Tuesday, December 2, 2008

A Successful NCITE 2008


The National Conference on Information Technology Education (NCITE 2008) held at the NCAS Auditorium, UP Los Banos last October 23-24, 2008, was a resounding success. The conference provided a venue to present innovative ideas, approaches, developments and results of research projects in the areas of Information Technology and Technology-based Education. I delivered a paper entitled " Development of an Information Technology Education Practicum Manual: Region XI Experience". The conference also promoted the exchange of information between researchers, faculty, administrators, and I.T. practitioners.

Sunday, November 23, 2008

From the Convention Chair: 11th PSITE National Convention

Greetings from the Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators Foundation, Inc. (PSITE).

PSITE, being the nation’s largest professional IT organization, hosts from time to time, several educational technology conventions and conferences. It is an organization with great diversity that supports members and affiliates with information and networking opportunities as they face the challenge of innovation and transforming education.

In this premise, PSITE cordially invites participants from your school to attend the 11th PSITE National Convention which will be held on February 26-28, 2009 at Zanorte Convention Center, Gen. Luna St., Dipolog City with the theme “Emerging Trends in ICT Education”.

Below are the convention fees:

Live-in Participants P 5,500.00
(includes convention materials and hotel accommodation (Camilla Hotel/Dakak Hotel),
lunch & snacks for 2 days)

Live-out Participants P 4,000.00
(includes convention materials and lunch & snacks for 2 days)

Discount: P300.00 for payments made on or before January 16, 2009.

You may deposit early payments to any Allied Bank branch. Accomplish the deposit slip in triplicate credited to PSITE using the following details:

Account Name : PSITE
Account Number : 3131-02238-4
Branch: Allied bank, Recto Branch, Manila

Please email a scanned copy of the validated deposit slip and/or confirm you attendance and early reservations to Randy S. Gamboa, Ph.D. (rsgamboa@yahoo.com).

Alternatively, you may present the deposit slip to the convention secretariat on February 26, 2009. Official receipts will be issued during the convention.

We hope to see you and your colleagues during the convention.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

NCITE'08 Paper Presentation (OJT Models/Practicum Manual)

I will be attending NCITE'08 at the University of the Philippines-Los Banos, Laguna and will present a paper entitled " Development of an Information Technology Education Practicum Manual: Region XI Experience" on Oct. 23-24, 2008. The NCITE paper committee recommends that my paper be presented in a special session on teaching effectiveness which is part of the NCITE 2008 program of activities. Since NCITE 2008 will be attended mostly by IT faculty members, they think that it will be a valuable contribution to the conference. I was advised to submit my electronic paper adhering to the format stipulated in the ACM SIG proceedings on or before October 06, 2008.

finally, here's the CHED Endorsement for NCITE '08...

Sunday, September 7, 2008

NCITE 2008-Third Call for Paper and Participation

The National Conference on Information Technology Education (NCITE) provides a venue to present innovative ideas, approaches, developments and results of research projects in the areas of Information Technology and Technology-based Education. The conference also promotes the exchange of information between researchers, faculty, administrators, and I.T. practitioners.

NCITE 2008 is organized by the Philippine Society of I.T. Educators Incorporated (PSITE, Inc.) in cooperation with the University of the Philippines - Los Baños and PSITE Region IV Chapter.

Main groups of conference topics include but are not limited to:

Information Technologies in Education:
Collaborative Learning
Courseware Development
Distance Learning
E-Learning
Knowledge-Based Systems
Learning & Content Management Systems
Web-Based Learning
Information Systems:
Decision Support System
Expert Systems
Management Information Systems
Multimedia Systems
Special Topics:
Algorithms
Bioinformatics
Computer Graphics and Animation
Computer Security and Cryptography
Digital Divide Grid Computing
Machine Learning and Computer Vision
Mobile Applications Networked Systems
Pervasive Computing Robotics
Software Engineering
Virtualization
Web Applications
SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished full research papers for presentation at NCITE 2008. The Conference Review Policy requires that each submitted paper will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers for inclusion in the conference program and CD-ROM proceedings. A review of all papers is undertaken by the members of the Paper Review Committee to determine the outstanding paper award. One author per paper is required to register and attend the conference to present the paper if accepted. The full papers are due by September 14, 2008. Authors of accepted papers will be notified by September 29, 2008 via e-mail. Final version of the paper and presentation slides will be due by October 6, 2008. All manuscripts and slides must be submitted electronically, in PDF format and formatted using the ACM templates available at http://www.acm/. org/sigs/ pubs/proceed/ template. html. A maximum of fifteen pages, including an abstract of up to 200 words will be allowed for each accepted paper in the proceeding. Email your manuscripts and slides (in PDF) to ncite2008@gmail. com.

IMPORTANT DATES

For authors, please note the following dates:

Paper Submission (EXTENDED): September 14, 2008
Authors Notification (UPDATED): September 29, 2008
Early Registration / Author Confirmation (UPDATED): October 3, 2008
Revised Paper and Slides Submission (UPDATED): October 6, 2008
Conference Dates: October 23-24, 2008
Authors will be responsible for their travel and living expenses.
The conference CD-ROM will contain the full paper and slides of all research papers presented and will be distributed free-of-charge to all conference participants.

CONTACT INFORMATIONPlease direct questions regarding research papers to ncite2008@gmail. com.

CONFERENCE FEE: The conference fee for walk-in participants is P2,750.00 for PSITE members and P3,000.00 for non-PSITE members. This covers food and materials. A discounted rate is given to participants who register on or before October 3, 2008. The early bird rate is P2,500.00 for PSITE members and P2,750.00 for non-PSITE members.

An additional fee of P1000.00 will be charged to those who will avail of UPLB Hotel accomodations. Be advised that there is only a limited number of rooms at the UPLB hotel and early reservation is recommended.

Sunday, July 27, 2008

Opening Remarks and Rationale


Opening Remarks and Rationale
RANDY S. GAMBOA, PH.D.
President, PSITE
on the occasion of the PSITE and CDITE Joint Assembly
July 25, Holy Cross of Davao College, Davao City


Holy Cross of Davao College President Iris Melliza, CHED-ROXI Education Supervisor II, Dr. Maricar R. Casquejo, CDITE-XI former President Sir Edwin Marañon, Deans, fellow IT educators, good afternoon…

First of all, I would like to thank Dr. Melliza for graciously agreeing to host this PSITE-XI and CDITE-XI Joint Assembly and Planning Session. If all school presidents would be as supportive as her, I am pretty sure the IT Education in Davao City and in Mindanao for that matter will flourish successfully.

I also wish to thank all of you present here today for attending our annual gathering. Your active participation in this assembly will surely make this affair a success. We have been holding joint assembly for several years now for the following reasons. First, to update IT educators on the latest development in IT Education. Secondly, to inform PSITE-XI and CDITE-XI members of what has been accomplished for the past year. Third, to plan out activities for this school year. Fourth, to serve as venue for airing concerns and information sharing of IT educators. And lastly, to gain new friends or renew acquaintances.

Today, we will hear presentations and updates from Dr. Casquejo of CHED-XI, Sir Edwin Marañon, former CDITE-XI president and yours truly. The election of new set of officers will follow after the updates. The last part will be the planning session for the year.

I have been the PSITE-XI President for the past five years now. Much as I want to relinquish the post, it seems that there were no takers that time. But having been just elected to the PSITE national board and con-current Vice-President for Mindanao, it is really high time that somebody would take the cudgel and lead the group for Region XI. I will be bringing the voice of Mindanao in the National PSITE.

Let me take this opportunity to thank the officers who worked with me during my incumbency as president and the members who were very supportive in the activities of PSITE-XI. It was indeed very fulfilling working and being with you.

As we continue with this meeting, I hope that you will stay attentive, be participative and give your all out support and commitment to IT Education. Good Afternoon.

New PSITE-XI and CDITE-XI


Congratulations to the newly elected officers of PSITE-XI and CDITE-XI for Academic Year 2008-2009

CDITE OFFICER SY 2008-2009
President     : ROGELIO MASANGKAY -DNSC
Vice President: NOVIE JOY C. PELOBELLO -UM
Secretray : SHARON ORDOYO -JMC
Treasurer : TRIXIE DIMACALI -DMMA-CSP
Auditor : EXANDER BARRIOS-UIC
PIO : GENEVIEVE PILONGO - HCDC
PSITE-XI OFFICER SY 2008-2009
President     : MICHAEL GILBANG -UM
Vice President: MICHELLE BANAWAN -ADDU
Secretray : MARIAN A. MALIG-ON -UM
Treasurer : NEIL MAGLUYOAN -HCDC
Auditor : VICTOR HANOPOL -ADDU
PIO : OWEN PILONGO -HCDC