A) My key learning points from each session..
"Earthquake Research on Coral Reefs of Sumatra" by Prof Kerry Sieh
This topic was very interesting as we had learnt about earthquake during geography lessons in school. However, this lecture provided me with a deeper insight into that topic and also about how corals and other ground materials are used to determine, for example, how old a coral is.
"IT for Animation" by Prof Seah Hock Soon
I was very interested to learn more about this topic because in Secondary One, we had a task to animate a short film and I knew how difficult it was to come up with that. I learnt about the full process that happens while animating an animation film. Even though 2D animation has a beautiful artform, it takes skilled artists and is labour intensive and is also very expensive to make. This is why most animations nowadays choose the other option, which is stop motion animation. I also learnt on how maths and physics is also involved in animation. For example, geometry, linear algebra and calculus. Laws of physics are also applied for the dynamic of water, fire and fabric movement. Also, Avatar was a movie to use motion capture which is to use a tracking device placed on someone and then translated into the animation. Lastly, I learnt about how the new and advanced technology helps with in-between frames or shots which makes the animation process a whole lot easier.
"Innovative Breakthrough in Nano-Science and Nano-Technology" by Prof MA Jan
This topic really enlightened me about nano technology and why it is more effective despite being smaller in size. They are viewed using a scanning electron microscope.
(B) New questions I have about the topic are..
How is photoshop applicable in real life?
"Earthquake Research on Coral Reefs of Sumatra" by Prof Kerry Sieh
This topic was very interesting as we had learnt about earthquake during geography lessons in school. However, this lecture provided me with a deeper insight into that topic and also about how corals and other ground materials are used to determine, for example, how old a coral is.
"IT for Animation" by Prof Seah Hock Soon
I was very interested to learn more about this topic because in Secondary One, we had a task to animate a short film and I knew how difficult it was to come up with that. I learnt about the full process that happens while animating an animation film. Even though 2D animation has a beautiful artform, it takes skilled artists and is labour intensive and is also very expensive to make. This is why most animations nowadays choose the other option, which is stop motion animation. I also learnt on how maths and physics is also involved in animation. For example, geometry, linear algebra and calculus. Laws of physics are also applied for the dynamic of water, fire and fabric movement. Also, Avatar was a movie to use motion capture which is to use a tracking device placed on someone and then translated into the animation. Lastly, I learnt about how the new and advanced technology helps with in-between frames or shots which makes the animation process a whole lot easier.
"Innovative Breakthrough in Nano-Science and Nano-Technology" by Prof MA Jan
This topic really enlightened me about nano technology and why it is more effective despite being smaller in size. They are viewed using a scanning electron microscope.
(B) New questions I have about the topic are..
How is photoshop applicable in real life?
