2014 Winter Living Experience Camp
2014寒假生活體驗營 ![]() The 2014 Winter Living Experience Camp was held from January 20 to 24 for five days four nights with the participation of 14 interns. The Camp was organized around the two main themes – digital applications and everyday knowledge. Mr. Hsueh Chung-hsiang, keeper of IT management knowledge, was especially invited to conduct a series of IT courses. In one course, he taught interns the interior structure and features of a computer by taking apart components of the computer mainframe, and then proceeded to demonstrate the assembly of a computer using Raspberry Pi. The highlight of his teaching was the use of Arduino platform, electronic parts and Scratch program to create things, e.g. flashing LED lights that indicate game status. At the end of his teaching, each team of interns presented simple and fun games they have designed using Arduino chip and Scratch software. ![]() In the department of everyday knowledge, Ms. Tsai Han-chieh talked about the observation of body language and conversation, teaching interns to deduce others' feelings from their expressions. Ms. Lu Ming-yun taught everyone about kitchen safety and how to make a simple and delicious breakfast. Mr. Chang Hao-yen had the interns carefully record all the conditions and properties of good soil by making use of their sense of touch, hearing and smell. Ms. Lin Yi-hsuan demonstrated how to weave a warm scarf by using the tools at hand. Mr. Huang Chih-yang performed various incredible mathematical magic tricks with poker cards using the concept of factors and multiples. Finally, Mr. Hsu Hao-wen introduced the sewage recycling system of the Symbiosphere using flowcharts and brought interns to the basement to observe and compare the differences between the Symbiosphere's central processing system and a traditional septic tank. ![]() A series of group activities was also organized during the breaks between courses. There were fun and interesting exercises every morning. On the second and fourth evening, interns participated in the "Wormhole Bookish Assembly". Not only were there live reports by knowledge keepers, the interns also listened to book reports through videoconferencing. On the last day of the activity, the counselors graded each intern based on their test scores, class assignments and tidiness of their rooms. Finally, three interns with the highest scores were awarded prizes as encouragement and acknowledgement of their performance, and the other interns also received souvenirs. It is hoped that they will bring home valuable knowledge and wonderful memories of the Camp. Finally, everyone bid farewell to each other and looking forward to the next Camp. |