The document introduces the Open Desk Teacher's Toolkit for E-Classroom, which provides teachers with free and open framework, technology, and content to build their capabilities for using interactive learning technologies in teaching. The toolkit includes digital tools like a digital whiteboard, presentation maker, and activity creator to help teachers design technology-enabled lessons. It aims to support teachers in realizing improved teaching and learning through the use of open standards and globally benchmarked digital content.

1. OPEN DESK TEACHER’S TOOLKIT FOR E-CLASSROOM
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The classroom teacher who lives and works
in today's interactive and connected world is
always challenged to embrace the
“experience of understanding” in the way it
is “being facilitated “through the “aligned
use of interactive and collaborative
technologies.”
Relevance and effectivity of any teacher
begin by “being in the digital space” meant
Most classroom teachers will agree on the
for 21st century citizen. They have to realize
need to be relevant, meaningful, effective
the value of teaching and learning within the
and enjoying in the 21st century classroom
context and performance of today’s learners
of interactivity, creativity and connectivity.
who are oriented to the use of computer,
Internet, mobile and social media to be
However, the motivation is enabled by
entertained, informed, connected,
building the resource and capacity of all
recognized and productive.
teachers to initiate, learn and sustain the
practice of teaching with interactive
The importance of remembered lesson;
technologies.
performance in examination; and observed
roles to students are getting better with
The enablement speaks of ready and open to
“technology enriched experiences” that
use F-framework, T=technology, and
build the skills of collaboration,
C=content that will guide them to create,
communication, critical thinking, creative
maintain and improve the 21st century
problem solving, and self directed learning.
classroom of interactivity, creativity and
connectivity.
The “technology-mediated presentation,
activity, references and assessment” make
F = framework speaks of definitive
better the capability of the classroom
principles, methods and results that supports
teachers to bring real-word situation, time
effective teaching and learning with
extension, delivery enrichment, lesson
interactive learning technologies to take a
remediation and interactive engagement in
shape inside the classroom
the way learners acquire, create, remember,
share and apply knowledge.
T = technology speaks of technology
solution standards, configuration and
The technology based communication and
infrastructure to compose the hardware,
collaboration platform make better the
software, network and skills to compose the
means of the classroom teachers to engage
environment or platform of technology
in the social dialogue that educates the
enabled interactive learning.
senses, and bring the positive habits
supportive of community building.
C = content speaks of knowledge and
medium to acquire, create, manipulate,
share, re-use to construct and apply
understanding.

2. OPEN DESK TEACHER’S TOOLKIT FOR E-CLASSROOM
OPENDESK PROJECT is no locked-in
aggregation of framework, technology
and content to build capabilities of
teachers to align the use of interactive
learning technologies in teaching and
learning.
The Open Digital Education Solution
Toolkit for Teachers (OPENDESK) has
began in 2004 to attract teachers and
administrators attention to the
availability of free to install education
software and re-usable digital content in The shared framework, technology and
basic education. content are not meant to prescribed, but
to place into the hand of every teachers
The aggregated framework, technology the available tools to design, plan,
and content is offered as start-up implement and evaluate learning with
resource to build competencies and interactive technologies.
content to realize and sustain purposive
improvement of teaching and learning The OPENDESK PROJECT search, review
through the use of open standards and and promote digital application and
global benchmark on digital content. content that placed among its condition
of use the terms –free, open, sharable,
It gives attention to education-ready distributable, fully functional, and agree
software and multimedia content that on global standards of user experience.
matches the understanding and
performance defined in the learning The Open Digital Education Solution
competency published by the Toolkit for Teachers version 2 contains
Department of Education. the following digital tools:
The version 1 of OPENDESK is shared 1. Digital Whiteboard
freely for the use of the Technical 2. Presentation Maker
Services Office of the Department of 3. Activity Creator
Education to provide digital content in 4. Study Helper
DepEd computerization program. It is 5. Cyber Safety
also given freely to teachers who 6. Internet Services
attended school-based training on ICT
sponsored by service providers and The toolkit is made available through the
education organization. Laptop for Teachers Program, and School
Improvement Projects of selected
Service Providers.