Lower Secondary  (S1-S3)
Participation is FREE
 
Gifts:
❖         Free workshops including creative writing, eBook creation, AI, Robots, Chatbot & Deep Learning in April/May

Impossible Missions
Mission Impossible 1: Design a multimedia digital book (fiction or nonfiction)
Mission Impossible 2: Compete with Socrates! - the art of questioning! Create critical thinking questions for the ebook
Mission Impossible 3: Create original digital artwork for the ebook

 
Details of competition
1.  Participants may use any online tools to create their own eBooks.
2. Both Fiction and Non-Fiction are welcome. Participants are welcome to use the following theme for their writing.
                        “STEAM: AI, Robots, Love & Peace”
3. Stories can be written in either Chinese or English. Each participant can only submit one piece of work for the competition.
4. Submission of participants’ work: (1). Participants must submit the link to their eBook by filling the submission form (TBC ) on or before Jun 28, Fri, at 23:59. The eBook link must be accessible without having to log in any personal account. (2). Participants must submit the link to a text-only Google Docs document of their story for plagiarism checking. (3). To facilitate students’ sharing of their ebooks on the competition day, participants are required to video-record the sharing of their ebooks (4 minutes maximum), upload the recording onto YouTube, and submit the YouTube link by Jun 28, Fri, at 23:59. (4). Participants are required to create 10-30 questions regarding their story and provide a link to a Google Docs file containing the questions and answers to their story..
5. To help students prepare for the competition, 9 free, introductory scaffolding workshops will be offered in April/May which do not require any prior knowledge:
●     Workshop I:  April 1, Thu, 5-6pm - creative writing & digital story writing (Dr Sam Chu and Ms Helen Chan)
●    Workshop II: April 5, Mon, 5-6pm –  “AI and Emotion” (Create an AI application for    emotion recognition by using a blockly programming) (Mr Larry Lai)
●    Workshop III: April 7, Wed, 5-6pm - “AI and Chatbot” (Mr Davy Ng)
●    Workshop IV:  April 9, Fri, 5-6pm - “AI and Machine Learning” (Mr Teddy Cheung)
●     Workshop V: April 28, Wed, 5-6pm - Socrates questioning (Dr Sam Chu and Ms Helen Chan)
●     Workshop VI: April 30, Fri, 5-6pm - Digital art creation I (Ms. Iris Yim)
●    Workshop VII:  May 7, Fri, 5-6pm - Digital art creation II (Miss Yoyo Yau)
●    Workshop VIII: May 17, Mon, 5-6pm - Digital art creation III (Miss Nicole Chau)
●    Workshop IX: May, 20, Thui, 5-6pm - Digital art creation IV (Miss Nicole Chau)
An eCertificate of Participation will be issued to those who have attended the 8 workshops

6. Competition Date and time: Jul 19, 2021 (Mon), 3:30-6:30 pm (Hong Kong / HK Time) via zoom
     Competition results will be announced and the award ceremony will be held on the same day.
7.   Judges:
7.1. Experts in the field: Dr. Sam Chu (Associate Professor of Faculty of Education, HKU), Ms. Helen Chan (Lecturer (P/T), HKU; Author of a book on Reading 2.0, Editor of children’s literature)

Competition Arrangements
Enrolment period: 15th March, 2021 (Mon) - 14th Jun, 2021 (Mon)
Date and time: Date and time: Jul 19, 2021 (Mon), 3:30 pm - 6:30 pm (HKT)
Venue: Online


Awards
There will be at least 10 awards for the winners. The awards include Champion, First runner-up, Second runner-up, and Merit (7 winners).
Prizes/Gifts: 1. eBooks; 2. Digital certificate; 3. Souvenir; 4. Award-winning eBooks will be uploaded to a popular online reading platform accessible by nearly 10,000 students and an account will be given to winners;  4. Award winners may be invited to become a real author by publishing their book with a publisher!​


Supporting Organisers:

Lions Club of Mt Davis of Centennial, MegaLIfe, and The Hong Kong Association for Computer Education