6 groups vie for ‘Wicked Dreams’

A one-day school fair to be held at the Robinsons Galleria Cebu on Oct. 28 will highlight tech-based projects from various schools across the Visayas and foster innovation in schools and the local community.

“The Wicked Dreams Action Civics Fair is a platform to feature student projects using innovation, digital media and technology. The fair is basically a space for making their wicked dreams come true,” said Fleire Castro, Third Media Team chief executive officer.

“Apart from showcasing their projects, the fair will see participants pitching for the chance to get funding and mentoring for their ventures. Three lucky projects will be awarded seed money and mentoring for implementation in their schools and communities,” said Castro.

After the introduction of participants and opening of booths in the morning of Oct. 28, the pitching competition and awarding will follow in the afternoon. The first place will get P25,000, second placer goes home with P15,000 and third place winner gets P5,000. The amount will now be the seed money for project implementation.

The Maria Montessori International School, Southwestern University Phinma, Dr. Caridad C. Labe Center for Excellence, GDG Cebu, Cebu Innovation Network, Cebu Animation Guild are the schools and organizations that made it to the fair’s final list of participants.

This list is the result of a process which began with the holding of group discussions with educators and announcements in selected schools last August 2018, and preliminary elimination of entries last September 2018.

“Through their respective project proposals, the participants will be asked to define a problem in their community relating to the theme of civic engagement that can be solved using innovations in digital media and technology,” said Castro.

The organizers say the Wicked Dreams Action Civics Fair is part of the efforts to include innovation and industry skill level exposure in students’ education processes especially in light of the Philippines’ weak showing in the Global Innovation Index 2018. (S)

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