Student Videos of the Programs They Wrote - School Year 2015-16
1. Awards, Contests and Recognitions One of our younger students (9th grader) was awarded a full scholarship by Apple to attend their World Wide Developer's Conference in San Francisco. He was hosted on stage and lauded as the youngest developer in their history.
One of our students was offered $25,000 for his team's app at the Hackathon.
Three students formed a business to write apps for commercial businesses and made appreciable income over the summer.
Another student was offered a full time job with one of the largest engineering companies in Peru to write and support an app for their firm,
2. Congressional App Challenge Entries - 2015 Last Year's Winners in Our Districts: (Our school spans 2 Congressional districts): 1. Rep. Steny Hoyer's District:
First Place Winner
Alex Lugo - ERHS -created the “Little Elf” a fantasy action game that can be played on any Android phone. The app features advanced graphics and animations resulting in a fun and sophisticated gameplay.
Second Place Winners (a 3-way tie)
Nicole Balay - ERHS - created the iPhone app “Roosevelt Routing,” which includes an interactive map and routing program to help students and visitors navigate the large and cavernous halls of Eleanor Roosevelt High School
Jasmine Brunson created a game called, “Crypt the Code,” where players test their math and puzzle skills as cryptographers for the FBI or CIA.
Fernanda Jimenez created the “Magical Matching”app, where young children can have fun playing various memory games involving colors, animals, shapes, letters, and numbers.
Runners up
click on solutions to see the entries, then go to each one and click on the video link to see their video and app/game/program.
https://www.challenge.gov/challenge/congressional-app-challenge-md-05-rep-hoyer/
2. Rep. Donna Edward's District: First Place Winner
Michelle Marsandi - Hopping through Scales App
Description: Michelle built an app using Livecode that allows the users to learn, practice, and play various musical scales on the piano.
Second Place Winner
Uzoma Nwanna - Electro App -
Description: Uzoma created a game to entertain touchscreen cellphone and tablet users in their spare time.
Third Place Winner
Fatima Siddiqui and Selim Boukabara - SAT Practice Maze App
Description: Fatima & Selim designed an app to help students study for the SAT complete with games and practice questions.
Other student participants (and their videos) include:
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