Computer Studies - St. Paul's College

12/12/2018

The IT Exploration Tour to Singapore, organised by the Department of Computer Studies, will be held during Activity Week in April, 2019. It aims to expand students’ IT skills and knowledge beyond what is offered in the classroom. Tour visits will include the Science Centre Singapore, the NEWater Visitor Centre and Nanyang Technological University (ranked 18th globally). Science & IT-focused workshops will also be provided so that students can get hands-on experiences with the latest technology.
The tour will also visit famous places of interest in Singapore, e.g. Gardens by the Bay, Marina Barrage, Merlion Park and Universal Studios.

For registration, please visit http://elearning.spc.edu.hk/OLE.

For queries, please contact Mrs. Y. O. Zai, Head of Computer Studies, at 2859 8511.

19/11/2016

Welcome you all to our showcase!

19/11/2016

See you there!😁
Welcome you all!👍🏻👍🏻

18/11/2016

(2016.11.18 - 7:20 pm)
Our Principal, Mr. Dennis Yuen, dropped by the MMLC while our programmers were striving very hard for the preparation of our College's Exhibition.

18/11/2016

Good news!! 🎉
We have prepared a limited number of “Hologram Projectors” as prizes for our guests. Do come, play games and win them home!👍🏻👍🏻

18/11/2016

A holographic display is a type of display that utilizes light diffraction to create a virtual three-dimensional image of an object.

It is quite possible to make a decent 3D 'holographic' display with your smartphone.
As detailed by British YouTuber “Mrwhosetheboss”, the process is simple and requires nothing more than your phone, an old CD case and a sharp knife. To make it you need to cut four trapezoid shapes out of plastic -- 6cm wide at the bottom and 1cm wide at the top -- stick them together and place them upended on your phone's display while it plays a video tuned for the purpose.

https://youtu.be/7YWTtCsvgvg

Bored of New Apps? This is my tutorial on how to turn your phone into a Hologram Projector! Join the Mrwhosetheboss Squad: https://www.youtube.com/subscripti...

17/11/2016

Please watch our mBot Car Race! Do join us at this event on Saturday!

https://www.facebook.com/spc165eday/videos/1727734024215207/

17/11/2016

mBot is an Educational kit for beginners to get hands-on experience in graphical programming, electronics and robotics. It is an all-in-one solution for robotics learning and designed for STEM education.

Simple drag-and-drop graphical programming software mBlock was developed, based on Scratch 2.0. It provides a quick way to learn programming, control a robot, and realize multiple functions from the robot. mBot is all about fun and creativity. It comes with various basic pre-assembled options, including obstacle-avoidance car, line-following vehicle, remote control car, and can be used in multiple games like balloon bursting game, soccer playing, sumo, etc. The mechanical body of the mBot is compatible with the Makeblock platform and most of Lego parts, while its electronic parts are based on the Arduino open source ecosystem. This ensures that the mBot has infinite extensibility. By using these mechanical parts and electronic modules, you can make your own "dream robot".

Our Department purchased a number of mBot sets in September 2016, and we have organized some workshops for our students. They have learned a lot in robotic programming and enjoyed it very much.

On Exhibition Day, an mBot Car Race will take place in the upper playground from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. There will be interactive mBot demonstrations at the E-Learning Centre. You are welcome to see these projects done by our students.

16/11/2016

Arduino boards are able to read inputs - light on a sensor, a finger on a button, or a Twitter message - and turn it into an output: e.g. activating a motor, turning on an LED, and publishing something online. You can tell your board what to do by sending a set of instructions to the microcontroller on the board. To do so, you need to use the Arduino Wiring programming language, and the Arduino Software (IDE) with the Processing program.

The Arduino software is easy to use for beginners, yet flexible enough for advanced users. It runs on Mac, Windows, and Linux. With Arduino, teachers and students can build low-cost scientific instruments, demonstrate chemistry and physics principles, and build and program robots and robotic applications.

We have organized Arduino workshops for students. The participants found the workshops useful and enjoyed them very much. Please come and see some of the creative Arduino projects done by them.

16/11/2016

The Internet of Things (IoT) refers to a network of physical objects – devices, vehicles, buildings and other items – which can automatically collect and exchange data over a network by means of their built-in electronics, software, sensors, and network connectivity to achieve the optimal environments for people, generate the highest possible productivity for businesses, and propose the best data-based decisions.

A “thing”, in the Internet of Things, can be a person with a heart monitor implant, a farm animal with a biochip transponder, an automobile that has built-in sensors to alert the driver when tire pressure is low -- or any other natural or man-made object that can be assigned an IP address and provided with the ability to transfer data over a network.

Our students are going to demonstrate a small IoT project on Exhibition Day, so don’t miss it!

https://youtu.be/QaTIt1C5R-M

Dr. John Barrett is Head of Academic Studies at the Nimbus Centre for Embedded Systems Research at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and Group Director of t...

15/11/2016

Our school team of computer programmers won the Championship of the Hong Kong Student Formula Coding Competition (Secondary Section).

Our students took part in the competition on 25 September 2016. There were more than 80 schools participating, and each school team was required to write computer codes to remotely control and navigate a model race car around bends and corners on a designated track. Our school team came out on top, clocking the fastest time to complete the track.

On Exhibition Day, the Formula Car and the race track from this event will be displayed in our E-Learning Centre. Come and see our boys show off their superb skills in winning the Championship!