Globe & DepEd conducts teachers training program to keep teachers & students safe online

As DepEd shifted to blended learning and will be using internet as one mode of learning, DepEd has the urgent need to keep the teachers, students and other educational personnels to be safe online.

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Globe carefully considered the call for support and collaborated with DepEd to conduct a live webinar on cyber security and wellness for the sector.

The webinar, entitled “Global Filipino Teacher Series: Digital Thumbprint Program (DTP)”, will be held on August 4-5, from 2-4 p.m. via the Globe Bridging Communities Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/GlobeBridgeCom/). 

It will be led by Globe with panelists from UNICEF and the DepEd and is open to all teaching and non-teaching staff of DepEd covering the national, regional, and division offices and all public schools nationwide. Parallel to the webinar, Globe is launching shorter and shareable versions of the DTP cyber wellness training modules which are meant to reach a wider audience online. 

Yoly Crisanto, Globe Chief Sustainability Officer and SVP for Corporate Communications said,

Globe continues to support DepEd’s thrust of delivering quality education and training to learners and educators and is one with the government in helping keep the online community safe for everyone, especially the children,

DTP is a series of workshops on digital citizenship, online safety, and the responsible use of the internet. The modules were designed to increase the participants knowledge of current and constantly changing landscape of life online in the Philippines; various online threats, abuses, and predatory and abusive behavior and how to protect one’s self; essential principles and practices around cyber safety and security; online etiquette and how to help create a responsible online community; how to identify what information online is credible or questionable; and how parents and educators can keep children safe online.

A chain of training is being organized by Globe that concentrates on 21st century skills that teachers need particularly during the new normal. Trappings include digital literacy and overall capacity-building to maximize the digital tools available the teachers. The training program is under Globe's Filipino Teachers Program.

The GFT program has covered various topics including 21st century learning methods, tech integration in the classroom, and online safety and responsibility. It was first established in 2009 and has been conducting teacher training programs to all 17 regions in the country including BARMM.