Call for National Entries! Philippine Schools CyberFair 2006: Inspire and Unite!

Attention: All elementary and high school teachers!

Engage students in performance-based, collaborative, project-design competition this school year 2005-2006!

• Support standards-based, authentic learning
• Connect students to their local communities
• Increase students’ global perspective
• Increase real-world, transferable skills
• Involve students in the assessment
• Teach students information-age skills (research, project management, publishing, digital media)

DigitalFilipino.com is launching the 5th Philippines School CyberFair Project with the theme, "Inspire and Unite!" This competition encourages students to "shine the spotlight" on people, places, businesses and other things in their local community — that serve to "inspire, motivate, and encourage positive change."

All Philippine entries shall also join the International School CyberFair. On its 11th year, it has been described as the largest educational event of its kind ever held on the Internet. This program has brought together more than one million students from over 100 countries.

It is also an authentic learning program used by schools and youth organizations around the world. Youth conduct research and publish their findings on the Web. Recognition is given to the best projects in each of eight categories: local leaders, businesses, community organizations, historical landmarks, environment, music, art, and local specialties. This program encourages youth to become community ambassadors by working collaboratively and using technology to share what they have learned. Students evaluate each other’s projects by
using a unique online evaluation tool.

CyberFair encourages youth to connect the knowledge they learn in school to real world applications. It also supports current education subjects such as Filipino, English, Computer, Social Studies, Science, Music, Practical Arts, Character Education, among others.

This year, schools can submit multiple entries. However, it should only be limited to one entry, per category, per division (elementary / high school). All entries must be written and presented in English and Filipino.

Prizes this year includes:

• Trophy for the school, medal for students
• National IT leadership convention for all Cyberfair participants
• Train the teachers on E-Learning Content Development 5-days workshop

Interested teachers can register by sending an email to digitalfilipino@gmail.com with the following information: (Those who registered for the regional level are automatically registered for the national competition)

Your name: ______________________________________
Your email address: _____________________________
Your job title:__________________________________
Your school name: _______________________________
Type of school (public or private): _____________
Telephone number:________________________________
Fax number: _____________________________________
Your school address (complete with zip code): _______________________________________
Cyberfair category you are joining:_______________________
Division (elementary or high school):______________________

The Philippine Schools CyberFair is made possible through the support of The Business Software Alliance (http://www.bsa.org), E-YellowPages (http://www.eyp.ph), Fwendz (http://www.fwendz.com), and Web Philippines (http://www.webphilippines.com).

Your support in this endeavor as a sponsor will help a lot.