Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Computer Olympiad

The heat is on! students from 10 schools are getting ready for tomorrow's computer olympiad. Good luck to everybody. We hope you will have fun and meet new friends. Visit http://claretcomputerolympiad.i.ph for updates and who is winning tomorrow Sept. 28, 2006 Philippine time.

Rox

Computer Olympiad

The heat is on! students from 10 schools are getting ready for tomorrow's computer olympiad. Good luck to everybody. We hope you will have fun and meet new friends. Visit http://claretcomputerolympiad.i.ph for updates and who is winning tomorrow Sept. 28, 2006 Philippine time.

Rox

Thursday, September 14, 2006

Lotsa activities goin on!

Want to brush-up on the latest developments in IT (Information TEchnology)? I got a letter from Dr. Jaime Caro, AVP for Dev. UP system, so I'm passing it all to you as well. There will be a three day IT event called "Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology (Y4IT). This event is organized by the University of the Philippines Information Technology Training Center. It will be held from September 13,14 and 15, 2006. at the following venues: U.P Film Institute and UP Bahay ng Alumni. The fee is P500/per day. You may opt to attend all the activities or just pick a date to attend. It includes morning snack, afternoon snack, and Y4IT congress souvenir kit.

For online registration please visit http//:y4it.up.edu.ph. or simply drop by at those venues and register. Teachers are most welcome to attend.

Claret School's Interschool Competition will be moved from September 15, 2006 to September 28, 2006 from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Iinterested schools who would like to participate have until Monday to register. For more info email me at coeus101@yahoo.com.
Here are the activities:
Event: Number of Participants

Web Page Design 2
Powerpoint 2
Info Tech Quiz 2
Speed Typing 1
Movie Making 2
Visual Basic 2
Dota 2

There's nothing to pay. Medals and trophies are at stake. Plus free snacks for the students and free lunch and merienda to all coaches. It's our own little way of sharing what we have to other schools.

Hi Mam Bo-peep, my invitation still stand’s for our interview with you or any other people who are involved in the clean-up of Guimaras. If you have time preferrably between 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. we can have our online discussion.

Tomorrow, Friday Sept 15, 2006, at around 9:00 am to 10:00 am Philippine time Mr. Bren Bataclan, a famous Fil-Am painter and graphics artist will have an online interview with us so Mam Bopeep I would like to invite you to drop by and join us. Other teachers can join too. Bren will be glad to share his experiences to Filipino teachers here and abroad.

Ms. Elisa Milto, Community Relations and WFD Program Manager
Center for Engineering Educational Outreach, Tufts University, Boston Massachusetts have sent me an email that me and my students were chosen to participate in the LEGO MINDSTORMS Education NXT Pilot Program. http://www.ceeo.tufts.edu/ The program will run from September 18, 2006 until February 28, 2007. Over the next six months, The Tufts Center for Engineering Educational Outreach (CEEO) will be providing us with LEGO MINDSTORMS activities for the NXT. The activities will be posted on their website. The Lego NXT is the newest Lego Robotics model which will be launched this September in the Philippines and in other parts of the world. http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=pressdetail&contentid=17278&countrycode=2057&yearcode=&archive=false
It shows that although we are still a developing country, we are not being left behind by other countries in terms of Robotics for kids. This year alone there are now more than 60 schools throughout the country who will participate in the National Lego Olympiad, many of them came from Science high schools.
Here are some interesting facts about Tufts University:
http://www.tufts.edu/home/about/?p=pointsofpride