The first international conference on technology education entitled “Touchpoint 2010” will be held on March 4 and 5, 2010 at the Century Park Hotel in Manila. With the theme “Real Learning with ICT,” this groundbreaking convention aims to bring together specialists from the fields of technology and education to discuss how information communications technology (ICT) has enhanced teaching, learning and governance in education. The two-day event also aims to promote dynamic collaborations among the participants, expected to include teachers, researchers, scientists, administrators and policy makers.
First international meet on technology education to be held in Manila
Author: on March 2nd, 2010
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UST to hold landmark conference on history of Philippine pharmacy
Author: on February 5th, 2010The University of Santo Tomas (UST) Miguel de Benavides Library and Faculty of Pharmacy will host a conference on Filipino-Spanish contributions to the history of Philippine pharmacy, entitled “A Century of Pharmacy Dynamics, Ethics and Significs.” The convention will be held on February 8 to 9, 2010, at the Conference Hall of the Miguel de Benavides Library in the UST campus in España, Manila.
The topics to be discussed at the forum include the scope of pharmacy during the Spanish period and the medical products used at the time, as well as the development of chemical theories and pharmacy curricula through the years. There will also be lectures on medicinal plants and botanic gardens, notable Filipino pharmacists, and the practice of pharmacy in contemporary times.
Philippine Revolutionary Records: Mga dokumento ng Pambansang Rebolusyon laban sa kolonyalismo at imperyalismo
Author: on July 20th, 2009
Hindi maikakaila na may sarili ng kabihasnan ang mga sinaunang Pilipino bago pa dumating ang mga mananakop na Kastila. Subalit sinira ng mga Kastila ang mayabong na kabihasnan ng ating mga ninuno dahil sa kanilang paniniwala na ang kanilang sibilisasyon ay superyor. Pinilit ng mga mananakop na Kastila na tanggalan ng sariling pagkakakilanlan ang ating mga ninuno. Sa unang pagkakataon, tinanggalan ng sariling kasaysayan ang mga Pilipino.
Taong 1896 ng magtagumpay ang mga Pilipino na mailunsad ang isang pambansang rebolusyon laban sa rehimeng kolonyal ng Espanya. Halos dalawang taong nagpunyagi ang mga Pilipino upang makamit ang matagal ng inaasam na kalayaan. Ang rebolusyong Pilipino ay pansamantalang naputol dahil sa kasunduan sa Biak-na-Bato noong 1897.
Sa panahong ipinapakita ng mga Pilipino ang kanilang pagkabansa at kakayahan na pamahalaan ang sariling bayan sa pamamagitan ng pagpapatalsik sa mga mananakop na Espanyol, muli na naman nawala sa kamay ng mga Pilipino ang karapatang maging malaya. Ang imperyalistang Estados Unidos ay agad na sinunggaban ang pagkakataong makapanakop ng panibagong kolonya para sa kanyang pang-ekonomiya at istratehikong interes. Hindi pumayag ang mga Pilipino na basta na lang maagaw sa kanilang mga kamay ang resulta ng dalawang taong armadong pakikibaka laban sa rehimeng kolonyal ng Espanya. Magiting na nilabanan ng mga rebolusyunaryong Pilipino ang mga tropang Amerikano. Ang yugtong ito ng kasaysayang Pilipino ay tinatawag na Digmaang Pilipino-Amerikano.
“Lourdes Díaz-Trechuelo, In Memoriam: A Conference on Spanish Colonial Philippines” March 11 and 12, 2009
Author: on February 11th, 2009Lourdes Díaz-Trechuelo Spínola, eminent Spanish historian who pioneered studies on Spanish colonial Philippines in Spanish academia, passed away in Seville last 16th of March 2008. She was one of the first female university professors in Spain, having begun her career as an academic in the 1940’s and gaining international prestige. The publication of her first major work, Arquitectura española en Filipinas (1565-1800) was a milestone in Philippine historiography in Spain.
Libraries for users, by users.
Author: on November 21st, 2008Fires are nightmares for archivists and readers alike. So are moths, paper-eating worms, mildew and dust. Books don’t live forever. Solutions implemented by librarians over the years, outside of buying new copies, include the conversion of books to microfilm and the risographing and rebinding of books once they become too brittle to handle.
Ambeth Ocampo to give annual “Redmond Kernan History Lecture” as part of “War and Dissent: The US in the Philippines” exhibit
Author: on October 14th, 2008
The Presidio Trust confirmed today noted Filipino historian, journalist and National Book Award-winning author Ambeth Ocampo will deliver a special presentation at the Presidio as part of a series of special programs accompanying the Presidio’s ambitious new historical exhibit, War and Dissent: The U.S. in the Philippines 1898-1915. Mr. Ocampo will give his free talk entitled: “Annual Redmond Kernan History Lecture: Ambeth Ocampo Offers a Filipino Perspective” on Wednesday, October 29, at 7 pm at the Presidio Officers’ Club.
Riding the Web 2.0 Wave – Lecture No. 6: Exploring the Philippine Knowledge Space
Author: on July 27th, 2008Topic: Exploring the Philippine Knowledge Space
Speaker: Baripov Guerrero, OIC - WikiPilipinas.org
Date and Time: July 1, 2008, 2:50 PM – 3:40 PM
Venue: DOLE Ople Hall, Intramuros, Manila
Mr. Baripov “Bari” Guerrero began his talk with two words: Knowledge Revolution. Its end goal, he said, is knowledge sharing. He then asked what made the Ifugao Rice Terraces different from the Great Wall of China and the Pyramids of Egypt. The Terraces, he said, were built through community effort while the other two were built by forced labor. Even in ancient times, Filipinos knew the value of community effort.
Riding the Web 2.0 Wave – Lecture No. 2: Introduction to Blogging and Blogging for Advocacy
Author: on July 1st, 2008Topic: Introduction to Blogging and Blogging for Advocacy
Speaker: Dine Racoma, www.filipinaimages.com
Date and Time: July 1, 2008, 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Venue: DOLE Ople Hall, Intramuros, Manila
According to Ms. Dine Racoma, anyone who can write and use a computer can blog. She herself is relatively a newcomer to blogging since she was the last in her family to learn to blog, she said. Blogging doesn’t need a lot of tech savvy, just the willingness to share things with others.
Riding the Web 2.0 Wave – Lecture No. 5: Writing for the Web: The Do’s and Don’ts of Web Writing
Author: on July 1st, 2008Topic: Writing for the Web: The Do’s and Don’ts of Web Writing
Speaker: Kristine Mandigma, Editorial Director of Vibal Foundation
Date and Time: July 1, 2008, 2:15 PM – 2:45 PM
Venue: DOLE Ople Hall, Intramuros, Manila
“Readers on the web don’t read. They only scan. Also, they don’t read pages in sequence,” stated Ms. Kristine Mandigma as she began her lecture. First of all, she said, it’s tiring to read onscreen, so users tend to just scan the material and see what’s interesting. They then tend to download long articles or documents for printing and read the hardcopy. Also, users don’t read web pages in sequence the way books are read from the first to the last page. Because of hyperlinks, users tend to jump between pages depending on what they’re interested in. Also, users tend to read only 20% of the text in a webpage, and they place importance on credibility. Ms. Mandigma reminded the audience that the web is a user-driven medium and each page has to compete with a million other websites.
Riding the Web 2.0 Wave – Lecture No. 4: Legal Challenges in the Web 2.0 Environment
Author: on July 1st, 2008Topic: Legal Challenges in the Web 2.0 Environment
Speaker: Atty. Michael Vernon “Berne” Guerrero, Creative Commons Philippines and the E-Law and IT Centers of the Arellano University School of Law
Date and Time: July 1, 2008, 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
Venue: DOLE Ople Hall, Intramuros, Manila
“Ignorance of the law excuses no one from compliance therewith,” said Atty. Michael Vernon “Berne” Guerrero by way of opening his lecture. This maxim, enshrined in Article 3 of the Civil Code of the Philippines, is applicable to the new legal challenges posed by the Web 2.0 environment. The major legal issues on the web may be grouped into four: security, libel, pornography and copyright.