Vibal officers at Ipex, world's largest printing trade show May 18-25 in UK: VP Nila V. Mata (4th fr.R), Events Head Rio Brigino (3rd), Comptroller Lilian Ancheta (2nd), Prod. Manager Lita Espino (rightmost) and Plant Manager John Bellen (mid back) with Phil. printing group's Atty. John Choa (6th fr.R).
Networking at the Asian Festival of Children's Content (L-R) Atty. Andrea Flores of NBDB,Jenny Fernandez of Vibal Acquisitions, Product Dev't. Manager Carina M. Espino, Vice-Pres. Nila V. Mata with Singaporean illustrator Otto Fong, authors Emily Lim and Shekinah Linn who spoke on their successes in children's book publishing.
In the Pampanga stop of Vibal Digital Seminar Tour, UbD+ICT generates strong interest among the seminar participants. La Salle Green Hills HS Principal Mrs. Amy Galang explains to school administrators during the forum that "UbD is not mandatory but has a lot of common sense."
Botong's son Rodolfo, Coching's wife Filomena and VFI Executive Director/ Publisher Gaspar Vibal (front, L-R) at the ribbon-cutting ceremony; with other family members of the featured artists, Curator Patrick Flores, National Museum Director Corazon Alvina, and Publisher Esther Vibal.
At the National Convention of the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) last Sept. 16-18, Manila Hotel with Nila V. Mata, Vice President (2nd from left); portion of the Vibal booth (right) for the Manila International Book Fair at the SMX Convention Center last Sept.16-20.
Alitaptap storytellers promote literacy and reading through the art of storytelling using Vibal Chikiting Books. Fully made-up Alitaptap storytellers flash their smiles after giving life to Why Do Birds Build Nests.
Two of Vibal Publishing textbooks: Rainbows in English Grade 5 and Excelling in Mathematics Grade 3 have just been stamped with Quality Seal Award by the National Book Development Board (NBDB) last May 29, 2009.
Vibal officers and authors visited South Korea last August 19-24, 2009 for a publishing study trip. From L to R: Cesar Inocencio (Editorial Coord.), Raymund Abejo (Soc. Studies author), Jerome Ong (Soc. Studies author); Carina M. Espino (Product Dev’t. Manager), Raquel Gocuyo (Soc. Studies Coord.). Dorothy Jose (Soc. Studies author)…
Vibal Sales Manager George Ogoy (inset) welcomes the participants to the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) for Excelling in Mathematics (Math XL 1-6) and Experiencing Mathematics (Math XP I-IV) held last August 1, 2009 in preparation for the second edition of both textbook series.
Vibal Sponsors CEAP Region 4 Principals' Summit by Carla Verayo and Katrina Bautista • April 21, 2010
Vibal Publishing House, Inc. partnered with the Catholic Educational Association of the Philippines (CEAP) in organizing CEAP Region 4's very first Principals' Summit attended by more than 200 school principals and administrators at the Days Hotel in Tagaytay City on April 19-20, 2010.
The summit theme was ICT + UbD Level Up! Moving Education to the Next Level!, an upgraded repeat of Vibal’s seminar for Administrators held at Holiday Inn Clark Pampanga last January. This aimed at orienting the participants on how Understanding by Design (UbD) can be implemented as a teaching approach in their respective schools, and the crucial role of Information and Communications Technology (ICT).
On the first day of the summit, Dr. Lolita Andrada, Director of DepEd's Bureau of Secondary Education discussed what's new in the 2010 Secondary Education Curriculum and the vital integration of the Understanding by Design (UbD).
Dr. Lilia M. Rabago, former Dean of the UP College of Education and Vibal science education consultant, for her part allayed the anxiety of the participants in adopting UbD on her talk "Demystifying UbD." Dr. Rabago talked about how bridging instructional designs commonly used by teachers and UbD, consistent with the thinking of constructivists, enables learners (in this case, the teachers) to hook the new idea being learned (in this case, UbD) onto their existing knowledge framework.
The seminar-workshop on "Preparing the School for UbD: An Action Sharing" was given by La Salle Green Hills HS Principal Mrs. Amy Galang in the afternoon. She demonstrated to the administrators why it is logical for schools to consider adopting the design principles of the UbD framework and how the shift to UbD can be managed purposefully. In presenting strategies and actions to be considered in addressing the various phases of the UbD implementation, Galang reminded the participants that they should put in mind that the initial phase is still transitional.
Dr. Lloyd Espiritu, former dean of the De La Salle University - College of Computer Studies and Vibal educational technology consultant, gave a presentation on “UbD through ICTs”. He declared that “UbD is bound to fail” if teachers will not upgrade their ICT skills. He also revealed a number of educational internet sites and resources that the educators may utilize to efficiently integrate ICT in their teaching methods and activities.
Dr. Espiritu said that UbD is simply about designing lessons for better understanding. The key is to first gain competence in the area so teachers will have the confidence to choose the best topics and strategies for their students. ICTs provide excellent opportunities for teachers to prepare better for their classes, deliver media-rich content and assess students understanding. Teachers today must be able to use the same (ICT) tools that their students use to become more effective.
The Vibal Digital seminar-tour started last November 2009 had made a stop to 13 destinations all over the Philippines.
Araw ng Kagitingan Activity - Poems.
Christmas Activity - Computing the Cost of Pinoy Krismas.