Student: Chiang Sung Hei Enoch
This photo was taken during our amazing course field trip to Happy Valley Stormwater Storage Tank. I have always known that our city has a state-of-the-art underground infrastructure to prevent floods during typhoon seasons, but I didn’t know the tank is built underneath the Happy Valley Recreation Ground with enchanting landscapes of sport pitches and greenery.
At one point during our exclusive guided tour to the tank, we were inside the pump house when our guide illustrated how the tank works using a model. At first, it appeared to be a normal 3D model of the tank. Then buttons were pressed, and the model began to move in different ways! Lights of different colours demonstrates how different parts of the tank works and they could even move to indicate the water flow. It was amazing and aided the illustration very much. Technology interacts with society, help deliver information and educate. Other examples include E-learning tools like Moodle, iPads, computers, interactive whiteboards, E-versions of textbooks, etc.
The trip was a unique opportunity for me to learn more about our world-famous infrastructures of flood prevention, and to witness once again how technology interacts with society while serving educational purposes.