Ukuqalisa iqela le-FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) eMzantsi Afrika kuyenzeka ngokupheleleyo, kodwa indlela yakhona yahluke kancinci kwiiforam zaseMntla Melika ekubhalelwa zona uninzi lwezikhokelo. Ngokufutshane: bhalisa iqela nge-FIRST, fumana umkhokeli omnye okanye ababini, cwangcisa kwangethuba i-odolo yeenxalenye zakho kuba uninzi lwezixhobo luthengwa phesheya, uze ufumane okanye uqalise umdlalo wokuziqhelanisa wasekuhlaleni ukuze abafundi bakho bafumane imidlalo yokuqeqesha ngenene. Nantsi indlela nganye kwezi zinto esebenza ngayo kwimeko yasekhaya.

Yintoni equlathwe yi-FIRST Tech Challenge

I-FIRST Tech Challenge lukhuphiswano lwerobhothiksi lwabafundi abamalunga nebanga lesi-7 ukuya kwele-12. Kwisizini nganye kutyhilwa umdlalo omtsha, ngokuqhelekileyo ngoSeptemba, aze amaqela achithe iinyanga ezilandelayo eyila, esakha yaye ecwangcisa irobhothi ukuze ifumane amanqaku kuloo mdlalo. Iirobhothi zakhiwa ngeqela elimiselweyo leenxalenye ezivumelekileyo, zisebenza ngesazulu solawulo esifakwe kuzo, kwaye zicwangciswa ngeJava usebenzisa i-Android Studio, umhleli weJava okwirobhothi, okanye umhleli weBlocks kwabasandul' ukuqalisa. Imidlalo idlalwa ngokumanyana kwamaqela, ngoko intsebenziswano nesicwangciso zibaluleke njengobunjineli.

Ngaphaya kwerobhothi ngokwayo, amaqela agcina incwadi yobunjineli, enze imisebenzi yoluntu aze anikeze iingxelo kubagwebi. Kufana ngakumbi nokuqhuba iprojekthi encinci yobunjineli kunokwakha into kanye qha, yaye yiyo enye yezizathu zokuba abafundi bazuze kangaka kuyo.

Imeko yaseMzantsi Afrika

I-FTC iphantsi kwenkqubo yehlabathi ye-FIRST, ngoko iqela laseMzantsi Afrika libhalisa ngendlela efanayo naliphi na iqela, ngeendlela ezisemthethweni ze-FIRST, libe lithatha inxaxheba kwimisitho yengingqi ekhokelela emathubeni esizwe nawamazwe ngamazwe. Uluntu lwalapha luncinci yaye lusasazeke ngakumbi kunolwaseMerika okanye eYurophu, yaye oko kunemiphumo emibini. Amaqela akufuphi mancinci, kodwa lawo akhoyo adla ngokuba nesisa ekuncedeni. Umsebenzi wakho wokuqala kukuwafumana: khangela amaqela akwiphondo lakho, qhagamshelana nezikolo esele zikhuphisana, uze ucele ukuya kubukela iseshoni yokwakha okanye umsitho. Ukubona irobhothi yokwenene nomdlalo wokwenene kususa uninzi lwemfihlelo kubafundi nakubakhokeli ngokufanayo.

Ukungenisa iinxalenye elizweni

Owona mahluko usebenzayo kumaqela aseMzantsi Afrika ziilojistikhi. Uninzi lwezixhobo ezivunyelweyo yi-FTC, ezinjengezazulu zolawulo, iimoto neekhithi zesakhelo, zenzelwa phesheya kwaye kufuneka zingeniswe elizweni. Oko kuthetha amaxesha amade okufika, iindleko zothumelo kunye nokucaciswa kwerhafu yasemida ekufuneka ucwangcise ngazo. Imikhwa embalwa isindisa isizini:

• Odola kwangethuba. Jonga i-odolo yeenxalenye ngokungathi iya kuthatha iiveki, kungekhona iintsuku, ngakumbi xa kusondele ukuqala kwesizini xa abathengisi bexakeke kakhulu.
• Odola izinto zokutshintsha. Iimoto, iiservo neentambo ziyonakala. Beka bucala malunga ne-10 ukuya kwi-15% yexabiso lekhithi yakho ukuze uthenge izinto zokutshintsha nezisetyenziswayo, ukuze inxalenye enye eyonakeleyo ingawumisi umsebenzi wokwakha.
• Dibanisa izithumelwa. I-odolo enye enkulu idla ngokuba ngcono kunezininzi ezincinci kokubini kuthumelo nakwinkqubo yerhafu yasemida.
• Thenga ekhaya apho unako. Izixhobo zokusebenza, iintambo, izibopheleli, iibhetri kunye nezinto zombane zokwenza iimodeli zidla ngokufumaneka eMzantsi Afrika, ngoko ungenisa kuphela oko kukodwa kwe-FTC ngokwenene.

Kwelo qela lasekhaya lezinto zombane eziqhelekileyo, izixhobo zokusebenza neenxalenye zokwenza iimodeli, umthengisi okufuphi usindisa iiveki zokulinda. Ivenkile yethu ithengisa uhlobo lwamacandelo nezinto ezisetyenziswayo amaqela asoloko efikelela kuzo.

Ukwenza uhlahlo-lwabiwo-mali ngeerandi

Imali idla ngokuba yeyona nto ikhathazayo kuqala, ngoko yicwangcise ngamaqela acacileyo kunokuba ibe linani elinye elothusayo. Uhlahlo-lwabiwo-mali lwe-FTC olusengqiqweni lwahlulwa lube yimigca embalwa:

• Ubhaliso lweqela nge-FIRST.
• Ikhithi esisiseko yerobhothi nezinto zombane zolawulo, owona mgca mkhulu yaye ubukhulu becala ungeniswa elizweni.
• Izinto zebala ezisetyenziswa kulo mdlalo ukuze kuqheliselwe.
• Izinto zokutshintsha nezisetyenziswayo.
• Uhambo oluya kwimisitho.

Izixhobo ezithengwe phesheya nohambo zizo ezitsalela phantsi uhlahlo-lwabiwo-mali lweerandi, ngoko zezo zimbini ekufuneka ufunele inkxaso-mali kuqala. Amashishini asekuhlaleni, abazali kunye nesikolo sakho zizo iindawo eziqhelekileyo zokuqalisa, kwaye iinkampani ezininzi ziya kulixhasa iqela le-STEM elinamaxabiso acacileyo nelizibonakalisa kakuhle. Izinto ezinokuphinda zisetyenziswe ezinjengesakhelo, iimoto nezixhobo zokusebenza ziyaqhubeka ukusuka kwesinye isizini ukuya kwesinye, ngoko unyaka wokuqala ngoyena ubiza kakhulu, ize iminyaka elandelayo ibize kancinci.

Ukufumana abakhokeli nokwakha izakhono

Iqela alidingi mkhokeli sele eyazi i-FTC. Lidinga abantu abadala abanokunceda abafundi bafunde ukucwangcisa iinkqubo, ukutsala iintambo nokuphinda-phinda, nabaza kuza rhoqo. Iinjineli, iingcali ze-IT, abafundi baseyunivesithi nabantu abenza oku ngokuzonwabisa bonke bangabakhokeli abalungileyo.

Abafundi bakwenza ngcono nokuba bafika sele benolwazi oluthile lokubhala ikhowudi nolwezinto zombane kunokuba baqale kwaphelo ngoSeptemba. IJava lulwimi lokhuphiswano, kodwa indlela yokucinga engaphantsi (ii-loop, i-logic, iisenza, iimoto nokuxazulula iimpazamo) idluliseka nakuliphi na iqonga labaqalayo. Iiklasi ezicwangcisiweyo yenye indlela yokwakha eso siseko. I-akhademi yethu yaseKapa ifundisa kanye ezi ziseko, kwaye ibhodi elula kubaqalayo efana ne-sheenbot∞ ivumela abafundi ukuba baziqhelanise nokucwangcisa iinkqubo nezinto zombane ngeendleko eziphantsi phambi kokuba bachukumise izixhobo zokhuphiswano. Iiworkshop zeeholide zesikolo yenye indlela yokufaka uqheliselo oluninzi kwiveki enye.

Yakha uluntu lwemidlalo yokuziqhelanisa yasekuhlaleni

Ngenxa yokuba amaqela aseMzantsi Afrika asasazekile, imidlalo yokuqeqesha yeyona nto ilambelwa luninzi lwawo. Ungakulungisa oko ngokuququzelela imidlalo yokuziqhelanisa, imisitho engekho sesikweni yokuqhelisela apho amaqela amabini okanye ngaphezulu eza neerobhothi, adlale umdlalo wangoku aze atshintshiselane ngamanqaku. Nemva kwemini enye kwiholo yesikolo enebala elidweliswe ngeteyiphu neerobhothi ezimbini ifundisa ngaphezu kweeveki zokuvavanya wedwa. Qhagamshelana namaqela akufuphi, uzinikele ukuba ube ngumququzeleli, uze uyigcine ingenaxinzelelo. Umjikelo wemidlalo yokuziqhelanisa ohlangana amatyeli ambalwa ngesizini uphakamisa umdlalo wabo bonke abantu yaye ukhulisa ngokuthe cwaka uluntu oza kuphela ukhuphisana kulo.

Uluhlu lokuqala lokukhangela

1. Gqiba ukuba ngubani oza kuqhuba iqela: umkhokeli oyintloko neqela labafundi abazinikeleyo.
2. Bhalisa iqela ngeendlela ezisemthethweni ze-FIRST kuloo sizini.
3. Fumana uze utyelele iqela elikhoyo okanye umsitho ukuze ubone i-FTC ebomini bokwenene.
4. Yila uhlahlo-lwabiwo-mali lweerandi ngamaqela uze uqalise ukufuna inkxaso-mali yezixhobo ezingeniswa elizweni.
5. Faka i-odolo yeenxalenye zakho kwangethuba, kunye nezinto zokutshintsha, uze uthenge ekhaya izinto ezifumaneka ekhaya.
6. Yakha iziseko zabafundi zokubhala ikhowudi nezinto zombane phambi kokuba iqale isizini.
7. Lungiselela umdlalo omnye okanye emibini yokuziqhelanisa ukuze iqela lakho lifumane imidlalo yokuqeqesha yokwenene.

Imibuzo Ebuzwa Rhoqo

Yeyabantwana abaneminyaka emingaphi i-FTC?

I-FTC ijoliswe kubafundi abamalunga nebanga lesi-7 ukuya kwele-12. Abafundi abancinci abanomdla banokuqala ngokubhala ikhowudi esisiseko nerobhothiksi baze bakhwele kwiqela lokhuphiswano xa sele bekulungele.

Ngaba abafundi kufuneka bayazi iJava phambi kokuba bajoyine?

Hayi. IJava lulwimi lokhuphiswano, kodwa abaqalayo banokuqala kumhleli weBlocks baze bakhulele kwiJava ngokuhamba kwesizini. Ukufika sele unamava ngokubanzi okubhala ikhowudi nezinto zombane kunceda ngaphezu kokwazi iJava ngokukodwa.

Isishwankathelo

I-FTC ifikeleleka lula kwisikolo okanye kwiklabhu yaseMzantsi Afrika. Amanyathelo aphumelelayo awananto ikhazimlayo: bhalisa kwangethuba, cwangcisa ukungenisa izinto ngokujonga amaxesha amade okufika, yenza uhlahlo-lwabiwo-mali ngamaqela acacileyo, uze utyale imali kwiziseko zabafundi bakho nakuluntu lwasekuhlaleni loqheliselo. Yenza ezo zinto kakuhle ize irobhothi ilandele.