From time to time ECAWA hosts competitions and challenges to assist teachers to provide interesting, motivating and educationally sound activities for their students, so if you have an idea for such an activity that you’d like ECAWA coordinate, please let us know!
Competitions
The Game Changer Awards
Check out the Game Changer Awards – inspiring STEM innovation in WA Schools.
See https://www.gamechangerawards.com.au/
Bebras Challenge
The Bebras Australia Computational Thinking Challenge is an international student challenge whose goal is to promote computational thinking for teachers and students (ages 8-17 / school years 3-12).
Bebras is aligned with and supports the Computational Thinking part of the Digital Technologies curricula across Australia.
The Bebras Challenge is a great way to get students interested and participating in information and communication technology (ICT) which could lead to an interest in pursuing a career in the exciting ICT industry!
See https://www.bebras.edu.au/ for details and dates of the next round of the competition
Young ICT Explorers – YICTE
This is an open ended technology and innovation competition for Primary and High school students in school years 3 – 12 in Australia, where students enter technology related projects for the chance to win fantastic prizes and show case their ideas to the world.