The
Sea Change game and digital story challenge is open to Galway city/county (Ireland)
and Lund (Sweden) CoderDojo members aged 7-18yrs. The challenge is being
organised by NUI Galway as part of their contribution to a European project entitled
“Sea Change” which aims to establish a fundamental “Sea Change” in the way European citizens view their relationship with
the sea. The challenge is to
use the fun and popularity of designing and playing tech games as well as
enjoying digital stories to raise awareness of Marine issues like the need to
protect cold-water coral reefs, how we can begin to address the scourge of
micro-plastics, and how we can maintain healthy oceans and seas, for ourselves,
for the animals that live in them, and ultimately for the planet.
Entrants
from individuals or teams up to a maximum of four members are invited to submit
projects on the theme of Sea Change. The submissions will be reviewed by a
panel of experts and judged on
‘best concept’ and ‘ease of use’.
The winning project will be included in an iBook about cold water corals
that will be presented as a teaching resource to secondary schools. There will
be two awards presented in each country to the finalists: Junior Award: €300 and Senior Award: €500*
At the recent Galway launch, Dr. Anthony Grehan from NUI Galway gave a presentation on his team's research into cold-water corals; Dr. Amy Lucher outlined her studies on the alarming high levels of plastic litter found in our oceans, and Gavin Duffy gave an insight into his company's 3D modelling of Galway Bay and the waters of Cork in order to provide ideas for game
development.
Other resources are
available (newsletters, poster, fact sheet, ocean literacy booklet, videos) on the
project website: www.seachangeproject.eu.
Competition Timeline
Registration by: 9 April, 2016
Submission by: 21 May, 2016
Winners announced: 11 June, 2016
For further information, contact Brendan at coderdojogalwaycity@gmail.com
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