Rachelle M. Nessia
CEBU, Sept. 7 (PIA) --- Four public schools in
Lapu-Lapu City are the latest recipients of mobile digital laboratories called
Smart Technocarts, which aim to boost kindergarten learning using technology
tools and solutions.
The cart, an initiative of mobile leader Smart
Communications, Inc., can be easily wheeled from one classroom to the next and
contains 20 units of seven-inch tablets, a laptop, a projector, and a Smart BRO
pocket WiFi that comes with an initial load for Internet connectivity.
The technology carts were turned over to
representatives from Pusok Elementary School, Marigondon Elementary School,
City Central School, and Pajo Elementary School led by Assistant Schools
Division Superintendent Marcelita during the opening of the Asian Carriers
Conference (ACC) 2015 on September 1 in Lapu-Lapu City.
The Smart Technocarts for the four schools were
sponsored by the ACC, said Smart education program head Stephanie
Velasco-Orlino.
Each digital laboratory package is worth
P200,000.
Fun learning ACC president Edgar Antonio, who is
also the PLDT head of carrier marketing and product development, said the
conference allows telecommunications companies to do business with each other
and give back to the community at the same time.
"We're very happy to be a recipient of this
program. We're thankful to Smart, PLDT, and the ACC for this assistance to our
schools," Dignos said in an interview before the turnover.
With the right guidance, kindergarten kids will
learn how to use the tablets to learn subjects as English, Reading,
Science, and Math in fun ways, she added.
Technocart beneficiaries are two other
institutions in Cebu, the Regina Mercado Elementary School and Banilad
Elementary School, which were among 15 learning institutions all over the
country that each received a Smart-sponsored digital laboratory last June.
(rmn/PIA7-Cebu/Press Release)