DepEd to conduct ICT summit

THE Department of Education (DepEd) recently held a two-day Information and Communications Technology ( ICT) Summit at The Blue Leaf Filipinas in Parañaque City.

The Summit was attended by ICT practitioners, lead in ICT education, and other

Education Secretary Leonor Briones underscored that the summit, anchored on the theme “Digital Transformation for the KID (K to 12 + Alternative Learning System (ALS), ICT, and DepEd),” information and pressing matters that will help further advance the ensure its alignment with the K to 12 curriculum. This National Summit, which a culminating activity of a is series of Regional ICT Summits, aims to update ICT practitioners in DepEd on emerging technologies and to start the culture of sharing and collaboration of ICT in teaching, learning, and governance. It further aims to provide a forum to update everyone on current and future ICT projects and implementations in DepEd, and recognize ICT best projects and implementers through the ICT Innovations Awards.

Furthermore, the areas for dis the DepEd ICT masterplan; integrating technology with classroom teaching in the Philippine context; educational technology leadership for the K to 12 Program; digital citizenship, cybersecurity, and data privacy; educational tools for the 21st century classroom; and robotics and education.