It’s hip2b2

In a posting in the Philippine Linux User’s Group mailing list, Bluepoint is offering free Linux training as part of its Tulay program. The posting by Dominique Cimafranca is summarize below:

Bluepoint Foundation, a non-stock, non-profit education and development center focused on free and open source software, will offer free training on Linux and other open source applications to public high school teachers as part of its Tulay Project. The first phase of the program will run in two batches, from April 17 to 21, and from April 24 to 28.

According to Magie Antonio, Bluepoint’s program director for Tulay, the training is geared towards equipping public school teachers with the skills to deliver relevant IT training, a component lacking in many school computerization projects. “While many public high schools are frequently beneficiaries of computer donations, these usually take the form of hardware only,” said Antonio.

Through the Tulay Project, Bluepoint will train teachers and school personnel on various free, Open Source productivity and development tools. Thus trained, these teachers and school personnel can then disseminate their knowledge to other teachers, school personnel, and most importantly, students, in what will be a wave of knowledge that will spread within their school system.

Bluepoint will also help public school teachers develop an IT training curriculum that fits their objectives and capabilities. By means of reusable template material, IT education experts at Bluepoint will work hand in hand with the teachers to draw up a relevant and achievable program of IT education for their students.

Not only does this serve as a good opportunity to teach Linux and Open Source software and technologies. It is also a good opportunity to provide much needed IT training in general. Most of these teachers may not have access to any IT training at all. Much less access to quality Open Source software training provided by Bluepoint. More power!

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