Event Details
Summer Camp 2019
Summer Camp for School students
ICFOSS in its mandate to promote free software and hardware across the state is organising summer camps for school students. The 10 days camp mainly focuses on free software related activities for the students with an aim to nurture the interest in free software tools among them. Through this camp, the students will get a hands on experience to free software technologies in general which will help them to build creativity and problem solving skills. There shall be interactive games and activities in between. Under the guidance of experienced resource persons from ICFOSS, each student will get individual attention to complete tasks assigned to them. At the end of the day, a product presentation will be held to evaluate the work done by the students.
Schedule
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Day |
Topic |
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Day 1 |
Introduction to Free software Familiarisation of common applications and softwares (Hydrogen, drum machine program) |
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Day 2 |
GNU/Linux Installation (Debian & Ubuntu) |
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Day 3 |
GIMP, KRITA, OpenShot Video Editor |
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Day 4 – Day 6 |
Programming fundamentals (Python Basics) |
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Day 7 - Day 9 |
Basic electronics & sensorsIntroduction to ArduinoLine follower robot or similar projects |
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Day 10 |
Final product presentation and Feedback |
Targeted Audience
The targeted audience of the camp are students from 8th to 12th standards. A maximum of 30 seats are available for the camp.
Date and Time : 13th to 24th May, 2019, 10.00 AM - 5.00 PM
Venue: Training Centre, ICFOSS, Swatantra, Sports Hub, Karyavattom, Thiruvananthapuram – 695581
Registration Fee
There is no registration fee for the participation.
Registration Process
Selection of participants will be first come first serve basis.
Last date of application is 12th May, 2019
For more details : contact +91 73566 10110