WHAT IS TECH WEEK?
Welcome to Ireland’s Tech Week , a nationwide festival of technology driven events aimed at students, parents and the public. Tech Week features classroom & community activities, competitions, and many more.
The revolution of tech is on the rise. It moves so fast – faster than our imagination can keep up with. We have experienced interesting, disruptive innovations as each day passes and it won’t slow down.
This festival offers experiential engagement to students which will allow them to develop their interest in technology, advance creativity and innovation while also let them have a lot of fun!
Join us and make an impact for the future at Tech Week !
TECH WEEK KEY DAYS
Tech Week 2021 will host the following national finals for two schools competitions and a conference for prospective and current third level IT students.
20 April
Bebras Computational Thinking Challenge Final
The Bebras® Computational Thinking Challenge allows students to solve interactive tasks online, without prior knowledge about ICT. It is run in over 50 countries and takes place every November.
Top scoring students who took part in the November 2020 national challenge, have been invited to attend the national final.
More information on Bebras can be found here.
A list of the winners from the Bebras National Finals 2021 is here.
21 April
Scratch National Competition Final
Scratch is a visual programming language that makes it easy for young people to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music and art. Scratch is a fun and interesting way to introduce software development to students.
Entries in the Scratch National Competition are currently being whittled down by judges to the 35 projects that will take part in the Scratch National Final.
More information on the Scratch National Competition can be found here.
A list of the Winners from the Scratch National Finals 2021 can be found here.
22 April
Becoming an IT Professional
Are you studying to work in IT? Or are you considering choosing this career path? Then this free European conference organised in part by ICS is for you. During the panel discussion, experiences and skills needed to start a career in IT will be discussed. A ‘CV clinic’ exploring how to improve your application to get hired, will also be included.
See the full programme and registration form here.
EVENTS
5TH/6TH Class will participate in a fun Hour of Scratch Coding
This two-day virtual camp will cover the creative applications of block programming and the magic science that allows devices to exchange information without a wire!
This is an online on-demand course covering the building blocks of Smart Electronic Devices and applications involving sensors – movement, sound, temperature, magnetic field.
This two-day virtual camp will cover the creative applications of block programming with Scracth and the magic science that allows devices to exchange information without a wire!
This is a 2 hour on-demand course covering the building blocks of Smart Electronic Devices and applications involving sensors – movement, sound, temperature, magnetic field.
Each class will cover a different area of tech
Fifth class students will engage in an hour of code each day. They will create animations and games on Scratch and build and code robots using lego. Students will also participate in the Scratch and Bebras finals.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED
Think of an event idea! Have a look at this list of activities and resources to get you started.
Register your event on this website here
And finally, have fun and don’t forget to share your event! #techweek2021 #techweekirl
