http://philippinecommons.org Fri, 09 May 2008 10:50:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Note Verbale: Open education empowers by Jaime N. Soriano, CPA, MNSA With the age of information technology at the center stage of human interaction, there is an emerging global consensus for collaboration in providing access to learning and knowledge and developing a wide range of educatinal resources in cyberspace that are free ... http://philippinecommons.org/2008/05/09/note-verbale-open-education-empowers/ 23 April 2008 830-900 :: Registration 900-915 :: Invocation 915-1000 :: Introduction to Open Education Speaker/org: Creative Commons Philippines Atty. Jaime "Jimmy" Soriano 1000-1015 Q&A 1015-1030 :: Break 1030-1115 :: Creative empowerment and liberal education Speaker/org: Friedrich Naumann Stiftung fur die Freiheit Mr. Sigfried Herzog 1115-1030 Q&A 1130-1215 :: The public direction of Philippine education (primary and secondary) Speaker/org: Department of Education Atty. Geronimo ... http://philippinecommons.org/2008/04/20/1st-philippine-open-education-forum-programme/ Event Info Name: Philippine Open Education forum Tagline: Are we ready and where are we? Sponsor: Philippine Commons Host: e-Law Center, Arellano University School of Law Type: Meetings - Club/Group Meeting Time and Place Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 Time: 8:30am - 5:00pm Location: Arellano University School of Law Street: Taft Avenue corner Menlo street City/Town: Pasay City, Philippines Contact Info Phone: 639215173631 Email: ... http://philippinecommons.org/2008/04/14/philippine-open-education-forum/ WikiPilipinas Pilot Tests Online Writing at NSPC 2008 WikiPilipinas.org, the Philippine online encyclopedia, in cooperation with the Department of Education, pilot tested an online writing contest at the 2008 National Schools Press Conference (NSPC) in Koronadal, South Cotabato last Tuesday, February 19, 2008. Through this pilot activity, WikiPilipinas advocates the inclusion ... http://philippinecommons.org/2008/04/14/developments-on-wikipilipinasorg-and-filipiniananet-1q-2008/ Local electronica group DRIP (Beng Calma-Alcazaren, Malek Lopez, Arvin "Caliph8" Nogueras, Ian "Morse" Magbanua), Mark Laccay, and Creative Commons Philippines (Atty. Jimmy Soriano and Atty. Berne Guerrero) were guests in the RockEd Radio session (hosted by Lourd de Veyra and Gang Badoy), entitled "Dripping Creativity" on 13 April 2008, 2000H ... http://philippinecommons.org/2008/04/14/drip-and-creative-commons-at-rocked-nu107/ The sixth issue of the CC Newsletter, including the PDF thereof, was released on 9 April 2008. This PDF version of the sixth issue was a result of the collaboration, for the content and design-layout thereof, by Creative Commons headquarters in San Francisco, California, United States (through CC Development Manager Melissa ... http://philippinecommons.org/2008/04/10/cc-newsletter-6/ The Document Freedom site (( http://www.documentfreedom.org/About ; licensed under GNU FDL )) provides in its "About" page: Document Freedom Day (DFD) is a global day for document liberation. It will be a day of grassroots effort to educate the public about the importance of Free Document Formats and Open Standards in ... http://philippinecommons.org/2008/03/20/march-26-is-document-freedom-day-2008/ DRIP is scheduled for a radio guesting on the show RockED Radio at NU107 FM on April 13, 8PM at NU107, AIC Gold Tower on Ortigas Avenue, Pasig City. The show features current issues in music and what not, and on occasions, bands or groups also perform live on air. ... http://philippinecommons.org/2008/03/19/drip-and-creative-commons-on-rocked-radio-nu107-13-april-2008/ Creative Commons Philippines is pleased to announce the release of the maiden issue of the Creative Commons Philippines newsletter, covering January and February this year. The cover of the newsletter, present and subsequent, will feature the vibrant culture of the Philippines. This issue's cover features the Sinulog Festival, which is held ... http://philippinecommons.org/2008/03/14/maiden-issue-of-cc-ph-newsletter/ Local electronica group DRIP will be launching their independently produced 2nd full length album entitled Identity Theft on 15 March Saturday, 8pm (+0800) at Magnet Café High Street, Bonifacio Global City, City of Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines. Special guests Us-2-Evil-O, Corporate Lo-Fi, Yosha, and Mark Zero will also be ... http://philippinecommons.org/2008/03/12/independent-artist-drip-to-launch-cc-licensed-album/