UP ACM members were invited to become resource speakers during the eSkwela ICT Camp held from November 19 to November 26, 2008 in the Central Luzon State University, Science City of Munoz, Nueva Ecija.

Members gave lectures on audio production, web designing, video editing, and desktop publishing to the camp participants from November 22 to 23.

This is the first time the eSkwela Project and its parent institution, the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT), organized the ICT Camp, which strives to become “an avenue for stimulating creativity, building leadership skills, and promoting teamwork” among the Project’s learners, mobile teachers, and instructional managers.

For more information about the ICT Camp, please visit its official website. (Photo courtesy of Sheine Flores)

UP ACM congratulates the UP Diliman Programming Team for a successful campaign in the recently concluded 2nd Philippine National Inter-Collegiate Competition held on 22 November 2008 at the University of San Jose-Recoletos, Basak Campus, Cebu City, Philippines.

Five UP ACM members took part in the competition:

1. Bande, Neil Armin
2. Montalbo, Joseph Jesneil
3. Pinca, Apple
4. Pineda, Ralph Raniel
5. Sze, Jennylyn

The six UPD teams (each of which had three members) got the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 10th, and 11th places. Kudos to the Team and its coach, Mr. Eric Tambasacan, who got the Best Coach award! For more information, please visit Dr. Raffy Saldana’s blog. (Photo courtesy of Neil Bande)

Pre-register now by filling out this online registration form!

The Association for Computing Machinery - UP Student Chapter (UP ACM) now opens the online pre-registration for our events this upcoming Engineering Week 2008:

BubblEngg Frozen Bubble Gaming Competition (download Frozen Bubble here)

GuitarEngg Frets on Fire Gaming Competition (download Frets on Fire here)

CrackEngg Crack Attack Gaming Competition (download Crack Attack here)

EaSier 26 Programming Competition

Please refer to the official Engineering Week 2008 handbook to learn about the rules of our events and of other Engineering-based organizations’ activities. Our events are also brought to you by Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co.

General Assembly for November 2008

Date: November 17, 2008 (Monday)

Time: 09:00 AM

Venue: Classroom 4, UP Alumni Engineers Centennial Hall (also known as the Engineering Library 2 and Department of Computer Science)

Agenda: First Semester report, redistribution of tasks for the second semester, welcome of new members, and a tech demo from Sun Microsystems.

Free food will be served.

Visit http://www.upacm.org/appform to apply online.

(Applicable to Students, Faculty and Staff from Philippine Universities)

Join the conversation with other students worldwide through Sun’s Open-Source University Meet-Up
(OSUM). OSUM (pronounced ‘awesome’) is a global community of students that are passionate about
Free and Open Source Software and how it is Changing (Y)our World. We call it a ‘Meet-up to encourage
collaboration between student groups to create an even stronger open source community.

Through its on-campus activities, Sun sponsored OSUMs will receive access to technical information that can be shared with OSUM members via technical demonstrations. Additionally, online web courses,through the Sun Academic Initiative program will be available to the OSUM to provide an opportunity to get its members Sun Certified.

Benefits

* Hands-on training via Tech Demos and Student Projects on Open Source Technologies
* Free and low-cost student resources, such as the Sun Academic Initiative featuring free training and discounted certification
* Resources to help host OSUM events
* Sun sponsorship of OSUM meetings, including giveaways and food and beverage support
* Access to the Sun OSUM online community, which provides a feature-rich social networking site for student-developer OSUMs

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Join this global social networking community and connect to thousands of students from around the world.
1. Get started by selecting your language and registering.

Registering is easy – simply visit http://osum.sun.com and click through the few questions. Then you’re there.

2. Join the OSUM Community in the Philippines to avail the benefits here –> http://osum.sun.com/group/osumphilippines

On November 3-6, 2008, the Commission on Information and Communications Technology (CICT) will be conducting their ICT training for government health workers. As part of the Sembreak Computer Literacy Outreach Program (SCLOP), UP ACM, with the help of Sun Microsystems and Orange & Bronze Software Labs Ltd., will be in-charge of this event.

In line with this, we will be needing at least 4 facilitators and 8 assistants (1 facilitator and 2 assistants per event day) to help during the event. Time will be from 8:00am to 5:00pm everyday. Topics to be discussed are Open Office Writer, The Internet, Open Office Impress, and Open Office Calc

For those who are interested to help, email your FULL NAME, CONTACT NO. and EMAIL ADDRESS to adcariaga@gmail.com on or before FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2008. FREE FOOD will be given to the volunteers.

Thank you.

All UP ACM members who would like to join the UP ACM Java Special Interest Group (Java SIG) are asked to come to the SIG’s first meeting for the academic year on Thursday, October 16, at 1 in the afternoon 11 in the morning. The meeting will be held at the Classroom 2 of the UP Alumni Engineers Centennial Hall (more commonly known as the Engineering Library 2 and Department of Computer Science Building).

Non-members are also invited to join the SIG on the condition that they will apply as a member of UP ACM this coming semester.

Members are requested to attend UP ACM’s third general assembly tomorrow. Important matters will be discussed, including the delegation of roles in the organization’s upcoming activities. Free food will be served.