Kids like technology. Even my toddler knows how to work a tablet. So Bill Nye is helping challenge kids to use their love of technology to create new apps to help their communities! The Verizon Innovative App Challenge is simple: students gather teams, dream up ideas, and create concepts for mobile apps that could solve problems in their schools and communities. They don’t have to design them or have any programming ability at all, just dream up the ideas. The Verizon Innovative App Challenge is open to middle and high school students, and for the first time, also open to teams representing non-profit organizations as well. Teams submit entries through a short video and essay questions – no coding skills needed.
What Do They Win?
· Best in State: two teams from each state and D.C. will win $5,000 grants for their schools, groups or clubs, and tablets for every team member
· Best in Nation: eight of those teams will go on to receive an additional $15,000 in grants as well as the opportunity to work alongside MIT Media Lab experts to turn their concepts into working apps available for download! Winners will also present their apps in person at the 2016 Technology Student Association National Conference.
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I loved Bill Nye The Science Guy when I was growing up! Loving this!!
This is so awesome, wonder if my middle school girls will get involved with their friends. I am going to ask