June 26, 2017
It’s not every day that “students” are encouraged to play with their mobile phones while the teacher is talking …
But this was compulsory during Tim Gentle’s digital workshop held at the Kingaroy Town Hall on Friday night.
Tim, from Victoria-based Think Digital, was brought to the South and North Burnett regions by economic development organisation BIEDO.
He presented workshops in Monto, Gayndah, Wondai and Kingaroy,
Topics covered included “Put Your Region On The Digital Map” and “Social Media Marketing 101”.
BIEDO CEO Kristy Frahm said one of his largest presentations was at Burnett State College in Gayndah where Year 11 and Year 12 students, along with their teachers, took part.
Two sessions were held in Kingaroy on Friday. Thirty people attended a social media matinee session while about 20 were at the evening session which covered Digital Mapping.
This provided an opportunity for participants to learn about placing photographs – including 360 degree photos – on Google Street View search results.
The demonstration then covered how to take 360 degree photos, virtual reality and VR headsets, and augmented reality where virtual information or objects can be layered over real-word photographs or video.
Tim said he expected the participants to now go out and photograph their towns and businesses in 360 degrees and show them off to the world on Google Maps.
