Diwa conducts Genyo training for faculty anew

 The Diwa Learning Systems, Inc. through four of its Learning Integration Specialists conducted again a refresher training for Genyo Learning Management System for both the Grade School and High School faculty in preparation for School Year 2014-2015.

The training included familiarization with the Genyo, an online learning management system hosted by Singapore. Teachers were given orientation on the interface of the Genyo portal, including how pre-organized built-in lessons can be accessed and assigned to students. Likewise, the teachers were taught on how to create lesson packages which include resources available from the Internet.

As a shortcut guide for teachers, the lesson packages can be organized into 5Es which are Engage, Explore, Explain, Extend, and Evaluate. Engage may use games, videos, online links, and other activities that hold the student interest on the lesson. Explore provides further activities that may continue to heighten the interest of the learner. Explain is the phase where the major content is presented to the learner, again using online resources. Extend includes activities that deepen the understanding of the students of the lesson at hand. Evaluate assesses the student's understanding of the different concepts presented in the lesson.

The training was conducted on May 26-28, 2014 at the Computer Laboratory 2 of the Our Lady of Chartres Building.

Meanwhile, a new Learning Integration Specialist was assigned to the school for SY 2014-2015. She is Miss Joanne Ignacio, who is also a teacher by profession. The LIS assists the teachers in the effective design of lesson packages, including the successful delivery of the same.

Genyo provided 40 units of Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 for the use of students, especially for those not in the Tablet Sections.

Students and teachers are given unique login IDs and passwords for them to be able to use the Genyo portal. Parents can check the activities of their children in Genyo by using the login IDs of their children.