Entries tagged with students - Channel 10

Using Games To Teach: G4LI Unveiled

sarahintampa — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:59:00 GMT

Microsoft is teaming up with a handful of universities to study if and how computer games can be useful in education for teaching students math, science, and technology. The research project has Microsoft working with NYU as well as City University of New York, Columbia University, Dartmouth College, Parsons the New School for Design, and the Rochester Institute of Technology. Columbia’s Teachers College and NYU’s Polytechnic Institute. The test subjects in this study will be middle school students.

Why middle school? According to Ken Perlin, an NYU professor of computer science, in middle school many students “become discouraged or uninterested and pour their time at home into gaming. We think gaming is our starting point to draw them into math, science, and technology-based programs.”

The research study will be called the “Games for Learning Institute.” The budget is $3 million. Microsoft will be paying half with the universities chipping in for the other portion. The study hopes to discover what makes games compelling and playable and what elements make them effective for learning…that is, even they are effective for learning. The games used in testing will be deployed along with curricula to 19 NYC area schools where results in the classroom will be tracked. (via Wired Campus)

New Jersey Autonomous Vehicle

brianjo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:05:00 GMT

This weekend I visited The College of New Jersey where Dr. Orlando Hernandez and Dr. Jennifer Wang introduced me to some of their students who are working on the the New Jersey Autonomous Vehicle project. I was able to shoot some video and talk to some of the team members who built the robot.

Live@edu Mashup Contest

sarahintampa — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 15:20:00 GMT

To raise awareness for Microsoft's Live@edu, Microsoft is holding a contest among student software developers to see who can design the best application for Windows Live. You can check out some sample apps on the dev.live.com/mashups pages, which include some already created mashups like 3D Geology Maps, a meta search engine, a crisis "hotspot" map, and so much more. To get involved, go to http://www.campusmashups.com. The judging will be 25% public opinion (so get your friends to vote!), 25% usage of Windows Live Tools, and 50% creativity and utility of the application. One grand prize winner will receive $10,000.00 in cash! Two runners up receive $2500/each and two third place winners receive an Xbox 360 Halo 3 prize pack ($500 value). This makes me wish I was a student...and a developer!

DreamSpark: Students + Free Software = happily ever after

ambikas — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 18:55:00 GMT

Its a good day to be a student. Well, maybe its always a good day to be a student, but today Microsoft is making it a free day too.

Free you say? Free i say. And its not just chump change either. On the contrary.. how do you feel about Visual Studio 2008? How about a copy of Windows Server 2003. Oh wait.. did i mention the entire Microsoft Expression Studio? aaanddd, drumroll please... the XNA Game Studio 2.0 software and a one year subscription to XNA Game Studio Creator's club?!

Today Microsoft launched DreamSpark in 10 different countries including Belgium, China, Finland, France, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the U.K. and the U.S - and more countries will be added to the list soon. Basically the program allows students to download software for free, just by virtue of their student-ness.

For full information, check out https://downloads.channel8.msdn.com/ and watch Max Zuckerman's interview with Bill Gates. There's also specific details on the student verification process and how to get the free stuff you need.

Wahoo!

Enthusiast AND Student? Win a PC!

MaxPowerhouse7 — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 02:13:00 GMT

Ever feel like even though it's a jolly good time reading about all the latest and greatest cool technologies out there and seeing the ins and outs of how people are using it, you would love to get your hands on some of this tech yourself?

Well if you're a student... chances are 3 of your last 3 meals had the words "Ramen" or "noodle" in it and it's not just because you love the smell of boiling water. Gadgets cost MONEY!

So in the spirit of kicking off my joining the Channel 8 team, I have begun a series in which you (the student enthusiast community) help me decide what computer components to you, and in the end I'm going to build it. Ready for the crazy? One of you will WIN this shiny new piece of hardware and you can save all your holiday cash for more noodles ;-)

So if you're a student, head on over to Channel 8 and "jump in." (yeah I stole that from X-Box).

Free Play Lounge, GameCity07

Paulfo — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 18:08:00 GMT

We had a great night over in Nottingham at the Bluu bar as part of the Nottingham's GameCity07 festival of gaming. George, Nick and the gang from Rare had done a top job finding the venue and equipping it with over 12 - networked - Xbox 360/Elites for a night of competition gaming - transforming it into the 'Free Play Lounge'.

As soon as we opened the floor we were packed out! It was splendid to see plenty of girls attending too - gaming is not just for blokes you know! Well done to Clare who won herself an Xbox Elite.

Kit and Jam from the UK Fragdolls also joined us for the event and competed in the Perfect Dark Zero team competition.

Shout outs to the three amigos (you know who you are!), Trent Uni Computing Society and the Paladin thief catchers of Derby University!

IMAGINE CUP BRINGS HOPE TO DEAF

barzych — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 12:57:00 GMT

Deaf people don’t have equal opportunities to access education as do others without such a handicap. But there is a hope for them which comes with a new project SilentBooks presented by students from the Czech Republic. Ales Sturala (Andy) and Dominika Sedlaczkova from the Brno University of Technology have decided to take the challenge and compete in the biggest student competition in the world – Microsoft’s Imagine Cup 2007. And they have been successful so far. They made it to the finals in Korea with their signing 3D model that provides education for deaf people in sign language instead of classic language. Ales says: “I have been dealing with problems that deaf community has to face for some time now. I’d seen that especially children have a problem to access information when it’s in a written form so I have decided to try to solve it.” Ales is an experienced IC competitor. This is his second time entering finals: “I’d enjoyed it a lot last year. It was great to meet with other students from different countries.” He is happy about his decision to enter the competition despite the fact that he was working on the project for more than half a year almost nonstop: “It was an excellent programming experience for me. I’ve also learnt some new technologies which is great.But this team is not the only hope for the Czech Republic. Imrich Zivcak (Imro) and Lukas Perutka (Lucaso) from the Prague’s Charles University form the Gold Fusion Team and they are going to fight in Hoshimi Programming Battle. These two former roommates have heard about the competition for the first time two years ago and at the beginning were hesitating to enter. At the end they did and this decision brought them to the finals in Korea at the end. Even though that waiting for the results was for them according to Lukas nerve breaking experience they don’t regret it. Imrich is happy about entering the competition not only for the fact that they’ve made it to the finals: “It enabled us to verify our programming abilities.” Both teams believe that they’ll succeed in Korea. Imrich and Lukas had the opportunity to compare their knowledge to that of their competitors already: “We have met with other finalists during semifinals and ended up second then”. Their main concern seems to be safe flight over to Korea. Apart from that they are all excited about getting to know this country, its culture and cuisine. No matter of what is going to happen in Korea, these students know what they want to do with their lives. Ales is moving to Netherlands in September where he is going to study for one year and he hopes that his project will draw interest of some business company which will help with development and distribution of the SilentBooks:” This project hasn’t been created only because of this competition. Its main aim is to help deaf people.” Imrich and Lukas have to get back to their studies soon after the end of the Imagine Cup. They hope that their participation in this event will help them to find a good job later on.