Alice Competition
Starting
in 2010, ICE has held an annual Alice Competiton which encourages grade
school children to create projects using Alice that will be
judged. There is one division for elementary school students (4th
- 5th graders), one for middle school students, and one for high school
students. Awards are given for both individual and group projects (up
to 3 people per group). Projects
are judged based on creativity, originality, technical merit, and how
well they follow good programming practices. Special awards
are also given in the categories of: Most Creative, Best Comedy, Best
Drama, Best Educational Game, Best Educational Movie, Best Adventure
Game, Best use of Music, Best use of Sound, Best use of Dialogue, and
Best Original Idea.
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AP Bowl
ICE began holding an annual AP Bowl in 2006. Participants are required to complete a practice Advanced Placment Computer Science multiple choice exam. This
is a paper-based multiple choice test similar to the AP CS A multiple
choice part. There are 40 questions and students will have 75 minutes
to complete the exam. During the
event, information sessions are held for parents. Tours of Georgia Tech
are also available. Students are awarded based on their performance.
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Cool Computing
Join
us for a Cool Computing Day at Georgia Tech to hear about all of the
cool things going on in computing education, industry and research. The
event will include a student panel, a corporate panel, research
speakers, lunch and so much more. Our hope is that after attending Cool
Computing, you will be able to see yourself as a part of the next cool
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YELL! Academy
YELL! Academy is an enrichment program that was created by two Georgia middle school teachers. Their goal is to maintain student interests in careers in STEM. For Georgia Tech event dates, please see: http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/ice-gt/2051
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Scratch Competition
ICE has held an annual Scratch Competitonsince 2010 to encourage grade
school children to create projects using Scratch that will be
judged. There is one division for elementary school students (4th - 5th
graders), one for middle school students, and one for high school
students. Awards are given for both individual and group projects (up
to 3 people per group). Projects
are judged based on creativity, originality, technical merit, and how
well they follow good programming practices. Special awards
are also given in the categories of: Most Creative, Best Comedy, Best
Drama, Best Educational Game, Best Educational Movie, Best Adventure
Game, Best use of Music, Best use of Sound, Best use of Dialogue, and
Best Original Idea.
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Black Girls Code
Black
Girls Code has a vision to increase the number of women of color in the
digital space by empowering girls of color, ages 7 to 17, to become
innovators in STEM fields, leaders in the their communities, and
builders of their own furutre through exposure to computer science and
Technology. To view Georgia Tech event dates, go to: http://coweb.cc.gatech.edu/ice-gt/2058 |
Intro A Girl to Engineering Day
We
have offered computing activities during the Introduce a Girl to
Engineering Day since 2007. We started with just LEGO robots in 2007.
In 2008 we did LEGO robots and PicoCrickets. In 2009 we also did LEGO
NXT robots and PicoCrickets. In 2010 and 2011 we did LEGO NXT robots,
PicoCrickets, and Pleo robots. In 2012 we did Pleo robots and WeDo kits
and this year, 2013, we did LEGO robots (domabots), LEGO NXT spin art,
App Inventor and Pleo robots.
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