K-12 Projects

Not a College Student Yet?

No worries! We are excited to announce that Inclusive Coding Festival is open to K-12 students too!


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Who can participate?

We welcome K-12 students (in AY 2022-2023) to form teams of up to 3 students (solo is totally cool and OK!) with at least one neurodivergent student on each team.

How to participate?

Submit the project of your team by 09/11/2022 (extended and final) through the link below.

Selected teams will be invited to present their projects in person at the Inclusive Coding Festival conference on 10/22/2022, in parallel with the college-level session.

First, second and third place winners will be announced after the presentation. All members of the selected teams are required to participate in the presentation.

What to submit?

Any coding project that shows your passion and ability! Game development, web service, mobile app, AI project, virtual reality, and beyond!

Submission is easy! Only the link to your project demo video (e.g., on YouTube) is needed. Please make sure to include the following in your demo video:

  1. Basic introduction of yourselves (all your team members).
  2. Brief description of your project.
  3. Demonstrate how it works.
  4. Show the source code.

Below is a sample project demo video.

FAQs

Yes, it is possible. We encourage team participations. You can form a team with a classmate at school or a friend in the community who has neurodiverse conditions and collaborate in your coding project! 

No registration is needed for K-12 projects. Please directly submit your project in the K-12 submission link by the deadline 08/26/2022. 

Yes, absolutely! We welcome any coding project that shows your passion and ability at any level. 

Selected teams will be invited to attend the Inclusive Coding Festival in person at Newport Beach, CA on 10/22, and present their projects in the conference. For reasons of health and restricted travel, we may support hybrid mode with synchronous online presentations.