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Computing Department KS3 Computing WizKids IT GIRLS - FEMALE ONLY IT EVENT (Titanic Belfast) Key Stage 3 pupils this year have enhanced their Graph- ic Manipulation and Soft- Computing Careers Year 14 female ICT students ware Game authoring skills. Assembly - Year 10 attended an interactive IT event designed specifcally Pupils were informed of for girls from all over the Graphic Manipulation the dynamic career oppor- province studying at A Lev- Puzzle Effect tunities aforded to them el. with a solid qualifcation in computing or ICT. The event was held 0n 3rd December at Titanic, Bel- New Qualifcations fast. The Computing This event was extremely Department introduced worthwhile, giving insight new Occupational Studies into careers in IT. units in Web Design and Graphic Design. On the day, Mary McCall, Company Director of Blend Photos Like a Hollywood Pupils can now gain TreatTicket.com, took time Movie Poster Effect experience of writing out from her busy schedule HTML and CSS coding to to video conference the create websites and event from Brussels. Mary designing documents shared with our female + using industry standard students her experiences in software such as Adobe the realm of setting up her InDesign. on business and how IT has such a huge impact on it’s This hands-on approach is success. Game Authoring ideal for those who prefer Ellen McBurney, Year 8, to develop their skills in a Students also had the demonstrated her practical environment. chance to speak to some of interactive game with the the leading IT employers in use of the X-box NI. Programming using c# for Kinnect, to the primary 7 Teachers pupils during the very suc- cessful college open eve- nings in January. Mrs Greer is attending Queen’s University Belfast, completing a c# (C-Sharp) Programming course aligned to the A-Level qualifcation Software Systems Development. 78