Creative eWriting for High School First National ICTs in Basic Education Congress Waterfront Cebu Convention Center, Cebu City 6-7 December 2004 Cymbeline Villamin STII-DOST

6-7 Dec Contents Intro -- What is Creative Writing, ICT, Self Actualization Creative Expressions-- the ebook, the print book; Contents; Why disapproved by DECS Status / Recommendations

6-7 Dec What is Creative Writing? Discovery and retrieval of “raw materials” from the author’s memories and processing these into an aesthetic structure to produce a meaningful and unique work of the imagination, using language as tool. The final product is stored in a stable medium as paper or digital disc.

6-7 Dec What is ICT? Technology that enables the handling of information and facilitates different forms of communication. Includes capturing (camcorders), storage (CD-ROMs), processing (application softwares), communication (LANs) and display (computer monitors).

6-7 Dec A. H. Maslow (Psychologist) Theory of Human Motivation (1943) About man as a perpetually wanting animal Hierarchy of human needs If man is to be happy, he has to become the best of what he can be.

6-7 Dec Hierarchy of Needs Psychological wellbeing Safety Love and belonging Self esteem Self actualization Understanding Aesthetics

6-7 Dec Self Actualization Desire for self fulfillment Desire to become more and more what one is To become everything that one is capable of becoming

6-7 Dec How to Publish on the Web Students, Teachers and Parents can learn how to create Web pages and Web sites from Microsoft Office Tutorials CD by Dr. Tom Murray of Lynchburg College Distributed at Cost with permission from Dr. Murray

6-7 Dec Creative Expressions Writing Activity Book for 4th Year High School by Cymbeline Villamin Foreword Note to Students Note to Teachers and Parents 10 Writer’s Tips 10 Warm-Ups 50 Reading Selections 50 Writing Activities Submission Call for Young Writers

6-7 Dec Creative Expressions Writing Activity Book for 4th Year High School by Cymbeline Villamin Autobiography People in My Life My Favorites Places and Events in My Life Young Scientist

6-7 Dec Creative Expressions Writing Activity Book for 4th Year High School by Cymbeline Villamin Digital Version uploaded into the Servers of 100 public high schools by AFI 50 copies donated to LLF 50 copies given for promo 1000 print copies unsold

6-7 Dec Creative Expressions Writing Activity Book for 4th Year High School by Cymbeline Villamin Geocities.com/YoungPinoyWriters For free digital copy, please

6-7 Dec Recommendations DepEd must recruit book evaluators with backgrounds on the interests and concerns of the youth in a global setting. FIT ED must make the ICTs Congress an annual event. NBDB and private sectors must offer grants to educational writers.

6-7 Dec Maraming Salamat Po.