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Christina Maureen SalangED 253

Technology Use of DCP Recipient SchoolsAction Research

I. IntroductionThe Philippines Department of Education DepEd!" through DepEd #rder D#! $o% &' series2()(" esta*lished the DepEd Computeri+ation Program DCP! ,ith the aim of -pro.iding pu*licschools ,ith appropriate technologies that ,ould enhance the teaching/learning process andmeet the challenges of the 2)st centur0% 1t ,as initiall0 intended to reduce the computeri+ation*aclog in the pu*lic schools *0 pro.iding computer pacages to the pu*lic high schools% ut in2())" DepEd started pro.iding computer pacages to elementar0 schools% The DCP is part ofDepEds thrust of impro.ing the technolog0 infrastructure in schools" there*0 allo,ing schools toha.e access to resources that can potentiall0 raise the 4ualit0 of pu*lic education in the countr0%

ased on DepEds data*ase of information and communications technolog0 1CT! deplo0mentin the pu*lic school s0stem" as of earl0 this 0ear" a*out '6 pu*lic high schools and '36 of

pu*lic elementar0 schools ha.e alread0 recei.ed at least one computer pacage through theDCP% More than 5"((( pu*lic schools are still ,ithout electricit0" *ut the DepEd ,ill soon pro.idecomputer pacages and solar po,er to these schools% 7or its 2()5 *udget" DepEd hasprogrammed to pro.ide computer pacages that are responsi.e to the needs of the 8/)2curriculum" *0 pro.iding computer pacages that are suita*le for the 8inder to 9rade 3curriculum" 9rades : to 9rade curriculum" ;unior high school curriculum as ,ell as thedifferent Senior

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Transforming 1CT has *een infused in all regular school acti.ities and is somuch a part of the personal practice of administrators" teachers"and staff that it is almost in.isi*le%

Teaching and learning ha.e *ecome full0 student/centered and1CT is used appropriatel0 to support this%Specialist 1CT courses ma0 *e taught at higher le.els and in.ocational tracs%

Infusing The school has a ,ide .ariet0 of 1CT e4uipment and resourcesin classrooms" la*oratories" and administrati.e offices%School administrators pro.ide support to inno.ating teachers%Teachers use 1CT e?tensi.el0 for their o,n learning and forlesson preparation% Co/learning occurs among teachers%Teaching and learning are *ecoming more student/centered%1CT is used to support cross/curricular pro>ects" mergingdifferent su*>ect areas to reflect real/,orld situations%

pplying The school has more 1CT e4uipment%School administrators use 1CT for more organi+ational andmanagement tass%Teachers start using 1CT to learn more a*out the su*>ect the0are teaching and to prepare their lessons%Teachers start using 1CT in different su*>ect areas *ut as anadd on" e%g%" using presentation soft,are ,hen lecturing orasing students to use a ,ord processor% ut graduall0 throughthis stage" the use of 1CT is lined to other class acti.ities%Teaching is still largel0 teacher/centered%

!merging The school has a fe, computers and peripherals e%g%" printer!"usuall0 donated or pro.ided *0 go.ernment%The school administrator and a fe, teachers e?plore thepotential of 1CT for school management and for classroomteaching%The focus is on learning a*out 1CT *asic competenc0 le.el!@ theparts of the computer" *asic operations" and producti.it0soft,are%

A fe, teachers use producti.it0 tools for mostl0 administrati.etass" e%g%" preparing class lists" encoding lesson plans" etc% 1f1nternet is a.aila*le" the0 use email and do informationsearches%

Sur.e0 results sho,ed that a*out 5(6 of the schools are at the appl0ing stage of 1CTintegration" ,here the primar0 focus is still on learning *asic 1CT sills *ut teachers are startingto use 1CT in specific su*>ects as a presentation de.ice and for lesson and instructionalmaterials preparation% #nl0 a*out ))6 of schools can *e considered to *e at the infusing stageof 1CT integration" ,here teachers 1CT is e?tensi.el0 used for lesson and instructional materialspreparation as ,ell as to support student/centered and cross/curricular acti.ities% $one of the

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schools in the sample reached the transforming stage of 1CT integration" ,here 1CT use isper.asi.e and teaching and learning has *ecome full0 student/centered%

The results of the Philippine stud0 are similar to the results of a stud0 that in.estigated teachersuse of computers in 3(( Central Schools in 1ndia% The sur.e0 ased teachers to rate the e?tentof computer use in Computer Aided Bearning CAB!" Computer Managed 1nstruction CM1!" and

Computer Assisted 1nstruction CA1!% CAB" CM1 and CA1 are defined in the ta*les *elo,@

Computer ided Learning

"hole Class Instruction Bessons presented *0 sho,ing some/thing on the computer in

the class Entire lesson can also *e deli.ered using computer%Teacher#Directed Student

ssignment

Students use the internet for information searches and

computer applications ,ord" spreadsheets" presentation" or

pu*lisher soft,are! for preparation of pro>ect reports"

ne,sletters" presentations%

Teacher Self Learning Computer is used to update teachers su*>ect no,ledge and

enhance teaching sills% This includes search on internet"

net,oring ,ith e?perts" colleagues and colla*oration%

Computer $anaged Instruction

Instructional $aterial 9enerate material lie ,orsheets" hand/outs" manuals"

*anners" .isuals" diagrams" for .ie,ing on computer" for

pro>ecting" for use in print form%

Lesson Plan Computer is used to de.elop lessonunit plans%

School !#Circular Announcements" acti.ities" schedules" udge" and scoreeeper in

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moti.ational format%

Pro(lem Solving Sol.e *asic pro*lems related to calculation" e?periment"

e?ploration maintain data*ase%

The results of the stud0 sho,ed that -more than three/fourth of the teachers ,ere found to usecomputers CAB" CM1" and CA1! either often or at least sometimes" ,hile a*out fi.e/to/tenpercent teachers reported to al,a0s use computers in one of CAB" CM1" and CA1% A fe,teachers less than a percent! ,ere found to ne.er use computers at all or use computers onl0rarel0 )56!% The findings re.ealed that teachers often used computers to update su*>ectno,ledge and teaching sills" de.elop lesson plans" prepare additional instructional material"notif0 rele.ant information .ia internet" and prepare 4uestion *ans% Teachers sometimes usedcomputers for sho,ing something in the class" sho,casing students creati.e ,or" preparingtest papers" simulations" games" students assignments% Almost half of the teachers indicatedthat the0 had either rarel0 or ne.er used computers for presenting entire lesson" studentspresentations" tutorials" sharing information ,ith parents" pu*lishing home,or" gi.ing tests tostudents F either offline or online" maintaining students attendance assignmentsgradesrecords" or generating students profile for the purpose of guidance F counseling%G Computersare used *0 the teachers *ut most often for teacher/centered acti.ities such as -,hole classinstruction" teacher/directed student assignments" and teachers self/learningG" and less often on-teacher/independent" self/instructional material on a computer to run tutorials" do drille?ercises" perform simulations" pla0 educational games" and sol.e *asic pro*lems%G

Mean,hile" to stud0 the implementation of the DCP in an actual school setting" Manlagnit2()3! in her stud0 entitled -Be.el of Attainment of the #*>ecti.es of the Computeri+ationProgram in ;uan M% Al*erto Memorial Elementar0 School as .ie,ed *0 Teachers School Hear2()2/2()3G looed into the perception of the achie.ement of the o*>ecti.es of the DCP% Theschool is one of the first *atch of elementar0 schools that recei.ed computers through the DCPin 2())% The researcher said that *ased on the responses of teachers" the follo,ing o*>ecti.esof the computeri+ation program ,ere achie.ed@ )! students are a*le -to practice a *road rangeof sills to de.elop their understanding of cause and effect" higher order pro*lem sol.ing"

procedural thining and creati.e e?pressionG 2! students are a*le to -learn through creating">ust as the0 gain hands/on no,ledge and understandingIG and 3! reduction of paper ,or*ecause information is sa.ed and can *e retrie.ed using the computer% ased on the results ofthe stud0 it can *e inferred that the school has used the computers for instruction and foradministrati.eclerical purposes%

III. $ethodologyA. Respondents

The school 1CT coordinators of the DCP recipient schools under the follo,ing DepEddi.ision offices ha.e *een designated to participate in the pilot testing of the DCPmonitoring tool@

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3J% School 1CT coordinators are teachers designated to manage and implement the1CT s0stems" school infrastructure" policies" programs and pro>ects at the schoolle.el%:(%

B. Data Gathering Procedure:)% The DepEds 1CT Ser.ice disseminated a memorandum designating the school

1CT coordinators of the DCP recipient schools to accomplish the online DCPmonitoring tool from 22/2J 7e*ruar0 2()% The tool has the follo,ing 4uestions@:2%

)% 1n 0our o*ser.ation" ho, often are 0our schoolNs 1CT resources used for thefollo,ing acti.itiesO Al,a0s/ at least once a ,ee" #ften / at least once amonth" Sometimes/at least once a 4uarter!

a% To accomplish clerical and administrati.e tass of teachersO*% To accomplish clerical and administrati.e tass of non/teaching

personnelOc% 7or Technolog0 and Bi.elihood Education 1CT Biterac0Od% As a tool for teaching and learning across su*>ect areasOe%

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of the multimedia modules from the Department of Science and Technolog0% 1nsome cases the computers ha.e *een used for assessment i%e% create 4ui++es"ans,er online 4ui++es" compute grades!% #ther ,a0s that the computers ha.e*een used for Science are@)')%

simulation

.isuali+ation

modeling

use of educational soft,are

pro>ect/*ased learning

use of interacti.e ,hite*oard

pla0 educational games

use of learning content management s0stem

use of classroom management soft,are

programming

.irtual field trip

concept mapping ,e* 4uest

data logging of e?periments

documentar0 anal0sis

maing reports

,oring on assignments

teach *asic computing sills

cooperati.e learning

group ,or

indi.idual acti.it0

energi+erice*reaer

lesson discussion re.ie,

enrichment

)'2%*% Math)'3% Ma>orit0 of the responses sa0 that computers are *eing used foracti.ities related to film.ideo clips .ie,ing and sho,ing of presentations%Some teachers mae use of the computers for research and do,nloadingof instructional materials% Computers ha.e also *een used for modularinstruction" citing the use of the modules from the Department of Scienceand Technolog0% Some teachers are maing use of spreadsheet or Math/related educational soft,are i%e% 9eoge*ra! for computation" pro*lem

sol.ing and creating graphs% 1n some cases the computers ha.e *eenused for assessment i%e% create 4ui++es" ans,er online 4ui++es" computegrades!% #ther ,a0s that the computers ha.e *een used for Math are@)':%

drills

pla0ing educational games

pu++le

use of data*ases

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use of interacti.e ,hite*oard

internet *ro,sing

,e* 4uest

use of learning content management s0stem

use of classroom management soft,are

interacti.e geometr0 .irtual field trip

maing reports

dra,ing

cooperati.e learning

group acti.ities

indi.idual acti.it0

teaching concepts

*rainstorming

lesson discussion

enrichment

)'5%c% English)'% Ma>orit0 of the responses sa0 that computers are *eing used foracti.ities related to film.ideo clips .ie,ing and sho,ing of presentations%Some teachers mae use of the computers for research and do,nloadingof instructional materials% Computers ha.e also *een used for modularinstruction% Some teachers are maing use of ,ord processing soft,arefor essa0 ,riting and ,orsheets for e?ercises% 1n some cases thecomputers ha.e *een used for assessment i%e% create 4ui++es" ans,eronline 4ui++es" compute grades!% #ther ,a0s that the computers ha.e*een used for English are@

Phonetic reading

1nteracti.e readingstor0telling

pla0 educational games

access dictionar0

,ord pu++le

use of ,orsheets

use of interacti.e ,hite*oard

use of colla*orati.e apps i%e% 9oogle Docs!

use of learning content management s0stem

use of classroom management soft,are

use of graphic organi+er

t0ping lessons internet *ro,sing

.irtual field trip

,e* 4uest

*log

pro>ect/*ased learning

reporting

cooperati.e learning

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group acti.ities

indi.idual acti.it0

energi+erice*reaer

unlocing difficult su*>ect

remediation

lesson discussion)'&%

d% 7ilipino)''% Ma>orit0 of the responses sa0 that computers are *eing used foracti.ities related to film.ideo clips .ie,ing and sho,ing of presentations%Some teachers mae use of the computers for research and do,nloadingof instructional materials% Computers ha.e also *een used for modularinstruction% Some teachers are maing use of ,ord processing soft,arefor essa0 ,riting and ,orsheets for e?ercises% 1n some cases thecomputers ha.e *een used for assessment i%e% create 4ui++es" ans,eronline 4ui++es" compute grades!% #ther ,a0s that the computers ha.e*een used for 7ilipino are@

1nteracti.e readingstor0telling use of ,orsheets

use of interacti.e ,hite*oard

use of colla*orati.e apps i%e% 9oogle Docs!

use of learning content management s0stem

use of classroom management soft,are

internet *ro,sing

,e* 4uest

pro>ect/*ased learning

.irtual field trip

t0ping lessons

assignments

reporting

cooperati.e learning

group acti.ities

indi.idual acti.it0

lesson discussion

lesson spring*oard

)'J%e% Araling Panlipunan AP!)J(% Ma>orit0 of the responses sa0 that computers are *eing used foracti.ities related to film.ideo clips .ie,ing and sho,ing of presentations%

Some teachers mae use of the computers for research and do,nloadingof instructional materials% Computers ha.e also *een used for modularinstruction% 1n some cases the computers ha.e *een used for assessmenti%e% create 4ui++es" ans,er online 4ui++es" compute grades!% #ther ,a0sthat the computers ha.e *een used for AP are@)J)%

use of interacti.e ,hite*oard

use of online ,orsheet

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internet *ro,sing

online enc0clopedia

online atlas

.irtual field trip

use of 9oogle Maps

use of learning content management s0stem use of classroom management soft,are

pro>ect/*ased learning

mae illustrations

use of graphic organi+er

,e* 4uest

reporting

stor0telling

encoding

training

cooperati.e learning

group acti.ities

indi.idual acti.it0

lesson discussion

enrichment

)J2%f% Music" Arts" Ph0sical Education and ects also mae use of modular instruction and onlinetutorials% 1n some cases the computers ha.e *een used for assessmenti%e% create 4ui++es" ans,er online 4ui++es" compute grades!% #ther ,a0s

that the computers ha.e *een used for MAPE< are@ 1nternet searching

Pla0 educational games

listening to music

use of interacti.e ,hite*oard

use of simulations

use of learning content management s0stem

modeling

use of pu*lishing soft,are

use of illustration soft,are

audio editingremi?ing

.irtual field trip use of classroom management soft,are

use of colla*orati.e apps

pro>ect/*ased learning

reporting

encoding

cooperati.e learning

indi.idual acti.it0

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energi+er

moti.ation

lesson discussion

demonstration

enrichment

)J:%f% hat t0pes of training do 0ou thin teachers ,ill need in order to help them

integrate technolog0 effecti.el0 for teaching and learningO)J5% Most of the respondents mentioned the need for training on the use ofoffice producti.it0 tools i%e% ,ord processing" spreadsheet" presentation!"de.elopment of their o,n instructional materials" and effecti.e 1CT integration inthe teaching and learning process particularl0 in their o,n su*>ectspeciali+ations% Man0 respondents ha.e also re4uested trainings ontrou*leshooting and maintenance of computers% There ,ere also some ,ho needrefresher and enhancement trainings" as ,ell as updates on the latest educationtechnolog0 trends% Some teachers also need training on internet literac0" contentcuration and the use of particular de.ices pro.ided through the DCP such as

pro>ector and interacti.e ,hite*oard% #ther trainings re4uested are constructinginteracti.e 4ui++es" school forms" graphic soft,are" ,e* design" data*ase"programming" animation" destop pu*lishing" ho, to do,nload" files con.ersion"CAD" 1CT/enhanced assessments" learning management s0stem" soft,areser.icing" hard,are ser.icing" colla*orati.e applications" isual asic" 2)stcentur0 sills" and DepEd s0stems%

)J%% Anal0sis

)J&% ased on the results of the stud0" it can *e inferred that the computers inthe schools are *eing used% 1n all four instances -Al,a0sG has the most responsesregarding the use of computers% ut it can also *e inferred that the computers arealmost al,a0s used for the clerical and administrati.e tass of teaching personnel

and as a tool for teaching and learning across su*>ect areas *ecause it is in theset,o instances ,here an Al,a0s response recei.ed more than 5(6 or ma>orit0response%)J'%)JJ% As to ho, the computers are *eing used in the different su*>ect areas" itcan *e inferred that the computers are most often used for presentation ofinformation either in the form of .ideos" slide presentations or through modularinstruction% Teachers ha.e also e?erted some effort in the automation of certain tasssuch as grading and assessment% Computers ha.e also *een used so that studentscan do the assigned ,or such as internet searching or use of producti.it0 soft,are%These results confirm the findings of the =SA1D sponsored stud0 that teachers arestill in the appl0ing stage of 1CT integration *ecause ,hile the computers are *eing

used" these instances are mostl0add on" and that -teaching is still largel0 teacher/centeredG% These findings is also similar to that of hallas ,here -computers areused *0 the teachers *ut most often for teacher/centered acti.ities such as ,holeclass instruction" teacher/directed student assignments" and teachers self/learningG"and less often on -teacher/independent" self/instructional material on a computer torun tutorials" do drill e?ercises" perform simulations" pla0 educational games" andsol.e *asic pro*lems%G2((%

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,I. Reflections2):% 1CT has *een per.asi.e and ha.e transformed the ,a0 ,e li.e% This generationof students is so immersed in the technolog0 that some of the sur.e0 respondents ha.esaid that students lie it ,hen technolog0 is *eing used in their classes% Trul0"technolog0 re4uires a different approach to teaching and learning% 1 *elie.e thattechnolog0 ,hen used properl0 can pla0 a great role in education% ut it is not enough to

simpl0 pro.ide the technolog0% A good teacher cannot *e replaced *0 technolog0% Ateacher that has mastered content and has a clear understanding a*out ho, studentslearn ,ill *e a*le to integrate 1CT in education more effecti.el0%+)5.

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