The success of a project can only be measured by the impact it has created in the community where it was implemented.
As a developmental worker, my experience working in community-based organizations was my passport to success in understanding the dynamics of these groups. With this knowledge, the implementation of a nation-wide workshop series sponsored by Google was proven successful. The end-goal was the creation of various communities.
It started in August 2013 and ended December of 2014.
The pilot program was held in Baguio City at the Berkeley School on two Saturdays of November 9th and 16th respectively.
The rest of the schedule were the following:
November 22 and 23, 2013 - DLSU - Manila
November 29 and 30, 2013 - USJR - Recoletos, Cebu
March 20 and 21, 2014 - Ateneo De Naga University, Naga City
May 5, 2014 - ACLC College in General Santos City
May 7, 2014 - Ateneo De Davao University, Davao City
May 9 and 10, 2014 - Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City
July 25 and 26, 2014 - University of Iloilo - PHINMA, Iloilo City
August 15, 2014 - University of Pangasinan, Dagupan City
August 16, 2014 - Angeles University Foundation, Angeles City
September 20, 2014 - De La Salle Lipa, Lipa City
September 23, 2014 - DLSU Dasmarinas, Cavite
September 27, 2014 - University of Perpetual Help System, Laguna, Binan
October 28 and 29, 2014 - University of St. La Salle, Bacolod City
November 14 and 15, 2014 - De La Salle - College of St. Benilde, Manila
November 27 and 28, 2014 - University of Northern Philippines, Vigan City
December 4 and 5, 2014 - DMC College Foundation, Dipolog City
As the project operations lead, I was able to organize workshop after workshop from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. As a community effort, famous schools and institutions partnered and hosted the event.
As a trainer for the workshop series, I was able to train a lot of teachers all over the Philippines along with my team of equally wonderful trainers - the Gaylas Filipinas. From day one, from the inception meeting, to the creation of the curriculum, revision, implementation that lasted for a year, I was there all the way.
As a partner with Google for this project, we gathered teachers from private to public institutions to attend a full-day hands-on workshop on Google Apps. The feedback was overwhelming as we gained notoriety for giving everything without a fee. That was how Google loves the country as an emerging market. And of course, the project was a pilot for the launching of the Google Educator Groups all over the world. It was such a great honor to be part of it and right now, there has been thousands of communities all over the world. The Philippines being the pilot country produced a record number of GEG communities from the cities we have conducted the workshop. It was also on that same year in 2014 that the first ever GEG APAC Summit was held in Manila. It was a gathering of community leaders all over Asia and the Pacific. I was one of the facilitators in the sessions and truly it was an exceptional experience to be in. I will write a separate post about it.
The joy of meeting teachers who are passionate about their craft was just unbelievable. These teachers are leaders in their own right as they lead their small group into becoming efficient educators using the power of technology.
The first ever community created was the GEG Baguio Chapter with the community lead Aris Go of Berkeley School. It was January of 2014 and I was there together with Aileen and Philip to grace the event.
Right now, I do not have the numbers but the growth of these communities are only but a testament of how sustainable the project was. Of course, it was the brainchild of our dear Aileen Apolo - de Jesus as the Google Philippines pioneer and Philip Tanpoco who now works in the same coveted company.
With phase one of the project done, I think we are all looking forward to the coming months. Who knows there might be other exciting programs in store for us.
Cheers!
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