Final Requirement - Group Research Projects

Here are the various group research projects, which have been uploaded to Scribd:

Group 1 - Students Involved in Geophysical, Weather and Atmospheric Studies versus Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration

Group 2 - Online Records Verification of Graduates

Group 3 - Distance Learning: New Frontier In Education

Group 4 - [Arbitrary Title - "On the Accuracy of the PCOS Machines for the Automated Elections in the Philippines"]

Group 5 - Implementing E-Books/Tablets in Replacement of Textbooks

Group 6 - The Effects of Social Networks and Online Gaming to the Development of this Generation of Filipinos

Important Course Announcement - Please Check Your E-mails

With reference to http://cstrends-2013.blogspot.com/2013/08/submissions-for-expository-paper-on.html, please check your e-mails for an important course announcement.

Please send me an e-mail through j d r i s AT f e u DOT e d u DOT p h, CC : j a b d r i s AT y a h o o DOT c o m DOT p h in case you did not receive the e-mail alluded to in the previous paragraph.

Agenda for Week 9

Class, you will start working on your Group Research Project beginning Week 9 (lecture time).

In line with this, please bring the following materials:

(1)    Manila paper

(2)    Pentel pen (at least two different colors)

(3)    Short bond paper

(4)    Short folder (to serve as a container for your Research Project portfolio)

(5)    Stapler (with staple wire)

(6)    Binder clip

(7)    Masking tape

Groups who do not have these required materials will be asked to leave the classroom for the time being to buy them (e.g., at the FEU Bookstore).

Please refer to the following PDF document for a sample research project format.

Lastly, per a recent suggestion from one of your classmates, we will have some slight modifications to the grouping system, for this particular requirement.

RE: Reaction Paper #4

For your Reaction Paper #4, you need to peruse the following link.

The hyperlink points to a PDF file containing Gordon Segal's presentation titled Current and Future Trends in ICT.

You may consider this reaction paper requirement as a culmination of our preceding discussion on "Gartner: Top 10 Key Technology Trends for 2013" and your subsequent completion of the expository paper on "4th Shaping the Future Forum 2013: Weaving the Modern Web Platform".

Completing this reaction paper requirement will also give you some ideas on the subject matter and content that you can include in your Group Research Project (further details for which will be given in a future post).

That is, I expect you guys to write Reaction Paper #4 with the Philippine context in mind (e.g., the impact that the current and future trends in ICT would have on the socio-cultural niche in the Philippines).

You might find the following links useful for this purpose:

1.   FEU Library (Online Catalog)

2.   Philippine eLib

3.   National Telecommunications Commission

4.   National Statistical Coordination Board

5.   Department of Science and Technology

6.   Department of Social Welfare and Development

7.   Department of Education

*** Updated - August 9 - 6:30 PM *** - Submissions for Expository Paper on "WEAVING THE MODERN WEB PLATFORM"

The following students (with the indicated, masked ID numbers) have already submitted their expository papers for Dr. Abel Sanchez's talk on "WEAVING THE MODERN WEB PLATFORM", which was held during the 4th Shaping the Future Forum, an event sponsored by Accenture Philippines in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT):

On-time submissions

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XXX023148X
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XXX026093X
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Late submissions

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For the other students, if you did not receive an acknowledgment receipt from me through the e-mail address where you made your submission, it means that I was not able to receive it.

Again, late submissions will be penalized with a 5% deduction for every day past the deadline.

Note that the new deadline for the submission of this particular requirement was last midnight (12:00 MN - Monday - August 5, 2013).

Update (as of Friday - August 9 - 6:30 PM) - So far, only 14 students have submitted their expository papers.  For the others who have yet to make their submissions, I would like to reiterate that this is an individual requirement, and not a group effort.

*** Updated - August 6 - 8:30 PM *** - Submissions for Reaction Paper #3

The following groups were able to submit Reaction Paper #3 on time:

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Group 11

For Groups 1 and 10, please be advised that if you did not receive an acknowledgment receipt from me through the e-mail where you made your submission, then it means that I did not receive your submission.

Again, I would like to reiterate that late submissions will be penalized with a 5% deduction for every day past the deadline.

Update:  All groups have been able to submit Reaction Paper #3, as of August 6, 2013.

*** Updated - August 4 - 4:00 AM *** Preparations for the Lab Session this Week 8

Kindly prepare comprehensive (i.e., expository) notes for the following bullet-point information that I have obtained from the recently-concluded 4th Shaping the Future Forum 2013, sponsored by Accenture Philippines in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).  (Start from the section where it says "*Dr. Abel Sanchez - MIT" - you do not need to do an exposition for Accenture Philippines' background and other related information.)

Note:  To get a copy of these scanned images, hover your mouse over the respective images, right-click then "Save Image As...".

Send your final output to my e-mails not later than 12:00 MN on Monday (August 5).