IT-oLogy and the South Carolina Department of Education are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2nd Annual IT-oLogy Innovation Challenge. The Innovation Challenge, a statewide competition for grades 3 – 12, offered students and teachers an outlet to create and share projects using technology to solve or bring awareness to an environmental problem in their respective community. Student winners were awarded Future Scholar 529 Plan contributions and technology prizes, while teachers were awarded Amazon gift cards to use for their classroom needs.
The recipients for the 2018 Innovation Challenge are:
Elementary:
1st Place
- Colette Schaalje and Lillianna Anderson: Spearman Elementary School (Piedmont, SC)
- Aqua Patrol Ocean Cleaner
2nd Place
- CharLeigh While: Merrywood Elementary School (Greenwood, SC)
- Crayola Color Recycle awareness video
3rd Place
- Mariyah Carroll and Piper Petroski: Merrywood Elementary (Greenwood, SC)
- Not So Styrofoam
Honorable Mention
- Sai Vallabh Gurram: Merrywood Elementary School (Greenwood, SC)
- Deer Vehicle Collision Avoidance System
Honorable Mention
- Anna Katherine Philpot and Adriana Barreras: Spearman Elementary School (Piedmont, SC)
- Trash Dash
High School:
1st Place
- Lauren Chen: Dutch Fork High School (Irmo, SC)
- Smarter Thermostat
2nd Place
- Marigordon Varner, Cameron Estes and Austin Bercume: Laurens District High School (Laurens, SC)
- Fowl Water Cleaner
3rd Place
- Wil Armstrong, Dylan Drake and Andrew Shelton: Laurens District High School (Laurens, SC)
- The Stirling Peltier Hybrid Engine
Honorable Mention
- Abigail Garrison, Walter Young and Camden Carmen: Laurens District High School (Laurens, SC)
- Track-A-Tray
Honorable Mention
- Zachary Huang: Spring Valley High School (Columbia, SC)
- Plastic Bottle Cap Solution
Teachers:
1st Place
- Kirsten Bullington: R2i2 (Columbia, SC)
- Next Energy Engineering
2nd Place
- Denise Wright: Ocean Bay Middle School (Myrtle Beach, SC)
- Micro Controllers/Soil Moisture
3rd Place
- Rob Sheffield: Laurens District High School (Laurens, SC)
- Green Roof High School Design
Students presented their projects to a panel of judges at the South Carolina State Museum on Saturday, October 20, 2018. Judges included representatives from Companion Data Services, SCRA, South Carolina State Museum and TM Floyd & Company.
Sponsors for Innovation Challenge included CA Technologies, Companion Data Services, USC Palmetto College, SCRA, South Carolina State Museum and TM Floyd & Company.
IT-ology is a 501©3 that works to ensure every South Carolinian is equipped to take advantage of the IT career opportunities in the new technology economy. IT-oLogy’s mission is to attract, engage and educate future and existing IT talent in South Carolina. Through offering innovative, interactive, high-quality programs designed for PreK-12, college students, educators, parents, volunteers, career changers, veterans, and IT professionals, IT-oLogy’s programs are designed to create a thriving, home-grown technology workforce.
