CoolThink@JC Competition 2024
16/10/2023 – 5/1/2024
Description:
CoolThink@JC
Competition 2024 (“The Competition”) aims to promote Computational Thinking
(“CT”) Education, enhance students’ awareness and interests on CT through
coding and problem solving skills, enable students to apply their knowledge and
skills on CT to solve problems, enhance creativity, innovation and coding
techniques as well as encourage collaboration.
The Competition includes Scratch and App Inventor categories, and
targets all Primary Four to Primary Six students in the academic year of 2023/2024
(The competition accepts entries from teams from all Hong Kong schools, each
team to be formed by three students. Each school may send at most five teams.)
For more details, please visit its website https://ctc.coolthink.hk/english/.
The
competition is created and funded by The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust,
co-created by The Education University of Hong Kong, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and City University of Hong Kong, and co-organised by Association of
I.T. Leaders in Education and The Hong Kong Association for Computer Education,
and supported by Education Bureau and Hong Kong Education City.
Registration
for Competition:
Should school interest to register for the Competition, please enrol online at https://forms.gle/MMKQpkFGqp4B8r7TA. The registration deadline is 5 January 2024 (Friday).
A briefing session for teachers will be held at 3:45-4:45 pm on 28 November 2023 (Tuseday). It will introduce the Competition’s details, rules and judging criteria, etc. Should school interest to attend the briefing session, please enrol online at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc0-t-9Pcs-aRim1HmvaOHjhv1H-xTYMVedF5Kki191JuVh9Q/viewform.
The
Grand Final and Awards Presentation Ceremony will be held on the afternoon of 13
July 2024 (Saturday) at The Education University of Hong Kong.
For
enquiries, please contact Ms. Law on 2948 8554 or email ctcompetition@eduhk.hk.
