TechTalk Oct 19

In early September, Actura assisted Kambala Girls School, located at New South Head Road at Rose Bay, to successfully run a three-day FlipFun Mars Trailblazer Program. As part of the program, students were instructed to control and program the FlipRobot, as a Mars rover, to traverse through “simulated” martian terrain, and to complete a variety of different challenges.

Nearly eighty Year 5 students participated in the FlipFun Mars Trailblazer Program. The students were allocated into small teams and worked on all the challenges progressively. Overall, this was a great experience to help improve the students’ essential STEAM skills (eg. problem-solving, teamwork, and communication skills) and to learn more about robotics and coding in a fun and immersive environment!

We at Actura are an educational solutions company that specialise in providing expert STEAM Learning Solutions. We are excited to be staging our inaugural OneWorld Robotics Competition which will bring together students from around the world, competing to solve the real-world problems of our future through the application of robotics.

In the competition, the students will be presented with a scenario relating to the category of “Smart Cities”, which they must then consider the relevant legal, social and ethical implications to, coming up with solutions which will be assessed by a panel of judges. We are eagerly looking to recruit volunteers who are willing to assist our students in all aspects this exciting global robotics competition.

By volunteering, you will be contributing to the development of essential STEAM-related skills in our students and in society as a whole. You will be involved in everything from events organisation, coaching and guiding teams and will greatly benefit from the experience. You will also receive an official certificate from Actura’s global partner, the California Association for STEAM Education (CASE). This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be involved in a global robotics competition. We would love for you to be involved! There are various interesting volunteer roles available, such as head referee, scorekeeper, volunteer coordinator, stage area announcer (MC).

To show our appreciation, participating volunteers will receive the following benefits:

• OneWorld Robotics Competition Recognition Certificate from CASE

• Work reference/recommendation letter from Actura for your future job seeking needs

• Complimentary educational robotics professional development training opportunity

• Potential educational robotics internship opportunity at Actura

• Potential future employment opportunity at Actura

If you are interested in applying, please see the Area Competition details and complete the application form through the links below:

Sydney– 23 November 2019 – 24 November 2019 Time – 9am – 4pm / Location – Knox Grammar School, 2 Borambil Street, Wahroonga, NSW, 2074, Australia Volunteer Application – Sydney Area Competition Form

Melbourne – 30 November 2019 – 1 December 2019 Time – 9am – 4pm / Location – Caulfield Grammar School, 217 Glen Eira Road, East St Kilda, VIC, 3183, Australia Volunteer Application – Melbourne Area Competition Form

Auckland – 16 November 2019 – 17 November 2019 Time – 9am – 4pm / Location – Diocesan School for Girls, Clyde Street, Epsom, AUCKLAND, 1051, New Zealand Volunteer Application – Auckland Area Competition Form

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at: oneworldrobotics@actura.com.au