Orange High School students take part in Game Changers Challenge

Six students from Orange High School think so, and the high achievers are about to embark on a three-day workshop in Sydney to find out how.

The group, chosen from the year-10 Talent Development Program at OHS, have been selected from 100 school applicants to take part in the NSW Department of Education's Game Changer Challenge.

OHS will join 17 other finalists from across the state for an intensive design-thinking workshop, with day one kicking off at Google HQ in Pyrmont.

The event will include a team competition where schools will work under the guidance of industry professionals in fields as diverse as technology, creative design and ethics to answer the question on how we might humanise technology.

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The challenge winner will be selected after a Shark Tank-style pitch to industry and education experts.

OHS Head of Science Peter Shea will accompany the students on the trip and will take part in professional development in the field of science and technology.

"It's the first real opportunity to have a first-hand look at how industry can link into what we do within a teaching environment," he said.

The finalists were selected based on a 60-second video application outlining their ideas on how we might humanise technology.

Student Alex Honeyman said the group posed the question of whether robots should be developed to adapt and change in the same way humans do.

Alex will be given the opportunity to develop her skills in pitching and presenting, while the other students will focus on areas of interest which include design thinking, Adobe, robotics, Minecraft, Micro:bit and 3D design.

As a group they were asked which area they would like to focus on and they have chosen augments and virtual reality.

The Game Changer Challenge is an initiative of the education department which attempts to develop student's critical, reflective, empathetic and creative thinking.

Nine primary schools and nine secondary schools will take part in this year's event. The theme for 2019 is Every student, every voice.

It is held as part of Education Week which runs from August 5 to 9.