TeenTech Festivals

The TeenTech Milton Keynes Festival will bring together schools and colleges across the region for an exciting interactive programme that will help young people understand the range of opportunities across digital, science and technology, and the many different entry points. Upfront of the festival we will run a live virtual innovation session after which students will work in teams to create a project to make life better, simpler, easier or more fun, on the topic of sustainability. This session is open to as many students as you like. This could be an entire class or year group. This session is online with guest contributors working in contemporary industry. The livestream can be viewed from a screen in several classrooms, or large hall if appropriate. Students can interact by submitting questions throughout the live stream, these questions come through to the TeenTech team who send them through to the presenter to ask on screen. Students are then set an innovation challenge, where they will come up with ideas to address real-world problems connected to the session topic of innovation and future technology. 

This will be an hour-long morning session, online with guest contributors working in contemporary industry and will feature guests showcasing exciting aspects of their work. The livestream could be viewed from a screen in several classrooms, or large hall if appropriate. Students can interact by submitting questions throughout the live stream, these questions come through to the TeenTech team who send them through to the presenter to ask on screen. Students are then stepped through an innovation challenge, where they will think up ideas to address real-world problems connected to the session topic. Schools can then bring a group of ten students who have taken part in this event, to the TeenTech Strathclyde Festival on Wednesday 30th August, at The University of Strathclyde where they will develop their projects further and receive feedback from industry experts. They will also participate in a series of lively challenges and activities which bring the world of science and technology to life.

Upfront of the festival we will run a live virtual innovation session, on the topic of health technology, after which students will work in teams to create a project to make life better, simpler, easier or more fun. This session is open to as many students as you like. This could be an entire class, or year group. This will be an hour-long morning session, online with guest contributors working in contemporary industry and will feature guests showcasing exciting aspects of their work. The livestream could be viewed from a screen in several classrooms, or large hall if appropriate. Students can interact by submitting questions throughout the live stream. These questions come through to the TeenTech team, who send them through to the presenters to ask on screen. Students are then set an innovation challenge, where they build their own solutions to address real-world problems connected to the session topic. Schools can then bring a group of ten students who have taken part in this event, to the TeenTech Hampshire Festival on Wednesday 11th October at the Hampshire Court Hotel where they will receive feedback from industry experts and participate in a series of lively challenges and activities which bring the world of science and technology to life.

Upfront of the festival we will run a live virtual innovation session, on the topic of future technology, after which students will work in teams to create a project to make life better, simpler, easier or more fun. This will be an hour-long morning session, online with guest contributors working in contemporary industry and will feature guests showcasing exciting aspects of their work. The livestream could be viewed from a screen in several classrooms, or large hall if appropriate. Students can interact by submitting questions throughout the live stream. These questions come through to the TeenTech team, who send them through to the presenters to ask on screen. Students are then set an innovation challenge, where they build their own solutions to address real-world problems connected to the session topic. Schools can then bring a group of ten students who have taken part in this event, to the TeenTech Sussex Festival on Thursday 16th November at the Amex Stadium where they will receive feedback from industry experts and participate in a series of lively challenges and activities which bring the world of science and technology to life.

Upfront of the festival we will run a live virtual innovation session, on the topic of future technology, after which students will work in teams to create a project to make life better, simpler, easier or more fun. This session is open to as many students as you like. This could be an entire class, or year group. This will be an hour-long morning session, online with guest contributors working in contemporary industry and will feature guests showcasing exciting aspects of their work. The livestream could be viewed from a screen in several classrooms, or large hall if appropriate. Students can interact by submitting questions throughout the live stream. These questions come through to the TeenTech team, who send them through to the presenters to ask on screen. Students are then set an innovation challenge, where they build their own solutions to address real-world problems connected to the session topic. Schools can then bring a group of ten students who have taken part in this event, to the TeenTech Cardiff Festival on Thursday 7th December at the All Nations Centre in Cardiff where they will receive feedback from industry experts and participate in a series of lively challenges and activities which bring the world of science and technology to life.

The TeenTech MTI Festival, for schools in North Warwickshire and South Leicestershire, will bring together schools and colleges across the region for an exciting interactive programme that will help young people understand the range of opportunities across digital, science and technology, and the many different entry points. Upfront of the festival we will run a live virtual innovation session after which students will work in teams to create a project to make life better, simpler, easier or more fun, on the topic of sustainability. This session is open to as many students as you like. This could be an entire class or year group. This session is online with guest contributors working in contemporary industry. The livestream can be viewed from a screen in several classrooms, or large hall if appropriate. Students can interact by submitting questions throughout the live stream, these questions come through to the TeenTech team who send them through to the presenter to ask on screen. Students are then set an innovation challenge, where they will come up with ideas to address real-world problems connected to the session topic of AI and Innovation. 

Upfront of the festival we will run a live virtual innovation session, on the topic of Innovation, AI and Cybersecurity, after which students will work in teams to create a project to make life better, simpler, easier or more fun. This session is open to as many students as you like. This could be an entire class, or year group. This will be an hour-long session, online with guest contributors working in contemporary industry and will feature guests showcasing exciting aspects of their work. The livestream could be viewed from a screen in several classrooms, or large hall if appropriate. Students can interact by submitting questions throughout the live stream. These questions come through to the TeenTech team, who send them through to the presenters to ask on screen. Students are then set an innovation challenge, where they will come up with their solutions to address real-world problems connected to the session topic. Schools can then bring a group of ten students who have taken part in this event, to the TeenTech Lancashire Festival on Thursday 20th June at the University of Central Lancashire where they will receive feedback from industry experts and participate in a series of lively challenges and activities which bring the world of science and technology to life.

Upfront of the festival we will run a live virtual TeenTech City of Tomorrow Live Build Day after which students will work in teams to create a building for the safer, smarter and kinder city of tomorrow.