Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region III
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF PAMPANGA
PULUNGMASLE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Guagua, Pampanga

Narrative Report on
the Virtual In-Service
Training for Public
School Teachers
March 15 – 19, 2021

Araling Panlipunan
Department

NARRATIVE REPORT ON THE VIRTUAL IN-SERVICE TRAINING FOR

Background:
 Schools have five statutory days per year to have INSET days when school remains closed to
students and all staff are expected to come in. Ideally, these days allow staff at the school a reflective
pause, where they can reflect and develop their teaching practices, for example. However, these days
are not just for teachers! It is a rare and wonderful occasion where the whole staff body – including
support staff, teacher assistants, cleaning and kitchen staff are able to gather.
Teaching is a multi-faceted role that often leaves teachers with limited time to achieve all that
they want to. INSET days benefit children as it allows their teachers to stop and review what is best for
them. Schools need to ensure they are consulting teachers and keeping an open dialogue as to what
would be the best use of the time for all.

Narrative:
Day 1 The national In-Service Training for Teachers began at exactly 8:45 in the morning
along with the registration of teachers nationwide. The program’s Emcee are Mr. John Jefferson Sevilla
and Ms. Mary May Sevilla. At exactly 9:30 in the morning, the program proper started with reports
from different platforms used in the new normal education in the Philippines. First off, DepEd TV
report care of Mr. Salvador Manansala, next a report from the DepEd LMS headed by Mr. Mark
Anthony Papa followed by DepEd Commons report thru Ms. Aprellene B. Marquez and last but not
definitely the least, the report from DepEd OERs by Mr. Sherwin G. Lomeda. In general, the
mentioned reports above delivered the status and showcased the progress of each respective principle
during the 1st half of the school year 2020-2021.
At 10:30 am, Ms. Rowena A. Reyes discussed Google Certification. She explained that
Google Developers Certification lets you demonstrate your proficiency and skill. After you pass a
certification exam, you can use your certification to promote yourself to the communities, projects, and
employers that are important to you. All the certification exams are backed by rich training content
offered as online curriculum, instructor-led training, or self-study materials. When you pass a
certification exam, you’ll be featured on the official certification directory. You can include your digital
mark in your email signature and embed it on sites such as LinkedIn and Twitter.
After few moment, Microsoft Education was discussed by Mr. Mark Anthony Jamisal. He said
that The Microsoft Education Center provides on-demand courses that focus on integrating technology
into your teaching and how to use tools like OneNote, Teams, and Office 365. To be better understand
the DepEd ETULay, Mr. Jamisal discussed it to audience, stating that ETULay was derived from the
wordplay of ETU, and itulay (Filipino for to bridge). To improve the quality of learning in the distance
learning setup, the Department of Education (DepEd) launched ETULay, a free online tutorial platform
for learners and parents facilitated by expert educators.
In an interview with Sec. Leonor M. Briones, she quoted “We have to come up with creative
ways in modernizing our education system and it will require the upgrade of learning delivery through
the full and creative use of technology in the digital age. This ETULay initiative is one of the many
steps being taken by DepEd to ensure that this transformation happens for the benefit of our learners.”
To cap of the morning session, Mr. Mark Anthony C. Sy gave an insight of the future programs of ETU
especially for the second half of the school year and to the next – which delighted the audience.
 In the afternoon session, Mr. Mark Anthony C. Sy returns for the Discussion of the Effective
Delivery of Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching. Online education has grown in popularity and
accessibility, attracting students with its schedule-friendly format options. These formats can be
grouped broadly into two categories: synchronous and asynchronous. Synchronous delivery is learning
that is delivered in a specific place, at a specific time, to all students (e.g. students participate in a live
Zoom session from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m.). Synchronous delivery provides students with immediate feedback
from their teacher and / or fellow learners. On the other hand, Asynchronous delivery is learning that is
provided to students and accessed when they choose (e.g. a posted recording of a lecture that students
can watch and post a discussion board comment about). Asynchronous delivery allows students to self-
pace their learning and access resources and support as needed. Both are effective especially given the
right situation and right materials to the learners and teachers. Before the end of the day, teacher-
participants were given time to reflect on the day’s topics.

Day 2 The second day of the program started with some regular morning routines like
singing of the national anthem, prayer, energizer and insight sharing just to shake off the morning bug.
Right off the bat, the program begins with the topic Effective utilization of Multimedia Materials:
DepEd TV as discussed by Ms. Joy G. Salazar. As cited in its Basic Education Learning Continuity
Plan (BE-LCP), DepEd has identified four modalities for distance learning:
1)      Print-based or offline self-learning modules (SLMs)
2)      Online learning
3)      Television-based instruction, and
4) Radio-based instruction.
This is to strengthen the resiliency of the education system beyond the COVID-19
pandemic, the Department of Education (DepEd) implemented the above-mentioned strategies for
education. Focusing on DepEd TV - a program that converts self-learning modules into video lessons
that can be accessed through IBC13 and Solar Learning Outlets. It features “teacher-broadcasters” who
underwent training on how to effectively deliver lessons via pre-recorded videos. It is playing an
important role in the continuous learning of the students since t elevision-based instruction should be
leveraged in teaching difficult lessons, noting that television has a wider reach in the country compared
to the internet. Contrary to what many people believe, the different learning modalities can actually be
blended—it’s not online learning alone. DepEd TV, for one, is here to supplement the modular
approach and online classes. Parents and students, especially those in the public school, just need to
understand how the system works.
The second topic is entitled Video Editing Techniques in Producing Quality Video Lesson with
the speaker Mr. Neil Arvin Bautista. It is not a secret that learners are way more ahead in technological
advances even compared to their teachers. So, a minimally edited videos may lead to boredom thus
making learning stagnant. Putting in other perspective, learning will be more fun if edited videos are
more revolutionary so much so it can attract the attention of the learners. Creating and editing videos to
support teaching at home or teaching online has become a popular way to share content with students.
If you want to create a video, it might feel challenging to know where to start and what app is to use.
Currently, the popular video editor application is Kinemaster which boasts a wide array of effects that
will help teachers create an elegant and fun-filled videos. Other software includes Filmora, Power
Director, Adobe Premier and Adobe After Effects

After lunch, Mr. Salvador Manansala delivered the topic A New Normal: The Critical Role of
Assessment in Online Learning. Assessment is difficult for learners in a face-to-face setup, what more
in distant learning? The speaker gave us an insight on how to solve this problem. Assessment is a
critical component of the online classroom. It provides students with an idea of their progress in a
course, identifies individual strengths and weaknesses, and ultimately serves as the measure of whether
students achieve the course’s learning objectives. Although each of these characteristics serves a
valuable instructional or pedagogical function, it’s also important that assessments engage students and
prepare them with the skills they’ll need in future courses, practicums, and even their careers. In order
to succeed, the best way a teacher can do is create an assessment type that suits the learning styles of
the students.

The last topic of the for the second day was delivered by Ms. Minerva Grace O. Silvestre
entitled OER Readiness Review Criteria. The DepEd Open Educational Resources (OER) is an
innovative pathway to connect the disconnected schools with its prime role to support the requirements
of the K-12 Curriculum. Every child deserves access to quality education. This is emboldened in
the mission of the Department of Education (DepEd) to protect and promote the right of every Filipino
to quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education where students learn in a child-
friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and motivating environment, and teachers facilitate learning and
constantly nurture every learner.
Quality education need not be expensive. Teachers can find a way to facilitate learning and be
unwavering in their pursuit to nurture each learner.
Yet the reality of textbooks and other printed materials increasing in price hurts the students’
learning. There are studies and articles citing that families have to choose between buying textbooks or
to feed their family and pay bills.1 With this urgent and very real concern, there is a high risk of
students performing poorly and having low rates of completion of their basic education. The use of
OER results in tremendous cost savings to benefit families of students as well as impact their
performance and completion rates in school. Before the day ended, teacher-participants were given time
to reflect on the day’s topics.

Day 3 It’s the third day of the INSET for teachers. The day started with the same
preliminaries as yesterday. At 9:00 in the morning, Ms. Rowena started the session with her topic
Google Workspace for Education Fundamentals. Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) for Work is a
suite of web applications created by Google for businesses. Your Goggle Workspace account will give
you access to Gmail on your preferred domain and 30GB of Google Drive storage per user. Through G
Suite, you will also have access to a number of powerful Google applications: Calendar, Docs, Sheets,
Slides, Forms, Sites, Hangouts, and Plus.
 Google Workspace for Work gives you a professional email, online storage, shared calendars, video
meetings, and more. Google Apps makes collaboration simple and effective. You will have the ability
to share spreadsheets and documents, create video conferences with Hangouts, and use instant
messaging. You can also share calendars with others, making meetings easy to plan. With Google
workspace, teaching and learning is much efficient and effective.

The second topic for the third day was Poster Design in Adobe Photoshop with Mr. Glenn Hurano.
Photoshop is a very popular app used for editing videos. Albeit it’s confusing function, learning to use
this app will prove to be useful specially in the field of education. Mr. Bautista taught the teacher how
to create a poster design in an easy to follow 11 step-procedure:
1. Figuring Out the Size, Color Mode, and Resolution
2. Start with a Preset
3. Open an Image and Add it to the Poster
4. Create a Smart Object and Resize if Needed
5. Add a Background Solid layer
6. Cut it out
7. Add a Shape Layers
8. Add a Layer Mask to the Shape
9. Add Point type
10. Add Paragraph type
11. Add Type on a Path

For the afternoon session, Ms. Glenah A. Taguibao gave an Overview of R.A. 10173, the Data
Privacy Act of 2012. Republic Act No. 10173 or Data Privacy Act of 2012 is an act protecting
individual personal information in information and communications systems in the government and the
private sector, creating for this purpose a national privacy commission, and for other purposes.
The Data Privacy Act of 2012 intends to protect personal information. With most of the
information nowadays are processed online, there is no doubt that the Data Privacy Act compliance is
now a necessity in the business sector. It was approved into law last August 15, 2012.
The National Privacy Commission (NPC) was created to monitor the implementation of this law.
Cyberbullying and hacking are STILL NOT welcome in 2021.

The last topic of the day was Solving People Puzzle by Mr. Sherwin G. Lomeda. Is this a little
puzzling? He discussed the DisC. DiSC is a personal assessment tool used by more than one million
people every year to help improve teamwork, communication, and productivity in the workplace. DiSC
is an acronym that stands for the four main personality profiles described in the DiSC model:
(D)ominance, (i)nfluence, (S)teadiness and (C)onscientiousness.
People with D personalities tend to be confident and place an emphasis on accomplishing bottom-line
results. People with i personalities tend to be more open and place an emphasis on relationships and
influencing or persuading others. People with S personalities tend to be dependable and place the
emphasis on cooperation and sincerity.
People with C personalities tend to place the emphasis on quality, accuracy, expertise, and
competency.

Day 4
 The fourth day already but the teachers can’t get enough of the lively and
meaningful topics and they are craving for more. On the 4 th day, same preliminaries were done. Then at
9:00 the session begins with Mr. Ariel Delos Santos with his topic Interactive Instructional Materials.
Earlier, in elementary levels, most of the schools would just have a few computers that were present in
the computer lab and students would get to use them only once in a while. As far as the teaching style is
concerned, it would generally be lecture-based lessons, which also involved many worksheets, and of
course the famous blackboard, chalk, and duster. However, things are a lot different now. The kids are
advanced, grow up in a technology-rich environment, and by the time they are in their elementary
levels, using a chalkboard is no more the scenario. Though passive learning still exists, most schools
now opt for interactive learning. Not only does it makes the lessons fun-filled for the students but also
makes it a lot interesting for the teachers. 

Since the start of eLearning, many things have happened and many more will for sure. For those
committed to the learning and engagement of their learners, the idea of an interactive material should
by now be well beyond having a place where you can see some images and click next. When we talk
about interactive learning materials, it means that the learner is not passively going through and trying
to sip in the contents but it means that they have to solve problems, make decisions, look for pieces of
information, test assumptions and take risks.

The next topic discussed was ManyChat: Delivering Online-Offline Learning (McDoo) by Mr.
Earl Araon Villanoza. The goal of online communication is the same as that of face-to-face
communication: building links; share information; be heard and be understood. When and how you
communicate with your students helps foster a sense of community in your online classes, which helps
them feel connected to you and their colleagues. As an instructor, finding the best methods to
communicate with your students should be your number one priority.
What is ManyChat? ManyChat is a software application created by Mikael Yang that is, currently, in its
Series A Funding Round (2019).

It takes the complicated developer tools in Facebook Messenger and simplifies it so that it can
be used by people without needing to know how to code. You can create Messenger Bots, Create
Facebook Advertisements, and even store information about all of the users that enter into your
Messenger Bot. This information that is learned by can then be used to properly segment your audience
and retarget them based on their interests.

For the first topic in the afternoon, Mr. Mark Anthony Jamisal was back for a new topic called
ETULay – Breakthrough in Teaching. To guide learners and their parents as they navigate
distance learning, the Department of Education (DepEd) launched a free online tutorial platform
facilitated by expert educators. Dubbed “ETULay,” the new learning platform aims to bridge the gaps
and improve the quality of learning under the distance learning setup currently implemented this school
year amid the continued threat of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). ETULay is one of the many
steps being taken by DepEd to ensure that this transformation happens for the benefit of our learners.
 DepEd said that “ETULay” was also designed based on the weekly Most Essential Learning
Competencies (MELCs). This is to provide parents and learners an easier way to answer Self-Learning
Modules (SLMs).
It also includes sessions on Storytelling, Wellness, Mother Tongue-Based Multilingual
Education (MTB-MLE), English, Filipino, Mathematics, Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao (EsP), and
Health for a comprehensive learning experience for all Filipinos.
Livestream of the sessions are available on the official Facebook pages of DepEd Philippines, DepEd
Tayo, and DepEd EdTech Unit. These can be viewed this on DepEd Edtech Unit and DepEd TV’s
Youtube channels.
The fourth day culminated with Ms. Sarah Jane C. Sarino’s topic which was Mobile Apps in
Education. She simply explained the importance of apps for the continuation of learning. She enlisted
some of the available and free apps to be used by the teachers and learners in the new normal
education. To wrap things up, teachers were given time to air their reflections.

Day 5 We are down to the last day of the National INSET for teachers. The day started
with morning routines like singing of the national anthem, prayer, energizer and insight sharing just to
shake off the morning jitters. The first session began with the discussion of Digital Poetry: A
collaborative Performance Project by Ms. Aprellene B. Marquez. She explained the topic well and I
quoted some of her advices. Digital poetry is a form of electronic literature that incorporates the use of
computers to display and interact with the work. Heavily influenced by concrete and visual poetry,
digital poetry includes use of hypertext, computer generated animation, coding, and holograms. Perhaps
the simplest way to approach the concept of digital poetry is to take a traditional rubric  for a poem and
add a column for modalities. Show some models of exemplary work, and let the students' creativity
take it from there.
Of course, this is likely insufficient for most classrooms, because rather than requiring just a
pencil and paper, access to a computer and an internet connection are necessary. Further, the
technology necessary to reproduce samples like "evidence of everything exploding"  and "Birds
still warm from flying"  (and appearing in the accompanying screenshots) is likely beyond the reach
of most learners -- and certainly beyond the realm of most English Language Arts and Humanities
classes.
However, presentation software like prezi  can do an excellent imitation of web building and
design, and is not at all challenging to use with a little practice.
Teachers can also spread the burden. Students could be grouped according to their interest, access to
technology or writing skill level, allowing them to collaborate while experimenting with this new twist
on a timeless medium. One student writes, one researches, one does tech, and rotate roles per poem or
unit.
It's also possible for learners to simply take an existing poem by a noted author -- given a choice
of poems from Emily Dickinson to Gregory Orr to Ogden Nash -- and "digitize" their chosen poem
based on their interpretation of diction, tone, mood, structure, etc. This takes the writing out of the
equation, but not the reading, rigor or interpretation.
The second part of the morning session consisted of Technology Integration and Instructional Materials
Development/Preparation in English Language by Ms. Maria May Sevilla herself. The technology has
improved rapidly in recent years and this improvement is affecting the field of education as it is in
every field. In this context, traditional education methods have become inadequate as the technology is
also rapidly changing students' expectations and learning habits. The effective use of information and
communication technologies in education is mainly based on increasing the learning speed of the
students during the education process, reducing the cost and providing effective learning.
The rapid progress of technology makes technology usage indispensable for foreign language
teaching and learning as well. To address the importance of ICT tools in the teaching-learning process
of basic English language skills and to introduce the technology integration process for English
language teaching and learning. It is understood that the integration of technology in English teaching
and learning is of great importance in the development of basic English language skills such as
listening, reading, speaking and writing. The hardware and software technological tools used in English
language teaching and learning can make many contributions both to teachers and students in terms of
being repeated use of materials, availability of materials everywhere and at all times, costless or low
cost of materials, and effective learning in a short time.
It can be said that the process of technology integration needs to be carried out consciously and
in a planned way in order to make significant contributions to the use of technology, which is an
essential task for teachers. Consequently, it should not be forgotten that the technology is to be
effectively integrated into English language teaching and learning, and if the integration is not
effectively done, on the contrary, technology may have a negative impact on the students’ learning
process.
In the afternoon, Ms. Rubilyn Pastrano delivered her topic Hour Code (Programming for
Women). Men has been viewed more dominant than females in any category of human aspect. Well,
that thing is in the past for in the present, everything is equal especially in the field of technology.
The Hour of Code started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify
"code", to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer
science. This topic Highlighted influential women in tech, students learn about past pioneers and form
their own opinions on equality in the tech field. At the end of the unit, students express their opinions in
writing to effect change in their school community.
And to sum up the week-long program, Mr. Glenny Laping delivered Creating Interactive
Materials Using Scratch Animation. What is it all about? Well, an animation project is a project that
generally consists of a sequence of images of the motion of objects to create a video. On scratch, users
can make short movies, music videos, comical shorts, and more through a variety of techniques.
Animation can involve programming spites to talk, move, and interact. Sometimes, programmers may
use animations as tutorials to show others how to do something. Sometimes animations use little to no
programming and consist of a sequence of images played in consecutive order quickly. Scratch
provides the project creator with the freedom to make an animation in any desired manner.
 And the five-day INSET was over. Over the course, I have learned many things that can help
me broaden the learning experiences of my students. Hopefully it will success to me, my colleagues,
students and our school.

Documentation (Screenshots):
Day 1

Day 2
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Day 4
Day 5

Certifications:
Daily
Reflection
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 On Virtual INSET 2021

Day 1: While lecturers are slowly adjusting to remote instruction, there are some teaching and learning
elements that cannot be replicated at home. In the old set-up, we used to do a lot of hands on activities
in the classroom. There are consultation hours with our students as they have great impact on student
learning. Before, when we walk into the classroom with an enthusiastic smile and energetic wave, the
transfer of enthusiasm is bound to take place. With the introduction of synchronous and asynchronous
learning, paradigm shift is crucial to make E-learning a meaningful experience.

Day 2: One of the benefits of multimedia learning is that it takes advantage of the brain's ability to
make connections between verbal and visual representations of content, leading to a deeper
understanding, which in turn supports the transfer of learning to other situations. All of this is important
in today’s 21st century classrooms, as we are preparing students for a future where higher-level
thinking, problem solving and collaborative skills will be required.

Day 3: Social media is a great way to stay to share precious moments with friends and family.
However, without the right precautions social media can be an avenue for cyber criminals to exploit
your personal privacy and that of your family. We need to safeguard personal information such as
financial data, medical records, home address, social security number, phone numbers, and much more,
from being used against us or in a wrong way. 

Day 4: In this tech-savvy era, students can have more access with mobile phones and they are
interested to learn move away from classroom. Using mobile phone for education purpose helps
students to progress faster, but also improve their ability to use technology. These apps can be used
anywhere and anytime. Learning is a constant process and the focus has now completely shifted to
eLearning. Due to the mobile phones and the various feature-oriented applications, students can learn at
their place and take their time at understanding things, as everything is just a click away.

Day 5: Technology, when integrated into the curriculum, revolutionizes the learning process. More and
more studies show that technology integration in the curriculum improves students' learning processes
and outcomes. Teachers who recognize computers as problem-solving tools change the way they teach.

Prepared by:

RD G. David
SST – III

Noted:

Sienna D. Panganiban
Principal I