Term 2 Gifted & Talented Club
GAT pupils peruse the precipice of new technology
Drones have been flying off the shelves in recent years with industries all over the world embracing the ground-breaking technology, utilising it to its full potential. On Friday the 23rdof June, our Gifted and Talented students explored the possibilities of such hardware while also investigating the software that programs it.
Live demonstrations, artificial intelligence and exclamations of amazement echoed through the Mount Lawley Staff Room, with teachers and pupils alike marvelling at the miraculous machinery. These amazing contraptions are capable of doing flips and flying just about anywhere, and are utilised for all sorts of fields including farming, festivities and filming a range of events.
The GAT students were given the opportunity to not only fly the drones but program the machines themselves. Our pupils showed an intricate knowledge of mathematics and angles which informed the bulk of the coding. The presenters were pleased and impressed with the cohort's programming abilities, with a student at one stage even correcting one of the expert's mathematical workings. Thank you to AICODE for sharing your knowledge with our students, who we may one day see becoming expert drone pilots!
Matthew Farsalas | Italian Teacher