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VOLUME 1, ISSUE 4

ICT CA M P B UL L E T IN
24 NOVEMBER 2008
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A SUCCESS STORY, IN PROGRESS

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Sunday was a day of coming He’s a really good writer.”

A SUCCESS 1 together for everybody at the
STORY, IN Ms. Gamatero notes, how-
PROGRESS first eSkwela ICT Camp, as No- ever, that “Despite the fact
IN OUR OWN 2
vember 23 began with entire that some of us have our
WORDS— team taking the stage for the own specializations, this is
JAKE LINDEN first group photos of the event really a group effort for all
MORALES of us. While we’re at work,
at 8:30 AM, and ended with all short movie clips Class Picture
whoever’s not at the computer
IN OUR OWN 2 groups putting their final and other resources that can be
WORDS— controls is observing, or doing re-
touches on their projects for embedded on Open Office. Even
VICTOR ROGER search. We have a fair division of
Presentation Day on Monday, then, we were able to source
MANLUTAC labor.”
November 24. an .mp3 of the song “Pinoy Ako,”
For the members of the Digital which is very apt for our theme,
While the picture- S toryt el- Filipino traits.”
taking went off ling track,
On her end, Project-Based Learning
without a hitch, the ques-
resource person Prof. Pat Arinto
pulling off complet- tion was
counsels the participants against
ing their projects not of
obsessing too much on the ques-
was a rather com- division
tion of whether or not they deliver
plicated proposi- of labor,
work that conforms to professional
tion for some but of
standards.
teams. For the Web time. “To
Design track, team be hon- “[They] have to remember that
member Ivy Gama- Audio Production track est, we’re [many of them] came here with
tero enthusiastically noted that her not that excited about our presenta- nearly zero knowledge of the track
group finished early, and tion, because we know we can do that they were assigned to,” she
were perfectly ready to much better,” confesses team explains. “The mere fact that they
present. “We have secret member Jake Linden Morales. “We have reached presentation day with
weapons,” she said, learned a lot from our resource finished projects means that
gesturing to fellow team person, but we wish we were able they’ve already posted gains in
members Ian Joseph to get instruction from him and terms of knowledge and skill.”
Omambac and Jan Rei consult with him before we were
Rodriguez. “We’ve allowed to gather materials. I
started calling Ian wish we took more gadgets with
‘Webmaster’ because we us—video cameras, video editing
Digital Storytelling track
realized how good he software, canned music, and the
was at coding on Kompozer. As it like. When we went on the tour,
turned out, he’s webmaster of his we mostly took pictures, be-
own site, so we’re really lucky to cause we thought that’s all we’d
have him. Same goes with Jan Rei, need. It’s only now that we real-
who is our resident content guy. ize that we could have put in
Video Editing track
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From there we went to the

IN OUR OWN WORDS
Now that the participants’ journey towards becoming content creators in their own right has
officially started, some have allowed us to share their stories in this, the second part of our
ongoing series, “In Our Own Words.”
GOING ON TOUR
BY JAKE LINDEN MORALES
19, I learned I was picked to
be part of the Digital Story
Telling Track and with this, a
new journey towards knowl-
edge opened up for me.
Over the past few days
since I came here to CLSU, I
met new people from learn-
ing centers all over the coun-
try, and hopefully, they will
become new friends. I’ve
My ICT Camp adventure began chatted about many different
when I was chosen , among several topics with them, but the
other learners in the QC center, to most exciting part for me
join the ICT camp at CLSU. Upon our happened during the third
arrival on Wednesday, November day of our camp.
A CLSU ADVENTURE
We went around the cam-
pus to gather materials con-
cerning our assigned track.
We started our tour with the
Department of Fisheries. We
saw a variety of fish like the
Koi, which looked much nicer
than the chubby circular tad-
poles in the opposite pond.
We also interviewed several
students regarding their rela-
tionships with each other.
Through this we gathered
some insight regarding their
interaction with one another.
Mushroom Farm which had
mushrooms bigger than an
ear. We proceeded to the
Carabao Center, where I tried
to feed several of these
tame-looking animals which i
enjoyed. We also visited the
goat pen at the center. Fi-
nally, we were brought to a
place locals called “Little
Baguio.”
As I write this article, I’m on
the fourth day of our camp
and I can honestly say that
I’m proud to be a participant
in such an event. It is an im-
portant experience: I learned
to work with other people and
step out of my comfort zone.
Interacting with each other
made us collectively more
creative, and allowed our
creative juices to come out. It
helps us think about how to
achieve certain tasks, which
makes the experience more
exciting. I sincerely hope
there could be another ICT
camp in order for others to
experience what I am talking
about.

BY VICTOR ROGER MANLUTAC

The date: November 21, 2008.
The organizers split us up into six
groups. Each group is made up of
people from different sites of Esk-
wela. Me and Ms. Irene Barzaga,
both from the QC site, were as-
signed to the Video editing track.
Our team was completed by our co-
co-
members Jey A. Orellano from Or-
moc, Evan Echem from Cagayan de
Oro, Ado Inigo C. Tribiana from
Cebu, and Roy M. Bueno from San
Jose Del Monte, Bulacan.
Once we learned what our task
was, we proceeded to brainstorm for
the group project idea. This was very
hard for me, because the instruc-
tions to simulate an inter-
view were rather vague,
and I personally didn’t
have any idea for a topic
like “The Interview”. That
turned out to be a good
thing somehow, because
my group bonded and got
the chance to know each
other while we debated
possible topics for our
project.
Honestly, though, what I’d
expected was that the train-
ers had already made parts
for our project, and that our
purpose was just to assem-
ble the parts into a whole.
Imagine my surprise when I
realized we had to start from
scratch.
After the time for brain-
storming was up, we took a
convoy of hired jeepneys
along with the other groups
for a tour around C.L.S.U. We
went to the Department of
Fisheries, the Mushroom
Center, the PCC’s Dairy Farm
Office, Milk Processing Area,
and Small Ruminant Center
(featuring goat and sheep),
and our last stop, Little Ba-
guio. I was amazed how big
the university was and and
how many activities were
going on inside the university
24/7.
During our trip we took
pictures and video clips that
we thought we might need for
our video editing. Luckily we
manage to talk to some pass-
ing students and passerbys,
who that agreed to be inter-
viewed by our group. After we
did our due diligence, we
went right back to enjoying
the tour. It was fun feeding
the animals and talking to
the care takers of the farm. I
think everyone enjoyed it. I
know I was happy to see
some cute little baby goats.
On our way to the last
stop of the tour, I realized I
was already exhausted. As
such, when we got to there,I
and my fellow Quezon City
participants grabbed the
chance to take artistic and
dramatic pictures because
the location was so beautiful.
I can say that this trip
was great! We learned a lot
of things. The place is so
beautiful, as is the attitude of
the people inside C.L.S.U -
specifically, the students and
the caretakers. I know there
are a lot of things we haven’t
seen and need to know about
C.L.S.U. because it’s just so
vast. This is one of those
experiences that you can tell
to a friend.
We have four more days
to go, and I’m ready to learn
more. And this is still the
biggest university I’ve ever
seen.