AW: Back in 2010, when we started the competition, we knew even back then that video was the way that young people were learning, sharing, and really telling you their own narrative in their lives. A lot of competitions were still doing essays and in-person interviews. We wanted to use a medium that spoke to them. So we’ve always had a video component of competition. Even as new forms of social media have really exploded over the years, this is something that they know.
And that has been consistent over time. What we’ve really seen as the technology evolves, is how they’re integrating it into their solutions. So there are still projects that use data analysis—they put it in a program like Excel, and they generate something out of it. But from a solution base, we’re seeing some amazing things. We see people building apps as a form of communication…we’ve seen the integration of things like augmented reality, artificial intelligence, which has really integrated itself in some incredible ways.
ESN: So now for our readers and our listeners who are wondering how they can participate in this context next year, give us give us their first steps.
AW: The great part of completing our 13th years that were already prepping for our 14th year, which will start in the fall: Come and enter your idea. The process is just a fantastic experience to meet other classrooms, to hear about topics of importance for them that could inspire your classroom. The whole process really advances that idea of giving voice and power to young people in an empathetic way that drives further knowledge.
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