The first inter-school Technology
festival at Pathways Noida created a buzz. Not only because of the exciting
variety of competitions for all age groups from Primary to Middle to Senior.
But also because of two unique features – a Tech Slam like the popular Google
Slam. And because this was not just an event for students, but also included a
brainstorming and sharing by teachers on the use of technology in education.
On 1 May 2015, schools across the
NCR participated in The Pathways Annual Technical Hangout. Teams were
challenged to put in their best in various events spanning across the Primary, Middle and Senior School segments including Spotting the bug in codes in Java,
Cryptography,Website Tech Slam Winner
designing, Movie Making, Movie Mashup, Gaming, Tech Relay
, Photography, Junk Art ,Comic Strip as well as Book creation amongst the main
stream events.
The two unique events held for
the first time on such a platform had participation from the boldest members.
One, named Tech Slam had student participants who had to come up and present a
geeky tip within one minute. The other event was aimed at providing educators a Audio Mixing
platform to hangout and share. This was the Teacher Hangout, in which Teachers
shared within 5 minutes how Technology had made a difference to the delivery of
content in their classrooms.
The events had both external as
well as internal judges .
The external judges were:
Mr Ankur Rohatgi, an Education
Technology professional from IL&FS, with a special focus on the Internet of
Things and Smart Homes, Mr Utkarsh Lokesh, Director of EdTech Review, Ms. Sapna
Bhatia, CEO of TV News International and Film Director, Ms Ameeta Sachdeva
Artist, Ms Saloni Mangal, Operations Director and Head of Delivery, HCL,Europe,
Mr Umesh Kalia, Operations Director and Head of e-Commerce &
Multi-channel,HCL
Overall trophy won by Step by Step School, Noida
The ICT Faculty along with other
Teachers and Administrative department members as well as members of the
student council along with student volunteers from Form 9 worked hard towards
the success of the event.The standard of entries was high. Competition was
tough. While students of our school performed very well and won many awards and
positions, the overall trophy was bagged by Step By Step School, Noida .
In the words of Steve Aoki,
'Neon Future' is, in short, a
positive outlook on human progress and technology, looking forward to a bright,
colorful utopia.
We look forward to this event as
did the rest of the visiting schools to be held next year as well!
