Technocamps at the Urdd Eisteddfod 2018

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Technocamps enjoyed a fun-filled week at this year’s Eisteddfod yr Urdd in Builth Wells. The stall was overrun by enthusiastic welsh pupils trying their hand at programming our LEGO Mindstorms NXT robots to solve a task. We also had pupils and parents trying out their problem-solving skills with our computational thinking games programmed in Scratch. The interest in our stall … Read More

Technocamps at the Urdd National Eisteddfod 2018

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Technocamps are running a stall at the 2018 National Eisteddfod Yr Urdd at the Royal Welsh Showgrounds in Builth Wells all half-term week. Come and find us in the South Glamorgan building opposite the main Pavilion. You’ll find us in the GwyddonLe along with other stalls from Swansea University Departments all about fun and interesting Science topics!  If you’d like … Read More

Technocamps Robotics Competition 2018 – Autonomous Artists

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We are pleased to announce that the Technocamps Robotics Competition is back with the final competition day to be held on the 5th of July 2018. The theme of this year’s competition is “Autonomous Artists” and we are challenging pupils from across Wales to answer the question: “Are robots capable of producing Art?”  The challenge is to design and create … Read More

Technoclub represents Wales at the 2018 Robotics World Festival in Detroit, USA

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A team of pupils from Ysgol Glan Clwyd travelled to Detroit, USA in order to represent Wales at the annual FIRST® Robotics World Festival at the end of April.  The World Festival is the accumulation of a year’s worth of local, national and international events with teams from over 50 countries around the world competing. The Welsh Technoclub Tîm Egni based … Read More

£1.2m for Welsh Universities to crack the code

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Two Welsh universities are to receive £1.2m to support their involvement in the UK-wide Institute of Coding helping create the next generation of digital specialists, Cabinet Secretary for Education Kirsty Williams will announce today (Tuesday, 1 May). The investment is on top of a £1.3m drive to connect Welsh pupils with coding, Cracking the Code, which was announced last year. … Read More

ITWales International Women’s Day Celebration 2018

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On March 8th, 2018 at the Marriott Hotel in Swansea, ITWales hosted their Eighteenth Annual International Women’s Day Celebration Dinner which was sponsored by Technocamps and the BCS. Over 190 people from across South Wales attended the event to celebrate Women in Welsh IT, which this year focused on ‘Inspiring the Next Generation’. ITWales first organised this event in 2000 … Read More

Game Of Codes 2017 Coding Competition

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Game of Codes is back as Technocamps pan-Wales National Programming Competition.  The competition will enable interested pupils to develop their problem solving, communication and teamwork skills as well as improving their knowledge of computer programming in a fun and inventive way. The challenge is to create a piece of software using Space as the theme.  Your software must have an original design which could … Read More

DVLA Coding Challenge Goes off with a Bang!

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On Tuesday 28th November, school teams from across Wales came to compete in the DVLA Code Challenge which was supported by Technocamps. The event saw over 60 schools enter the competition; and over 180 children and 150 adults attended the event with almost 2,000 joining the event through live link across Wales. As part of the event, the top five teams … Read More

Web Development Star Represents GB in WorldSkills Finals

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Alfie Hopkins, a young Welsh Web Development Star from Llanelli, South Wales has represented Great Britain in the WorldSkills Finals in Abu Dhabi this October. WorldSkills is an annual event where competitors from countries across the world compete in a variety of ‘skills’ to be crowned champion. WorldSkills ethos is “improving the world with the power of skills”. Alfie first … Read More

Science, Technology and the Performing Arts combine in Eye of the Storm

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During this Autumn school term, over 2,000 pupils from Primary schools across south Wales have been taking part in Science workshops delivered by Technocamps. The workshops are aimed to discuss Scientific concepts that the children will encounter when they attend the Eye of the Storm production from theatre na nÓg in association with Taliesin Art Centre. The musical play features … Read More