LSGH, Samsung launch first electronic classroom in Phl

MANILA, Philippines - La Salle Greenhills and electronics and digital media leader Samsung Electronics Philippines Corp. (SEPCO) take learning to a higher level as they tied up for the school’s eTextbook/Personal Learning Device (PEARL) project, a pioneering program designed to make use of the “digital word” as the new vernacular in the classroom.

Now in its pilot phase, the project utilizes the latest tablet PC technology from Samsung as “a personal learning device distinctly driven by digitized curriculum materials.”

“SEPCO believes that the PEARL project is a great contribution to the advancement of Philippine education into the digital information era,” said KC Park, SEPCO president.

“It will foster the creation of new learning systems and methods in introducing the digital word as the new medium of communication in the classroom and beyond,” he added.

The project aims to eventually use the PEARL as a replacement for traditional books, traditional assignment notebooks and other school communications, and a tool for presentation and other school works in the classroom, and for creating new learning contents and strategies.