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St. Paul University
Tuguegarao, Cagayan, Philippines
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January-March 1997NEWS
- SPU, CIT home pages now in the Internet
- CAI, CAE, MultiMedia Integration Workshop to be held
- 111 to graduate; 200 undergrads to get certificate
- MSIT candidates for graduation
- Out of 174, 151 pass SAD-1 oral defense
- DLSU mentors hold AI, automata theory lectures to CIT Faculty, MSIT students
- SAD students turn over developed systems
- Internet literacy lecture held
- CIT students visit Baguio, Olongapo industrial sites
- CIT holds Christmas party with Cataggaman folks
The St. Paul University and the College of Information Technology, in particular, are now in the cyberspace with the launching of their web pages in the Internet, the global network of computers that interconnects an estimated 80 million users in more than 100 countries.
The entry of the University into the "information superhighway" was an initiative of the College of Information Technology with the assistance of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) which is also providing internet connection services to the University.
The SPU Home Page, constructed by the Science and Technology Information Institute of DOST-Manila, can be accessed in the World Wide Web through its own URL (uniform resource locator or Internet address) location and can be accessed from anywhere in the world with computers connected to the Internet. The SPU website can be reached at http://192.220.14.2/spu/Index-spu.htm or http://w3.stii.dost.gov.ph/spu/Index-spu.htm.
Meanwhile, the College of Information Technology has also uploaded its own home page in the World Wide Web and can be accessed and browsed through its own URL at http://www.geocities.com/CollegePark/Quad/1608/cit.html. The pages, which also has a modified version of the SPU Home Page, are hosted by GeoCities, an internet service company based in Santa Monica, California, USA, providing free web hosting in the Internet. The uploading of the CIT Home Page was through the endeavor of CIT Dean Sister Mary Urban Mago, SPC, and the CIT Technical Staff.
Meanwhile, The St. Paul University Intranet project is also currently being developed aiming to interconnect databases of all departments and offices of the University using Internet technology. Intranet means an internal or local network designed and maintained by utilizing internet tools and applications. The SPU Intranet system (or web pages) is written in hypertext markup language (HTML), the language of the Internet, and can be accessed using web browsers such as Netscape Navigator or Microsoft Internet Explorer.
The SPU Intranet acts as a server housing the home pages of the different colleges, departments and offices. As of press time, the SPU Home Page, which are the main pages in the project is about 80% complete. The College of Information Technology, which is undertaking the development of the projects, has its home page already 95% complete. Construction of the pages of the other colleges and departments is also ongoing. Coaxial cables will also be installed to connect SPU buildings to the SPU Intranet server.
The SPU Intranet can be accessed and browsed at the University’s Management Information Office through networked computers connected to a UNIX server located at the CIT’s Internet Room where the project is being developed and maintained by the CIT Technical Staff.
The SPU Home Page in the Intranet contains information about the University, its mission and vision, history, organizational chart, departments, administrators with their photographs and messages, photo gallery of its buildings and facilities, and others.
he CIT Home Page features its course offering and curriculum with course descriptions, best features, facilities, departmental objectives and activities, alumni information and directory, faculty and staff with their pictures and biodata, development plans, photo gallery, and others. Also included in the CIT Home Page is the online version of the TECHTALK.
The CIT Home Page in the SPU Intranet is the same one uploaded in the Internet with some pages modified.
A workshop which aims to develop curricular instructional guides (CIGs) based on computer-aided instruction (CAI), computer-aided examination (CAE) and multimedia resources, will be held at the CAI-MM Laboratory on March 17 -19, 1997.
The workshop, which is part of the CIT's Faculty Development Program, will be an opportunity for the faculty to devise CIGs with a more extensive coverage to meet the demands and dynamic changes of technology without forgetting values integration and as a result, provide students with the knowledge and skills to meet present standards and become competitive in the global market.
An another pioneering effort of the CIT, the workshop will introduce advanced and comprehensive instruction in the University through the use of computers and move towards a transition from the traditional blackboard to an electronic blackboard.
The workshop is divided into two phases, the first will be for all CIT Computer and Math teachers, and the second, for basic subject teachers. The teachers who will train in the first phase will become facilitators to the participants in the second phase of the workshop which shall be slated later.
The participants in the first phase are faculty members Mr. Alvin Alonzo, Mrs. Mary Jane Aragon, Engr. Rolito Asuncion, Mr. Roque Batulan, Mr. Orlando Catuiran, Engr. Bernard Cruz, Mrs. Marilis Cruz, Engr. Mariano Corsino, Ms. Lucrecia Daliuag, Mr. Edwin Guillermo, Ms. Visitacion Gumabay, Mr. Nathaniel Gumangan, Mr. Joey Masirag, Mr. Tomas Saddul, and Ms. Maridel Tomas; new faculty members Ms. Janet Annang, Ms. Golda Mae Israel, Mr. Antonio Manalang and Mr. Roderick Oandasan; staff members Mrs. Edith Cuarteros, Ms. Fely Attaban, Mr. Joseph Bea and Mr. Roy Aragon.
Sister Mary Urban Mago, SPC, will be the workshop's coordinator.
Subject areas to be explored are computer fundamentals, software application, database management, file organization, programming languages, computer architecture and digital design, software engineering, systems analysis and design, networking, artificial intelligence, automata theory, computer-based business organization/management and human behaviour in management, ECE subjects, math subjects and others.
The workshop will also be attended by the SPU President and Vice Presidents and the college deans.
95 Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) Major in Computer Science and Information System and 16 Certificate in Computer Programming (CCP) students are this year's CIT candidates for graduation on March 16.
200 BSIT, BS in Computer Engineering (BSCoE), and BS in Electronics and Communications Engineering students who finished their first year will also be given Software User and Encoder Certificates pursuant to the CIT's ladderized curriculum which was effective this school year.
This school year's batch honor graduate is Jay Palattao, cum laude. Palattao and Rizaldy Avera, are the batch's Outstanding Programmers.
Meanwhile, the CIT academic awardee undergraduate students are Sharon Ascano, BSIT1, 90.85%; Audie Costales, BSCoE1, 90.84%; Nomilyn Simon, BSIT3, 90.71%; Natividad Dela Cruz, BSIT3, 90.57%; Jackielou Liban, BSCoE1, 90.44%; Shiela Marie Langcay, BSIT3, 90.28%; Maricon Evilla, BSIT1, 90.22%; Russelle Capili, BSIT1, 90.07%; and Zenaida Bragado, BSIT3, 90.00%.
Roque Batulan
Orlando Catuiran
Ma. Elisa Linda Cruz
Lucrecia Daliuag
Edwin Guillermo
Nathaniel Gumangan
Sr. Mary Urban Mago, SPC
Fe Masigan
Joey Masirag
Thomas Saddul
Wilma Udanga
Out of the 174 junior students who orally defended their individual SAD-1 thesis last February 3 to 28, 151 hurdled the defense with 41 garnering above 85% grades. 23 defenders failed.
The top defenders: Gerald Samonte, 94%; Frank Francisco Bautista and Michael Alonzo, both 92%; Leilanie Charlotte Agustin, 91%; Bogard Paguirigan, Erwin Maquera, Rosmina Joy Macamos, Michaela Cardenas, and Roderic Gacutan, all 90%;
Shiela Langcay, Mark Portabes, and Eddie Laggui, 89%; Rosemarie Ehal and Emma Luisa Mercurio, 88%; Jessilyn Feliciano, Sunshine Pajarillo and Rhaniel Bingcang, 87%;
Shiela Salimpade, Artemio Urbi, Jefferson Arcalas, Ma. Chrisantine Dy, Salvacion Lorenzo, Jennifer Te, Precilla Carpio, Donna Grace Eugenio, Emelita Argonza, Moira Callo, Jenny Ann Bisquera, Erwin Cortes, 86%;
Zenaida Bragado, Sr. Lea Mapula, FAS, Glenda Quilang, Madelyn Bitanga, Alma Gacutan, Marilyn Quinto, Hazel Narag, Jofel Gandeza, Carol Joy Claro, Milagros Pansipani, Elvira Bosi, and Raul Beltran, 85%.
The said theses, which were individually undertaken by the students in different public and private offices in Region 02, will be defended again in their SAD-2 subject in their senior year, this time with the system already functioning and with complete documentation.
The panelists during the defense are CIT Dean Sister Mary Urban Mago, spc, Mrs. Marilis Cruz, Mrs. Mary Jane Aragon (SAD-Adviser), Ms. Lucresia Daliuag, Ms. Maridel Tomas, Mr. Nathaniel Gumangan, Mr. Joey Masirag, and Mr. Orlando Catuiran.
Two faculty members of the De La Salle University (DLSU) College of Computer Science recently conducted a lecture on artificial intelligence (AI) and automata theory on February 20-23, 1997. It was attended by the CIT Faculty members and Master of Science in Information Technology (MSIT) students.
The 4-day lecture, which was part of a modular class for the MSIT students, was handled by Dr. Philip Chan, Director of DLSU Graduate School of Computer Studies, who lectured on automata theory, and Ms. Teresita Limoanco, who discussed artificial intelligence.
The lecture was highlighted with hands on exercises with Ms. Limoanco giving an intensive discussion on Prolog, a programming language for artificial intelligence design.
The CIT student body elected new departmental officers in polls held last March 7, 1997. Chosen congressmen were Isidro Martin Reyes Jr., BSECE2, and Celia Fernandez, BSECE3. The new governor is Wimble Lim, BSECE3.
The other new officers are Reinier Mallari, BSECE3, vice governor; Jenny Ann Bisquera, BSIT3, secretary; Russelle Capili, BSIT1, treasurer; Marrione Albacena, BSECE3, senior representative; Sherwin Alejandro, BSIT2, junior representative; Jackielou Liban, BSCoE1, 2nd year representative; Roger Espinosa, BSECE3; Fernando Tugade, BSECE3; Mercy Tallog, BSIT2; Edith Anog, BSIT2; Dolores Cabansag, BSCoE2; Vladimir Barrizo, BSECE1; Zenaida Taguinod, BSIT2; and Regielyn Eslava, BSIT2; councilors.
Meanwhile, in the SBS election held last February 28, Mark Portabes, BSIT3, was also chosen as senator.
Senior BSIT and Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) Major in Computer Science students turned over their developed systems last December 21, 1996 and January 10, 1997 to government and private offices, mostly regional offices, where they have conducted their studies.
Representatives from the recepient offices attended the turn-over ceremony and received their copies of the already functioning system with its bookbound documentation.
The turn over is an annual activity of the CIT started two years ago. It aims to establish linkage between the college and the said offices and for indirect adver-tisement of CIT graduates for possible employment.
The recepient offices are: Schools: CSU-Carig, Lyceum of Tuao, CCT, Allacapan Vocational High School, St. Joseph Academy-Baggao;
Government agencies: Cagayan Provincial Capitol; Municipalities of Tuguegarao, Peñablanca, Ilagan (Isabela), Pinukpuk (Kalinga), and Allacapan; Cagayan Provincial Police, DENR-Alcala, PNB-Aparri; COA, CSC, DTI, NTA, DA, BIR, DAR, PhilPost, DENR, DPWH, DOH, NEDA, DOLE, CVRH, NSO, OWWA, DSWD, GSP, all in Tuguegarao;
Private offices: Hotel Delfino, St. Paul Hospital, Equity Machineries, Taguba Avon Service, Manny's Refrigeration and Airconditioning, San Jose General Merchandise (Baggao), and San Miguel Corporation.
A series of Internet literacy lectures given to CIT Parents, students and visitors were held recently at the Computer-Aided Instruction-MultiMedia Laboratory.
On December 11, 1996, an Internet orientation and demonstration was given to parents of CIT students, in celebration of the annual CIT Parents Day.
On February 14, 1997, a lecture and demonstration was also given to school registrars in Region 02 who attended a regional registrar's seminar held in the University.
Students from Kalinga Christian Learning Center and computer science students from St. Ferdinand College in Ilagan, Isabela also given a lecture and actual demonstration on February 18 and 24, respectively.
Graduating BSIT students were also given Internet literacy courses.
The lectures covered introduction to the Internet, accessing Web pages, e-mail and telnet operation and others. The SPU and CIT home pages in the Internet and the SPU Intranet were demonstrated.
The lecturers were Mrs. Marilis Cruz, Mrs. Mary Jane Aragon and Mr. Nathaniel Gumangan. They were assisted by Mr. Joseph Bea and Mr. Roy Aragon.
The lectures were held free of charge as an outreach IT Literacy Program of the CIT.
Fourth year Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (BSIT) major in Computer Science and Information System students taking up Computer Seminar course went to an educational fieldtrip to Baguio City and Olongapo City industrial places on November 20-30, 1996.
The Computer Seminar course is a 3-unit course, of which one unit is required for fieldtrip.
On November 28, the students toured Camp John Hay. Afterwhich they visited Philippine Military Academy. Capt. Al Bongolan, Operations Officer, Academics Groups, oriented the students on who a PMAer is. He also toured the students on their facilities.
On Novemeber 29, the students visited Texas Instruments, a premier manufacturer and distributor of integrated circuits (ICs) and semiconductors in the Philippines, and the owner of the Digital Signal Processor (DSP) patent.
The students were entertained by the company training officers. They were familiarized with ICs the company is producing. They were told that ICs are extremely sensitive. A single grain of dust could damage the product. Employees are subjected to sanitary inspections before they enter the laboratories. Cosmetics are not allowed as they may damage the ICs. Employees wore anti-static gowns to prevent contact of perspiration to the ICs. Because of the small size and intricate design of the ICs, most of the manufacturing is done by robots monitored by employees through computers.
The students also visited Baguio City Export Processing Zone. On November 30, 1996, the students went to Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority in Olongapo City. Mr Charlie Quejada and Miss Lea Lorenzo, Tour Guides, led the students around the Subic Bay Freeport Zone. The students also visited the Jungle of the Zone where Mr. Julio B. Denito oriented the students on Jungle Survival.
In coordination with the SPU Community Development Center, the CIT held a Christmas Bazaar and Children's Party at Brgy. Cataggaman Pardo, last December 14, 1996.
Cataggaman Pardo is the adopted barangay of the College. The objective of the activity is to establish harmonious relationship with the people in the barangay and to be one with them in celebrating the spirit of Christmas.
The highlights of the activity were the bingo socials and baratillo sale. Prizes for the bingo, which include a mini-electric fan, wall clock, and consolation prizes, were solicited from parents of CIT students. In the baratillo sale, some 100 barangay folks were given tickets. A bag of items worth P50 were sold for only P39. Proceeds of the sale were added to the P5,000 initial donation for the College's livelihood projects, oven for baking and a welding shop for tricycles of Cataggaman Pardo.
At the concluding part of the program, CIT Dean Sister Mary Urban Mago, SPC, distributed free snacks and gave gifts, candies and biscuits to children.
For NEWBIES Only Compiled by Roy V. Aragon
With the advent of the Internet in St. Paul University and some institutions in Tuguegarao, and hopefully in the entire Region (if someone has the guts to establish an ISP), there's a lot of talking about what, when, where the heck is the Internet and all the stuffs in it. Rejoice, here are some terms newbies crave for. Newbies, of course, are those of us who are new to Web things, the un-initiated insistent and persistent Web neophyte.
Applet: A simple application program written in Java, commonly called JavaScript or simply "js" in netspeak, that lets you view animation or display a scrolling information ticker, clock or date on a Web page.
Bookmark: An entry in a hot list of favorite Web sites within a browser. Related to History List, list of Web pages you recently visited. It allows you to return to a previously viewed site instantly or to see an overview of your latest surfing session.
Browser: A World Wide Web client program for navigating (or "surfing," "browsing," "cruising") the Internet. Browsers generally display text and graphics and formatted pages and allow you to click on hyperlinks that jump from one Web page to another whether within the same computer or to any other computer. The most popular browsers todate are Netscape Navigator and Microsoft Internet Explorer. The first commercial browser is NCSA Mosaic.
Client: In a client/server relationship (such as the one that exists between your computer and a WWW server), the requester of information is called the client. Many Internet services such as e-mail, FTP, and news use a server program running on a host computer (server). A client program runs on your computer or terminal account and communicates with the server.
E-mail (electronic mail): Messages that the Internet or another network delivers electronically from one site or user to another.
Emoticons: "Emotion icons," also called "smileys" You can see them, mostly, in e-mail messages to denote "abbre-viated" expression. For example if you want to say "hey, this is cool!" or that you're glad, you simply type :-) or : ) and that's it. Others: :-( :-P :=0 8=) :={} :=[] :=() ;- ) If you can't get what I mean, mind to see (read) them vertically.
E-zine (electronic magazine): A magazine published electronically and available either on the WWW or by subscription via e-mail. The TECH TALK, which has an online version available in the Internet can be considered as an e-zine.
FAQ (frequently asked questions): A document of basic information about a particular subject. Many news groups maintain FAQs so that members don't have to answer the same questions over and over from new members.
FTP (file transfer protocol): The protocol used to transfer files between two computers on the Internet (downloading or getting and uploading or putting). To download or upload in a particular computer or a server, you need to have an account: a username and a password. There's also an Anonymous FTP which lets you download files (usually free) from huge repositories on the Internet and from other computers where you don't have accounts.
GIF (Graphics Interchange Format): A graphics format displayable by virtually every modern Web browser. It can display up to 256 colors in one image and has a built-in compression. GIFs can also be animated through a series of graphical sequence compressed together in one GIF file.
HTML (hypertext markup language): A programming language for Web pages that uses "tags" and sets of instruction to define the look of a Web page. When you download (or visit, or surf) an HTML (Web) page, your browser interprets these instructions and formats the graphics and text of the pages accordingly. Some claim HTML is the easiest programming existing todate. (Might be true, I myself learned it in a couple of days.)
Home page: The opening or main or index page in the WWW for an individual, a corporation, or an organization. (There are million of home pages in the Web and it is estimated that at the turn of the century, there will be a billion Web pages.) Not to confuse a home page with a Web page although a home page is a Web page. Not all Web pages is a home page, the others are resident pages of the particular home page. Home page is similar with the term Web site although this one is more related with the URL or location.
Hyperlink: A clickable text or graphical element on a Web page that takes you to another page or location. By default, browsers such as Netscape Navigator emphasize hyperlinks by underlining it and changing its color (usually blue).
Internet: A wordwide network of thousands of university, commercial, government, military computers and smaller networks. There are about 80 million computers that comprise the Internet and is yet rapidly growing.
ISP (Internet Service Provider): A host/server computer that provides access to the Internet (Internet account).
JPEG or JPG (Joint Photographic Experts Group): A graphics format used fro displaying photos or other artwork on the WWW. JPEG is popular because it allows you to show photo-realistic graphics with millions of colors.
Kbps (kilobits per second): The data transfer rate between two modems. For a SLIP/PPP access to the Internet, 14.4 Kbps modem or higher is required for faster transfer. The SPU Internet computers use 28.8 Kbps modems.
Newsgroup: A collection of messages posted on a particular electronic bulletin board. Tens of thousands of Internet newsgroups exist, on topics ranging from movies, games to cancer treatment. Want to know, for instance, cheat codes or secrets of say, DOOM I and II, or Heretic? It's in the newsgroups. The most popular Filipino newsgroup is soc.culture.filipino where topics from FVR's reelection, racism to Canadian taxation on Filipinos are discussed.
Search engine: A program in the WWW that maintains a catalog of data sources that you can search by topic or keyword. The most popular is Yahoo. Others are Infoseek, AltaVista, Lycos, Hotbot. Filipino Net enthusiasts also designed search engines for Filipino Web sites, the popular are EDSA and Yehey.
SLIP/PPP (Serial Line Internet Protocol/Point to Point Protocol) account: Dial-in Internet accounts that give your computer full Internet access while you are connected to a host computer.
TCP/IP (Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol): The standard that forms the basis of all data transmission on the Internet. If you use a SLIP/PPP account, you must first run a TCP/IP program (inherent in Windows 95) before you can run any Internet client programs such as browsers and e-mail programs.
URL (uniform resource locator): Method of naming and locating data files anywhere on the Internet. A URL starts with a file type designator (http://, ftp://) followed by a computer name, a directory, a file name, and other information.
WWW (World Wide Web): A client/server system that supports the retrieval of data over the Internet. Text, graphics, and multimedia elements on the WWW are represented to the user in HTML format. WWW files appear as a series of "pages" which has "links" to other files in the same directory or different computers.
Greetings in Christ' name!
It's a great joy to receive a copy of the TECH TALK, our very own publication in the College of Information Technology.
I am presently connected with Sycip, Gorres, Velayo (SGV) & Company. I am assigned in the Controllers Group, Project Management Division as LAN Security Administrator.
I would like to take this opportunity to say thank you so much for the knowledge and skills I've acquired in my beloved alma mater.
Hope you'll send me succeeding issues for me to be updated of what's going on in the CIT.
Very truly yours,
Greetings in JESUS CHRIST name!
My heartfelt gratitude to the CIT Family. I hope that you will continue to serve and support the interest of every student and graduates/alumni.
At present, I am working as Loan Evaluator at AM City Realty and Development Corporation in Alibagu, Ilagan, Isabela.
Very respectfully yours,
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