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Virtual pink dolphins in the newspapers, magazines, and online media.
Temasek Review 2015: 8 July 2015
Channel News Asia: 9 Feb 2015
The Pink Dolphins project is in the Spotlight Feature - Help for Special Needs Children aired by Channel News Asia.
Singapore Ministry of Education: 12 Nov 2014
In recognition of her innovation to enhance students’ learning, AWWA School was presented with the Ministry of Education-National Council of Social Service (MOE-NCSS) Innovation Award by Ms Sim Ann, Minister of State, Ministry of Education and Ministry of Communications and Information at the biennial SPED Conference on 12 November 2014.
Singapore Millennium Foundation Newsletter: 2nd Quarter 2014
Virtual Pink Dolphins to Help Children with Autism Improve Communication Skills
Suzhou Evening: 30 March 2014
Mr Fan Li， team member of the Virtual Pink Dolphin Project talked about his School and international collaboration on the World Autism Day.
Sin Min Daily: 5 Feb 2014
President Dr Tony Tan visited AWWA Special School and celebrated Chinese New Year with students and teachers.
LIANHE ZAOBAO: 5 Feb 2014
During a visit to AWWA Special School, Singapore President Dr Tony Tan participated in an interactive lesson in the AWWA 3D Lab.
Berita Harian: 5 Feb 2014
Children with special needs skillful in the use of current technology. Dr Tony Tan, President of Singapore visited the 3D Lab with AWWA Special School on 4 Feb 2014.
Straits Times (p B5): 25 Dec 2013
The trend is in line with the goal of the Ministry of Education (MOE) to encourage teachers to use infocomm technologies to transform teaching. MOE plans to roll out a new online portal by 2016 which will help level up students across schools. Even special education schools are joining in, with the Asian Women's Welfare Association School, working with NTU to set up a 3-D interactive room, which has a 3m screen and motion sensors to allow students to interact with virtual pink dolphins.
LIANHE ZAOBAO: 9 Nov 2013
SINGAPORE — Asian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA) School and NTU collaborate to develop virtual pink dolphins for special needs children to improve their communication and body coordination.
TODAY: 06 September 2013
SINGAPORE — Special needs students from Asian Women’s Welfare Association (AWWA) School will be put into a 3D environment simulating real-life situations to teach them social behaviour, self-awareness, communication and motor skills come the end of this month.
TODAY: 27 August 2013
Standing in a darkened room surrounded by a curved screen, Gary Oh, who has autism, interacted with images of dolphins projected in 3D while soothing music played......
SIMON FOUNDATION AUTISM RESEARCH INITIATIVE: 22 March 2013
Swimming with dolphins can be dangerous for both the participant and the dolphin, particularly if the swimmer is a child with autism. A newly designed virtual world instead enables children with autism to become dolphin trainers, teaching them to use gestures to elicit flips and leaps. This innovative environment may help teach children to communicate, according to a study published in the March issue of IEEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering.