Day 2
Today, I went on a company visit to
UP Diliman, Quezon City
It is day 2 and our first stop was the University of the Philippines Diliman. We went there for the UP-USeP Information Technology Symposium. I felt much honor when I entered at that school and become one of the listeners of the symposium. And since it is a symposium about Information Technology we will be discussing topics which are related to our course. The topics that we have discussed were about Writing a Winning Thesis which is presented by Rose Ann Sale, another one is the Visualizing Wikipedia Article Evolution with Stream Graphs being talked about by John Boaz Lee, next is The Personal Learning Environment which was tackled by Michelle Lee Moscatel. Ms. Len de Gracia discussed about the Animation. An then the Mobile Device Game Development by Professor Carlos Bott and the last topic which is about Empowering the Nation through Educational Technology who is delivered by Ferdinand B. Pitagan.
What I learned?
I really learned lots of stuffs at the symposium and all those stuffs can be found below this paragraph.
The first one was writing a Winning Thesis which is discussed by Rose Ann Sale.
She talked about the Stages in Writing a Winning Thesis and those stages are:
o Thinking about it Stage
o The Proposal Stage
o Research Objective/Burning your eyebrow Stage
o Nerve Wracking Stage
o “I DID IT!” Stage
After that she also shared an inspirational quote about writing a thesis. She said:
“If you write a thesis you got to find what you enjoy, love, appreciate, interest and unique. BE UNIQUE.”
The second speaker was Chinese guy whose name is John Boaz Lee. He talks about Visualization and here are some of the things which composed Visualization:
o Data Mining
o Playing with the data
o Pattern detection
o Structured data
o Visual
o Processing
o Trend detection
The third topic was being tackled by Michelle Moscatel which is Personal Learning Environment. She tells us that Personal Learning Environment is the advancements of technology and it is also the institutionalized personal learning. She also discussed to us that UPITTC will help us build solid I.T. careers.
The next one was the most inspiring for me that it made me awake from drowsiness. The next topic talks about Animation and the speaker was an artist named Len de Gracia. She just gave us a brief discussion about Animation. But within that brief discussion was a great inspiration. She told us that as an artist, you do not need to learn complex programming and stuffs. You would not also need some good grades to become one. All you need is the passion and also the portfolio.
Another fun topic was the Mobile Application Game Development by Carlos Bott. When it was his turn to speak, everyone in the auditorium stops and stares at him, they listened to him attentively because of his very fluent English accent simply because he is a foreigner. To be true to myself there are some points that I did not able to understand because of his accent. But overall I find his presentation very educational especially to those who are inclined with game development. I never thought that creating a game would almost take you a lifetime to create once such game was Starcraft II. I was shocked about how long it took the developers of that game to finish it.
The last speaker was a little bit in contrast with what Len de Gracia said about not minding of the grades. Dr. Ferdinand B. Pitagan whose topic talks about Empowering the Nation through Educational Technology. He really emphasized that grades really matter but I believe that is in accordance to his topic. I think it really depends on what are you planning. After all, it is really up to us on what road or path are going to take and how are you going to take that path.
What I liked?
All of the topics were very interesting for me. But what really struck me the most was the Animation which is discussed by Len de Gracia. It really inspires me a lot. Yes, she is right that grades really do not matter when it comes to animation. I learned that I should really love what I am doing because this is what I have chosen and this I what I am going to be despite of the failing grades and everything that is not good. I will still strive and do my best to finish my studies. Another thing that I have learned is also the welcoming of the finest Professor in UP, Professor Brana, he encourages us that we should never give up and always aim for excellence. This is also another thing that pushed not only me but also my fellow classmates. He also made us believe that things that are impossible to happen would be possible with the help of hard work and faith.
What I didn’t like?
The symposium is somehow dragging on my part. There are some speakers that made me sleepy, maybe it is because of their topics or their topics were being elaborated too much.
Today I went on a company visit to
UP AyalaLand Techno Hub
A business-commercial complex located on the property of UP Diliman near Philcoa, along Commonwealth Avenue in Quezon City. Long ago this land was idle, occasionally used as the venue for an outdoor fair/carnival every Christmas season. Today, this area is a bustling community 24hours a day, seven days a week. The transformation never seizes to amaze me. Turning an idle patch land which was dark and filled with grass into this economic zone near the largest state run University is definitely an improvement and I hope a sign of progress.
What better way to promote business inside this hub of technology than having one of the biggest names in the industry such as IBM Philippines to hold its office in the premises. Other company includes SeaChange.
What I learned?
Well at SeaChange they said that it is the largest provider of Video on Demand (VOD). Their market was big international TV stations. Here in the Philippines ABS-CBN is one of their customers. They allow us to have a peek into their working stations and their data center. They even showed us how and what VOD is.
After a tour at SeaChange we went to one of the biggest company which is the IBM or International Business Machines Company. We went inside their function room and there we met Miss Iris Chiu and she introduced to us IBM. In the year 1937 the company was established here in the Philippines. She also tells us that their manufacturing of personal computer was sold to LENOVO which is also one of their business partners. From the discussion I have learned that this company is a BPO or Business Process Outsourcing company. They also have lots of services such as Networking, Site Integration, System Services and Maintenance and Technical Services. We are also toured at their data center which is located outside the function room. They also let schools and other small business owners to use their servers for their own business purposes. IBM is very cool because they are much willing to help those students and business newbie to start their own businesses.
What I liked?
They really gave us a boost especially now that we are facing lots of major subjects. All of the speakers really gave us an encouragement to finish what we have started no matter how long or how hard it would be.
What I didn’t like?
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