The 2020 Tech Fair
It is an exciting time for the students and staff in the
Georgetown County School District, as we begin to engage in our Technology Fair
preparation. In 2011, we started the
tech fair with the intent to allow students to showcase projects that they were
doing for classes. Nobody is real sure
of the number of projects at the first Tech Fair, but estimates from those
around at that time say there were about 60 projects.
The Tech Fair, like technology itself, has evolved rapidly
over the last ten years. Wow…did I say
ten years? In 2011, students were
presenting projects using the traditional folding “project boards” that propped
behind their computers. On their
computer screens, they were showing power points or Word documents of class
projects they had researched.
Fast forward to 2020:
The folding presentation boards are thing of the past. Students are creating digital portfolios
using Google Slides, Google Drawing, Google Forms, Google Docs, Websites,
robotics, programmable cars, drones, and even 3-D printers. Students and staff have the opportunity to
choose from several categories:
Creativity, Communication & Collaboration, Decision Making &
Problem Solving, Innovation and Educator based projects.
In 2011, Judges were scoring projects using pen and
paper. Now two judges score student
projects using iPads on a Google Form, with an Array code that scores and
separates the categories by age groups.
What started as an initiative to boost technology, has
become THE premier event in the district…involving over 600 students in 2019,
62 Judges, 68 teachers, and some 500 community members and parents.
This year, our projects will be better, our Fair will be
better, and the different technologies are exponentially growing. April 9, 2020 is the date. The location is 320 Wildcat Way at Waccamaw
Intermediate School…Pawleys Island, SC
29585. Come and be a part of the
excitement as we invest in our young people.
To sign up to help Judge, click and visit the link below. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd99NiG3QPAN6VCGkLqeg6QIvHb_M01pRMTC-kz7TcH52riIQ/viewform
