The Experience ITE Programme, Experience ITE Centre and ITE-MOE School Networking Activities
| About 4000 secondary school students visit our "Experience ITE Centre" each year. |
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| Students from the Sec 2NT and Sec 3NA streams attend the Experience ITE Programme (EIP). The one-and-a-half day programme allows the participants to observe skills training at the School of Business & Services, School of Electronics & Info-Comm Technology, School of Hospitality and School of Engineering. |  |
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After attending the "Experience ITE" programme, participants will have a better understanding of the courses offered by each of the four Schools. This will assist them to make informed choices for their future pursuit of technical education at the ITE. |
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College Life During the EIP, visitors are taken on a campus tour to familiarise themselves with our teaching and recreational facilities. This will allow them to not only observe but experience life in campus. |
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EIP Programme for the Day Below is a typical EIP Programme schedule for the student participants:
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Hands-On Experience Project WorkAs part of the programme, students have to make stops at each of the training centres in the four schools School of Business & Services - Visual Merchandising (Retail) At the School of Business & Services training centre, students learn to understand and appreciate the challenges and rewards of undertaking a business venture. They are taught the fundamentals of overseeing a retail outlet, dress-up mannequins and even compete in inter-group visual merchandising competitions among themselves. Their work will then be showcased on the five visual merchandising stations. |
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School of Hospitality - Dining Etiquette Here, students will be introduced to the basics of dining etiquette in a fine-dining restaurant. They learn how to lay a table, and the proper usage of crockery on the table. |
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School of Engineering – 2 Projects: Ferris Wheel System Simulation & F1 Racing Simulator At the School of Engineering training centre, students learn how automation is integrated in creating special effects in a Ferris Wheel system. Students will be coached on how to create the Ferris Wheel special effects operation sequence (which include lighting effects, audio, smoke and wheel rotation direction) through a simulation software. The project can be viewed through animation effect on the PCs before you download on the actual Ferris Wheel Systems for viewing. |
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Experiential Racing Simulator with Motion Feedback
This is a full motion 3-axis servo motor actuated racing simulator. It simulates actual racing experience by providing force feedback to the car body, steering wheel, mounted pedal shift which will be experienced by a racer in real life. Participants will be able to experience the dynamics and thrill of high speed driving in a safe environment. Participants can also select different levels of difficulty during simulation, as well as a wide array of race circuits and off-road challenges. |
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School of Electronics & Info-Comm Technology (SEIT) - Four Projects There are four projects at this stop: 1. Digital Audio Video Production – Basic Video Editing Here, students learn about basic video and audio editing with hands-on training – like creating a dazzling montage at your fingertips. 2. Multimedia Technology - Adobe Flash & Adobe Photoshop CS4 Here students learn more about the uses of Photoshop and Flash to come up with interesting effects. • Adobe Flash: The students will learn how to use the toolbar to draw up simple objects in the document. • Adobe Photoshop: The students will be able to know how to make pimples on faces disappear from photographs and also learn how to turn old women into young ones. 3. Info-Communications Technology - How to create Web Page using Dreamweaver. • Participants are taught how to navigate around the interface of Dreamweaver, how to set-up a website, text formatting, insert hyperlinks and images, and creating basic tables. • At the end of the training, they would be able to create a simple website consisting of several pages with a gallery. 4. Electronics - Dancing Robots Through participative demonstration, students would be able to develop a better understanding and appreciation of how electronics and technology are used to create humanoid robots that can perform various tasks like moving, seeing, hearing, speaking and thinking. |
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ITE-MOE School Networking Activities There are 46 networking schools under the purview of CW. Our officers maintain regular contact and engage them in our outreach programmes. They also conduct talks, tour of facilities and counselling sessions for students. The EIC also caters to students’ parents, teachers and residents in the neighbouring Chua Chu Kang constituency. |