Contents

introduction

partners

pilot

schools

community

learning

contacts

links
Technocamps
introduction , partners, pilot, schools, community, learning, contacts, links
Schools


Bishop Gore School, Swansea


Bishopston Comprehensive School, Swansea


Bryngwyn School, Llanelli


Cefn Hengoed Community School, Swansea


Cefn Saeson Comprehensive School, Neath


Dwr-y-Felin Comprehensive School, Neath


Penyrheol Comprehensive School, Swansea


Ysgol Gyfun Gwyr, Swansea


Ysgol GyfunY Strade, Llanelli

Programme for the pilot project March 29 - April 1 2004

Monday 29th March

Internet Systems

Welcome & Introduction
9.30-10.00
Professor J V Tucker, Head of Computer Science

The Power of the Internet
10.00-11.15
A presentation by Luke Gregory and Rosemary Kariuki, MSN UK

Introduction to building a website
11.30- 13.00
Web development software and website design using HTML
Mark Kiddell, Webmaster, IT Wales

Diary Development
13.30- 15.30
Hands on to create web pages as a personal log
Mark Kiddell, Webmaster, IT Wales

Tuesday 30th March

Digital Imagery

Following the introduction students will be split into 2 groups for the morning sessions

Introduction to Digital Media
9.30 - 9.45
Dr Mark Jones , Department of Computer Science, UWS

Digital photography portrait studio (Group A)
9.45- 11.15
Arran Hodgson & Rebecca Macey , Swansea Institute of Higher Education

Digital Video and Morphing Techniques (Group B)
9.45- 11.15
Dr Mark Jones and Mark Kiddell

Digital photography portrait studio (Group B)
11.30- 13.00
Arrran Hodgson & Rebecca Macey, Swansea Institute of Higher Education

Digital Video and Morphing Techniques (Group A)
11.30- 13.00
Dr Mark Jones and Mark Kiddell

Practical session
13.30 - 15.30
Practise of techniques- Image editing, video editing and morphing
Update of diary and integration of images

Wednesday 31st March

Games & Graphics

Guest lecturer for the day, Dr Jon Purdy, Department of Computer Science University of Hull

Introduction to the Games Industry and Game Technology
9.30 - 10.10
Jon Purdy, Department of Computer Science, University of Hull
Darren McKie , Department of Computer Science, University of Hull

Level Design
10.10- 11.30

Physics in Computer Games- Making things die realistically
11.45 - 12.15

Level Development
12.15- 13.00

Games tournament
13.30 - 15.00

Special effects graphics , Lecture and Demo
15.00- 15.30

Thursday 1st April-

Simulation, does it have a place in the real world?

Content provided by Dr Kenji Takeda, Department of Engineering Sciences,University of Southampton

Flight Simulation - Not just a game.
9.30 - 11.15
Tim Lewis, Post Grad, Department of Computer Science, UWS

Let's fly!
11.30- 13.00
An opportunity to take the controls

Completion of diary
13.30 - 15.00

Computer Science- A student's view
15.00- 15.15
Gareth Daniel, Post Graduate Student

Close and thanks
15.15- 15.30