Google India Code to Learn Contest, 2015

Contest Details: The 9 winners (3 from each class group) will get a certificate of achievement and a Nexus tablet or Chromebook laptop or an equivalent gift. All the finalists will get a certificate of achievement. Eligibility: The contest is open to all students in classes 5 to 10 enrolled at any school in India. The students will compete in three class groups: Classes 5 & 6 Classes 7 & 8 Classes 9 & 10 Employees, interns, contractors, and official office-holders, as well as their immediate families, of Google, its affiliates, and any representatives or agencies of Google or other persons professionally connected with the contest are not eligible to participate. Selection Process: The selection of the participant is based on: Originality - a unique and novel idea of the project. Application of Computer Science concepts - number of different concepts applied and their relevance to the project idea. Standard concepts include Variables, Looping, Conditional execution, Input and Output. Complexity of the project - as measured using standard techniques for analysis of algorithms. Adherence to the Contest Requirements and Rules. The judges will select 10 finalists from each class group. All the 10 finalists from each class group will go through a second round of judging to select 3 winners from each group. How to Apply: The Submission for the participants is to be done by their Parents or Legal Guardian. The students can use Scratch and App Inventor for the purpose of coding. Once the coding has been done the project is to be shared using Google Drive. To submit your project on Google Drive: Create a folder on your Google Drive. Upload or Copy the files related to the project to the new folder. In case of App Inventor, upload only ‘.aia’ files not ‘.apk’files. After the copy or upload is done, share the folder with code2learn@google.com Once the folder has been shared, the link of the folder need to be pasted on the submission page. Important Dates: Last date for submission: 15th August, 2015 Announcement of finalists: On or after 15th September, 2015 Announcement of winners: On or after 30th September, 2015 For more details, please visit: https://codetolearn.withgoogle.com /code2learn2015