Adventures in Technology – January 2011 – Greymouth
Working with a professional photographer and the Department of Conversation this is a unique opportunity for participants to learn how to take great photos, use GPS and upload images to Google Earth. The goal is to create a ‘guided walk’, by learning about and taking photographs of interesting things (plants, views etc) along the Point Elizabeth walkway and plotting their location using GPS. We will then share them with the world via Google Earth so anyone can take a virtual stroll to this Greymouth landmark.
Tutor: Jason Blair
Time: 9am – 3.30pm
Date: Mon 24th January 2011
Venue: Karoro Learning (with field trip to Point Elizabeth)
Cost: $20
Age: Yr 6, 7 & 8 (If you are High School age and interested please contact us)
What to bring: Your lunch, a drink, hat, sun lotion, good footwear for walking and wet weather gear if necessary
Sketchup Challenge
Creating Greymouth Landmarks in 3D on Google Earth. Lets get Greymouth on Google Earth.
Learn how to use the 3D modeling programme Sketchup then each participant will re-create a Greymouth landmark into 3D and upload it to Google Earth for the world to see.
Tutor: Jason Blair
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Date: Tues 25th January 2011
Venue: Karoro Learning
Cost: $20
Age: Yr 6, 7 & 8 (If you are High School age and interested please contact us)
What to bring: Your lunch
Mobile Phone Treasure Hunt
A fantastic challenge awaits…. Your task is to create a treasure hunt around Shantytown… but this is no simple challenge. Learn how to write the clues as computer messages that will be transmitted via Bluetooth wireless signals to a mobile phone. Once you have made your treasure hunt you will attempt someone else’s course to find their treasure.
Tutor: Eric Martini
Time: 9am-3pm
Date: Wed 26th January 2011
Venue: Shantytown
Cost: $20
Age: Year 7 & 8 (If you are High School age and interested please contact us)
What to Bring: Your lunch, a drink, hat, sun lotion and wet weather gear if necessary
GPS Art
Science, art, technology and good old fashioned run-around-fun combined to make a great full-day workshop. Learn about GPS technology – what it is and how it works – and then put it to use creating artwork on a big scale, which can be shared via the internet. We’ll look at what has been done before, and design our own creations.
Tutor: Jason Blair
Time: 9.30am-3.30pm
Date: Thurs 27th January
Venue: Arthur Fong Park
Cost: $20
Age: Yr 6, 7 & 8 (If you are High School age and interested please contact us)
What to bring: Your lunch, a drink , hat, sun lotion and wet weather gear if necessary
Please note registration does not guarantee a position in the workshop. If the participant does not receive a place in this workshop, cheques will be returned.
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