Zero Waste Pattern at Origami Workshop
The Indian Institute of Art & Design recently conducted a series of origami Workshop for Students of Interior Architecture and Design and Fashion Design by Aditi Anuj alumni of (National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad) at the college campus.
The aim of the workshop was to help students explore the endless opportunities of incorporating origami folding techniques in solving design problems. The workshop also offered the students an opportunity to practice zero waste pattern making.
The workshop helped the students practically comprehend the importance of dimensions and perspectives as they played with space and shape through this paper folding technique. The process of creating through a single medium acted as a means for innovative ways to ideate and design.
PTE Academic 79 Plus launched
In their endeavor to make the preparation more effective, Pearson, has launched PTE Academic 79, a practice resource to aid effective preparation for the test. PTE Academic 79 Plus is a step by step guide to all task types in PTE Academic that empowers test takers to achieve their dream score.
The company also introduced the PTE Academic Official Practice app as a digital resource that will assist learners and test takers to prepare for the language proficiency exams, especially Pearson Test of English (Academic), to pursue education abroad.
It is a user-friendly guide with simple and lucid language, comprising of more than 150 examples along with detailed explanations as well as two full-length practice Tests. This comprehensive book is mindful of the various needs of PTE Aspirants and is a stepping stone to achieve their study abroad objective.
The app includes a Q&A section with detailed, section-wise information about the test, the process and criteria for score. The content available on the app is a combination of item/question information, practice and key information for test prep.
Take an unconventional path
Can poker become a career option? The answer is yes. It may seem easy to learn but it needs a whole lot of hard work and skill to master the game. And with an increased number of Indians showing interest in card games, it becomes important to make sure players are well educated with the tips and tricks of it.
“It is a serious jigsaw and there are loads of strategies that one has to learn to be a professional poker player. Education in poker is extremely necessary for a country like India, where people consider all card games to be bad,” Varun Mahna, CEO, Poker Dangal says. In the case of poker, as it involves hours of learning, analysis of hands and observing your opponent's body language and strategy, it becomes more of a skills game. Hence developing more knowledge on the sport of poker will definitely help in accentuating its position as a skill
“Educating the youth about the game of poker will also lead to responsible gaming which is a serious concern and is the need of an hour,” Mahna says.