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Drones Take Flight: Taichung Students' Dreams Soar Ahead of Typhoon Ba-wi

From Liberty Times · () Chinese

Translated from Chinese, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Ahead of Typhoon Ba-wi's arrival, a drone summer camp took flight for students in Taichung, Taiwan.
  • The camp, hosted by Dapeng Elementary School, involved 11 schools and focused on AI creation, flight simulation, and drone operation.
  • Students used AI to design interactive 3D games, fostering creativity and cross-disciplinary learning, with the goal of nurturing future talent for the aerospace and smart technology industries.

As Typhoon Ba-wi approaches, a unique summer camp in Taichung, Taiwan, is igniting students' passion for drones and artificial intelligence. The "AI + Football Drone" summer camp, organized by Dapeng Elementary School, brings together students from 11 local elementary and middle schools.

Under the guidance of professional teachers, participants are immersed in AI creation, flight simulations, and the operation of football drones. A key highlight of the camp is the use of Gemini AI Canvas, allowing students to design their own personalized 3D interactive games. This process encourages them to conceptualize story backgrounds, design technological cities, forest adventures, or space bases, and incorporate obstacles and scoring mechanisms, thereby showcasing their creativity and cross-disciplinary learning abilities.

Taichung is actively promoting drone education for two main reasons: first, Taichung has a complete aerospace industry cluster and is an important base for domestic drone mass production; second, we hope children can gradually develop from 'fun and curiosity' to 'learning,' so that technology education is deeply rooted from a young age and they can enter the drone and smart technology industries in the future.

— Jiang WeiminDirector of the Taichung City Education Bureau, explaining the rationale behind the drone education initiative.

Taichung's Education Bureau Director, Jiang Weimin, emphasized the city's commitment to drone education, citing the region's robust aerospace industry cluster and its role as a significant drone production base in Taiwan. The initiative aims to cultivate children's interest from "fun and curiosity" to "learning and mastery," laying a foundation for future engagement in the drone and smart technology sectors. During the event, Jiang Weimin even tried his hand at scoring with a football drone, adding a lively touch to the atmosphere and underscoring the importance of practice.

We hope that every child can cultivate problem-solving, innovative thinking, and teamwork skills through AI and drone courses, laying the foundation for future smart cities and technology industries.

— Lu YuelinPrincipal of the Information Education Guidance Group of the Taichung City Education Bureau, expressing aspirations for the students' future development.
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Originally published by Liberty Times in Chinese. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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