Ai Artwork by Students in GameDev Game After School Program
Welcome to Term Four The Wyndham Tech School team have enjoyed working with many of you in Term 3, we engaged with just over 3,310 students through two weeks of onsite programs and eight weeks remotely. Lynne Telfer led a highly successful 10-week afterschool game development program with 130 students registering from across 10 schools. Students came together in their own time to build a game within a game taking on a variety of roles and responsibilities such as artist, designer, coder, storyteller and animator. Students have appreciated the distraction and comradery during another challenging term of remote learning.
Community Engagement Wyndham Tech School participated in Wyndham’s Learning Festival in August, the team presented a sold-out Cyber Awareness workshop to local community members, with many requesting a copy of the recording to share with family and friends. Pepper our humanoid robot was invited back to the Covid Vaccination Hub to provide clinical information and act as a distraction for community members.
Hoppers Crossing Students brainstorming in MARS Tech Taster
Term 4 Remote Programs Ideation
Ai & Machine Learning
Digital Storytelling
Game Design
Years 7 - 12
Years 7 - 12
Years 7 - 12
Years 7 - 12
In this class, students will learn techniques to work as a group to rapidly develop wild, crazy and perhaps even slightly useful, unnecessary inventions, using online collaboration tools.
Students will explore machine and artificial intelligence using Google Teachable Machine to train a computer to recognise images, while incorperating it in a teachable machine model.
Students are introduced to Adobe Spark to tell a story with images, text and sound. This program is designed to be immersive, interactive and engaging through digital presentations.
Students are introduced to Unity, which is industry-standard software that is used to create games. Students build their own character models in TinkerCAD, then contribute them to a third-person 3D game that is developed in realtime during the session.
Cyber Security
Podcasting
Product Design Using CAD
Years 7 - 12
Years 7 - 12
Years 7 - 10
Technological advancements have redefined the way we live. This immersive session cover the fundamentals of Cyber Safety, from social media to security systems.
Students will apply Design thinking to develop engaging introductions, discussions and interviews; using industry-standard audio software to create their first podcast.
Introducing students to applied design thinking, to develop a product adressing specific needs of form and function using CAD.
BOOK NOW *4th October 5th November
Caranballac Students interacting with Pepper
Term 4 On Site Program Wyndham Tech School will be offering one program once we return on-site. ‘Future of Work Engagement Program’ is now split up into the four rotations below, focusing on student engagement and connection. It will be fun and hands-on, where students will be working together to solve challenges, providing a much-needed break from their computer screens. Note: Wyndham Tech School covers the cost of buses.
Future of Work Engagement Program Robot Dance Off Students learn the coding language behind the advanced humanoid robot NAO, and then code their NAO robot to dance.
To make a booking, please email sam.nikolsky@vu.edu.au *5th November - 18th December
Keep talking and no one explodes in VR Students put their puzzle solving and communication skills to the test, as they work together to solve a Virtual Reality challenge.
Sphero Battle Bots
Among us IRL
Students design, build and code a Sphero Robot Battle bot and complete in the Battle Bot Tournament of Champions.
Students collaborate and work as a team to deduce the imposter in a real life Among Us game.
eSports Entreprenuership Program Students from Thomas Carr College will participate in WTS inaugural eSports Entrepreneurship program commencing on the 4th October. In this 9 week program, students will work on all aspects of an eSports event, from project management to hardware and broadcasting. This program will be facilitated by an international eSports commentator, Matthew Joyce. We are taking expressions of interest for schools to participate in 2022, please email sam.nikolsky@vu.edu.au for more information.
2022 WTS & Program Information Session School leaders and teachers are invited to attend an information session Wednesday, 20th of October at 3:30pm to see what is on offer in 2022. The session will provide an update for new and existing staff, on our new spaces that include an eSports Arena, Production Studio and Smart City. Information on our new programs and existing programs will be provided with information on how to make bookings to ensure your school doesn’t miss out. REGISTER NOW
Students participating in a YLab Workshop
ACS x YLab Hackathon WTS have partnered with YLab Global the social enterprise arm of the Foundation for Young Australians and the Australian Computer Society to bring you the Data For Good Hackathon. This hackathon is a co-design sprint and will be held over 3 sessions, putting young people at the centre to collaborate and co-create for-purpose digital solutions. Exploring the theme of ‘data for good’, we aim to put students in the driver’s seat to create digital tools and solutions to produce positive social outcomes that strengthen communities and enhance social cohesion.
Sessions October 27
November 11
November 24
1.5 hr online workshop
1.5 hr online workshop
3 hr in-person workshop
Admiring the Problem
Co-designing Solutions
Prototyping Solutions
We invite teachers to register their interest for students to participate in this pilot event. We can only accept one class in this round so email sam.nikolsky@vu.edu.au ASAP!
ACS x WTS Industry Event Wyndham Tech School have teamed up with Australian Computer Society (ACS) to bring an industry panel together on Wednesday, October 14 at 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm to discuss the job opportunities created as a result of the pandemic. Leading experts from the Game Development, Cybersecurity and Business sectors will provide valuable insights into how they carved out a career in their respective fields as well as tips and tricks for young people tackling the job after school dilemma. REGISTER NOW
The Wyndham Tech School team looks forward to working with you all in Term 4.
Gail Bray Director