EXCITE seminar is one of my memorable experiences.

	Enhancement and eXpansion of Capability in Information Technology and English (EXCITE)   The URS EXCITE Program Teachers are knowledge-workers.  In their stressful jobs of educating the young and in responding to many student needs, there is a need to give them more support in their continued quest for excellence. Continuing education is paramount to maintaining and enhancing one's skills, especially in response to updates in technology that impact virtually every teacher. Thus, the URS EXCITE Program was born as a major initiative of the URS Development Foundation, Inc. with Dr. Gilberto M. Duavit, Gov. Casimiro A. Ynares III and Dr. Olivia F. de Leon as the brains behind the project. The URS Excite Program is a set of training programs in two areas: Area I is concerned with expansion of knowledge in Information Technology and Area II is devoted to English enhancement. The Program objectives are: To retool and upgrade in the fields of Information Technology and English the 9,000 basic education teachers in the province of Rizal. To encourage professional and personal development, and boost the motivation of Rizal teachers.  To improve teaching methods and skills and to promote more interactive teaching methods inside the classroom. To inculcate the value of teaching and continuous improvement among the teachers of Rizal. The URS EXCITE Program is a modularized training program in four areas: Communication Skills and English Language Proficiency PC Operation, Word Processing, Spreadsheet and Database Presentation, Multimedia Production, Internet, Web Publishing, and Blogging Motivation and Values Reorientation (2 hours per training week after the Opening Program) Each area can be completed in five days. The Program will be open to Rizal teachers but will prioritize those who are 45 years and below and who are not holders of Masters or Doctorate degrees and who are not presently enrolled in graduate schools. Those who have completed their graduate courses and those who are presently enrolled in graduate schools will also be considered in later schedules. An IT module and the English training will be held simultaneously. A total of 100 participants will be accepted for the English enhancement which will be subdivided into four (4) groups of 25 participants each. The same number of 100 participants will be accepted for an IT module which will also be divided into 4 groups. Thus, a total of eight sessions will be held simultaneously.      This is a five-day seminar about in Information Technology,where in the teachers apply all the principles in making grades in excel and posting blogs. In this training,I could say  that I am one of the lucky teacher-trainees to undergo this kind of training.The lecturers are very knowledgeable,patient and approachable.That,we the teacher-trainees are free to ask those things that we shall want to know.It is a fun learning seminar that give us a lot of new learning that we could use in our daily lessons for our students,to caught easily and get interested from the lesson that we shall want to impart.Gladly,when I started the first  day of this seminar,I don"t really mind the time because I'm really enjoyed doing our output.From activity 1 to activity 10,From the topic delivered by Mr. Fernan Natividad. Moreover,the second part of our seminar is all about making personal blog like what I'm doing right now.In this session,our lecturer, Mr. Neil John Albido patiently teach us how to make a blog.         I really learned a lot!! Thank you to all our mentors!!!   Ms IT ( Ms. Sidney Bugarin )           I hope that there will be another seminar like this !! EXCITE go! God Bless to All!:)