Oct 17th, 2012 – Learning about Hardware!

YMCA Academy Experiential Learning, Technology

Academy tech geniuses Dakota and Omar worked with teacher and I.T. guy Andras to replace broken components of the school laptops.  Setting up a triage station with tools, new parts and sick computers, Andras demonstrated how to replace keyboards and track pads and explained the mechanisms behind in the inner workings of the laptops.  Thanks to this group of techies, we can again enjoying typing with the “j” key and using the left click button!

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Apr. 12th, 2012 – Comtech class visits Sinking Ship

YMCA Academy Experiential Learning, Technology

On Wednesday April 11th, the students of the grade 11 Communications Technology class visited Sinking Ship Entertainment, a Toronto-based production company who creates children’s and preschool television and media. Students had the opportunity to learn about augmented reality and iPad app creation, CG animation, 3-D video shooting and editing, writing for television, and sound editing. Students also tried animating dinosaurs and recorded audio to be used in an episode of the ‘Dino Dan’ series. Many thanks to Sinking Ship for hosting us!

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Feb. 2nd, 2012 – Academy Computer Lab Debut

YMCA Academy Experiential Learning, Student Spotlight, Technology

The YMCA computer lab is now up and running! The creation of the digital media computer lab which is outfitted with industry standard image and video editing software suites was a joint endeavor of YMCA IT Specialist/Communication Technology teacher Andras Nagy and Academy student Alex Shynkarenko. The grade 11 Communications Technology class is currently creating their own Tumblr accounts as a means to showcase their course work this semester.