A Virtual Media & Technology Project Fair for NYC students!
This website is an archive for the 2020 Emoti-Con competition! Click here to check out the current event!.
Emoti-Con: From Live to Virtual
For 12 years, Emoti-Con has been a live, in-person event with over 300 people at the New York Public Library each spring.
But THIS YEAR, we are trying something different to keep everyone safe AND to make sure NYC’s teen innovators still have a space to celebrate and showcase your work!
Read more about Emoti-Con 2020 and the Virtual Project Fair below! For more info about Emoti-Con, and a list of the judges check out Emoti-Con.org.
What happens at a Virtual Project Fair?
At a *VIRTUAL* project fair:
- Students uploaded projects online.
- Emoti-Con created a webpage to display each project.
- The virtual project fair runs for 2 weeks where judges and peers review the projects online and leave feedback, ideas and emojis.👏👏👏👏
Who are the students?
- Middle school, High school, or GED students, individuals or teams.
- Public school students in the NYC metro region.
- Students with an original idea, design or project to present.
What kinds of projects do students submit?
- 📱 Coding Projects, Apps
- 🤖 Physical Computing
- 👾 Games
- 📦 3D/CAD Prototypes
- 🎤 Videos, Podcasts, Music
- 🎨 Digital Art, VR/AR
- 💻 Websites
- 📣 Social action campaigns
- 💡 Anything digital/tech!
Important!
- Emoti-Con is all about IDEAS.
- Projects can be in any stage of the design process.
- Students with great IDEAS for an invention will write them down or draw a picture of it, they don’t have to be able to code it or build it!
The Emoti-Con 2020 Design Challenge
Design something that helps us stay connected, happy and safe during an epidemic.
- Many students have created projects that respond to this year's Design Challenge.
- Submissions can be a design or prototype - it doesn’t have to be a finished technical product!
Judging & Awards
Judges from applied tech & media industries will review your ideas and share feedback and suggestions for college & career pathways.
5 Winning Projects selected by Judges:
- Most Social Impact: Makes meaningful change within a local or global community that it serves.
- Most Innovative: Combines creativity, ingenuity, and forward-thinking design or production.
- Point of View: Reframes issues, interactions, or experiences in a way that enlightens the audience.
- Most Entertaining: Engages users in playful or artistic ways.
- Best Pitch: Displays superior design documentation, storytelling, and project demonstration.
Winners will receive digital badges & certificates, fame & glory, and will be invited to present their winning project at the Emoti-Con table of the NYC CS Fair in October 2020.
Stay in Touch
To contact us, email Emoticon@mouse.org or follow us on social media.
More About Emoti-Con
Emoti-Con, founded in 2009, is NYC's annual showcase for young designers, engineers, artists, gamers, programmers, activists and multimedia storytellers who believe in digital innovation as a tool for positive change in the world around them.
Emoti-Con is a culminating celebration of the creative work produced all year at the in- and after-school programs of the Hive NYC learning network, and at public schools participating in CS4ALL NYC and other DOE programs.
The event has been developed through a unique collaboration between NYC youth-serving organizations, including CS4ALL, Global Kids, Mouse, the New York Public Library, and Parsons School for Design.
More Info: www.emoti-con.org | Email: emoticon@mouse.org
