Wanted: Jolly good engineers

Coding related opportunities

• https://www.codecademy.com/learn
• https://developers.google.com/blockly/
• https://blockly-demo.appspot.com/static/demos/index.html
• https://developers.google.com/blockly/guides/get-started/web
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Make It Fly! ... from Scratch!

Make It Fly! Scratchers have been coding hundreds of creative animations and games as part of the new Make It Fly studio.

https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/2050750/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=make-it-fly

Learning Scratch from scratch... :)

The fundamental building blocks of Scratch programming...

https://wiki.scratch.mit.edu/wiki/Blocks

PCS won the Kids' Hackathon organized by IDA

PCS won the Kids' Hackathon organized by IDA!

PCS won!

Invitation to 2016 DSTA-DSO Robotics Challenge@VJC (29th July)

To the HOD of Science,                                            

Through The Principal/Vice-Principal      

 

DSTA-DSO East Zone Robotics Challenge 2016

29^th July (Friday)

Registration Deadline: 1^st July 2016.

1.  The  East Zone Science & Technology Centre @ VJC together with Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) and DSO National Laboratories (DSO) are organizing the 2016 East Zone Robotics Challenge on 29^th July (Friday), as part of its annual East Zone Science Carnival. The purpose of the Challenge is to provide students with opportunities to exercise their creativity and problem-solving skills in the field of robotics.

2.   The website for this year's Challenge is at: http://sites.google.com/a/vjc.sg/vjc-robotics-club/Home/robotics-challenge

3.   We are pleased to extend our invitation to your school to participate in this competition. This year, the competition promises to be more challenging and varied than previous years. Please see Annexes B1 and B2@ the website for the details.

4. Schools may register for the Challenge at the above website. Online registration must be done by Friday 1^st July 2016. All teams will be notified by email upon the receipt of their applications.

5. Prizes and medals will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions for each of the four categories of the Exploration Challenge, namely

(a) Heavy Robots category (Primary School),

(b) Heavy Robots category (Secondary School),

(c) Light Robots category (Primary School), and

(d) Light Robots category (Secondary School).

6. Prizes and medals will be awarded to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd positions for each of the Primary and Secondary School categories of the Autonomous Challenge.

7. For more information, please refer to Annex A (Rules and Regulations) and Annexes B1 and B2 (Challenge description and Judging Criteria) at website link given.

8. For enquiries, please email the organizer at  kwek.engyeow@vjc.sg.

9. We look forward to your support and an enjoyable learning experience for your students. We hope that the students will participate in the spirit of fun and learning.

 

Thank you.

 

Cheong Tien Beng

Vice Principal

Victoria Junior College

20 Marine Vista, Singapore 449035

Tel:  64485011  | Fax: 64438337 | http://www.vjc.moe.edu.sg/

 

 

 

 

 

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Mr Chang CL

Poi Ching School

21 Tampines St. 71 Singapore 529067

Tel: 6785 6420 Fax: 6785 7198

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http://www.poiching.moe.edu.sg/

http://MrChang.com/

Alec Ross on the Industries of the Future

Take a look at this video on YouTube:

http://youtu.be/emA9RtKADJQ


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Asia Pacific Youth Robotics Competition (APYRC) 2016

From: APYRC Robotics <register@apyrc.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 19, 2016 at 6:49 PM
Subject: Invitation to Participate in Asia Pacific Youth Robotics Competition 2016
To: kweelin@in3labs.com

Dear Educators,

 

Greetings to you!

We are pleased to invite your school to participate in the upcoming Asia Pacific Youth Robotics Competition (APYRC) 2016.

APYRC provides holistic robotics competition that is suitable for Primary, Secondary, and Junior College students with different levels of robotics skills from beginner to advanced.  

There are a total of  6 different robotics games such as  SUMO, TUG OF WAR, LINE TRACING, TEAM FORTRESS, CREATIVE CHALLENGE and MISSION PROGRAMMING CHALLENGE.  

Students can participate in one or more games.

APYRC encourages our youth to prepare for 21^st century competencies such as creativity, innovation, communication, teamwork, and independent lifelong learner in technology.

 

Below are the information for the 2016 competition:

·         Date: 4^th of June, 2016

·         Time: 8.30 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.

·         Venue: TBC

·         Junior Category: 8-12 years old; Senior Category: 13-17 years old

 

Registration Fee:

·         S$65/team

·         S$55/team (Early bird by 13th May 2016)

·         Registration closes on 27th May 2016

 

For this year, there is some improvement in our registration way. We have provided a link which opens up a form in our APYRC homepage under Registration tab.

Here is the link: http://www.apyrc.com/Register

Please fill in the required information which is needed according to the form.

 

* APYRC 2016 game manuals and general info guide can be found onhttp://www.apyrc.com/gamemanuals. Do visit us at APYRC official website:www.apyrc.com for the latest updates.

 

Please feel free to contact us through this email or call us at 9857-7710 if you have any questions.

We look forward to seeing you at our event.

 

Thank you.

Best Regards,

APYRC Team

Asia Pacific Youth Robotics Competition 

Organized by IDA LABS and IN3LABS Learning

T: 9857 7710 |E : register@apyrc.com |W : www.apyrc.com

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Mr Chang CL

Poi Ching School

21 Tampines St. 71 Singapore 529067

Tel: 6785 6420 Fax: 6785 7198

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http://www.poiching.moe.edu.sg/

http://MrChang.com/

T2W4: Creation of a directory for InfoComm Club using Google Docs

Welcome to the directory of InfoComm Club @ PCS
Http://TinyURL.com/pcsinfocomm

Use this link to get to the home pages of the club members.