Tolosa FTS

University of Southeastern Philippines

Bo. Obrero, Davao City

MINOR PAPER

January 23, 2016

Seminar Overview

As a part of our Field trip and seminar, we are required to join to Educational Fieldtrip and seminars, Major and minor field trips. Last January 23, 2016, we conducted our minor Field Trip and Seminar at the University Social hall. Every one of us was very excited and can't wait for the seminar to start. In the morning session, there are 3 speakers who gave us informative discussions and taught us a lot of things related to our course, Bachelor of Science in Information Technology, specifically, Web Development and Graphic Designing, and how to survive our college life. In the afternoon session, activities were conducted, Pitching Start-up competition and hackathon. The activities were fun and we learn a lot from it. During the Pitching Start- up competition, we were divided into 5 groups with each mentor in it. My other classmates joined the hackathon. During the Pitching competition, I was really nervous because I am not yet ready for pitching. After the pitching by group, the mentor will choose only 2 best ideas/Pitchers from the group. After the groupings, there are 10 students who were selected during the groupings. They will going to pitch in front for 3 minutes with a PowerPoint presentation and and 3 minutes for the Question and Answer portion. After the top 10 pitchers pitch, the judges selected the top 3 winners. Also, they announced all groups who joined the hackathon.

First Speaker:

The first speaker of our seminar is an Alumnus of the University of Southeastern of the Philippines; his name is Mr. Ralph Gideon. He introduced and shared about his self, he said that after he graduated at the University of Southeastern Philippines, he worked as a programmer at Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). Lately, he stopped working there because he wanted to pursue his dreams and his salary was not enough because he wants to save more money. He studied Fine arts at the University of Mindanao for 1 year and now, he is currently a teacher at Ateneo De Davao University High school.

After sharing about his self, he started to discuss his topic, his topic was all about the Principles in Visual arts and Graphic Design. He also taught us different kinds of techniques to have a better design. The first speaker emphasized if there is a different between art, design and functionality. The first speaker emphasized if there is a different between art, design and functionality. He also mentions that there are five (5) principles of design: Balance, Proportion, Rhythm, Emphasis, and, Unity. He explained the five principles in designing very well. I learned lots of things from the speaker's discussion. He taught us that it required a great effort for something that we really want to achieve.

What I liked:

I like his discussion because it was very great and his PowerPoint Slides are very informative.

What I didn’t like:

I don't like some parts of his discussion and his presentation was very fast.

The Second Speaker:

The second speaker of the said seminar is an undergraduate at the University of Immaculate Conception. Her name is Miss Shannen Sapar, and she is taking up Bachelor of Science in Information Technology. She encouraged us that despite not finishing the course that she took, she was able to find a job and she keeps saying that coding is fun, because there are many tools that can be used in coding. Her topic was all about Front-end Development and she also shared her life as a Front-end Developer.

She also discusses about the different tools and techniques in CSS and explained each tools very well. I learned many things from her discussion especially on how to design an effective web design. She said that there are many tools that can help a developer to organize their codes. She introduced some helpful tools such as the bootstrap. She shared to us about her life as a Front-end developer and how do they communicate with the Back-end Developer. She is currently working at Synergy as the Front-end developer.

What I liked:

I like her PowerPoint presentation because it was informative. I learned a lot from her topic.

What I didn’t like:

I didn’t like the way she presents her discussion because she’s only reading her presentation on her laptop. It looks like she’s not discussing with us.

The Third Speaker:

The third speaker of the said seminar is also an Alumnus from the University of Southeastern Philippines, His name is Mr. Nikko Comidoy, he is currently working at Synergy. He shared about his life during in his college days. He knows sir Randy Gamboa very well. Mr. Nikko was one of the top placer in IDEASPACE, his invention or idea is called the "DocBanana". He said that his application will help a lot of people especially banana growers and farmers. He taught us many lessons related in pitching our ideas in front of many people. He gave some helpful tips to help us improve our idea.

I learned many things from Mr. Nikko. He said that when pitching we should prepare a beautiful tagline that the audience will remember it. One of the most important in pitching our idea is our business plan and the target market. He kept on asking us how we will earn money from our idea. He shared hi college life to us. He graduated as a regular student at University of Southeastern Philippines. He also shared that he received many incomplete grades so he joined the accreditation team so that he can comply the incomplete requirements of his subjects. He gave us many tips and inspiration on how to finish college.

What I liked:

I like the way he discuss and tell his story. I like everything he discussed and some of his words of wisdom for us.

What I didn’t like:

None.

APPENDIX

What can I recommend for the improvement of the advance seminar program of USEP?

I recommend to those who would take Minor Field Trip in the future is that they should be able to pass all of the requirements and other important documents before the week of the planned seminar.

My advised top those who will take their advance seminar program in the near future.

I advise that the students who will take Seminars in the near future is that they should choose great speakers that will really help them in line with their course and they should research the background of the speakers.

PICTURES

Picture 1 - Preparing for the seminar