Who we are
IT & Design Academy (ITDA) is a unique training academy that offers relevant and meaningful IT & Design courses, delivered by professional trainers using autism-friendly pedagogy. ITDA also provides ICT infrastructure and support to promote innovation in education services to enhance the learning of students with special needs.
Vision
Creating a technologically savvy and empowered learning community, where lives are transformed.
Main Learning Outcomes
DIGITAL LITERACY
Competence in skills, processes and conventions of Info-comm Technology.
CREATIVITY
Ability to problem-solve and combine the use of ICT skills and aesthetic understanding to create and innovate.
PRODUCTIVITY
Ability to apply the use of ICT skills in everyday life - at home; school; work and play.
CONNECTIVITY
Ability to communicate and collaborate with people.
Learning Domains
The courses under this category focus on building a solid foundation in operating and interacting with tablets, desktop computers and other mobile devices safely, purposefully and successfully. Students are engaged in hands-on activities that allow practice of fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination.
The courses under this category focus on building proficiency in using productivity tools such as word processors, presentation applications, spreadsheets and desktop publishing software. Students are also coached in presentation skills and are supported in confidence building and awareness of self and audience. Students are engaged in meaningful projects that include the complete process of planning, creating, publishing and presenting their work to an audience.
The courses under this category focus on providing students a platform to explore creative design and building in 3D. Students are actively engaged in challenged based learning as they interact with 3D modeling tools to create artifacts in response to a variety of current issues. 3D design activities also support the sharpening of fine-motor skills and 3D perspective.
The courses under this category focus on providing students a platform to create their own animations. Students are engaged in hands-on activities to familiarize themselves with animation tools and techniques, and apply these to create their own original animated sequences. Planning and creating an animation supports creative thinking and thought organization as students learn to plan the motion of various objects in logical sequences. Students are engaged in a complete process of conceptualizing, storyboarding, creating and publishing their work.
The courses under this category focus on equipping students with the skills and know-how to capture quality video footage to tell a story. Students are engaged in production projects where they assume roles such as script writer, director, editor, actor and more. Students are engaged in a complete process of pre and post production where they learn to work as part of a production team to script and storyboard, use a range of videography equipment, apply good camera techniques, edit and share their videos.
The courses under this category focus on imparting photography techniques that enable students to venture out and experiment with building a bank of photos that showcase their own unique perspective. Students are encouraged to explore the world around them and build confidence with new camera skills involving exposure adjustments, shutter speed and camera angles.
The courses under this category focus on providing students exposure and basic knowledge in the fundamentals of programming (coding). Students are brought behind the scenes to see how familiar everyday things such as computer games, toys and websites are programmed to work a certain way. Students actively participate in their learning as they interact with the tools to create content that is meaningful to them while sharpening fine-motor skills, 3-D perspective, building, testing and evaluating.
The courses under this category focus on sharpening observation skills and developing drawing and rendering skills. Students explore the use of a variety of digital drawing and design tools to express themselves through original artwork. Students are taught to apply these digital design skills in a variety of projects such as e-books, e-galleries and posters that are centered around academic topics, life and leisure skills.
The courses under this category focus on developing students' musical talent through ICT. Students are introduced to different music genres and familiarize themselves with the beats and sounds associated with different music styles. They explore the use of a variety of digital music tools to compose digital music arrangements and rediscover their own tastes in music.
ITDA Holiday Workshops
IT & Design Academy is organising additional IT lessons during the Year End School holidays for Primary 4 to 6 and Secondary 1-5 students. This is part of our mission to ensure that we bridge the digital gap between special needs and mainstream students.
These workshops are fun, interactive and aimed at equipping your child with useful skills and knowledge of IT and design concepts to enable him/her to create, innovate and communicate.
ITDA Holiday Workshops are free to all Pathlight Students. However, parents will need to pay the course fee if the child is successfully registered and enrolled for the workshop but fails to turn up on that day.
| Course Details | For | Duration | Date & Time | Fees | Register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
3D Design: The Mecha FactoryThis 9-hour workshop is designed for secondary school students to learn about  |
Sec | 9 Hours |
1st Run: 2nd Run: |
$75 | Register |
Digital Film Making CampA 9-hour program to discover how to create your own professional-looking film from pre to post production. Acquire knowledge and skills such as:  |
Sec | 9 Hours |
1st Run: 2nd Run: |
$75 | Register |
Drone Programming with TynkerControlling a drone and making it take off and perform stunts is absolutely exhilarating. With Tynker, students can blend this fun with learning by programming their drones. This allows in them to do much more advanced things with coding, and in the process learn the fundamentals of computer science. When students can program the drone themselves, they’re not just reading instructions from a manual–they’re inventing their own play, and learning valuable debugging skills in the process.  |
Sec | 6 Hours |
1st Run: 2nd Run: 3rd Run: 4th Run: |
$75 | Register |
Mbot BasicmBot is a versatile robot for students to build, program and enhance. Its brain is based on an open-platform Arduino processor board. The programming of mBot is through mBlock, a user-friendly graphical programming based on Scratch 2.0. What you will learn:  |
Sec | 6 Hours |
1st Run: 2nd Run: 3rd Run: |
S$75 | Register |
WeDo ExtensionA 15-hour workshop focuses on the fundamentals of designing, building and programming a robot with the LEGO® Education WeDo Construction Set. Students will get to learn about:  |
Sec | 9 Hours |
1st Run: 2nd Run: |
$75 | Register |
WeDo Camp 2.0 with ScratchStudents will learn how to use LEGO® WeDo 2.0 to explore different real-world themes. Students will adopt computational thinking skills throughout the sessions as well as basic coding and investigative skills as they work in group to present information.  |
Pri 4 - 6 | 6 Hours |
1st Run: 2nd Run: 3rd Run: 4th Run: |
S$75 | Register |
Drawing CartoonBring to life fun and interesting characters in your imagination and experience a day in the life of a cartoonist:  |
Pri 4 - 6 | 3 Hours |
1st Run: 2nd Run: 3rd Run: 4th Run: 5th Run: |
S$40 | Register |
Game Master with ScratchStudents will learn to create simple and interactive animation and games in Game Master with Scratch.  |
Pri 4 - 6 | 9 Hours |
1st Run: 2nd Run: |
S$65 | Register |
3D Design: The Robot WorkshopThis 3-hour workshop is designed for upper primary school students to learn about:  |
Pri 4 - 6 | 3 Hours |
1st Run: 2nd Run: 3rd Run: 4th Run: 5th Run: |
S$40 | Register |
Young Inventor with Micro:BitStudents will each use a Micro:Bit kit to learning about coding.  |
Pri 4 - 6 | 6 Hours |
1st Run: 2nd Run: |
S$90 | Register |
Film Making - Green RoomThis video course will teach students about the fundamentals of video production using Green Screen. Students will experience the entire process of video production such as:  |
Pri 4 - 6 | 3 Hours |
1st Run: 2nd Run: 3rd Run: 4th Run: |
S$55 | Register |
