1 Day Down….

4 days to go….

I am, of course, talking about my 5 days of hosting local school children at work. The aim is to try and get them a bit more enthusiastic about science and technology and learn through a selection of fun activities. Friday was very successful, going off without a hitch. We had 8 fun activities which the children seemed to really respond to, and I’m sure things will only get better over the next few days as polish is added. Hopefully we’ll get some photos of the event up in the next few days so all my effort in purchasing balloons can be appreciated. More seriously, the activity teams have done a great job of turning the rooms we’ve given them into engaging experiences which make everyone who sees them say wow.

Speaking to one of the children who attended on Friday I asked what she is good at at school and the answer backs up the idea that events like his could encourage greater numbers of people into science and technology… “Um, English, Drama, Maths, Science….”

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I’m David Illsley, I work in Web Services development at IBM Hursley, which involves work on the Apache WS Project, where I am a committer and PMC member. When not working with technology, I spend a lot of time on the backstage aspects of theatre, and a sadly decreasing amount of time reading.

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