1) Infocomm Club Calendar of Events 2010

IDA has lined up a series of events in 2010 for club members and teachers alike to participate. Below is the calendar of club events for your reference and planning purposes. We will keep you posted on the details of each event closer to the date.



2) Intergen Roadshow

IDA is planning a series of Intergenerational IT Bootcamps to be held in schools and educational institutions. Students will be encouraged to bring their elderly family members to their schools and pick up IT tips such as how to watch videos on YouTube, use Chinese text input on search engines, make travel bookings online etc. We strongly encourage Infocomm clubs to participate in this community outreach event and the unique intergeneration bonding opportunity where the elderly grandparents can learn IT with their own grandchildren (club members or students) assisting by their side.

The topics to be taught at these Bootcamps will be developed in consultation with the School Principal or teachers, and will be conducted by an external trainer at the participating school’s IT lab. It will be a half-day workshop session held either weekdays after school, Saturdays or during the school holidays.

3) Singapore 2010 Odyssey

Inconjunction with the Youth Olympics in August 2010, IDA has initiated the development of 3D Virtual World revolving around the Youth Olympics theme, called “Singapore 2010 Odyssey”. This is a joint initiative by IDA and the Singapore Youth Olympic Games Organizing Committee.

There are 2 areas for Infocomm Club members to be engaged in:

a) The Singapore 2010 Odyssey Sentinel Program

The Odyssey Sentinel programme will involve students from 13 years old and above to sign up as volunteers through participating schools to assist in the roll out of Odyssey to all schools. Through their involvement, these volunteers will get to experience first-hand implementation of the 3D Massively Multi-player Online Game (MMOG).

b) Singapore 2010 Odyssey Competitions
We would like to invite your school to be a part of Singapore 2010 Odyssey and would encourage both Infocomm club members and non-club members to take part in the 2 competition below:

· The Digital Design Competition – Jan – Feb 2010
· The Machinima Competition – March – May 2010

The website for Singapore 2010 Odyssey is at www.singapore2010odyssey.sg.

See Mr Dennis Toh if are interested in participating in any of the above events.

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