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Learning Scientific Animation in One Day
Date: | Time Slot A: Tuesday, July 15, 2003. Time Slot B: Thursday, July 17, 2003. Each participant is allowed to choose 1 time slot only. |
Time: | 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (Lunch hour: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m., Tea refreshments will be served during the coffee breaks within the lecture time.) |
Venue: | Room 311, Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building, The University of Hong Kong |
Speaker: | Dr. M.K. Yip (Lecturer of the course "Animation in Science") |
Medium of Instruction: | Cantonese supplemented with English. |
Fee: | Free of charge. |
Enrolment: | Each time slot has a maximum quota of 25, totaling 50. Each school has a maximum quota of 2. Acceptance on a first-come-first-served basis. |
Prerequisites: | Preliminary knowledge in programming of any language is expected. However, knowledge in JAVA is not assumed. |
Application Deadline: | May 10, 2003 |
Objective:
The aim of the workshop is to share with the secondary school physics teachers the essential tips of writing scientific animation.
Contents of the Workshop:
- An Introduction to Java 2
- Running Simple Applets in a Browser
- Event Handling with Mouse and Keys
- Simple Java Graphics2D
- The Concepts of Java Animation
- The Rotation of Graphics and Images
- Swing - A Useful Package to Create Frame and Button, etc.
- Typical Examples in Scientific Animation
- Hand-on Practice
Handouts will be distributed to participants during the workshop.
For further enquiries, please contact Miss Anisia Tang (Email: anisia@bohr.physics.hku.hk, Tel.: 2859 8975; Fax: 2559 9152).