The Department of Technology and Psychology in IADT runs this annual event. The event is for transition year students, The students have been selected by IADT from a number of applications received. The participants have been given this opportunity on the basis of showing an active interest in creative media technologies, as well as on academic ability. The 3 day event involves a tour of the campus and national film school studios on Wednesday, and then a number of workshops in software, physical computing, digital fabrication and electronics. The event ends with a visit to Ashford Studios, the home of TV's 'The Vikings' as well as numerous other high-profile productions here and abroad.
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As part of our preparation for CanSat, 5 team members (Andre Stokes, Jaime Segui, Grigory Kryukov, Santiago Puelles, William Zitzmann) were selected to attended a three-day course called TY Academy, organized by the Bank of Ireland and held in the Helix at DCU.
On the first day we were divided into 18 groups of 5 pupils. The theme for the day was team building and bonding. We built spaghetti and marshmallows towers, with the objective being to build the tallest free standing tower. William's team won the challenge and received vouchers for Penney's. After this we built a sumo-robot out of lego pieces and then challenge teams to a 'Robot Battle'. The next day and a half was devoted to the planning and preparation of our main project, which we had to present on the afternoon of the third day. The project's goal was to create a company which was targeting student going into university. All groups then presented their ideas to a group of 'Dragons' who then selected the most viable company idea. The group that created the best company won an iPad mini and invest from the Dragon's to convert the idea into reality. This academy was great fun and we really learnt about teamwork, marketing, how to create and manage a company. It was an amazing experience and we will encourage pupils to attend this event next year. Jaime Segui / Santiago Puelles
The project will have many areas - DESIGN - the can, parachute, antenna and radio receiver, PROGRAMMING - the on board computer, testing and calibration, diagnostics and data retrieval, OUTREACH - building a social media platform and communication with local schools, SPONSORSHIP - look for sponsorship or raising funds to buy equipment for the project. Our first task was to think about the project under the headings - HOPES, FEARS and NEEDS. On three tables there were large sheets of paper named: “Hope”, “Needs”, and in the last one “Fears”. We wrote on a post-it one sentence for each. In “Hope”, we wrote what we hoped to learned. In “Fears”, we wrote what were afraid of not being capable of doing. In “Needs”, we wrote what we felt we needed to make this project a success. After that, we divided into three groups, each group taking a section. Then each group picked a spokes person to explained what we wrote and what we were all feeling. After that , we divided into two groups based on our interests - Design and Outreach. Everyone spoke and talked about what they could bring to the project. We soon realized that we have a lot of expertise in the group already. We then concluded our meeting. In short, I think it was a really useful and helpful meeting and now that we know what each of us is going to do, we can start preparing for the championship! Teresa Clemente |
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