Second edition of the competition on innovation for students
Second edition of the competition for high school students organised by Saras and the association Sardegna 2050, under the sponsorship of the Regional School Authorities and with the participation of Digital Champions Sardegna and the Associazione Ic. These young students were asked to let their fantasy run on the technological advances that are transforming our society and narrate them by means of a video, as actors, directors or with the aid of computer graphics. The winners – individual competitor or a three-person group – will be able to visit one of the main European centres for innovation, the Fab Lab in Barcelona.
“Dialogues on innovation” in school. Saras and Sardegna 2050 have created the “innovation dialogues” to bring to the world of the classroom practical examples of social or economic progress. Young entrepreneurs meet students to tell them how they develop their business idea and turned it into a success story. Their presentations are posted on website www.sarlux.saras.it, in the section dedicated to the RaIn competition.
The competition. The competition launched by Saras S.p.A. and the non-profit association Sardegna 2050 targets High Schools students from the historic Province of Cagliari (thus it also involves the schools of the Medio Campidano and Carbonia-Iglesias areas), in the last three years of school. The students can express their creativity using a videocamera, Go-Pro action camera or their smartphone camera and apps (those using the smartphone will have a higher score), to make a video lasting no more than 3 minutes. The fields the students can explore creatively are many and varied: communication, mobility, sustainability, energy, healthcare, identity, tourism, work, school. The videos, together with the documents listed in the call already distributed to the School boards, must be sent by 15 April to e-mail addresses concorso.rain@saras.it and sardegna2050rain@gmail.com.
The aim of the competition is to stimulate the students’ capacity to devise and represent those technologies or solutions which have the potential to improve our society. For details on how to participate, see websites www.sarlux.saras.it and www.sardegna2050.it, or write to concorso.rain@saras.it or sardegna2050rain@gmail.com.
Prizes. The videos will be assessed by a jury of innovation experts belonging to non-profit association Sardegna 2050, based on the following parameters: quality of storyline,
Originality of the proposed innovation and audio/video creativity. Extra points will be awarded for use of smart phones or action cameras.
The first three classified – either individuals or groups – will receive prizes which will further stimulate their creativity
First prize: weekend in Barcelona, with guided visit to the Fab Lab. Students will be accompanied by their class teacher.
The second placed will win a trip to Naples to visit the Fab Lab of the City of Science, among the most creative in Italy. In this case too, the trip will also be offered to the class teacher.
Third prize: a Go-Pro camera for each student in the group.
Regional School Authority. The competition is organised with the collaboration of the Regional School Authority of Sardinia, which has disseminated info to all high school in the historic Province of Cagliari.
