University of Southeastern Philippines
Bo. Obrero, Davao City
MINOR PAPER
January 23, 2016
Seminar
Overview
Last January 23, 2016, we had our minor field trip in the Social Hall. The event title was Graphic Design and Web
Development. In which it is a great opportunity to learn about graphic design
and web development, there were two topics introduced to us where the first
speaker share his knowledge about graphic tools and the fundamentals of design.
In the morning session, some speakers that are working on the industry for some
time were invited to give us some inputs and inspire us to be better. I was
excited for the event because I know that in the end of the seminar, I know I
would be able to gain knowledge and get inspired with the speakers that were
invited of the said event. The event was a success and I learned a lot in this
activity.
First
Speaker
The first speaker who delivered his
topic was Ralph Gideon, he is one of the alumnae of the USEP (University of
Southeastern Philippines). Before he proceed to his topic he introduced himself
to everybody. According to him his first work was on Professional Regulation
Commission as a programmer. He
told us his experiences in life especially the kind of work his looking for in
which he loves art. After he graduated, his first job was being a programmer in
PRC or Professional Regulation Commission. he
share his knowledge and experiences with us about the Elements and Design
Principles. In which he combined Arts and Information Technology to present to
us. He said that the elements and principles of design are the building blocks
which are the things that make up a design or build a design. And how we apply
these principles of design to determine how successful the design is. There are
5 principles of design: Balance, Proportion, Rhythm, Emphasis, and, Unity.
Balance is the concept of visual equilibrium, and relates to our physical sense
of balance. The First principle is the Balance, he said that Balance in
design is a bit similar to balance in physics. Mr. Ralph said that the elements should be
visually connected in some way. Third Principle, is the Alignment, it is an
element to create order and organization in a design, He said that
aligning elements in order allows them to create a visual connection with each
other. We learned a lot from Mr. Ralph
and hopefully we can apply what we learned from him to real world applications.
Second
Speaker
The
second speaker was Ms. Shannen Sapar. She studied BS Information Technology in
the University of Immaculate Concepcion. She shared that being a front-end
developer was a very big challenge to her at first, but she made it through by
learning something new every single day. Ms. Shannen starts the discussion and
she share her knowledge and experiences with us about being a front end web
developer. But first what is a front end web development, a front end web
development is a mix of programming and layout that powers the visuals and interactions
of the web. And these topics are the key in making a front-end project. She
then talked about HTML Boilerplates, First I do not know what are boilerplate
but later on I was be able to know what are boilerplates. Boilerplate is a unit
of writing that can be reused over and over without change. Boilerplate helps
you build fast, robust, and adaptable web apps or sites. For the CSS
Preprocessors, A CSS preprocessor helps you write maintainable, future-proof
code and it will seriously reduce the amount of CSS you have to write. Where
these tools shine best are in large-scale user interfaces that require huge
stylesheets and many style rules. We learned
a lot about front end developing and we can really use what we learned in our
future and current projects.
Third
Speaker
The third speaker was Mr. Nikko Comidoy or simply Kuya Nikko.
Kuya Nikko is also an alumnus from the university. He is well known for his
application named "Doc Banana" in which he and his team won in a
competition. I was so amazed and inspired with he’s speech. Unlike in the other
speakers he doesn’t have any powerpoint presentation but the knowledge that I
have acquired to me can be really helpful in my journey in the University. I
really hope I would be successful like Mr.Nikko.
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