Presstudentsare nationalfinalists
A group of fifth year students at Pres Bray were recently chosen as national finalists in The Ehealth Digital Natives Competition at Dublin Castle. The brief was to imagine healthcare in 2030 and its relation to IT.
The students chose to re-imagine a school environment through the lens of a preventative rather than a diagnostic vision.
They saw well-being as a fundamental component of healthcare into our future. The students first built a scale model of Pres Bray in Minecraft on their own server. They then researched potential innovations which might contribute to the improvement of the space as a well being centre of excellence.
The students rebuilt their Minecraft school in response to their research and created a video proposal of their innovations. Their work is on YouTube.
During the competition in Dublin Castle, the students received mentoring from expert innovator David Pollard and presented their proposal using Virtual Reality 360 degree filming. They also had the opportunity to experience cutting edge innovations in healthcare IT at the event.
The students have begun a Minecraft phenomenon within the school where a significant cohort of students from first to fifth year are now online crafting the school and all of its details to create a 3d digital model which can be used as a tool for future planning.
The school is very proud of the entire group. The fifth Years that competed in The Ehealth Digital Natives Competition were: Reece Ronan, Pearse O’Neill, Jack Lawlor, Killian Taylor, Lochlann Megannety and Conor Kelly.