the Implementation of Comprehensive Oral Health Program

Bukidnon National High School launched SPED Drive-Thru

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, several questions have arisen concerning the department’s ability to deliver accessible and quality education to all learners. Moreover, this concern gained considerable attention when the receiving end of this concern are the learners with special needs. To address this concern, Bukidnon National High School in the Division of Malaybalay City initiated the SPED Drive-Thru.  This program aims to establish learning centers at different strategic locations in the neighboring barangays and municipalities so that education will be made accessible to the SPED learners. Continue reading Bukidnon National High School launched SPED Drive-Thru

The Role of PDOs in Learning Resource Design and Development

Due to the current Covid19 pandemic, the conventional way of learning or the face-to-face learning is discouraged to reduce the spread of the disease. The Department of Education Malaybalay City Division have been responsive to this need like all other local divisions, through the creation of learning modules as an alternative learning modality. This new normal in education is quite challenging for the teachers who are the facilitators of learning and for the learners who will receive the lessons in this new approach. The greater challenge is on how to make the learning materials or modules effective in terms of learners’ acquisition and application of knowledge despite the lack of teacher-student face-to-face interaction. Continue reading The Role of PDOs in Learning Resource Design and Development

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