Page 90 - Bellfort Issue 3 2014

ICT Department IT GIRLS - FEMALE ONLY IT EVENT GAME DEVELOPERS at Year 14 female ICT students DUNCLUG attended an interactive IT event designed specifically At Dunclug the Game De- for girls from all over the velopers of the future are ICT Information Assembly province studying at A shaped and moulded. - Year 10 Level. At GCSE level this year pu- During the Year 10 ICT Ca- The event was held on pils have excelled at creat- reers assembly pupils had Thursday 5th December ing their own games as part the opportunity to hear in- 2013 at the Wellington Park of their controlled assess- formation on IT careers ment work. These are just Hotel, Belfast. from Mark Feaney. The Bellfort worthwhile, giving insight Pupils were entertained a few snapshots of the high quality games produced. This event was extremely into careers in IT. On the day, inspirational women in technology were with an inspirational video present to speak to our female students and share ful facts and figures about their experiences in the ICT. realm of IT. highlighting some very use- Students also had the GCSE and GCE INFORMA- chance to speak to some of TION SEMINARS the leading IT employers in NI and also attend an em- Pupils studying GCSE and ployability workshop. GCE ICT attended informa- tion seminars on the cur- rent trends in the IT sector in the Northern Ireland landscape and opportuni- ties worldwide. They heard from local IT professionals, from Belfast based soft- ware houses Kainos and Liberty IT with regards to working in this vibrant in- dustry and the potential opportunities for the fu- ture. 90