GDGPH-GSA Campus Roadshow: Ateneo

GDG Philippines went to Ateneo de Manila University last July 26 for the GDG Campus Roadshow workshop organized with Cristine Chen, one of the Ateneo Google Student Ambassadors.

In the morning, we had the Android Workshop while in the afternoon, we had the Google App Engine Workshop. The workshops started with Wayne Manuel, GDG Philippines community manager, introducing what GDG Philippines is, and Cristine Chen, talking about the Google Student Ambassador program.

The Android workshop was facilitated by GDG Philippines community manager Jomar Tigcal. He started with a talk about the basics, followed by a hands-on session. After that, the participants started working on their apps. Three participants were able to present apps.

The participants in the Android workshop

In the afternoon, Wayne and Cristine introduced GDG and GSA respectively. Joshua Guevarra and Christine Balili, new GDGPH community managers, facilitated the App Engine workshop. They talked about the basics, followed by a hands-on session, and another mini-contest. After that, the participants started working on their apps and present them.

The participants in the Google App Engine workshop

If you are a student and would like to invite GDG Philippines in your school, fill up our event request form at http://eventrequest.gdgph.org You are also welcome to attend any of our events! Add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles for updates about our next events.

GDG Campus Roadshow

School openings have started in the last few days and this means it's time once again for GDG Campus Roadshows. We visit different schools and do talks, workshops, and code labs about Google technologies to students. Last school year, we've been to UP Diliman (Android Workshop), De la Salle University (Android Code Lab and MapUp), FEU-Makati (MapUp), UST (Campus Roadshow), UST (Campus Roadhow), MCU (Campus Roadshow), UP Los Baños (Campus Roadshow), and ICCT Colleges- Cainta Campus (Campus Roadshow).

Our first event for this school year was in FEU Institute of Technology's event for Student Leaders (July 12). We talked about Google+ and how they can use Google+ and Google+ Events for their student organizations. On July 26, we'll be in Ateneo de Manila University to conduct an Android Workshop and a Google App Engine Workshop. We also have other Campus Roadshows in the next few weeks.

If you are a student and would like to invite GDG Philippines in your school, fill up our event request form at http://eventrequest.gdgph.org You are also welcome to attend any of our events! Add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles for updates about our next events.

Upcoming July Events

Chromecast/Google Cast Meetup

Learn more about Chromecast and Google Cast. Chromecast is a thumb-sized media streaming device that plugs into the HDMI port on your TV. Set it up with a simple mobile app, then send your favorite online shows, movies, music and more to your TV using your smartphone, tablet or laptop. Google Cast is a technology that enables multi-screen experiences and lets a user send and control content like video from a small computing device like a phone, tablet, or laptop to a large display device like a television.

Date: July 23, 2014
Time: 07:00 to 10:00 in the evening
Venue: Codeflux Inc., Penthouse (8th Floor) RCI Building, 105 Rada Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City
Google+ Events Page: https://plus.google.com/events/cjr7qqoa3tsdoqcv4enl5iboavg

Workshop Wednesday: Poymer

Join us for a meetup and code lab about Polymer. Polymer is a pioneering library that makes it faster and easier than ever before to build beautiful applications on the web. Polymer is built on top of a set of powerful new web platform primitives called Web Components. Web Components bring unprecedented composability, interoperability, and consumability to the web platform. The result is a monumental increase in developer productivity. Polymer also brings the implementation of Material Design to the web.

Date: July 30, 2014
Time: 07:00 to 10:00 in the evening
Venue: Globe Corporate Showroom, Valero Telepark, 111 Valero Street, Makati City
Google+ Events Page: https://plus.google.com/events/c1l8ae9ndh5srdtdq3lnhtq7ei0

For updates on our next events, add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles. If you are interested in inviting us in your school or community, fill up our event request form at http://eventrequest.gdgph.org

Post-Google I/O 2014 Meetup

After returning from Google I/O and our short travel to the US, we organized a Post-Google I/O meetup on July 7. The resource speakers were Wayne Manuel and me. It was held at the Coins.ph office in Centerpoint Building, Ortigas Center, Pasig City.

The event was attended by more than 22 participants; some of them have joined the Google I/O 2014 Extended Manila.

It was a very informal meetup. We talked about the updates and announcements from I/O. We also demonstrated the Android Wear smart watches (LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live). The participants also played with the Cardboard.

For updates on our next events, add GDG Philippines in your Google+ circles. If you are interested in inviting us in your school or community, fill up our event request form at http://eventrequest.gdgph.org