Workshops inDennis Gabor College

Attila Fridelfridel@gdf.hu

Dennis Gabor Talentpoint

• Founded: 2008• Head: Dr. Katalin Gambár• Head teachers

– Antónia Berecz, Sándor Kaczur

• Participating colleagues– Antal Csuka, Attila Friedel,

Dr. József Berke, Gábor Orgoványi – Earlier: Dr. János Kovács, László Székely,

Dr. Gábor Szász, Dr. Beáta Jarosievitz

• Participating students

Dennis Gabor Talentpoint

• Main activities– organize students workshops, special courses

with special content according to needs– take part in tenders– jury members in high schools competitions– coordinate students and teachers to research– organize special events and conferences

Dennis Gabor Talentpoint

Workshops in DG Talentpoint• Workshops

– 3D graphics and animation workshop– Digital painting workshop– Web-programmer workshop– Android – application developer workshop – Robotics and construction workshop– Digital photoschool workshop– Microcontroller programmer workshop– Economic science workshop– Logical thinking workshop

3D graphics and animation Workshop

• The main activity is organized around pictures and animations prepared in 3D, supported by Blender free software

• The weekly gatherings provide studying led by the teacher, and establish group cohesion and community building

• Of Knights and Dreamshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=gTVJQ0uBpxM

• Screenworks – Life’s goodhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMnhqxAu6_8

• Forever alonehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UtmLvzeqf8

• Chaoshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbRo2V790Sg

Digital painting Workshop

• The aim of this workshop is to practice the usage of graphic tablets and to improve visual communication

• This group is useful and enjoyable for those students who would like to preserve the beauty of handwork in the cyber world

Web-programmer Workshop

• Many of today's teenagers are interested in producing their own websites, but we know that to prepare really good sites needs a lot of new knowledge, skills and creativity

• The students are encouraged to realize their visual imaginations using HTML, CSS, PHP/MySQL technologies in this group

Android - application developer Workshop

• Started on request by the students

• Based on the previously learned Java technologies

• Get basic knowledge about Android OS, from where the members can continue to work on their own application

• This workshop was so popular, that now we have an facultative subject called Mobile programming in the college

Robotics and Construction Workshop

• The aim is to discover the Lego mindstorms robot’s possibilities

• Get knowledge about motors and sensors

• Create a robot, that can sense a ball in the playfield

• Take the ball to the enemy’s gate

• Compete with another robot in a robot-football championship

Digital photoschool Workshop

• Main goals are:

- Learn the basics of photography

- Rediscover the old techniques

- Members share the good practice with each other

Logical thinking workshop

• The workshop’s main goal is to connect the inferential and problem solver thinking with the learning process

• Reveals what seems the thinking logical• What is the connection between

intelligence and the logical thinking

• Tools: riddles, logical puzzles, games, tricky tasks, paradoxes and tests

Workshops in DG Talentpoint• Student workshops

– 3D graphics and animation workshop– Digital painting workshop– Web-programmer workshop– Android – application developer workshop – Robotics and construction workshop– Digital photoschool workshop– Microcontroller programmer workshop– Economic science workshop– Logical thinking workshop

Workshops inDennis Gabor College

Attila Fridelfridel@gdf.hu