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General Guidelines 3
Programme 7
Elementary PowerPoint .. 8
Elementary Excel . 10
Elementary Basic Web Design 12
Elementary ICT Quiz Bee... 15
HS Applications Programming using VB/JAVA/C# 17
HS Advanced Web Page Design 20
HS Brochure Design using Photoshop.. 23
HS CSS Competition . 24
HS Movie Animation using Adobe Flash.. 26
High School ICT Quiz Bee 28
Digital Photography (Open Level) 30
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GENERAL GUIDELINES
THEME: Empowered By Innovation through ICT
CATEGORIES:
Elementary
High School
Open Level
PROCEDURES
1. The CAL 2015 Battle of the ICT Wizards is a nationwide
contest that is open to all public & private elementary
and high school students.
2. Participants for each category are selected/nominated
by the school:
a. One (1) participant for each skill related category,
including ICT Quiz Bee.
3. The school must accomplish the prescribed registration
form. The form may be submitted in 3 ways:
a. Scan the forms and email to inquiry@caleduc.com;
b. Fax the forms to 02-661-46-28; or
c. Submit to a CAL representative visiting the area.
4. Students who are dependents of CAL employees, its
subsidiaries, promo agencies, third party suppliers and
relatives up to the second degree of consanguinity are
disqualified from joining the contest. CAL will provide all
necessary files for the contest (references/photos, and
other information) to be used for the competition.
5. Bags, books, pens, notepads and gadgets such as mobile
phones should not be brought inside the contest room.
6. Contestants are prohibited from using the Internet to
download additional information during the contest proper.
7. Teams must be at the contest venue 30 minutes before the
scheduled time. Tardiness and absence are considered
grounds for disqualification.
8. In case of discrepancies, all appeals must be in written form
and submitted to the category head. Afterwards, the
category head will conduct the necessary investigation and
will make the appropriate decision. The decision of the
category head is final and irrevocable. No appeal will be
entertained an hour after the said category.
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TIES
City Eliminations:
1. The three (3) highest scoring contestants from each leg of the
provincial eliminations shall proceed to compete at the
National Finals.
2. In the event of a tie in either the 1st and 2nd place, both players
will advance to the finals.
National Finals:
The three (3) highest scoring contestants from each category will
be declared as winners during the National Finals. In case of a tie,
a clincher round ensues immediately to determine the winner.
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PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES
TIME: ACTIVITY
PRIZES:
City Eliminations:
1. Certificates of Participation will be given to all participants who
competed in the City Eliminations.
2. The top three (3) winners from every category will be awarded
medals. The 4th and 5th placers will receive Certificates of
Recognition. All winners will be informed of additional details
pertaining to the National Finals by way of e-mail or a phone
call.
National Finals:
Certificates of participation are awarded to those who make it to the
finals. The top three (3) highest scorers of each category will receive a
trophy and be recognized as the first place, second place and third
place winners, respectively.
Elementary:
Microsoft PowerPoint
Theme: Microsoft Office PowerPoint Digital Story Boarding
General Specifications:
Time Limit:
One (1.0) hour. Timer starts and stops at the signal of the contest
coordinator.
Layout Design 20
Effective Use and Selection of Images 10
Effective Use and Selection of Animation 20
Overall Impact 15
Creativity and Organization 10
Consistent and Accuracy
10
Effects and Timings
15
TOTAL 100
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Elementary:
Microsoft Excel
Theme: Students Grade Spreadsheet
General Specifications:
1. Only the list of students will be given as Input. The participant will
design the layout of the grading sheet.
2. The grading sheet consists of:
a. 4 Quizzes (30 perfect score each)
b. 2 Homework activities (100 perfect score)
c. 1 Project (100 Perfect Score)
d. 1 Participation Grade (100 Perfect Score)
e. 1 Quarter Exam (70 Perfect Score)
3. Total Grade (3 decimal places)
4. Final Grade (rounded to the nearest whole number)
5. Remarks (Passed/Failed) using conditional statement
6. Ranking: top 10 students must be highlighted using conditional
formatting.
7. On the second worksheet, there should be a report showing how
many students have passing grades and how many have failing
grades, and a Pie Chart showing the percentage of passing
students and the failing students.
8. The workbook is graded by the contest coordinator based on the
score sheet and the top 3.
9. One hour time limit is given; timer starts and stops at the signal of
the contest coordinator.
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Computations:
Quizzes
o
o
o
Homework
o
o
o
Project
o
Participation
o
Quarter Exam
o
o
Total Grade
o
Time Limit:
One (1.0) hour. Timer starts and stops at the signal of the contest
coordinator.
Elementary:
Basic Web Design
Theme: CAL Global Company Website
General Specifications:
1. Contestants can use any JavaScript code function that they are
familiar with as long as it will give additional features on the
website.
2. Create a Guestbook so that visitors can directly write their
comments on the website. Possible fields for the guestbook may
be:
a. Guest E-mail address
b. Full name
c. Contact Number
d. Message / Comment
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Time Limit:
One (1.0) hour. Timer starts and stops at the signal of the contest
coordinator.
Content 10
Organization of Information
Structure and Navigation 20
Website Framework
Navigation
Visual Design 30
Layout Style
Color Combinations
Effective of images
Effective use of Fonts
Functionality (use of technology on the site 20
(quick loading site, works with different
browsers.)
Overall Experience 20
User Friendliness
Interactive Experience
TOTAL 100
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Elementary:
ICT Quiz Bee
Theme: Empowered by Innovation through ICT
ELEMENTARY
Operating Systems
Internet Communications
MS Word
MS Excel
MS PowerPoint
Basic Web Page Design (HTML)
Hardware and Software
RULES
1. Each school is represented by one (1) student from any grade level.
2. Coaches are not allowed within the contest area during the
competition.
3. Students/Contestants will not be allowed to leave the contest area
once they are seated.
4. No bags, cellular phones, notepads, or books are allowed within the
contest area. Personal belongings of the students/contestants
should be given to their coaches/companions for safekeeping. CAL
representatives shall NOT look after these belongings.
5. Questions/comments regarding the Quiz Bee proper or participating
students/contestants will be addressed by CAL Competition Team.
6. The decision of the CAL Competition Team is final.
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MECHANICS
1. The contest format is divided into three (3) levels:
CATEGORY LEVEL # OF QUESTIONS SCORING PER
QUESTION
Easy 10 1 point
Average 10 2 points
Difficult 10 3 points
Total # of 30 60 points
Questions
2. A five (5) minute break will be given after each level.
3. Each student will be provided with a computer.
4. All questions are self-paced; Students will read and select the
right answer. Make sure that your answer is final for all the 10
questions before clicking the submit button.
5. Questions are random so each PC will display different
questions.
6. Contestants will be given a ten (10) second time limit to
deliberate before they can move to the next question.
7. Official Quiz Bee proctors will go around the contest area to
check on how the students are doing.
8. Each level has different scoring:
a. Easy level: The scores of the Easy level will be carried over
to the next level.
b. Average level: The scores of the Average level will be
carried over to the next level.
c. Difficult level: The top three (3) scoring teams at the end of
this level will compete for rankings.
9. Points will be tallied at the end of the difficult level to
determine the top three (3) ranking teams.
10. Should a tie occur during the final round, the clincher round will
be used to determine the rankings.
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High School:
Applications Programming using
Vb/JAVA/C#
Theme: Employee Salary Calculator
Functionalities
Splash Screen
Login Form
Calculation Form
o Tardiness Deduction
(Late in Minutes x 1.5) + (Undertime in
Minutes x 1.5)
o Gross Pay
(HoursWorked x Hourly Rate) Tardiness
Deduction
o Deduction
Tax = 10 % of Gross Pay
SSS = 3% of Gross Pay
Pag-Ibig = 2% of Gross Pay
o Net Pay = Gross Pay TotalDeductions
Print Button that will provide a printed copy of all the
information given and received.
On choosing department, only the appropriate group of
positions must be available on the position combo box.
o Product Development Department
Senior Curriculum Specialist
Curriculum Specialist: 100
Senior Graphic Artist: 110
Graphic Artist: 100
o Operations Department
Technical Head: 120
Web Developer: 105
Mobile App Developer: 105
Technician: 95
o Sales Department
Sales Head: 130
Sales Associate: 100
Marketing Associate: 100
o Accounting Department
Accounting Head: 140
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Time Limit:
One (1) hour. Timer starts and stops upon the signal of the contest
organizer
High School:
Advanced Web Design
Theme: Innovated Company Website
General Specifications:
1. Use a valid HTML/HTML5 or xHTML document for content. Using
web standards will ensure that all browsers will display your web
site properly, without time-consuming rewrites.
2. Use cascading style sheets (CSS/CSS3) for the layout and design of
the website.
3. The website must consist of at least five (5) pages.
a. Include the following major links (Contestants can layout
the links in a way that will enable the site to be more
appealing and user friendly).
i. Home
ii. About Us
iii. Products & Services
iv. Contact Us
4. Contestants will think of a name for the computer retailing
company
5. Contestants can add an animated menu using JavaScript. Latest
version of jQuery Scripting Library will be provided.
6. Make sure to link your pages correctly.
Time Limit:
One (1) hour. Timer starts and stops upon the signal of the contest
organizer.
Content 10
Organization of information
Structure and Navigation 20
Website Framework
Navigation
Visual Design 30
Layout style
Color combination
Effective use of images
Effective use of fonts
Functionality (use of technology on the site 20
(quick loading site, works with different
browsers.)
Overall experience 20
User friendliness
Interactive experience
TOTAL 100
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High School:
Brochure Design using Photoshop
Theme: Kidzone Storefront Advertisement Brochure
General Specifications:
1. Students need to design their own kidzone logo using the available
fonts and effects on Adobe Photoshop
2. Photos and images will be provided to the contestants.
3. Final Image size: 8.5 inches by 11 inches
4. No minimum or maximum use of images.
5. Image resolution should be 72 pixels per inch.
6. Add text and slogans if you need to.
7. You are free to use as many Photoshop tricks and techniques as
you can.
Time Limit:
One (1.0) hour. Timer starts and stops upon the signal of the contest
organizer.
High School:
CSS Competition
Each student is required to assemble the components of one (1)
dismantled PC unit.
Rules:
1. Contestants must bring the following tools.
a. Philips Screwdriver
b. Crimping Tool
c. 1 meter Category5 UTP cable
d. 2pcs RJ45
e. Network Cable Tester
2. Each participant will be assigned to a committee member who will
serve as watcher.
3. The committee will be tasked to prepare all the necessary
materials before the competition.
4. Only two (2) RJ45 will be used, and the cable prepared by the
participant will be used to network 2 computers.
5. The committee will signal the start of the competition.
6. During the assembly, the committee may give a warning to the
participant during the installation of sensitive PC parts that may be
damaged when the PC unit is turned on.
7. After the assembly, the participant will proceed to network cable
preparation. Then he/she will use this cable to configure a peer-
to-peer network and perform a file and folder sharing between
the two computers.
8. The network adapter driver is already installed on the computers.
The computers to be used are running on Windows7.
9. Once the participant finishes all the requirements, he/she must
inform the watcher to have the actual time recorded.
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10. The 1st, 2nd, 3rd place winners are determined by the judges
assigned by the committee. In case of a tie, the competitors will
compete against each other in a tie-breaker round. The decision of
the board is final.
11. No coaches are allowed in the competition area.
Guidelines:
1. Proper Tools and Equipment Bring your own tools tools and
equipment are to be presented and checked by judges prior to the
start of the contest. Points will be deducted for every tool that is
not present.
2. Proper Handling of Components Handling and Organizing this
will be observed by the judge(s) and every gesture/action against
this criterion will be a point deduction.
3. Assembly of System Unit
a. Screw Assignment screws are mounted in their
respective sockets; a missed screw will be a point
deduction.
Drives should be fastened with four (4) screws
Casing should be closed with four (4) screws
b. Front Panel Assignments front panels are essential:
every part is a point but a non-working component will be
a point deduction
Power switch
Reset switch
Hard drive led
Internal speaker
Time Limit:
Twenty (20) minutes. Timer starts upon the signal of the contest
coordinator. When done assembling, contestants must raise their hand
for the contest coordinator to stop and mark their individual time.
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High School:
Movie Animation using Adobe Flash
Theme: Animations DoItInTen 10 Seconds competition
Students will apply their most creative talent by adding unique animation,
effects and storyboarding skills by making a 10-second Adobe Flash movie.
Each student must make sure that his/her movie will be worth playing and
that it demonstrates all animation techniques knowledge even just for a
10-second time duration.
General Specifications:
1. The length of the presentation must not exceed (10) ten seconds.
2. Choose and add the appropriate background music for the
presentation.
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Time Limit:
One (1) hour. Timer starts and stops at the signal of the contest
coordinator.
High School:
ICT Quiz Bee
HIGH SCHOOL
Multimedia & Internet
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Flash
Applications Programming
Web Development
Digital Photography
Basic Networking
RULES
1. Each school is represented by one (1) student that may be from any
high school level.
2. Coaches are not allowed within the contest area during the
competition.
3. Students/Contestants will not be allowed to leave the contest area
once they are seated.
4. No bags, cellular phones, notepads, or books are allowed within the
contest area. Personal belongings of the students/contestants
should be given to their coaches/companions for safekeeping. CAL
representatives shall NOT look after these belongings.
5. Questions/comments regarding the Quiz Bee proper or participating
students/contestants will be addressed by the CAL Competition
Team.
6. The decision of the CAL Competition Team is final.
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MECHANICS
1. The contest format is divided into three (3) levels:
CATEGORY LEVEL # OF QUESTIONS SCORING PER
QUESTION
Easy 10 1 point
Average 10 2 points
Difficult 10 3 points
Total # of 30 60 points
Questions
2. A five (5) minute break will be given after each level.
3. Each student will be provided with a computer.
4. All questions are self-paced. Students will read and select the
right answer. Make sure that your answer is final for all the 10
questions before clicking the submit button.
5. Questions are random so each PC will display different
questions.
6. Contestants will be given a ten (10) second time limit to
deliberate before they can move to the next question.
7. Official Quiz Bee proctors will go around the contest area to
check on how the students are doing.
8. Each level has different scoring:
a. Easy level: The scores of the Easy level will be carried over
to the next level.
b. Average level: The scores of the Average level will be
carried over to the next level.
c. Difficult level: The top three (3) scoring teams at the end of
this level will compete for rankings.
9. Points will be tallied at the end of the difficult level to
determine the top three (3) ranking teams.
10. Should a tie occur during the final round, the clincher round will
be used to determine the rankings.
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Open Level:
DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY
Theme: Inanimate Object Photo Contest
These images of objects, table top products, still lifes are great examples
of what you can do with such subjects.
Rules:
1. The contestants will only pick (1) one best shot for the entire
duration of the competition. This shot will be submitted to the
organizers for judging.
2. Each contestant is required to bring his/her own SLR camera. (No
borrowing)
3. All Photos must be taken during the event.
4. No coaching is allowed once the contest starts.
5. The photograph must depict the theme of the contest,
Empowered by Innovation through ICT
6. Digital manipulation is not allowed. Any use of computers with
photo editor or software is prohibited.
Guidelines:
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Time Limit:
Two (2) hours. Timer starts upon the signal of the contest coordinator.
After the time stops, the contestant must choose only (1) one shot that
will represent his or her overall work. All works will be displayed in a
High Resolution display laptop for judging.
Originality 20
Technical Excellence 20
Composition 20
Artistic Merit 20
Overall Impact 20
Total 100