Bedford BCS Challenge Prize Presentation
Date | Friday 19 Jun 2015 |
Time | 14:00-17:00 |
Location | Forum, Whittle Building (52), Cranfield University, Cranfield, MK43 0AL |
Speaker | Detective Superintendent Jon Gilbert, Force Authorising Officer, Bedfordshire Police, who is responsible for cybersecurity. |
Abstract | Students from middle schools in Bedford Borough will gather at Cranfield University on Friday 19 June at 2:00pm to find out if they have won the Bedford BCS Challenge, organised by the Bedford branch of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, together with Bedford Borough Council. Over a hundred Year 7 and 8 students from local schools took part. The 20 teams who took up the challenge were asked to do the following tasks:
Dr Ip-Shing Fan, Chair of the BCS Bedford Branch, said:
Students have been judged on their creativity; how they selected, used, combined and presented images and text; the appropriate choice and use of programming instructions and software; the clarity of the finished presentation in demonstrating the topic. Prizes will be presented by Detective Superintendent Jon Gilbert, Force Authorising Officer, Bedfordshire Police, who is responsible for cybersecurity locally. D/Supt Gilbert said:
Prizes which include trophies, medals and electronic coding kits will be awarded at Cranfield University. The BCS Bedford Challenge is also supported by TNMOC (The National Museum of Computing) and Pilgrim Learning Teaching School Alliance. Photo opportunity details:Time - 2:00pm ahead of the announcement at 3:00pm The event will showcase the submissions and the winners will be presented with prizes. Confirmation of AttendancePlease confirm your attendance in advance with either: Ip-Shing Fan: I.S.Fan@cranfield.ac.uk Lisa.Ryder@mybiddenham.com or Jacqueline.Emkes@mybiddenham For further informationAmanda Matheson |