Young ICT Explorers Competition
On the 31st August twelve Wyvern boys attended the finals of the Young ICT Explorers Competition. The aim of this annual event is to encourage school students to create high quality Information and Communication Technology (ICT) related projects. Students have to apply what they have learnt in the ICT classroom to develop a technology related project. The event was judged on the creativity, uniqueness, quality and level of difficulty for each project. All of the boys from the Semester 1 Primary ICT Club entered the event and twelve boys were selected to represent Wyvern in the finals held at the University of New South Wales. The boys who attended the finals were Xavier Papps, Nicholas Court, Owen Zhang, Jack Rathborne, Luca Capuano, Angellos Korsanos, Alexander O’Dea, Finn Krassoi, Abraham Hassan, Peter Pontifix, James Evans and Max McNamara. Their projects were iBooks created using iBooks Author for topics studied in Wyvern classrooms. These have been accepted on the iBook Store in fifty one countries. All of these iBooks can be downloaded from a website developed by Benjamin Leung and Thomas Marchese at http://newingtonwyvernictclub.weebly.com.
Each project was evaluated by a panel of three judges who interviewed the groups about their design process. The boys had to explain how they created their iBooks, what obstacles they had to overcome and how they thought their project might be used in the future. All of the groups are to be congratulations on the quality of their product and the professional and articulate presentation they gave to the judges on the day. The competition was a wonderful opportunity for the boys to showcase their iBooks but also learn from other students at a number of schools and see the projects they had created. The boys did not receive a place in the competition but should be commended on their efforts and for reaching the finals. In the high school division Newington boys placed first and third which was an exciting result. If you would be interested in entering the competition next year it is not to early to begin developing your project now, Mrs Clemens would love to support you for the 2014 event. To watch an interview of the finalists click here to link to Newington NewTube ICT Club Library. Click here to view a photo stream of the event.
Video link: http://newtube.newington.nsw.edu.au/media/young-ict-explorers-competition-wyvern-2013
Photo Stream: https://www.icloud.com/photostream/#A1532ODWMd7NP
Mrs Emma Clemens
Innovative Learning Leader, ICT Facilitator
