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Gerontechnology is an emerging topic in Hong Kong.  To help elderly live better and smarter, students use their knowledge and skills to create a Smart Shopping Cart to:

• Help elderly to solve their daily life problem
• Promote the use of technologies for the elderly
• Contribute to smart city and smart living in Hong Kong 

Harbour Eco-land “The Whale” 

The public recreation area can provide space for people to :

• Take Rest
• Gather
• Learn
• Train 

The eco-area can provide a simulated environment for the flora and fauna which helps biodiversity conservation planning. 

DVB (Sport) students applied what they have learnt at Jockey Club Mus-fit Action Health Assessment Day, offering their support to middle-aged and older individuals attending the event. They conducted health assessment and played a vital role in enhancing the overall experience for the participants. Their unwavering commitment and contributions truly exemplified their eagerness to promote healthy living and raise orthopedic health awareness in our community.

Students design smart interactive sports training for primary school students, apply what they have learned. They visited the Salvation Army Tin Ka Ping School to provide training for primary school students, promoting smart technologies in sports. 

DVE (Hairdressing) students provided voluntary hair-cutting services for the elderly in the community, giving them an opportunity to showcase the results of their hard work and serve the community.

The Youth College collaborates with The Salvation Army to promote the concept of intergenerational inclusiveness in the community. Students utilize their knowledge of fashion design and beauty makeup to create stylish images for 15 seniors aged 45 to 85. The elderly are transformed into fashion models, strutting down the runway in specially designed eco-fashion outfits during the 85th Anniversary Celebration of the Central Market. They radiate energy and grace. The students from the Youth College become a bridge connecting the community and the elderly in this project.

DVE (fashion) students utilize unused fabrics collected from The Salvation Army and the fashion industry to upcycle and transform them into fashionable and modern Japanese-style denim jackets.

DVE (Beauty Care) students are responsible for designing hairstyles and makeup, working together to create unique looks for the senior models. 

More about this project: https://www.vtc.edu.hk/tc/home/media-newsroom/vtc-digest/Youth-College-students-design-stylish-looks-for-the-silver-haired-to-hit-the-runway-at-Central-Market-promoting-inter-generation-integration_12-Sep-2023.html
 

The Youth College collaborates with The Salvation Army to promote an upcycling program for unused fabrics. Over 60 students from the Youth College's DVE (Fashion) utilize brand new unwanted clothing collected by The Salvation Army to showcase their creativity and craftsmanship by designing and sewing unique, fashionable, and environmentally friendly bags. This program not only promotes environmental sustainability and serves the community but also allows students to explore and pursue their personal interests while putting their learning into practice.

More about the project: https://yc.edu.hk/index.php/tc/news-events/press-news/20230413SA

Faced with the challenges of engaging students in traditional mathematics education, students recognized the potential of gamification and embarked on a unique collaborative project, aiming to learn mathematic concepts through printed card games and digital card game.

DVE (Electronic and Computer Engineering) students designed the digital card game and DVE (Design and Print Media) students designed the printed card game. The card games help players build problem-solving skills rather than memorization of Maths formulas. 

Design Concept 

Most maths card games are quite traditional and unappealing to young people. We aim to redesign a maths card game set with colour and graphics more appealing to secondary school students using elements from popular Japanese animation. 

Process 

First, we interviewed secondary school students to learn more about their preference and and maths teachers to understand their requirements of maths card games. After the focus group interviews and questionnaires, we drafted our design using Adobe Ai and Adobe Photoshop and made several revisions before printing the cards. We also made a demo video to let users learn about the rules of the card games. 
 

Besides learning how to organize an event, students get the chance to take part in different roles in an event. Photo and video shooting team was responsible for the following tasks: 

Before the event: 

1. Product shooting 

2. Product video editing 

During the event: 

1. Interview guests, organizers and exhibitors 

2. Take event snap shots and group photos 

Post event: 

1. Edit interview videos 

2. Edit event video