11/1/2011
OCTOBER 11, 2011 – Eleven young and creative writers set aside their pens and typed their ideas as Binangonan Catholic College conducted its Virtual Essay Writing Contest with the theme, “Promoting Genyo in Education for 2011 and Beyond: Importance, Relevance, and Innovations”.
Using Genyo’s Offline Homework feature, a feature found inside the Genyo Learning Management System, the participants experienced an Essay Writing Contest which is done virtually. All eleven of them showed their eagerness to win by writing excellent and commendable articles about a topic that is truly timely.
The competition would not have been possible without the help and support of BCC teachers Ms. Teresita Mejorada, Ms. Leticia Castalone, and Ms. Edeliza San Pablo.
Below are the winners and the winning piece:
Winners:
Winning Piece: It’s all on the Tip of Your Fingers Education has been very relevant in today’s society brought about by the expanded implementation of the past administrations where a huge percentage ranking of budget prioritizations were introduced. They have seen the essence of bringing a child to a friendly kindergarten class up to his maturity where he enters high school and later on, vie for survival in college. It has been a societal armor in facing hurdles and problems of today and tomorrow. It is considered as a general knowledge that family is the basic unit of the “systematized” interaction we are on – society. Bringing the thought down to its simplest root, education has been a priority for parents to introduce their child to its nature. Factors are considered on how parents choose what school best fits the standards they, themselves, have been looking for; knowing what can help their child armor himself for future survival instincts when they have fully grown. Aside from the usual considerations; like facilities, environment, and other shallow factors; they too, are looking for an extra “kick” boosting their child making him highly competitive – educational quality and innovation. To cope up with today’s complexity of living, parents are also considering how standardized education is offered by these institutions. As said, education has been a “mini battlefield” for students who thought of their money being wasted as they are enrolled in schools but blind to the idea how essential it is not to their parents, but them. Schools have adopted a new and innovative way following today’s trend of learning, known as e-learning. They have considered GENYO Integration by the Diwa Learning Systems as a productive method of inducing interactive procedures of learning to students. It offers state-of-the-art features in a new and refreshed way. Some of which are unlimited resource of education even outside the four dusty corners of the classroom, providing 24/7 opportunity to log in their respective accounts and learn and explore; technological approach of education easing the students’ rough educational journey to a flourished one; and, promoting friendly services from assigned integration specialists with smiles on their lips. It has never been GENYO’s objective to replace the usual and traditional use of books for learning. It only voices its extension of its services for contribution to an easier and more resourceful system. It just goes with the flow of promoting quality education through the modernization of students’ fun journey of aiming as high as the sky, attaining their dreams, and reaching for the stars.
By Mark Ryan A. Victoria