New Technologies
The course
The New Technologies course from the Crazy about Science programme of the Catalunya La Pedrera Foundation is a course developed by La Salle Campus Barcelona - Ramon Llull University aimed at 1st year A-Level students with a scientific and technological vocation who have special interest and talent in the world of new technologies, in particular ICT.
The aim of this course is to promote the technological and innovative spirit among 1st year A-Level students, which will allow them to come into contact with technological advances in the ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) sector, and help them see firsthand what an engineer is doing in sectors such as Web Development and Programming, Mobile Application Development, People Service Robotics, Internet and Cybersecurity Technologies and Video Games; areas of activity with great development in the coming years and with a deficit of professionals throughout Europe.
There will be classes in 5 different areas but with a common thread such as New Technologies. One of the expected results of these courses is to increase the vocation, technological and innovative motivation among young students, in order to respond to the current need of ICT engineers, and at the same time to awaken the entrepreneurial spirit of these students.
The course will be held on different Saturdays from January to November 2024 at the facilities of La Salle Campus Barcelona - Ramon Llull University.
Registration for the Crazy about New Technologies course will be open from 12th September to 20th October 2024 and among all those enrolled 25 students will be selected from the 1st year of A-Levels who will participate.
The course will cover the following areas:
- Web Development and Programming
- Mobile Application Development
- Robotics serving people
- Internet Technologies and Cybersecurity
- How to create a video game
Specific objectives
Academic studies
- To foster among young people the scientific vocations linked to the world of advances and new technologies in the ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) sector, helping to guide their academic and professional future.
- It provides the opportunity for your A-Level Research Project to be tutored by a leading research centre.
Research
- Bringing students closer to research. At La Salle R&D we are committed to giving our research areas a clearly interdisciplinary and very practical approach through the development of cutting-edge technologies.
- Discover the operation of the research centres linked to:
- INTERNET AND STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES: We design new generation networks for the Internet of the Future, Fog Computing and the Internet of Things. These are concepts that enable the implementation of new, customised, hybrid cloud-based communication architectures with cybersecurity as well as highly scalable storage systems.
- MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES: We carry out research in order to achieve the seamless, natural interaction between humans, machines and their environment, taking into account aspects such as acoustics and signal processing. In addition, we study how to improve user experiences through gamification.
- ROBOTICS, COMMUNICATIONS AND DATA ANALYSIS: We carry out research projects in the field of social robotics aimed towards education and therapy. We work on the electronic design of long-distance communication systems in accordance with electromagnetic regulation and carry out data analysis based on the information collected by these systems.
Sessions 2024
Date: Saturdays 20th and 27th January, and 3rd and 10th February, 2024.
Opening hours: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm.
Location: La Salle Campus Barcelona Carrer de Quatre Camins, 30 Barcelona.
Session coordination: Miriam Caro and Daniel Amo.
Session by: Daniel Amo.
Language: catalan / spanish / english.
The students will design their own web page, using design programs that allow them to get an idea of what the final result of the activity will be. After the simulation is over, they will learn how to build and shape the web page from scratch, using today's tools and programming languages. Finally, when they have finished the web page, they will show it to the world, making it public and learn to find out how successful it is, how many people access it and how to promote it.
Date: Saturdays 2nd, 9th and 16th March, 2024.
Opening hours: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: La Salle Campus Barcelona Carrer de Quatre Camins, 30 Barcelona.
Coordination of the session: Miriam Caro and Pol Muñoz.
Session by: Pol Muñoz.
Language: catalan / spanish / english.
Development of mobile applications where you will learn to use graphic design tools to shape students' ideas and design an application; and you will see what the design looks like.
At the end of the design, the student will learn the basic programming structures to make the buttons, images and other graphic elements do what he wants, and make the designed application work. To finish, they will install and be able to test the developed application.
Date: Saturdays 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th May, 2024.
Opening hours: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm.
Location: La Salle Campus Barcelona Carrer de Quatre Camins, 30 Barcelona.
Session coordination: Miriam Caro and Alba Llauró.
Session by: Alba Llauró.
Language: catalan / spanish / english.
Creation of a video where students learn about screenwriting and narrative. They use professional cameras to make the recordings, apply chroma to the proposal and add fictional characters using the motion capture system.
Date: Saturday 28th September, and 5th, 19th and 26th October, 2024.
Opening hours: 9:30 am to 1:30 pm.
Location: La Salle Campus Barcelona Carrer de Quatre Camins, 30 Barcelona.
Session coordination: Miriam Caro and Selene Caro.
Session by: Selene Caro.
Language: catalan / spanish / english.
After the establishment of Industrial Robotics in our industries, Service Robotics is entering our daily life, be it vacuum cleaner robots, telepresence robots, autonomous unmanned vehicles that distribute products in a warehouse, robots who act as a guide, etc. In the Robotics Workshop, an autonomous robot will be used as a basis for programming. More specifically:
1. We will see what we mean by a robot, what characteristics they must have, what a service robot is and what a care robot is. We will design our autonomous robot, using 3D modeling tools. We will see different platforms for doing 3D modeling and we will end up teaching how the program works to print it on a printer.
2. We will see how the robot can move, types of sensors that exist and how they work. So, we will program all the sensors and movement of the robot, so that it is a teleoperated robot.
3. We will learn how important the interaction between human and robot is, while developing an Alexa skill so that the robot can communicate with the person via voice.
4. We will learn how a robot does autonomous navigation, while talking about artificial intelligence. Therefore, from point 2, where the robot will be controlled by us, we will see how the robot will move autonomously.
Date: Saturdays 9th, 16th and 23th November, 2024.
Opening hours: 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: La Salle Campus Barcelona Carrer de Quatre Camins, 30 Barcelona.
Coordination of the session: Miriam Caro and Adrià Mallorquí.
Session by: Adrià Mallorquí.
Language: catalan / spanish / english.
To know the technology that makes today's Internet possible, how networks work, and to learn how Hackers work, so that students take appropriate measures for their own safety and make students aware of the danger posed by improper use of new technologies.
These sessions aim to teach young students to be alert and critical, to be able to develop internet research skills, to awaken their curiosity and to know how to use the internet constructively.
Sessions 2023 (in progress)
Dia: Dissabte 21 de gener, Dissabte 28 de gener, Dissabte 4 de febrer i Dissabte 11 de febrer de 2023
Horari: 9.30h a 13.30h
Lloc: La Salle Campus Barcelona Carrer de Quatre Camins, 30 Barcelona.
Coordinació de la sessió: Daniel Amo i Miriam Caro
Sessió a càrrec de: Daniel Amo
Idioma: Català / Castellà / Anglès
Els alumnes dissenyaran la seva pròpia pàgina web, utilitzant programes de disseny que els permeti fer-se una idea de quin serà el resultat final de l’activitat. Un cop finalitzada la simulació, aprendran a crear la pàgina web des de zero i li donaran forma, tot utilitzant eines i llenguatges de programació actuals. Finalment, quan tinguin acabada la pàgina web, la mostraran al món, fent-la pública i aprendran a descobrir quin èxit té, quanta gent hi accedeix i com promoure-la.
Dia: Dissabte 4 de març, Dissabte 11 de març i Dissabte 25 de març de 2023
Horari: 9.30h a 13.30h
Lloc: La Salle Campus Barcelona Carrer de Quatre Camins, 30 Barcelona
Coordinació de la sessió: Miriam Caro i Pol Muñoz
Sessió a càrrec de: Pol Muñoz
Idioma: Català / Castellà / Anglès
Desenvolupament d’aplicacions per mòbils on s'aprendrà a utilitzar eines de disseny gràfic per donar forma a les idees dels alumnes i dissenyar una aplicació; i es veurà quin aspecte presenta el disseny.
A la finalització del disseny, l'alumne aprendrà les estructures bàsiques de programació per tal que els botons, les imatges i d'altres elements gràfics facin allò que ell vol, i faran funcionar l'aplicació dissenyada. Per finalitzar, instal·laran i podran provar l'aplicació desenvolupada..
Dia: Dissabte 13 de maig, Dissabte 20 de maig, Dissabte 27 de maig i Dissabte 3 de juny de 2023
Horari: 9.30h a 13.30h
Lloc: La Salle Campus Barcelona Carrer de Quatre Camins, 30 Barcelona
Coordinació de la sessió: Miriam Caro i Alba Llauró
Sessió a càrrec de: Alba Llauró
Idioma: Català / Castellà / Anglès
Realització d’un vídeo on els alumnes aprenen temes de guionatge i narrativa. Utilitzen càmeres professionals per a realitzar les gravacions, apliquen croma a la proposta i afegeixen personatges ficticis mitjançant el sistema de captura de moviment.
Dia: Dissabte 30 de setembre, Dissabte 7 d’octubre, Dissabte 21 d’octubre i Dissabte 28 d’octubre de 2023
Horari: 9.30h a 13.30h
Lloc: La Salle Campus Barcelona Carrer de Quatre Camins, 30 Barcelona
Coordinació de la sessió: Olga Garrán i Selene Caro
Sessió a càrrec de: Miriam Caro i Adrià Acero
Idioma: Català / Castellà / Anglès
Després de l'establiment de la Robòtica Industrial en les nostres indústries, la Robòtica de Serveis està entrant en el nostre dia a dia, ja sigui com a robots aspiradora, robots de telepresència, vehicles no tripulats autònoms que reparteixen productes en un magatzem, robots que fan de guia, etc. En el Taller de Robòtica s'utilitzarà de base un robot autònom per programar. Més concretament:
1. Veurem què entenem per robot, quines característiques han de tenir, què és un robot de serveis i què és un robot assistencial. Dissenyarem el nostre robot autònom, mitjançant eines de modelatge 3D. Veurem diferents plataformes per a fer modelatge 3D i acabarem ensenyant com funciona el programa per a imprimir-ho en una impresora.
2. Veurem com es pot moure el robot, tipus de sensors que existèixen i com funcionen. Així doncs, programarem tota la sensòrica i moviment del robot, a fi que sigui un robot teleoperat.
3. Apendrem com és d'imporant la interacció entre humà i robot, tot desenvolupant una skill d'Alexa per a que el robot es pugui comunicar via veu amb la persona.
4. Apendrem com un robot fa navegació autònoma, tot parlant d'intel·ligència artificial. Per tant, del punt 2, on el robot el controlarem nosaltres, veurem com el robot es mourà de forma autònoma.
Dia: Dissabte 4 de novembre, Dissabte 11 de novembre i Dissabte 18 de novembre de 2023
Horari: 9.30h a 13.30h
Lloc: La Salle Campus Barcelona Carrer de Quatre Camins, 30 Barcelona
Coordinació de la sessió: Miriam Caro i Adrià Mallorquí
Sessió a càrrec de: Adrià Mallorquí
Idioma: Català / Castellà / Anglès
Conèixer quina és la tecnologia que fa possible la Internet actual, el funcionament de les xarxes, i aprendre com treballen els Hackers, per a que els alumnes prenguin mesures oportunes per la seva pròpia seguretat i conscienciar als alumnes del perill que suposa l’ús indegut de les noves tecnologies.
Aquestes sessions tenen com a objectiu ensenyar als joves alumnes a estar alerta i a ser crítics, a ser capaços de desenvolupar habilitats de recerca per internet, despertar la seva curiositat i a saber utilitzar Internet de forma constructiva.
Collaborating entities
La Salle - Private Foundation University and Technology (FUNITEC) is a private, non-profit foundation that aims to provide quality academic teaching, a unique methodology, and a high degree of closeness to the business world, through senior professionals of teaching and research.
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