We Took Part in ICCE 2005

Earlier this year, my form teacher (also the head for Information Technology), Mr. Yeo, told my classmates and I that we would be taking part in a international conference later this year, after the Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE).

Time flies and before long, PSLE was over and more details about the conference came in. It was the International Conference on Computers in Education (ICCE). It would be held over 3 days at the National Institute of Education (NIE). We would be presenting on using Vox Proxy to help students learn better.

Vox Proxy is an add-on for PowerPoint which uses talking and animated cartoon characters.

Preparation for the Conference started almost immediately. We had to make a Presentation and set up a display board for our booth. The preparation took a long time, but was a meaningful way to spend the time after PSLE.

On 28th November, everything was done and it was the ˇ°preparation dayˇ±. On that day, all participating schools would bring their equipment to NIE. Despite only having to set up our booth, it was a fun day. The campus was huge, especially when compared to my primary school.

On 30th November and 1st December, these were the actual days for ICCE. It was fun and we even met the director of a certain company! Some of the delegates showed interest in purchasing Vox Proxy. However, we were not selling or advertising for Vox Proxy but just showing how it could be used to help students learn better.

On 2nd December, It was the last day of the conference. With little delegates, it was the most boring day of the Conference. Every School had packed up early as the main aim was to actually get the equipment back to School.

At the end of the conference, we were tired yet happy. It had been an interesting experience to participate in an International Conference.

 

Created on 10/12/2005