| “THINK I.T. SKILLS,THINK I.T. OLYMPIAD” |
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| Written by Jennifer Guevarra-Jimenez |
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What comes to mind with the word “Digerati’? What better way to prove yourself as a worthy member of Digerati than to join an IT competition? To really put the Digerati students to the test, Ms. Arlene Pulido trainer, member of Board of Trustees, one of the co-founders of FDA and most importantly a Microsoft Office Specialist-Expert Level chaired the “IT Olympiad”. In contrast to the other activities put together for the Fun Day held in Gate 3, Zabeel Park on 6th March ’09 this branch of the festive day didn’t require physical strength, beauty and lurid voice but attentiveness and memory retention of the mind.   In these 2 weeks few trainers put their minds together to come up with a demanding Instruction Sheet that covers the application use of the Microsoft Office Programs (Excel, Word and PowerPoint) which are all being offered as courses in Filipino Digerati Association, and to spice up the sport Quiz Bee was included.  The following are the people responsible for preparation of Instruction Sheet:• Lilian S. Bautista - PowerPoint • Rizalina Abuel and JanRay Toledo - QuizBee • Cristina Ababan – Excel • IT Olympiad Chairman Arlene B. Pulido - Ms Word The contenders were allotted time to fully complete the Instruction Sheet. Marking Sheets were used by the assessors to evaluate the output of the participants based on the directives given. THE VICTORS OF THE COMPETITION:  Ms PowerPoint1st Place (Gold) - Jeberlie Fernandez 2nd Place (Silver) - Jaime Timbal 3rd Place (Bronze) - Patrick Guevarra Ms Excel 1st Place (Gold) - Melanie Liquido 2nd Place (Silver) - Jasmin Ariola 3rd Place (Bronze) - Johann Patrick Lee  Ms Word1st Place (Gold) - Jeberlie Fernandez 2nd Place (Silver) - Jamie Timbal 3rd Place (Bronze) - Zenith Apolinar Quiz Bee 1st Place (Gold) - Stephen Saguit 2nd Place (Silver) - Randy Galit 3rd Place (Bronze) - Conrada Carbojosa THE ASSESSORS OF THE PARTAKERS: Ms Excel • Vanilou Bongolto • Mary Joy Herrera • Cristina Ababan • Donnabel Cantila Ms PowerPoint & Ms Word • Arlene B. Pulido Quiz Bee • Mary Joy Herrera • Vanilou Bongolto • Donnabel Cantila  Aside from the other assessors, we would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the following volunteers:• Ryan Cabug • Rochelle Calvez • Norielyn Untalan • Mhelmar Tordecilla • Gilbert Allen • Randy Galit • Richard Zalzos • Benjie Pulido This battle of brains does not end here, the FDA Founders and Executive Committee wishes to push through with this event in the coming years, to encourage the students not just to learn and apply the courses being taught in FDA but also to be EXPERTS in it. |
