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TeenTech Live brings the exciting world of science and technology to your school or home.
Last year’s TeenTech Live North East programme was a huge success, and we’re delighted to be launching our second year in November 2021 with exciting TeenTech Innovation Live sessions, TeenTech City of Tomorrow Live Build Day sessions, and our brand new TeenTech City of Tomorrow Smart Skills sessions!
Our programme in the North East is generously funded by the Reece Foundation.
Hosted by well- known science and technology reporters, our interactive sessions are fun, engaging and provide real context to learning, helping young people understand more about careers and the way exciting emerging technology is shaping all aspects of our lives.
TeenTech Live meets Gatsby benchmarks and has been highly praised by teachers, parents and students.
Our virtual sessions last an hour and students then have the option to work on short challenges or projects and participate in a follow-up feedback session with industry experts. We have sessions suitable for all ages, interests and abilities.
Register and get access to our Teacher Briefing and Q&A session on Wednesday 20th October at 4:00pm. You can register your interest below and we’ll let you know when booking for our sessions is open.
TeenTech Innovation Live
For students aged 11-19
TeenTech Innovation sessions bring the digital, scientific and engineering world to life for students aged 11-19.
TeenTech Innovation sessions bring the digital, scientific and engineering world to life for students aged 11-19.
They focus on opportunities within a specific sector with input from local and national employers. Students have suggested the topics, and we have sessions planned for the North East, including Game Design, Cybersecurity, Animation, Internet of Things, Space, Health, the Environment and more! Each Innovation session will be followed up with live feedback on the students’ projects from industry experts.
Led by experienced tech reporters, students understand more about the emerging opportunities, different entry points, the technical and personal skills which will carry you further.
TeenTech City of Tomorrow Live
For students aged 8-13
TeenTech City of Tomorrow invites young people aged 8-13 to design ideas for the safer, smarter, kinder City of Tomorrow, surfacing careers in the connected city, increasing awareness of global sustainability goals, citizenship.
During our TeenTech City of Tomorrow Live Build Day sessions, students consider how physical spaces (home, health, education sport, entertainment, commercial) can provide better experiences for everyone and how they might play a part in the inclusive, digitally connected, city of the future.
Through our new TeenTech City of Tomorrow Smart Skills sessions, we’ll be running a number of online sessions to help develop coding (through making games).
The emphasis is on bold creative thinking with live feedback from local and national employers.
TeenTech Live in the North East runs for 10 weeks, starting in November 2021. Register your interest now to receive early access to bookings and access to our live, interactive Teacher Briefing.
Book onto our TeenTech Live Sessions in Test Region
Join us for our TeenTech Masterclass Live session, where a real-world app developer will show students how to create their own interactive mobile app using tools such as Appy Pie. Through a fun app-making project, students will learn how to navigate and use the software and app development fundamentals. This session is designed for complete beginners, with no coding experience required. Please note that this is a two-part course, so please register for the first session too. Join us for our TeenTech Masterclass Live session, where a real-world app developer will show students how to create their own interactive mobile app using tools such as Appy Pie. Through a fun app-making project, students will learn how to navigate and use the software and app development fundamentals. This session is designed for complete beginners, with no coding experience required. Please note that this is a two-part course, so please register for the first session too. During this introductory session, experts will join us to tell us about their exciting work on Augmented Reality projects. We will cover the latest developments in Augmented Reality and the Metaverse. This session will inspire and excite students about this technology's potential and demonstrate how related technologies (AI, Machine Learning, sensors and data) can enhance an AR experience. We will also take students behind the scenes of Bloc Digital. This creative studio creates AR, VR and Mixed Reality applications, and they will explain the key differences between these technologies and the experiences they offer. Following on from the success of our previous Top Tips sessions, we will be holding a workshop for TeenTech Awards finalists to help them prepare for the TeenTech Awards finals judging day. We will talk the students and teachers through what to expect on the day and how they can best prepare. We will talk through what the students need to do upfront of the final too. The students will be able to submit questions throughout the session that we will answer live on air. The students will be able to watch this session either in school, with you, or you can share the joining link directly with them (via your internal school platforms), so they can watch from home. They will be able to submit questions, safely, throughout the live event. Industry experts will discuss the challenges of designing in Augmented Reality and the considerations for different hardware forms (phones, tablets, headsets). We will introduce design concepts, including mood boards, video/text, triggers and the considerations for interactions within Augmented Reality experiences, including gestures and controls. Our presenter will showcase software students can use to visualise their ideas and create wireframes for their AR applications. We will also speak to a UX/UI Designer about her role in creating AR experiences. Do you want to learn how to design products and services that are good for people and the planet? Do you want to discover the principles and practices of ethical design that respect human rights, reduce environmental impact and create positive social change? Then join us for our TeenTech Create Your Future Live session on Sustainable and Ethical Design. You will hear from inspiring designers making a difference in the world with their sustainable and ethical solutions. They'll share their tips and challenge you to think creatively and critically about the role of design in shaping a better future. Don’t miss this chance to explore the art and science of ethical design. Our industry experts will talk about prototyping for Augmented Reality. What tools do they use? How do teams collaborate, and what are the roles and skills required during this phase? Our presenter will take students through a comprehensive demonstration of AR prototyping software, showing them how they can create their own AR application with working interactions, 2D/3D models, sound/music and more. We will also meet a 3D Modeller who will talk about his role in creating AR experiences. During this live wrap-up session, our industry experts will be on hand to answer any questions that students have come up with during the programme, discuss careers and entry points, and share their next steps and top tips! We will also meet a Unity Developer who will talk about his role in writing code for AR experiences. We'll also showcase some additional projects to inspire students about the future of AR.
TeenTech/OCR Masterclass Live: Apps Development Part 1 (Creating Multimedia)
TeenTech/OCR Masterclass Live: Apps Development Part 2 (Creating Multimedia)
TeenTech/OCR Masterclass Live: Augmented Reality Week 1 (An Introduction to AR)
TeenTech Awards 2024: Top Tips for Finalists
TeenTech/OCR Masterclass Live: Augmented Reality Week 2 (Designing for AR)
TeenTech Create Your Future Live: Sustainable and Ethical Design
TeenTech/OCR Masterclass Live: Augmented Reality Week 3 (Prototyping for AR)
TeenTech/OCR Masterclass Live: Augmented Reality Week 4 (Ask the Experts)
If you have any questions, or would like more information before you register for sessions, please email [email protected].
TeenTech Live offers:
- An exciting range of sessions which resonate with young people from animation to the future of music, space exploration to the future of transport, food sustainability to ethical fashion, smart homes to smart cities.
- Opportunities to connect with people working at all levels of engineering and technology.
- Opportunities to develop skills which students, as well as industry, recognize as key to their future.
- Ways to enrich lessons in science, computing, maths, animation, web design, design and technology.
- A safe, interactive platform.
- Cross-curricular learning.
- Flexibility – sessions work well whether students are in school or working from home.
- A valuable network of industry contacts.
Impact:
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Very or somewhat interested in a career in Design, Technology and Engineering grew from 55% to 86%.
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Feeling capable of having a career in those areas grew from 61% to 80%.
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Our impact is long-lasting, schools working with TeenTech report more students choosing STEM subjects,(one reported a 300% increase over 5 years, another in Physics from 43% to 87.5%) and the teachers said they felt better placed to provide context for learning after running our project.
What Our Parents and Teachers Say…
This virtual offer is amazing, so well thought out and is executed seamlessly. Such a great idea, I will be sharing on Facebook and to all my friends for their children to get involved over the coming weeks. The last few weeks have been challenging with trying to work and homeschooling, and this project actually bought my own children closer.
Just wanted to say that, as a parent watching all of these sessions, you should all be very proud of yourselves! They are creative, thoughtful, funny, entertaining and show a lot of skill. Well done all and thanks to TeenTech for another amazing week.
What Our Students Say…
I have enjoyed this week so much! It has been exciting and I adored it! I learnt so much about sound and it was an incredible opportunity.
They have been an amazing experience and I have definitely had a deeper dive into the world of tech. I have understood that it’s not all about code, there’s so much more to it.
At the start of the week, I had a passion to be a game designer but I didn’t think I could do it. TeenTech has helped me develop my skills and helped me create a game that I enjoy. Thank You.
I have enjoyed the sense and the atmosphere of collaboration between industry experts, TeenTech’s presenter, Ali Maggs and the bright ideas shared to everyone by the teens. These lessons have been very informative and have made me think outside the box for new innovations and ideas
A special thankyou to…
Channing School
Stephen Perse Foundation