Sat down with the rep of Sybase this afternoon and talked about their enterprise and mobile solutions. The person then mentioned they’re doing a tablet project with Samsung to deliver tablet solution for La Salle’s grade school students.
I’m also set to guest on News to Go with Howie Severino tomorrow morning to do a tablet round-up (Playbook, Transformer, Iconia, iPad, Streak, Galaxy Tab in tow) after they feature Meridian College using Apple iPads for all their students to use in the classroom.
Here’s what I got form their FB page though:
We’re extremely happy to announce for the pioneering MINT College Class of 2015 that your iPad 2s are here!!! Despite the worldwide shortage of this popular device, we have them and now they’re yours. They will be available for pickup on Wednesday, June 22 at the MINT Playhouse. And as an added bonus, we are including an exclusive Paqrat Slingbag for your iPads. The future of education is here – only at MINT.
Don’t know much about Meridian College’s plans (just watch that feature tomorrow to learn more about it) but my chat with the Sybase guy ended with the note that they’re the ones providing the back-end delivery system and content management for the tablet program.
Jun Lozada’s name also came up but that’s not a surprise anymore (remember our The St. Paul Android Tablet per Student Project story back in December 2010).
Back then, the thought of using tablets as a teaching tool in the classroom seemed impractical and expensive. This year, it all seems to be the fad already — good way to attract enrollees too!
Twitter: howsmydaytoday
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nice naman! yaman yaman!
sila na ang my tablet.
i hope na makatulong to sakanila.
basta pen and paper pa rin ako.:)
maka tayo nga ng repair shop at ipad accessories shop sa tabi ng school.. im sure dadami yung customers ko.. hihih..
Repace those Ipads with TC7 Leithold book and lets see if ganyan kalaki ngiti nila….
they don’t know what TC7 is =)
Ano ngayon kung may iPad sila eh kung wala naman sila ibabatbat after graduation? Go UP and ADMU pa rin
actually admu ang naunang gumamit ng tablet, apad/epad nga lang.. cheap!
Wise people will still choose pen and paper over this sh_t technologies. Experiences, good characteristics and quality education are the foundation of this country. I’ll rather stop talking about this, anyway, if this techs will benefit you and d country , then why not. Go.
Really? “Wise” people? Narrow-minded bigots, maybe.
The mark of a wise man is his ability and willingness to adapt to change. To be flexible and willing to alter goals/beliefs/principles when he realizes the old ways no longer hold true either as a result of advancement in technology or shift in paradigm. Tablets can JUST AS GOOD, if not better, as pen and paper. It is how they are used.
Storing 20 textbooks/books in your tablet means you have already left a smaller carbon footprint. You don’t have to make room on your shelves to keep them and you won’t feel bad when you dispose of them when a newer edition comes out. Students won’t have to spend money on photocopying handouts. That’s only the start.
As a man who has bought and read hundreds, if not thousands, of books through the years, I am glad that now, I don’t have to give any of them away just to make room for new ones. As it stands, I still have 3 balikbayan boxes filled with books in our bodega, and a couple of hundred of books on my shelves. And I have probably given away just as much. That is a lot of paper. Tablets have their uses if you are willing to open your mind to them.
personally i find this positive coz the people buying them can afford them…sana nga lang kung Philippine made mas maganda… hopefuly huwag tayong magnegative sa mga developments na ganito kasi di naman kayo ang gagamit…respect them they’re using the technology the best that they can for good… if we are happy with books and pens because we can’t afford the gadgets then be happy and be silent and leave those happy people using the latest gadgets in school
haha! I guess, the schools electric outlets will be in demand too.
Twitter: dan_md
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I wonder when they’re going to implement integrating tablets in the humble campuses of our beloved UP… :p
WOW! Yaman nila.
While I don’t like the idea of using gadget giveaways to attract enrollees, I welcome the development, and part of me is actually envious.
I remember carrying TC7 and Physics Vol II and I know kung gaano sila kabibigat. Wala pa ako Chem nyan, and di pa kasama dyan mga ibang readings. Hahaha
Twitter: perfectweiss
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It will be a smart choice for those schools to provide iOS/Android Applications Development courses, if they still don’t have.
tablet offerings on schools is actually a nice introduction— technology put to use… just a word., as long as its utilized-FOR STUDY AND NOT TO QUENCH SOCIAL NETWORKING ADDICTION…
AHMM one thing more….
i dont see the point of considering supermahal gdgets for this., even epad/apad or whatever as long as it will deliver…
COMMERCIALISM,. kesehoda so what if ipad or anu pa yan… hindi pagandahan ng item to., kundi should be on content and implementation of technology- substance, not bling factor of the device
I’m from meridian and You guys are acting so violently to this advancement in our schools but to tell you honestly we played games with it, used Facebook, twitter and stuff but it is mostly used for our reports/PowerPoints, assignment submission etc.
Marami sa amin ang hindi sosyal, at hindi nagpapasosyal. Kung meron man, nasa ugali na iyon nung indibidwal.
Haters gonna hate.
Kesa naman na magcomment kayo ng hinde maganda, suportahan nalang po natin ang ganitong klase ng edukasyon, hinde ba kayo natutuwa na may ganitong klaseng school sa Pilipinas? Isa sa mga negatibong ugali ng isang Pinoy ay CRAB MENTALITY, baguhin po natin yun. hinde maganda…