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CITE Alumni Homecoming
Calling all Center For Industrial Technology And Enterprise's graduate for batch 1994-2007, there will be a Grand Alumni Homecoming, please see details below:
What:CITE Grand Alumni Homecoming
When: October 14, 2007 10 AM to 3 pm
Where: Ratsky, Ayala Center Cebu
-registration
- invocation
- opening remarks
- presentation of CITE alumni association plans
- buffet lunch
- presentation of CITE Multipurpose Cooperative-"Worker's Coop"
- open forum
- awarding of outstanding alumni
- closing program
- jamming
For more information please see streamers or call telephone number 346-1611
See you there!
CITE AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
Below is the latest news from my Alma Mater.. and here, our chaplain speaks..CITE AND CHRISTIAN EDUCATION
We like to think that CITE is not only a school that offers good technical education, but also and more importantly a Christian education.
It is for this reason that together with the well-thought-out plan to impart technical skills to students, there is always an abiding sense of inculcating in each one of them the true spirit of Christ in so far as it is lived in each one’s circumstances.
Christian education is any kind of education that takes its inspiration from Christian faith. It cannot be exclusively identified with one kind or system of education. It can identify with any, but goes further and deeper.
What Christian education does is to serve as a kind of soul and leaven to any kind and system of education. It reminds everyone that we are creatures and children of God, and our life and everything that goes with it is supposed to build up our relationship of love with God and with everybody else.
This distinctive character of Christian education has to be translated into concrete classes, modules, plans, etc., that serve this purpose. And therefore its immediate and constant concern is that everyone involved in Christian education develops a vibrant and healthy spiritual life.
This is what we try to achieve in CITE, with God’s grace and our all-out effort.
Writer:FR. ROY CIMAGALA
Photographer:FILE PHOTO
source: CITE Technical Institute
Graduation Day! yepaaaaa!
"The time has come, yes! it is this time. The sacrifice, hardships and the obstacles that we had faced and encountered for the past 3 years remain nightmares of yesterday. And now, we are a step to success, a success we obtained with sweat, love and endeavor. A success that every student eager to embrace. But mind you, it is not us (students) who hold this victory, there are important factors that we used to climb at the top; God, good friends, relatives, people around you and most especially our parents/family, we step to their shoulders to reach the top.
Furthermore, faith and love pushes us to fight the forces that hinder us to stand to this highest pedestal we are standing now."
I wrote this during the graduation day! And i felt very good in that fulfilling day of my life
1 day before my graduation!
June 02, 2007 is one of the most fulfilling day of my life since this is my graduation day! yehey!
I will now obtain the Diploma for Information Technology course.. huwawwwwwww! what an excitement i felt today..
Week before the graduation, i had prepared myself and everything. I prepare my long sleeve, necktie, slack, shoes, belt and everything.. i had haircut and my father too.. but wait, i forgot to plan the best part of my program.. the "Eating session" ..waaaaaaaaa.....anyways, we will just buy anything from corner vendors..ahehhe
what important now is my graduation...yehey! yehay! yehoy! yehuy!
i cant wait to wear my formal attire.. nyahahha.. congratulations to me.. ahehe.. i am so happy.. very happy.. thanks to God and to my parents for the unconditional support and love.. yehey!
guys, wait for my own made graduation message.. ill post it after my graduation.. i am not the one who will give a message to graduates on the day of commencement exercise... but i love to make my own.. so wait and check it out in here!
JOB FAIR DRAWS OVER 100 JOB HUNTERS
May 16—This year’s Job Fair goes overseas with the participation of 14 recruitment agencies and 5 Cebu-based companies who pooled in manpower resources for job opportunities here and abroad.
Over 100 CITE alumni and graduating students are interviewed and advised to comply with the needed requirements and take the trade test to process their applications. Two were hired on the spot, according to Industry Coordinator Jun Mercado.
“This (Job Fair) gives an opportunity for the fresh graduates and the alumni who don’t have work yet,” said alumnus Frederick Estrera of Batch 4.
Qualifications are high for job hunters who opt to work abroad. Lemuel Sison of East West Placement Center tells: They (Applicants) should have a working experience of at least 3 years. Our office will also give training.”
The job fair was facilitated by CITE in cooperation with the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE-7). CITE alumnus Wendell Lawas commented: “It’s an effortless application. We don’t have to go to the companies. They’re all here.”
DOLE-7 Regional Director Elias Cayanong graced the event with his presence.
Writer: Rodel E. Dilao
Photographer: Rodel E. Dilao
source: http://cite.edu.ph
MANY ARE CALLED...
But few are chosen—300 to be exact among the pool of 437 hopefuls who tried to make their way to the Industrial Technician Program for SY 2007-2008.
The selection finally came to an end last May 7 as the Admission Committee called the roll.
This year’s batch is composed of four sections in Mechanical Technology, four in Electromechanics Technology course, one section each for IT and Industrial Electronics. Three sections are slated to start in November (also called off-semester). Each section will now be composed of 30 students.
Before they were accepted, the students underwent one-week training in Math, English, Mechanical Workshop, P.E., Drafting, and Basic Electricity . Selected staff conducted interviews with them and their parents and visited them in their homes to substantiate interview results.
Applicants were selected based on merit (40%) and equity (60%). Merit covers 50% of the training result, 20% of grade point average in their high school, and 30% from the admission test result. Equity is computed by dividing the annual family income over the number of dependents.
According to this year’s statistics, 95% of the students were coming from public high schools. Around 20-30% hailed from outside of
Writer:INCITE STAFFER
Photographer:FILE PHOTO
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5S FOR SUCCESS
The implementation of 5S has continually challenged any organization who aimed to build a vision of workplace transformation.
Although conceptually simple, the principle of 5S remained to be a salient ingredient if CITE wants to instill a culture of continuous improvement.
“Launch a 5S Campaign, hold a competition among departments and implement the program,” advises Exequiel Sarcauga, resource speaker on 5S Seminar-Workshop and Installation from Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) of the Department of Labor and Employment.
The seminar-workshop drew over 30 staff for two Saturday sessions (April 21&28). Seminar included lecture on 5S and simulations.
ABOUT 5S (butchered from www.abcongeng.com)
5S is part of the lean philosophy where any kind of waste is constantly removed from workplace. 5S is adopted from the same Japanese workplace improvement methodology.
SEIRI (Sort)
SEITON (Set in Order/Systematize)
SEISO (Sweep/Shine)
SEIKETSU (Standardize)
SHITSUKE (Sustain/Self-discipline)
Using this method, many improvements can be achieved in a workplace such as:
(1) Improved workflow
(2) Reduced use of floor space
(3) Lower safety incident/accident rate
(4) Reduced waste of material, labor overhead
(5) Better equipment reliability
(6) Overall better looking place
Photo: File PHOTO
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Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise(CITE) NAMED AS CHILD-FRIENDLY FIRM
| CITE receives a Child-Friendly Company award from the E  mployers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) and the International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour of the International Labour Organization (ILO-Ipec) in cooperation with the Cebu Chamber of Commerce Inc. (CCCI).The award gives recognition to company policies and programs that work for the benefit of children and preventing worst forms of child labor in the workplace. CITE joins the roster of eight other companies from the business and non-business categories such as Lamac Foundation, Norkis Trading Inc., Fairchild Semiconductor, Shangri-la Mactan Island Resort, TMX Philippines, Nature’s Legacy Foundation, Talisay Ice Plant, and Friendly Care Foundation. CITE President Pedro Dimaculangan (see photo, top row, 2nd from right) accepted the award on behalf of CITE. Said he: “Congratulations for the job well done and for doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. Our sense of professionalism makes us deserving to receive the award.” The award was given on April 24 during the 2nd General Membership Meeting of CCCI. | |
Writer:INCITE STAFFER
Photographer:JURYDEL G. RAMA
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IS E-LEARNING A THREAT?
The intrusion of the vowel “e” to almost anything related to electronic medium has permeated our lives as professionals. We now send mails through the e-mail and transact business via e-commerce.
The classroom will not be spared of this invasion. The electronic learning or e-learning is an alternative modality lulled in the darkness ready to revolutionize a conventional classroom setting in countless possible ways. But, are we ready to take the challenge?
The e-learning had its earlier appearance as computer-based training (CBT) where material was stored on CD-ROMs. Since the content was in digital form, it was then easy to convert CBT into web-based training (WBT) which could be accessed through a browser from any desktop with an intranet or internet connection. The e-learning came into the scenario by making difficult concepts more comprehensible through engaging and interactive features. Elliott Masie of the Masie Center defined e-learning as the use of network technology to design, deliver, select, administer, and extend learning. The delivery of courses may be possible through the Web, CD-ROM or satellite transmission.
In the Philippines, CITE is a frontrunner in e-learning production through its tie-up with top foreign telecom equipment manufacturer Lucent Technologies, Consuelo Foundation, Inc. and other local agencies in January 1999. Since then, CITE has partnered with 14 voc-tech schools all over the country (known now as e-skills.net) to be the end-users of the e-learning modules which have benefited over 2,500 students and out-of-school youths. The project started then with modules on lathe and milling machine operation, building wiring, and work orientation program courses. Now it has grown by leaps and bounds with 14 ready-to-use courseware in mechanical technology, 4 in electrical technology, 6 IT/electronics-related courses, and 4 non-technical courses. Most of these were patterned after CITE’s 3-year industrial technician program.
E-learning Value Chain
Each course has corresponding subject matter experts (SMEs) who specifically deal with the content and know what learning objectives are needed. The SMEs will provide the material to the instructional system designer who then coverts the offline content to content suitable for e-learning. To make content interactive, the multimedia authoring team, a group of technical programmers well-versed in authoring tools, will code and program the e-learning modules into graphic user interface (GUIs). The course management is done by people trained on learning management system (LMS) and who can also act as administrators. The e-learning modules are then distributed to education and training providers for use.
Is e-learning a threat?
For some of us who have been products of the traditional classroom way back our school days, we might have doubts whether e-learning will serve its purpose of improving the quality of training. This is the first time that we’ve seen the classroom being challenged. This must be a stiff competition Bob Mosher of Element K said in his column that, “[e-learning] forces learning centers and training departments to look at themselves critically and reevaluate their strengths and weaknesses. The classroom needs to better understand what it does best and where it best fits into this new world of learning. If it doesn't - it may not survive.”
The e-learning should not be viewed as a threat or an enemy. CITE Business Manager Roy Zapata, who oversees the project, has said many times that e-learning emphasizes on learning not on technology. It may have changed the way knowledge is delivered but it hasn’t changed the way students learn. In fact, it’s the best thing for the classroom since the whiteboard and LCD projectors. Mosher cited in his article some ways to address the change. One is to move beyond the perception of a classroom as simply an event. After all - students don't look at learning as an event - they look at it as a process. The e-learning is used in the middle of a lesson to teach concepts, a prework before class and a reinforcement after. He also advised to take a “walk-before-you-run” approach. We can’t use e-learning and let the students be on their own immediately. One of the best places for self-paced options, such as e-learning, to be introduced is in the classroom. It's where most of us were taught our other learning strategies. It's also in a non-threatening environment - not back at the desktop where the learner is alone and the risks are higher.
With the use of e-learning, the classroom becomes a place to understand learning strategies and tools, not where the students sit and listen to the content. The content now becomes secondary to the skills needed to acquire it, such as critical thinking and skills upgrading. Mr. Zapata believes that with the advent of e-learning, group work and labs will begin to dominate and there is less time spent in lecture.
How about the instructors? They now become mentors. This will be a major change to trainers, especially those who have been teaching for quite sometime. This doesn't mean that the instructor's content knowledge and background isn't important, it just changes how they use that knowledge in class. Instead of the lecture and a one-way dissemination of information, the classroom becomes much more collaborative. Instructors now guide their students to discovery and learning based on the learner's needs and job outcomes.
What are expected of the students to be? With e-learning supporting the learning process, the gathering in a classroom takes on a new meaning and purpose. They would become more aggressive and responsible of their individual learning. It would be more engaging with peer interaction and lab work.
Few years ago, teachers have had difficulties reinventing the classroom into a dynamic and interactive environment. The advent of e-learning will free the classroom to do what it does best-an environment where students gather to interact and literally attack learning, as Mosher said. With this, e-learning may save the classroom, and not to phase it out.
Writer:INCITE STAFFER
Photographer:FILE PHOTO
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