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Drone Racing Staff vs Students!

tonipham November 17, 2021November 17, 2021 Competitions, School Gadgets, Student Resources 3 Comments
Drone Racing Staff vs Students!

Today we’ve hosted, in collaboration with the Library Committee, a Staff vs Student Drone racing competition! For those there, did you enjoy it? Did you get a chance with the drones? If you didn’t watch, here’s a rundown of what

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The Tello Drone

fchan September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 Student Resources No Comments
The Tello Drone

In Term 3 Week 8, the DT Committee had the chance to try out the drones from the DT department. The Tello drone is a small indoor drone by Ryze, powered by DJI technology. It’s a surprisingly robust little drone

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What have you been up to?

fchan August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 About, Student Resources 7 Comments
What have you been up to?

As term 3 gets busier and busier, I haven’t had a lot of time to delve into hobby projects. However, with Father’s Day coming up, I have been looking at the Cricut maker to make a Father’s Day card. We

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Pitching In: Vex robotics!

fchan August 12, 2021September 17, 2021 Competitions, School Gadgets No Comments
Pitching In: Vex robotics!

Mr Sloan was kind enough to show the DT girls the Vex robots set up in Room 38. Classes from junior levels were making and programming their own robots in DT classes, but there are also spare robots that could

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Fun with Drones

fchan June 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Student Resources 2 Comments
Fun with Drones

In Week 8 of Term 2, Corey from the Hive showed the DT girls how to operate a drone. First, he stressed the importance of safety while using the drones, and mentioned reading up on the CASA regulations for recreational

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Blog redesign

fchan May 18, 2021July 31, 2021 Student Resources 2 Comments
Blog redesign

Our old blog was functional and neat, but it has remained unchanged from 2018. We felt that it need a upgrade and a refresh. Thus, In term 1, the DT Committee held a logo design contest, with the aim to

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Using Fusion360

fchan March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 Student Resources 2 Comments
Using Fusion360

In the DT meeting in Week 6, the girls learnt how to design a diamond in Fusion360. Fusion 360 is a cloud-based CAD (computer-aided design) software for collaborative product development, and you can use it to create 3D designs, collaborate,

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Virtual Reality

Ann December 9, 2020December 11, 2020 VR 1 Comment
Virtual Reality

In term 4 of this year, the DT committee worked with the Library Committee to organise Games Week in Week 5.  The DT committee was in charge of running the VR station in the Chrysalids. The girls involved were me

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Exploring Drones

Ann September 8, 2020 Student Resources No Comments

Today the Dt Committee explored drones. The Hive have a parrot drone The Sparc Drone Some ideas for the DT Committee are to: Build a Drone. Here’s a kit from Core Electronics   2. A Mini Drone Race that we

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3D printing with the Forger App, Meshmixer and Blender

Ann August 27, 2020August 28, 2020 Student Resources No Comments
3D printing with the Forger App, Meshmixer and Blender

In the DT Committee meeting this week Candace from the Hive showed the Committee Apple’s Forger App for 3D creation. Candace says that Forger is more like moulding than Tinkercad and you use an iPad with a pen. Candace also

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