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2009 IT Olympiad Highlights - UIC Performance

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

First day

AM - QUIZ Bowl- University of Mindanao (Matina Campus) Gymnasium

Our very own team, Catherine Remolleno BSCS 4 (the last year’s champion along with Mary Grace Ignacio) and Aiza Loraine Mencidor BSIT 4 managed to lead the easy and moderate rounds but failed to maintain their leading during the difficult round. The questions were taken from PhilNits topics and standards. Knowing that the two were so busy with their projects and the lacked of preparations emotionally and intellectually but they nailed UIC in the top 5 best performing teams in this event. They just maximized their team efforts and individual expertise to survive the hurdle. Congratulations! I am proud of you ladies!

PM - Student Researches Presentation

For the faculty side, there was a MSW (Monthly Seminar Workshop) about FOSS: Free Open Source Softwares held at the Ateneo de Davao University. There were speakers from different IT industries that talked about this FOSS.

The whole session in the afternoon was allotted for different student researches (both defended/approved and ongoing) from the different colleges and universities in the region. There was a parallel session for the different presentations. UIC again has showcased their best in this area wherein 5 groups were sent to present, 2 from BSCS and 3 for BSIT. Aside from UIC, Ateneo de Davao University, UP Mindanao, and University of Southeastern Philippines have presented as well their best researches/projects. BTW, I was assigned to be the emcee in one of the venues.

UIC Researches and Proponents:

Title: An Enhanced Message Retrieval Algorithm for Remote Mobile Phone
Proponents: Malavi, John Allen
Ruado, Maricor
Ubaldo, Maria Carmela
BSCS 4

Title: Knowledge-Based Algorithm in the Construction of Autonomous Mobile Robot
Proponents: de Francia, Jimson
Diaz, Krizzia Mair
Baladjay, Jessica
BSCS 4

Title: Online Sales Management And Inventory System of 8telcom Business Center
Proponents: Kwong, April Rose Ann
Frigillano, Jasmin Angeli
Giger, Kurt Roy
Carado, Adrian
BSIT 4

Title: Web-Based Collaborative Software of ITPO Interactive Solutions
Proponents: Albores, Francis
Purgatorio, Ralph
Abello, Noel
Tripoli, Keiven Roi
BSIT 4

Title: Computer Projector Management System
Proponents: Donayre, Aldred Jay
Genabe, Kristine May
Legaspi, James Anthony
BSIT 4

Kudos to all of you guys! Congratulations!

Second Day

Whole Day - Programming Contest - Ateneo de Davao University

As usual, programming contest will consume the whole day. AM session was allotted for practice session and general orientation on the environment used in the contest such as the PC^2, and the languages used.

The afternoon session was the formal contest wherein 3 hours were given to the team participants to solve the 6 problems (ACM standard problems). Similar format of the problems were used in the National Competition.

To make the story short, with lacked of practices and coordinations due to some hectic and institutional events. The UIC Programming team has managed to maintain its 2007 performance in this event. We placed 2nd overall beating the other 13 teams in the region. Just a portion of minutes difference from the first place. UIC managed to solved 3 problems. UP Mindanao was the champion, Ateneo de Davao University was 3rd place and Notre Dame of Marbel University landed the fourth place.

Congratulations guys! You made us very proud of you!

Generally, the IT Olympiad this year has many pros and cons but the bottom line it ended with satisfaction knowing the number of partipating schools were no joke.

Congratulations to PSITE XI, CDITE XI, CHED XI and other generous sponsors for this successful and fruitful event!

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Midterm Exam Finale, SAP Meeting, Guidance Presentation

Friday, January 30th, 2009

Today marks the end of January and prepares us for the month of love.

Today as well marked the end of the Midterm Examinations here at UIC. Rest day for students and preparing once again for the last period of the semester, the Finals. For the instructors, time to check and evaluate once again the performances of the students under them and as well preparing for Final grading lessons and requirements.

The ITE Program as well met the SAP (Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing) Advocates and promoted the product to the UIC community particularly the Business and Accountancy Program, ITE, and the Engineering Programs. Overall impression was good but needed to be discussed and contemplated all of its pros and cons. Deploying it to academe is no joke especially the financial/fee aspect. We have to consider also the curriculum alignment.

After 2 hours of absorbing the meats of this new framework, the Guidance Office has prepared a comprehensive presentation about the ITE Freshmen and Sophomores about their overall performance in school. They have presented and discussed as well the influences and factors that affects their studies.The good thing was we identified the causes why students are not performing well in their academic life and its effects to them.

As for myself, I am not feeling well physically and emotionally.  Stress and pressures might be one of the reasons. Unwinding would be one of the solutions.

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Ordinary Post (but NOT for ME)!

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Work…work..to survive….I just ended up my classes with no unusualities happened or took place. Quite tiring but again as usual…seeing my students have brightened my whole day in one way or another…LOL

Highlights this week so far?

Wednesday, January 21 - ITE Program first Assembly for 2009. Since I was the assigned instructor and as one of my roles as the Acad. Chair, the agenda are as follows: upcoming ITE Foundation Day activities and instructions, some academic concerns, community extension programs, exam. reminders (this would be next week!) and other matters.

For the information of all, this Friday, January 23 is a special day for us here at school because it is dedicated to our dear College Catholic (not all, and I am one of those) Educators. It’s my day actually! There was a memo coming from the University President and circulated in all offices about the said event that there will be a class schedule adjustments that day just to allocate the special day for us.

Overview of what will happen this friday?

Traditionally, it will be started with a mass celebration then program proper right after. It will be facilitated by the SSG (Supreme Student Government) officers. I am hoping that something new will take place and be presented for us (educators) to be entertained. Each program in the university is required to present a mini-program for their respective educators. Let’s see and wait for that day! I’ll just blog the details right after.

PS. Just this very moment, somebody gave me something..my favorite stuff ever…with great power comes with great responsibility..(that’s the hint!) —>Thanks to Miss Arbie M.<— It made my day complete! Thank you, thank you, thank you…

Tonight along with Roy, Au, Grace (his sweetie) and I will be attending the initial treats of Rap’s birthday tonight.

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Mission To Accomplish!

Monday, January 12th, 2009

For my blogging entries these next few days or weeks, I will be devoting it to feature my co faculty in the ITE Program. Instead of featuring people whom we are not that familiar with, why not featuring the backbone of the ITE Program of the University of the Immaculate Conception. Definitely, I will ask their permission before posting the details, so do not you worry about that, no violation of privacy. I will see to it that students will then know the positive side of us….but the negative ones (It’s a secret between the interviewer and the interviewee, sealed and locked).

BTW, I am already excited to post the details in the next few days, of course, I will be gathering facts and information first about them plus their pictures. Hopefully, before the semester ends, I can feature all of them especially the full time.  So, who will be the first featured faculty? Let’s say, alphabetical…so you do have the hint already, it’s A C A….

PS: You can as well request faculty in the ITE Program (part time or full time)  to be featured, and I will do my best to gather facts and details about the requested faculty…

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Opening of the Year with Idleness

Tuesday, January 6th, 2009

12:35 PM…Lunch Break + Boredom = Great Entry for Blogging!

Two weeks vacations were no joke. Good things and bad things were happening in those weeks. But, the important thing was we learned from those experiences. If not for the best, I am so sure it is for the betterment of something or someone.

Anyway, my work has been resumed last Monday, January 5. The only thing that I can say was it’s BORING, and LOUSY DAY! We felt the lousiness in the whole vicinity of the campus not to mentioned that ITE students are the most noisiest program in the Main Campus. FYI: we have two college campuses, the main and the annex. That day, you could not feel the presence of this program, maybe one of their New Year’s Resolutions is to be silent all the time. I am not so sure with that. It ended the first day as if nothing happened.

To make the story short, many friends of mine have reacted on my Yahoo Messenger (YM) status message nowadays that states: ” We were given: Two hands to hold. Two legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why there is only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else, for us to find.”

They keep on asking why such status, well, it’s the secret between me and myself. LOL. Mystery awakes everyone’s curiosity.

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My Insights for 3/4 Academic Year

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

2008 is about to end and it needs to be higher and renewed again to retain and continue what have been started from this year to the coming year.

My academic year in UIC is quite fulfilling, challenging, and how could I say this, stressful?. Personal life is not an exemption to this. Anyway, the bottom line is that you are happy to serve and from the heart, you do want to advance the program you belong to and the institution as well that gives you the source of living for the entire year.

I will give you the highlights of our achievements and “downs” in our program this 3/4 era of academic yea. This was as well the response of long time request of our ITE alumni that wants to be updated with the latest happenings in the program and to UIC as well.

1. June 2008 - The academic started with a bang. Nearly 400 standing freshmen in our program that resulted to 6 sections for BSIT, 1 section for BSCS, and 4 BSIS respectively, not to mention the transferees, shiftees, and returnees. In totality, we had 757 determined students and aspiring to become ICT professionals. And for this, we were the highest when it came to the number of freshmen. Kudos to our program. This month was one of the stressful months I had, scheduling was not an easy task, attending the academic concerns of more than 700 students were no joke. We had a strong tie-ups with our industry linkages and signed up MOAs such as the Sutherland BPO, Concentrix (Formerly LInk2 Support) and etc. For the second time around, we signed a MOA for our community and academic linkages such the SPED Computer Development System that caters to the computer literacy of “super” rural places and schools in Davao City which have no access to computers and Internet. I was assigned to head and lead this computer literacy.

2. August 2008 - The significant event here WAS THE FORMAL VISIT OF THE ITE PROGRAM by the PAASCU. The program was evaluated critically in 9 areas but the accreditors were focusing on these 3 areas, quality instructions, efficient laboratory, and the competent faculty line up. The accreditation went smoothly, and the result will be given after 3 months.

3. September 2008 - Intramurals 2008 came, and we were declared as the Overall CHAMPION in all areas (Sports and Literary/Musical Events) . Engineering did not join this time since they were the champion for 11 years. But next year, it will be a good fight between the two giant programs.

4. October 2008 - Before the closing of the 1st semester, we competed in the 3rd Mindanao Wide ICT Quiz Show in Cagayan de Oro with the rest of the best colleges and universities in Mindanao. With lacked of preparations due to delayed communication from the organizers, we have managed to grab the 4th place overall. Good enough but we could have done better. Time is really an important element in all aspects. Anyway, I brought with me two seniors from BSIT and BSCS namely: Aiza Loraine Mencidor and Catherine Remolleno. Another milestone of the program was the participation in the prestigious 2nd National Philippine Inter-Collegiate Programming Contest in Cebu City, specifically at University of San Jose Recoletos. With more than 40 teams from all over the Philippines, the UIC-ITE Programming Teams have managed to nailed the UIC in the top 12 best performing schools in the Philippines. The UIC  have sent two teams named as Sitsiritsit Autobots and Alibangbang Decepticons teams. These were the teams we have sent to the 1st National Philippine Inter-Collegiate Programming Contest in DLSU Canlubang in Laguna, Philippines and that time we were in the top 10 best performing schools in the country. Though, we’ve missed the top 10 best performing schools, still we were proud of you! Cheers to that!

5. November 2008 - Welcome to 2nd semester, expectedly and traditionally as observed, there was a declined in the number of enrollees in all programs, but amazingly and unexpectedly, the ITE program has managed again to retain its 8 sections of determined freshmen. Well, generally, we have encountered some problems on faculty loadings (we lacked 2 full time faculty members),  room and laboratory assignments, and others. Those problems were solved for around three weeks, you imagined that I am carrying those luggages with me every now and then. The solutions? Hmmm… JUST SEE ME IN PERSON AND I WILL TELL EVERYTHING FROM STEPS 1 TO THE LAST and you will be amazed to it.

6. December 2008 - At last, the 3/4 academic year is here. This month was started with the celebration of the Feastday of the Immaculate Conception, the blessed mother of all. This month was exciting since all ITE students were waiting for this, the annual PSITS (Philippine Society of Information Technology Education Students) Region XI Sportsfest and ITE Nyt. This time, the Brokenshire  College hosted the event with free of charge. ITE Schools and Students from the region were gathered for a 2-day events. For the first time, UIC-ITE Program was declared as the overall champion this year. Congratulations guys for the job well done! We’re really proud of you!

But, have you remembered the PAASCU Visit last August, what was the result? The memorandum from the office of the University President was circulated to formally announce that the “Information Technology Education Program was granted an initial accreditation for 3 years”, that means we were granted a Level 1status with no interim visits/follow ups fro 3 years. Congratulations from Administration, Faculty, Students, and Staff. We made it!

Here’s the last achievement, the UIC SSG and from the Office of the Dean of College with the coordination of the Music Program and OSAD has initiated an Inter-Program Christmas Chorale Competition held at the UIC Main Auditorium. The 9 programs were required to perform and only 1 common song or piece to be performed on stage by all programs. To make the story short, again, the ITE program was declared champion in the first ever Christmas Chorale Competition. One good thing there, the University President congratulated me and the program with these words, “You’re my bet and my number 1!” This time, the pressure was with us and the challenge was for the rest of the programs.

All in all, we have so much blessings this year and we awe these all from God. The UIC-ITE Program is not just good in one side but a holistic program. You can see and witness the excellence of the ITE Program in academics and extra and co-curricular arena. We really mean our slogan that, “We don’t choose the BEST, we create them”.

We are always bringing out the best from and for our students. The breakthrough of our program today is the reflection of ourselves.

Merry Christmas and have a prosperous New Year to all!

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This is me supposedly but…

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

These are just my simple tasks this academic year…

1. I was elected as College Faculty Club Vice President for this academic year (I dunno why, I am too young for the task), but am not too visible in the meetings but more on behind the scenes support.

2. I was elected as Auditor for Council of Deans for IT Education in Region 11(CDITE). Last year, I was elected as PIO for Philippine Society for IT Educators in Region 11 (PSITE). I was given ultimatum by the officers for not attending the meeting twice…hehehe… There are so many activities to attend and prepare to this semester. To mention some, Monthly Seminar Workshop, Mindanao Conference on IT Education in Marbel (NDMU) this December 4-5, assisting as well the Mindanao Conference on IT Education for Students (look at the scope guys, it’s Mindanao), finalization of the OJT Manual for ITE students and etc…

3. I was asked to handle subjects in the Graduate School not to mention my other loads in the undergraduate programs and the undying concerns of our students in academics because of Task no. 4.  (Well Done for this area!)

4. I was reappointed by the University President endorsed by my Associate Dean as ITE Program Academic Chairperson (the roles really amazed me, I will tell you why in my next post about my amazing roles)

and I nearly forgot all task no. 1 and 2 because of task no. 4

5. Some extra tasks outside the schools — blogging, consultancies and others.

6. I nearly forgot as well my personal life…:(

Let’s see if could do all my tasks, if not excellently, fairly enough to please the one who voted/elected/appointed me before the academic year ends. If others would say, they have a superman spirit in them, I could proudly say that I have a spiderman spirit in me with great power comes a great responsibility.

Sidetrip…

And Lastly, Kudos to the organizers of the DigitalFilipino.com Club - Bloggers Networking Event Gathering at Grand Regal Hotel last October 21, 2008. Thank you to Ms. Janette Toral, the author of Blogging from Home for the gutsy initiation and as well thanks for the DFC members behind this event, to all bloggers and of course, our supportive sponsor - PAGCOR for the great accommodation and foods and drinks.

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Team ITE places 4th in the 3rd Mindanao-wide ICT quiz tournament

Friday, October 17th, 2008

Two seniors from the Information Technology Education (ITE) Program of this university bagged the fourth spot in the annual IT Quiz Tournament: The 3rd Mindanao Tertiary Schools ICT Quiz Show which was held last October 3, 2008 at the Atrium of Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City as one of the culminating activities of the ORO BEST EXPO 2008.

Lagging behind in the easy round, ranking only at seventh place, Catherine Remolleno, BSCS – 4, and Aiza Loraine Mencidor BSIT – 4, beat the odds with very tight scores against other competing schools in the average and difficult rounds, slowly advancing to the 4th rank.

The team made it to the final five with Bukidnon State University ranking first, Mindanao Polytechnic State College in the 2nd place, AMA CLC - CDO in the third, and MSU-IIT tailing behind at fifth place. The UIC ITE team gained the fourth spot after the nerve-breaking questions in the difficult round.

This writer, being the coach, was convinced that the team, who was Region XI’s sole representative, would make it to the top five. With less than a week preparation, the contestants relied on each other’s individual forte in the different fields of ICT, battling it out with twelve other schools and universities all over Mindanao. The champion brought home 12,000 pesos, a plaque, certificates, and a full AUTOCAD scholarship from STI College.

Among the topics covered in the competition were Data Communications and Networks, Operating System, Programming Languages, Databases, Data Structures, Software Engineering, System Analysis and Design, ICT Trends, Compiler Designs, Logic Design, and Issues on IT Security. Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and STI – Cagayan de Oro organized the said event.

Last year, UIC Team ranked third with Mechelle Dimas, Katherine Dacanay, and Mary Grace Ignacio as participants. The whole program is looking forward to “really getting the bacon; be champions”, in the coming 2009 Mindanao-Wide IT Quiz Tournament.

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