WE CELEBRATE August as, where we put the spotlight on Filipino, our national language. This year, The Teacher’s Notebook takes part in this celebration by sponsoring a blog writing contest among students.
The objectives of the said contest are the following:
To use blogging as a tool for promoting thelanguage
To encourage students to discuss issues pertaining to the national language
To generate online content written in Filipino

With the guidance of the SAKAFIL adviser, Aleli E. Dasmariñas, the following set of guidelines was drafted:
GUIDELINES FOR THE ‘BUWAN NG WIKA’ BLOG WRITING CONTEST
Each section will choose a two (2) individuals to participate in the contest.
Each participant will create a blog in their preferred platform and shall submit to the URL to the board of judges through Ariel Lalisan of The Teacher’s Notebook.
Each participant is expected to come up with at least one blog post every week based on the following themes:
August 1-7 – Pagpapahalaga sa Pambansang Wika
August 8-14 – Wika sa Pagpapatupad ng Kaunlaran at Disiplina ng
Bayan
August 15-21 – Wika ang Instrumento sa mga Patakarang Pangkaunlaran at Pangkatarungan
August 22-28 – Wikang Filipino: Tugon sa Malinaw na Programa sa Tuwid na Landas
August 29-31 – Wikang Filipino: Tinig ng mga Guro, Tinig ng mga Mag-aaral, Wika ng Kabayanihan
An orientation and blogging Seminar will be held at the ANSHS Cafeteria on July 22, 2011, 1:30PM
Entries must be ORIGINAL and written in Filipino.
Each blog posed must contain at least 100 but not more than 200 words.
Participants may enhance their blog posts with related photos and videos, but they shall acknowledge the owners of the materials they use.
Participants must encourage their schoolmates and friends to comment on their posts. Posts with sensible discussions in Filipino will gain more points.
The board of judges will select three best blogs and will receive a special prize from The Teacher’s Notebook.
The blogs will be judged according to the following criteria:
Content 30%
Relevance to the Theme 20%
Creativity 10%
Diction 10%
Originality 10%
Impact to Readers 10%
Overall look and feel of the blog 10%

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