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Sorry for being late. Here are the works of 1CA4 for your taste buds.

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Last Tuesday of November 26, 2012, my students and I were having a discussion concerning the Filipino's concept of the afterlife. in our discussion, which was based from our readings of Connie Maraan's short story "Ghost" and Eric Gamalinda's poem "You Can Choose Your Afterlife," I asked them to make a poster collecting most of their native beliefs regarding death. And so, to show our appreciation for our culture, I bring you the works of 1CA1 of the Faculty of Arts and Letters of UST. Thanks so much for the effort, guys.

Box City: A Fine Supplemental Activity for Art Appreciation

It's been a while since I posted here. The reason for this is due to the many demands a college teacher like myself must attend to. Plus of course the advantage of having a direct online connection with the students via the E-Learning Access Program (ELEAP)that the University of Santo Tomas has been providing for years. Anyway, since starting teaching Art Appreciation under the Humanities and Literature, I've been constantly researching and updating all of our activities. Some I devised my own, the rest are taken from various sources. One of these I owe much to the educators of CUBE, the Center for Understanding the Built Environment. Having glossed over to their website gave me an inspiration. Though I might not have any possible resources to acquire their services, me and my students opted for some alternative materials. To find out more, kindly click on "Byte Me." So here it is: our very own Block City! Our version of the block city is based from two essays:

"Cities, Cultural Theor, Architecture" by Iain Borden

and "Philippine Visual Urban Culture" by Jaymee Siao

By integrating the two essays into one experience, I asked the students to go to certain places like parks, terminals, malls, and the like to investigate how the theories of the two essays were derived at by the authors. It was, for all of us, a widening of our own awareness of our urban environment and through their expressive and visual manifestations, the theories are therefore concluded as valid evidences of the current state of society. And their report required little explanation as the projects actually speak for themselves. So here are some of the other pictures taken during the small, classroom event. Now, I must publicly apologize to CUBE for having adopted their idea of a box city and turning it into a combination of architectural and social study. I must confess that the project had been so successful that the students enjoyed learning a lot about our own urban society.

Actually, the original idea of box city was really meant for preschool to K6 students, and through our project I realized it can also be applicable to K11 and K12 students as well.

And so my many thanks to the students of 3SCL1 for having done a great job!

Next time, I will make sure to improve the rubrics I am trying to devise for this and other interesting projects.

Bye for now! Byte me!

Belated Happy Birthday, Madam Cory!

Since yesterday was the celebration of the late president's birthday, why not reminisce on all the achievements of the Cory Aquino Administration? Here's some of her outstanding achievements.





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And not to mention the Luis Beltran Scandal where journalist Luis Beltran was sued for his daring comments on her actions taken during and after the 1989 coup attempt.

These and including the meddling of her relatives on the fate of the land reforms and other government policies.

Right. Happy birthday again. Byte me!

It has come to my understanding that for tomorrow, all of the third year students are to attend a kind of event. If that is to be so, then it means our class in Western Literature will be compromised.

For the record I must say this is a sad news for me since I can only meet my third year journalism students once a week.

However, despite this setback, I might as well have you, my dearest students, explore the following websites for you to enjoy and learn more about Dante Alighieri and his world in his "Divine Comedy."




Or you can simply explore this site for some visual arts and guide:



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The Arroyo Posters

Nothing to do, nowhere to go. Then Arroyo's face smacked up suddenly on the TV screen and I screamed.



At first I thought it was Jigsaw come to play a game with me. But then I thought, "But Jigsaw's dead, and so's his accomplices. Who'd dare?"

Then it hit me...





It's Iron Man!
Oh, it's just Arroyo, man.
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Hello

Hello there.

So you have finally come. Now, to be frank, a course outline is still being worked out for each of our subject - respectively LIT102 and LIT104. As of now, let's sit tight for a while until then.

Right.

Anyway, for LIT102, I will be showing you a copy on Tuesday if at all possible, plus I will be giving a hard copy for the class officers. Ask them about it once it's given.

For LIT104, wait until Friday and Saturday.

Up to now, I am still waiting for the Eleap registration to kick in.

Well, good luck to everyone.


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