University students volunteered in Naga City Public Library's Creative and Newsletter Writing Workshop
Three university students from Metro Manila served as facilitators in Raul S. Roco Library's Creative and Newsletter Writing Workshop held on April 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2005. They were Patrick Bejerano, journalism major and Danilo Sebollena, an English major both from the University of the Philippines Diliman and Erwin Ronase, an economics major from the University of Sto . Tomas, Sampaloc, Manila . They were part of a group of university students who joined the 10-day Naga City Work Camp, a joint project of the Naga City government and University Center Foundation, Inc. (UCF), a youth-oriented private NGO, held last summer vacation.
"I enjoyed teaching the pupils the rudiments of news writing", says Erwin Ronase, who is also active in another UCF project, tutoring slow-readers in a puplic school in Sampaloc, Manila .
The project was formed with the aim of providing opportunities for elementary pupils to hone their writing skills. The target participants of the workshop were incoming grade 5 pupils from different public elementary schools in Naga City . Each school was given a chance to send 10 pupils to the workshop. Accompanied by their teachers, the pupils received a one-day seminar-workshop from the three volunteers. A total of thirty-seven (37) actually attended the seminar-workshop.
The seminar-workshop was divided into three sessions. The first and second sessions discussed the structure of the newspaper and the mechanics of writing a news article. The third session was a tour to a printing press, the Gold Print Publishing House which publishes the weekly Bicol Mail. The tour supplemented the discussions by showing to the participants the complete process of newspaper making.
"I also learned something new", quipped Danilo Sebollena, who saw the insides of a printing shop for the first time while accompanying the pupil participants during the tour.
At the end of the day-long activity, the pupils, under the guidance of the Assistant Librarian, Federico Vinluan, produced an on-the-spot newsletter for their own school.
The seminar-workshop used powerpoint presentations, a video camera recorder and a television set to enhance the instruction.
Written by: Erwin B. Ronase and Manuel Felix G. Abejo Jr.
Three university students from Metro Manila served as facilitators in Raul S. Roco Library's Creative and Newsletter Writing Workshop held on April 5, 6, 12 and 13, 2005. They were Patrick Bejerano, journalism major and Danilo Sebollena, an English major both from the University of the Philippines Diliman and Erwin Ronase, an economics major from the University of Sto . Tomas, Sampaloc, Manila . They were part of a group of university students who joined the 10-day Naga City Work Camp, a joint project of the Naga City government and University Center Foundation, Inc. (UCF), a youth-oriented private NGO, held last summer vacation.
"I enjoyed teaching the pupils the rudiments of news writing", says Erwin Ronase, who is also active in another UCF project, tutoring slow-readers in a puplic school in Sampaloc, Manila .
The project was formed with the aim of providing opportunities for elementary pupils to hone their writing skills. The target participants of the workshop were incoming grade 5 pupils from different public elementary schools in Naga City . Each school was given a chance to send 10 pupils to the workshop. Accompanied by their teachers, the pupils received a one-day seminar-workshop from the three volunteers. A total of thirty-seven (37) actually attended the seminar-workshop.
The seminar-workshop was divided into three sessions. The first and second sessions discussed the structure of the newspaper and the mechanics of writing a news article. The third session was a tour to a printing press, the Gold Print Publishing House which publishes the weekly Bicol Mail. The tour supplemented the discussions by showing to the participants the complete process of newspaper making.
"I also learned something new", quipped Danilo Sebollena, who saw the insides of a printing shop for the first time while accompanying the pupil participants during the tour.
At the end of the day-long activity, the pupils, under the guidance of the Assistant Librarian, Federico Vinluan, produced an on-the-spot newsletter for their own school.
The seminar-workshop used powerpoint presentations, a video camera recorder and a television set to enhance the instruction.
Written by: Erwin B. Ronase and Manuel Felix G. Abejo Jr.