Local Kids Organise a Techno-Fest for South Island Students - Media release 01-05-06

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On the 18th and 19th of may an exciting technology conference for 9 – 12 year old kids, KidsCongress is taking place at the Wigram Airforce Museum in Christchurch.

KidsCongress is organised by the educational research and development organisation, CORE Education and the KidsCongress Committee – senior students from North Loburn and Aranui Primary Schools.

This fantastic event has been running for five years and this one is the largest KidsCongress ever with a grand total of 310 delegates attending!

At KidsCongress students from all over the South Island will come to work and complete a creative project using digital technologies.

Here are just a few of the exciting options available for delegates:

  • Use robotics Lego to recreate air battles of WW2
  • Create your own Xbox® and PlayStation® games
  • Take your own compositions up, up and away with GarageBand software
  • Bring aeronautical history to life with “I Can Animate” software
  • Become a top shot TV presenter, director and producer and create your own documentary using iMovie

The busy North Loburn and Aranui kids have taken on the enormous task of organising all the aspects of this amazing event such as; breakout topics, invitations for VIP guests and media, getting sponsors for donations, technical and equipment requirements, getting information packs to presenters, teachers and delegates and much, much more.

For more information contact the media team or go to www.kidscongress.org

Media Contacts:

KidsCongress Media team at North Loburn Primary
Ph: (03) 312 8852
e: kc@northloburn.school.nz

Cate Broughton
Marketing & PR Coordinator
CORE Education
Mob: 021 337 195
e: cate.broughton@core-ed.net