Workshops in
Dennis Gabor College
Attila Fridel
[email protected]
Dennis Gabor Talentpoint
• Founded: 2008
• Head: Dr. Katalin Gambár
• Head teachers
– Antónia Berecz, Sándor Kaczur
• Participating colleagues
– Antal Csuka, Attila Friedel,
Dr. József Berke, Gábor Orgoványi
– Earlier: Dr. János Kovács, László Székely,
Dr. Gábor Szász, Dr. Beáta Jarosievitz
• Participating students
Dennis Gabor Talentpoint
• Main activities
– organize students workshops, special courses
with special content according to needs
– take part in tenders
– jury members in high schools competitions
– coordinate students and teachers to research
– organize special events and conferences
Dennis Gabor Talentpoint
Workshops in DG Talentpoint
• Workshops
– 3D graphics and animation workshop
– Digital painting workshop
– Web-programmer workshop
– Android – application developer workshop
– Robotics and construction workshop
– Digital photoschool workshop
– Microcontroller programmer workshop
– Economic science workshop
– Logical thinking workshop
3D graphics and animation
Workshop
• The main activity is organized around
pictures and animations prepared in 3D,
supported by Blender free software
• The weekly gatherings provide studying
led by the teacher, and establish group
cohesion and community building
• Of Knights and Dreams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=gTVJQ0uBpxM
• Screenworks – Life’s good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMnhqxAu6_8
• Forever alone
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5UtmLvzeqf8
• Chaos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbRo2V790Sg
Digital painting Workshop
• The aim of this workshop is to practice the
usage of graphic tablets and to improve
visual communication
• This group is useful and enjoyable for
those students who would like to preserve
the beauty of handwork in the cyber world
Web-programmer
Workshop
• Many of today's teenagers are interested
in producing their own websites, but we
know that to prepare really good sites
needs a lot of new knowledge, skills and
creativity
• The students are encouraged to realize
their visual imaginations using HTML,
CSS, PHP/MySQL technologies in this
group
Android - application developer
Workshop
• Started on request by the students
• Based on the previously learned Java
technologies
• Get basic knowledge about Android OS,
from where the members can continue to
work on their own application
• This workshop was so popular, that now
we have an facultative subject called
Mobile programming in the college
Robotics and Construction
Workshop
• The aim is to discover the Lego
mindstorms robot’s possibilities
• Get knowledge about motors and sensors
• Create a robot, that can sense a ball in the
playfield
• Take the ball to the enemy’s gate
• Compete with another robot
in a robot-football championship
Digital photoschool
Workshop
• Main goals are:
- Learn the basics
of photography
- Rediscover the old
techniques
- Members share the good
practice with each other
Logical thinking workshop
• The workshop’s main goal is to connect
the inferential and problem solver
thinking with the learning process
• Reveals what seems the thinking logical
• What is the connection between
intelligence and the logical thinking
• Tools: riddles, logical puzzles, games,
tricky tasks, paradoxes and tests
Workshops in DG Talentpoint
• Student workshops
– 3D graphics and animation workshop
– Digital painting workshop
– Web-programmer workshop
– Android – application developer workshop
– Robotics and construction workshop
– Digital photoschool workshop
– Microcontroller programmer workshop
– Economic science workshop
– Logical thinking workshop
Workshops in
Dennis Gabor College
Attila Fridel
[email protected]