Educational Ideas I Learned During the Online Writing Techniques Workshop in Palawan

By: J. B. Nangpuhan II

ONLINE WRITING TECHNIQUES

 

Session 1: Online Environment by Luz Rimban
Online writing is:

Principles:

a. Identify your audience – age, profession

What they are looking for?

Why do they visit your site? Ex. www.sitesforteachers.com

b. Cut information overhead

c. Keep it short – short paragraphs; concise sentences; simple sentence construction; avoid moreover, however

d. Make it scannable – to get it at a glance, create visual clues, bullets, numbers, bold or highlight text

e. Layer Information – put vital information in short form

f. Chunk information – nonlinear (can be viewed in any order)

g. Package information – not SHOVELWARE or REPURPOSING – dumping information from original site

Travel Experience to Palawan

My dream of traveling to Palawan has just been realized. I was luckily chosen by Mr. Stradivary Caro, the Dean of the Institute of Computer Science of Ifugao State College of Agriculture and Forestry (ISCAF) and the project manager for the iSchools project in the area to represent the College for the “Online Writing Techniques Training.” The training was sponsored by Western Philippines University (WPU), one of the State Universities and Colleges (SUCs) in the country chosen by the Commission on Information and Communications Technolgy (CICT) as implementers for the iSchools project. The primary aim of the training is to strengthen the capability of SUCs for faster and updated documentation of all the roll-outs (community mobilization, trainings, evaluation, and other workshops) concerning the project.

Aerial Map of ISCAF Main Campus

Vision

Ifugao, haven of educated and God loving people with improved quality of life amidst its rich cultural and environmental heritage.

Mission

To provide quality education, research and extension services to bring educated and morally upright individuals endowed with professional and entrepreneurial skills who will take the lead in enhancing sustainable development towards improved quality of life.

Pictures in Palawan for the online training workshop

## J. B. Nangpuhan II

10 public high schools in Northern Luzon to receive PCs, Internet

by: J. B. Nangpuhan II

Ten public high schools in Northern Luzon were beneficiaries in the iSchools project evaluated by Ifugao State College of Agriculture and Forestry (ISCAF) cluster coordinator, Mr. Stradivary Caro for the past three months.

Out of twenty schools evaluated, the final list of PHS beneficiaries are the following: Aguinaldo National High School (ANHS) – Aguinaldo, Ifugao ISCAF Laboratory High School – Potia Campus – Alfonso Lista, Ifugao Mayoyao National High School (MNHS) – Mayoyao, Ifugao Alicia National High School (ANHS) – Alicia, Isabela Caliguian National High School – Main Campus – Burgos, Isabela Isabela National High School (INHS) – Ilagan, Isabela Ugad National High School (UNHS) – Echague, Isabela Mabaay National High School (MNHS) – Bauko, Mt. Province Kasibu Nationa High School (KNHS) – Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya Maddela Comprehensive High School (MCHS) – Maddela, Quirino.