St. Paul's Secondary School, a participating school of the “IT Innovation Lab in Secondary Schools” programme, won the 1st Runner-up title of the Dream District VR Competition and the Merit Award of the VTC STEM Challenge Cup 2021 (with photos)

Students from St. Paul's Secondary School, a participating school of the “IT Innovation Lab in Secondary Schools” programme, participated in the Dream District VR Competition held on 24 July 2021 and won the 1st Runner-up title, while another group of students participated in the VTC STEM Challenge Cup 2021 held from March to July 2021 and won the Merit Award.

Participating Students of the Dream District VR Competition: Sammi Lau, Annika Tsoi, Felicia Ting, Cynthia Chim, Corinne Ng, Mimi Choi, Ching Chan, Yoyo Leung
Participating Students of the VTC STEM Challenge Cup 2021: Trina To, Jasmine Kwok, Bernice Yang

About the Competitions

The Dream District VR Competition was an inter-school competition organised by St. Paul's Secondary School. It aimed at giving students a basic understanding of VR technology and related products, cultivating students’ interest in IT, as well as fostering an IT learning atmosphere at schools and enhancing students’ innovative and collaborative skills. Students from the 5 participating schools would use a 360-degree camera to take photos and videos and carry out post-processing. In addition, they were required to prepare a short VR film under the instructor’s guidance about a virtual trip to important landmark(s) in the respective district of their schools.

The VTC STEM Challenge Cup, organised by Vocational Training Council, aimed to inspire students’ creativity and innovation through the integration and application of STEM knowledge and skills to create innovative solutions, thereby encouraging them to take on challenges in lives and promoting STEM in the community. Under the student category, project teams would propose an innovative solution to solve real-life problems under the designated theme. The use of smart technology or programming with Micro:bit, Python was required in the proposal. Teams might also make use of electronic components (e.g. sensors) to accomplish the product solution.