2016 Congressional App Contest
This competition is designed to engage student’s creativity and encourage their participation in STEM education fields. This nationwide competition allows high school students from across the country to compete by creating and exhibiting their software application, or “app,” for mobile, tablet, or computer devices on a platform of their choice.
The “House App Contest” is open to all high school students in the 33rd Congressional District. Students entering the competition must must complete the sign-up form on www.congressionalappchallenge.us and submit their apps during the Competition Submission Period which opens on July 9th, 2016 and closes at 3pm CST on November 1, 2016, as well as provide one video demonstrating their app, how they created the app, and what they learned through this competition process.
Can I Participate?
- Find out if I am eligible.
- The Competition is open only to high school students who reside in 33rd Congressional District or who are eligible to attend public high school in that district. To check if you live in the 33rd Congressional District, please visit, https://www.house.gov/representatives/find/. Individuals submitting on behalf of teams must meet the eligibility requirements for individual Contestants.
To Register
To enter, the student must create an account on www.congressionalappchallenge.us during the Competition Submission Period. All entries must be an original in concept, design, and execution.
Resources for Students and Teacher
- Download and print contest flyer: 2016 House App Challenge Flyer
- Code.org
- 36 Resources To Help You Teach Kids Programming
- CodeAcademy.COM self-taught courses in HTML/CSS, Python, Ruby, and PHP
- MIT App Inventor tutorial to develop mobile apps on Android phones.
- Scratch a simple visual programming language
- Alice is used to create 3D animations
- Development Kits:
