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Monday, December 1st, 2014
CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls’ School team Elemonators are working away diligently at creating their animation piece. Erin reports.
Leanne and Esther of the Elemonators hard at work!
Last Friday, we visited Elemonators in their cubicle in Nanyang Polytechnic.
Their mascot bears, courtesy of Leanne. They accompany and motivate the team on this difficult journey towards animation stardom!
This being the middle of the 3-week production phase, the Elemonators are going at full gear with their animation.
Notes jotted down about ‘pegging’.
It’s not all work and no play though, as the team had lots of fun, socialising with the rest of the participants and teams in NEmation, especially the team (Millennium Dragons, also from St Nicholas Girls’ School) in the cubicle next to theirs.
A common pastime was taking group photos in their workspace, with the assistance of members from other teams.
It appears that NEmation has been a great platform for them to socialise with people from other schools and standards, and gain new friends!
The team is creating a digital 2D animation sequence using Toom Boom Studio, based on the premise of four people performing acts of kindness for people around them, and in doing so, inspiring others to be kind too.
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Tags:animation, competition, education, Elemonators, N.E.mation!, N.E.mation! 9, production, St Nicholas
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Sunday, November 23rd, 2014
The Elemonators is one of three teams from CHIJ Saint Nicholas Girls’ School that made it into the Top 10 Teams in this year’s installment of the N.E.mation! competition. The storyline for their animation is both heartwarming and inspiring.
“We are the Elemonators! We eliminate the sourness and bring sweetness to your day!”
The Elemonators registered for N.E.mation! 9 back in August and have not looked back since.
Comprising four sprightly young ladies in the second year of CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School, the Elemonators were among a staggering 11 teams from the school that made it into the Top 100.
Team leader Melissa Anne Lim performed the mesh-up during the pitching stages with her guitar and sang in the final recording as well.
For those familiar with N.E.mation!, you may be aware that CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School is a powerhouse in the series of competitions, regularly boasting multiple teams that make it to the Top 10 and frequently represented in the eventual Top 3 winners.
While some schools field teams from their IT clubs/CCA, CHIJ St Nicholas Girls’ School opens the participation to all students in the school.
Which was how Melissa, Esther, Leanne and Sabrina came to form the Elemonators.
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Tags:animation, competition, education, Elemonators, N.E.mation!, N.E.mation! 9, St Nicholas
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Saturday, November 22nd, 2014
wasd is the team from Commonwealth Secondary School that never expected to make it to the Top 10. But made it they did and they’ve got an exciting animation story idea to vie for the top prize.
wasd is one of two teams from Commonwealth Secondary School that entered this year’s installment of the N.E.mation! competition, and the lucky one to make it to the Top 10. The fourth member, Niger Lim is not in this photo as he was not present during the visit.
The N.E.mation! competition is a yearly inter-school animation competition for students from secondary schools, junior colleges and centralised institutes to express their thoughts on Total Defence.
Lim Xun Yi from wasd. The team’s motto is “Expect the unexpected”.
This year’s competition is the ninth iteration since the inauguration of the series in 2007.
More than 11,500 students have participated in N.E.mation! thus far with participants comprising mostly secondary school students aged between 13 to 16 years old.
These students form teams of 3-4 members and have to go through multiple rounds of pitching and selection to beat hundreds of teams from other schools to make it into the Top 10.
wasd registered for N.E.mation! 9 some three months ago in August and it has been an incredible journey for them ever since.
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Tags:animation, Commonwealth, competition, education, N.E.mation!, N.E.mation! 9, wasd
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
The new multi-purpose projector models in the series are targeted at classrooms and mid-sized meeting rooms. Prices ranges from S$1,369-S$1,899 and is listed below.
NEC’s new projector models include the M322X, M322W, M362X, M362W, M402X and M402W projectors.
NEC Asia Pacific, a leading provider of commercial display and projector solutions, added today six new digital projectors to its M Series, from 3000 ANSI Lumens to 4000 ANSI Lumens with resolution at either XGA or WXGA.
| Projector |
Price |
Brightness |
| M322X |
S$1,369 |
3200 ANSI Lumens |
| M322W |
S$1,429 |
| M362X |
S$1,669 |
3600 ANSI Lumens |
| M362W |
S$1,729 |
| M402X |
S$1,799 |
4000 ANSI Lumens |
| M402W |
S$1,899 |
NEC offers low TCO through the projectors’ filter free design with sealed DLP light engine.
This series of ultra-durable, filter free projectors promise very low cost of ownership (TCO) and advanced multimedia capabilities.
These features, together with clear picture and full connectivity, make the DLP-based M Series projectors suitable for use in classroom and mid-sized meeting room environments, where budget and performance are equally important.
A large number of input terminals including 2 x HDMI with 3D support and 3 x USB inputs provide flexibility and future proofing of investments made by businesses and schools.
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Tags:AV, education, M322, M362, M402, NEC, projectors, schools
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Saturday, August 30th, 2014
The Inspiron 14 7000 Series is a high-performance 14-inch laptop designed for today’s youth. It is available in Singapore now starting at S$1,699.
The new Dell Inspiron 14 7000 Series is available now in Singapore, and is available at Comex 2014.
Dell has expanded its Inspiron line with the Dell Inspiron 14 7000 Series, a high-performance 14-inch laptop specially designed and developed for youths, a growing consumer segment.
Featuring the latest Intel® performance processor, NVIDIA® GeForce® GTX-class graphics, and a sleek design, the Inspiron 14 addresses the rising demands of today’s generation of youths, whether it is for school, work, gaming or multimedia entertainment.
The Inspiron 14 7000 offers powerful productivity, powerful gaming experience and enhanced support and accessories.
Read the details in the extracts of the press release at the end of this article.
Key features of the Inspiron 14 7000 Series:
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Tags:COMEX 2014, DELL, Inspiron, notebooks, Singapore, Windows, Windows 8.1
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Thursday, July 17th, 2014
The Singapore Science Festival (SSF) is back for the fourteenth year, bringing back crowd favourites such as X-periment!, the Singapore Mini Maker Faire and the STAR Lecture, alongside several celebrity science performers and exciting new events.
The Singapore Science Festival (SSF) runs from tomorrow till 3 August, 2014.
Opening tomorrow, the yearly celebration of everything science and technology, co-organised by the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) and the Singapore Science Centre, is set to continue rocking young minds and pushing further the buttons of curiosity.
Associate Professor (A/P) Lim Tit Meng, Chief Executive, Science Centre Singapore – Co-Chairperson of Singapore Science Festival.
This is in line with Singapore’s increasingly broad-based approach towards the learning of Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics (STEM) subjects.
A deep interest in STEM motivates thinking, curiosity and innovation, principles that will help the adults of tomorrow navigate and adapt to a rapidly changing world.
With an aim to cultivate and groom the next generation of STEM practitioners in Singapore, SSF 2014 aims to bring STEM subjects to life through interesting and fun play, observation and hands-on experiences.
Differentiating itself from previous editions, this year’s SSF will take on a fresh theme – You Can be a Rock Star with Science.
Introducing the Rock Star Scientists of Singapore Science Festival 2014
The festival will celebrate scientists who are rock stars in their own right, making a difference to the world we live in, and changing the way we learn science.
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Tags:events, science, Science Centre, Science Festival, SSF, SSF 2014, technology
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Thursday, April 24th, 2014
Came across an interesting educational implementation that combines the interactivity of an tablet-based app with the big screen delivery of educational content to captivate pre-school children.
ZooMoo has been available on StarHub Channel 306 from 1 April 2014, and will be free for 6 weeks. The app is available completely free on App Store and Google Play.
ZooMoo is an educational programme on StarHub Channel 306 that is “All about animals, all the time”.
ZooMoo will be presented to the public during AFCC 2014 in Singapore.Simply head to t the Plaza on Level 1 of the National Library Building for one of two sessions.
- 30 May 2014, 4:00pm – 4:30pm
- 1 Jun 2014, 12:30pm – 1:00pm
Targeted at children aged three to six, the programme uses a combination of puppets, high-production animation, narrative techniques and wildlife footage developed in collaboration with Wildlife Reserves Singapore.
The channel is designed to help children explore the animal world in ways that are entertaining, interactive and enriching.
Extending the ZooMoo experience
The free ZooMoo App is an interactive companion to the ZooMoo channel.
It is a unique second screen learning application that allows children to explore a world of animals and a range of educational content.
A rich diversity of habitats for children to explore.
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Tags:Android, animals, Apps, demo, education, iOS, Singapore, StarHub, tablets, ZooMoo
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