Verizon Announces Best-in-State Student Teams in National App Challenge
Middle, High School Students Now in Running to Win Verizon Innovative App Challenge Aimed at Boosting Interest in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math
NEW YORK, January 22, 2014 /3BL Media/ – Eighty-one teams of creative middle and high school students have earned the title Best in State in the second Verizon Innovative App Challenge, a national competition in which students design a mobile application concept that addresses a need or problem in their local schools or communities.
The competition was created by the Verizon Foundation in partnership with the Technology Student Association to encourage students to use technology to help solve local social issues. Student teams nationwide – and with a wide variety of backgrounds and interests – submitted more than 770 app concepts, which made selecting the winning teams highly competitive. Nearly 1,300 teams entered the contest, and almost 40 percent of them were from underserved schools.
“Last year’s Innovative App Challenge delivered outstanding apps and we are excited to see more innovative and creative concepts with this second competition,” said Justina Nixon-Saintil, director of education and technology programs for the Verizon Foundation. “We are thrilled to see students as young as sixth graders identifying problems and conceptualizing solutions that can be developed into a usable app.”
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