From the Desk of Mr Daniel

Immediately after the teachers' day concert, me and 6 students moved off to the Singapore Botanical Gardens for "A Day in the Gardens" eBook competition award presentation. Earlier this year, 6 students from Media Club came back during the June Holidays to produce their eBooks.

I am happy to announced that Aiman Faiz from 2E1 won 3rd in the secondary school category! Congratulations to Aiman! The rest of the students each received a merit award and a letter of participation.

Take a look at their work:



After the award presentation, we were given a tour to the cultivation lab, exhibition, library and the herbarium and then a small tea reception.The competition has concluded. Thank You for the participation and looking forward to more active participation next year!

 

More Photos:

The following Media Club Students are participating in the Flash eBook Competition organised by ASKnLearn & National Parks.

Name	Class
Aiman Faiz	2E1
Cheong How Min	2E3
Daryl Wong	2E1
Sean Yeo	1E1
Tan Xue Wen	3E1
Teh Le Sze	2E3

Click on the image below to view their entries.



We wish them all the best and good luck! :)

About the Competition

iSports Media Challenge is organised in collaboration with the Media Development Authority. It aims to showcase the dynamism of youth sports in Singapore. Reaching out to all schools in Singapore, it is a window to the insider peek of students in sports actions. Its objectives are:

• To integrate ICT into schools;
  
• To promote a strong understanding of sports among the future leaders of Singapore;
  
• To promote and increase the awareness of our sporting activities and events acrossall Singapore schools;
  
• To educate and let the students of Singapore realise that they can play a part to contribute towards transforming Singapore into a global media city.
  

Who is in the Team

Chan Ziqi
Tan Sheng Hock
Zhou Xihao
Kirk Chew
Chia Xuewei

Damai Secondary School has participated in the School Cheers Contest organised by Mediacorp TV. The cheerleading video was filmed and produced by the members of DMSS Media Club, who are also participating in the iSports Media Challenge 2009. (See the bottom of this post for the list of Team Members)

Support Damai and our team by casting your votes for our cheerleading video.


How to Vote

1. Register as a member of Mediacorp TV website. Follow the registration and activation instructions.
   
2. Login to Mediacorp TV website
   
3. Visit the School Cheers Contest website and click on our video.
   (Recognise the above video thumbnail. The video was uploaded by Daniel Tan)
   
4. At our video page, click on the [Vote] button.
   
   

About the Competition

The competition is organised together with The Schools National which is an exciting new sports programme that puts the local school sports scene on centre stage. It aims to get Singaporeans excited about school sports and the youths in sports.

Who is in the Team

Chan Ziqi
Tan Sheng Hock
Zhou Xihao
Kirk Chew
Chia Xuewei

• Individual Single Submission


• 6 - 10 Pages


• Utilise the Flash Template provided


• Contains multimedia elements: images, video, animation and sound.
  
• Competition Deadline: 3rd July 2009
  
• Registration Deadline: 15th May 2009

Prizes:

1st
A set of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium software
An NParks goodie bag worth $30
A Popular Bookstore Voucher worth $80
An ornamental plant sapling

2nd
A set of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium software
An Nparks goodie bag worth $30
A Popular Bookstore Voucher worth $50
An ornamental plant sapling

3rd
A set of Adobe Creative Suite 4 Web Premium software
An Nparks goodie bag worth $30
A Popular Bookstore Voucher worth $30
An ornamental plant sapling

Merit Awards X 10
1 set of Nparks Goodie Bags with a $10 Popular Voucher each

This week is a busy week for me. Apart from my usual project work lessons and lab duties, I am also involve in the students' competition. There is no lunch for me on Monday, as I need to attend to a last minute project work meeting. As the Thinkquest Website Competition is still ongoing, I have to divide my time between the last Photoshop training session and competition advising. I know this is a bad arrangement as it is diffucult to manage but I have no choice. I cannot be in two places at one time.

Today (Tuesday) is another packed day. Meetings with teachers and normal lessons are packed from morning to afternoon. I only have an hour in between to catch a breath. The Sec 3NT students are rather restless today. The Sec 4NT students are fine when I do a skill check with them and teach them new skills in audio editing using Audacity software. Immediately after my last lesson, I assist other group of students in iSports Media Challenge 2009 competition in their equipments.


The rest of the afternoon is dedicated to staff training. Around 40 staffs attended the training. This is my first time conducting a mass training for staff. Feedbacks were encouraging. Really appreciated my HOD's help and advise.


I felt bad as I feel that I am not able to support those website competition students well. But at the same time, I am glad that those who turned up are very independent and is able to coordinate well. The students definately picked up project coordinating & team management skills. On my side, I have also picked up competition management skills.


The busy days will soon arrive. There will be more training and project work lessons to handle. I am facing my oncoming responsibilities with pride and with stride!