Coding Galaxy Challenge 2022
Improve Student’s Problem Solving Skills, Nurture Future Coding Experts!
(Suitable for applying for Knowing More About IT Programme funding)
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Registration Period：
Now till 3 June 2022 (Fri) (Registration closed)
Date and Time of Prize Presentation Ceremony：
19 August 2022 (Fri) 3 pm – 4:30 pm
Venue of Prize Presentation Ceremony：
Conference Hall, 4/F, HKPC Building, 78 Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Targets：
All Hong Kong primary students
Objectives：
- To promote computational thinking education, arouse students’ interest in learning computational thinking
- To nurture future coding experts by discovering coding talents
- To commend students for their outstanding performance and encourage students to apply what they have learned
Categories：
It is divided into three major categories:
1) Individual Category, 2) School Category and 3) Modern Cup School Category
Then, according to the level in Coding Galaxy, there are four competition groups: Foundation level, Elementary level, Advanced level and Overall group*, the result of each level within a self-selected period of time will be counted for the competition
*Note: The Overall group will calculate the total score of three levels (i.e. results of the Foundation, Elementary AND Advanced level)
All schools using Modern Education Research Society published computer textbooks are welcome to participate in the Modern Cup School Category and strive for inter-school awards. For details of the Modern Cup, please contact the Modern Sales Team.
Eligibility：
- Subscribe a Coding Galaxy account(/s)
- All school subscribed accounts within the registration period will automatically participate in the competition after filling up the confirmation form https://forms.gle/ZQ6sG6c3qNVUuh6p7, and the no. of participating students cannot exceed the no. of subscribed accounts; where individual users apply via online application (https://forms.gle/3pFLUkxieZHByNyF9)
- Participating schools/individuals can self-select a consecutive 4-month time for the competition to match with own teaching/self-study progress
- The final ranking will be based on the total score within the self-selected time
New game rule: Participants should self-select a timeframe throughout the competition period
Important Dates:
Competition Flow:
Registration
- All School subscribed accounts within the registration period will automatically join the competition, participating schools will only have to fill in the confirmation form (https://forms.gle/ZQ6sG6c3qNVUuh6p7)
- Participating schools will have to select a consecutive 4-month time between 1 Sep 2021 and 31 July 2022 in the confirmation form
- School Category: Please fill in the confirmation form https://forms.gle/ZQ6sG6c3qNVUuh6p7.
- Individual Category: students from participating schools in the school category will automatically join the individual category. Also accept application from individual primary students subscribed from online platforms e.g. 3HK/ 3Mall, please fill in the online application form to confirm the self-selected competition time at https://forms.gle/nvuavJn66HCt4Ubi6
- Modification of the self-selected competition time is NOT allowed once it is confirmed
- Modern Cup: Please contact Modern’s Sales Team at 2745 1133 for application
The Competition
- Students are required to perform computational thinking missions in Coding Galaxy during the school-selected / self-selected 4-month time
- Completing each level will earn a chance to get 1-3 stars where 3 stars are the maximum. Participants must plan the shortest route and collect all the gems in order to get the 3 stars
- Overall, the one who gets the most stars in the self-selected competition time wins
- If it appears that two or more students obtain the same number of stars at the end, the shorter total time they spend to successfully pass each level with a three-star result will win (i.e. the total time spent before the three-star clearance will also be counted which is the mission time for a zero/one/two-star is also included)
- The results of the competition will be announced in early August 2022
Prizes:
The Competition is divided into Individual Category and School Category, and the below prizes are set:
- Students with outstanding computational thinking performance will be nominated by the schools to be the Coding Amabassador
School Subscription Enquiry:
Tel 2745 1133
Individual Subscription Enquiry:
STEM Coding Pack – 3HK Exclusive Monthly Plans
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(Package for 3 Hong Kong Customers) |
3 Mall Coding Galaxy Package
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(Package for non 3 Hong Kong Customers) |
Coding Galaxy Demonstration
Teachers' Feedback
The essence of Coding Galaxy is to simplify and visualize abstract concepts with daily life examples. Through its missions, students can easily grasp a good understanding of computational thinking concepts and apply in their everyday life. Therefore, Coding Galaxy is a great platform that builds a strong foundation for students and prepares them for learning coding in the future.
The CCC Heep Woh Primary School - Coding Galaxy Certified Trainer
Coding Galaxy, an online learning platform that allows us to continue with regular teaching during school suspension. Using the mobile application, coupled with Zoom meetings, students first learn coding on Self-Learning Mode, then share their experience during class time. Over the virtual classroom, we have students form their own groups of 2 – 4 and have them work together on Collaboration Mode in real-time. Finally, we look at the data analytics together.
Both our teachers and students have very positive feedback about Coding Galaxy and its curriculum. Not only does Coding Galaxy increase students’ interest in learning computational thinking and problem solving, but also makes such the teaching and learning process enjoyable in a systematic and fun way. Hence, I believe in the value of Coding Galaxy, and I’m happy to recommend it to other fellow teachers as a good tool for coding education.
Both our teachers and students have very positive feedback about Coding Galaxy and its curriculum. Not only does Coding Galaxy increase students’ interest in learning computational thinking and problem solving, but also makes such the teaching and learning process enjoyable in a systematic and fun way. Hence, I believe in the value of Coding Galaxy, and I’m happy to recommend it to other fellow teachers as a good tool for coding education.
Precious Blood Primary School
Coding Galaxy definitely helps support the development of students’ computational thinking, what I was able to observe is that students were being asked to manage a lot of information all at once, so that will give them a puzzle, they may be thinking three or four steps at a time, there is also the opportunity to really think about working backwards, so you have this angle in mind, what do you need to do to is kind of work your way backwards towards that goal, they also have to be very flexible in their thinking, because sometimes they may have one way of thinking about doing it but then that way didn’t work, so they had to readjust and rethink again. So this is just a few different ways that our students really grab with computational thinking.
Dalton School Hong Kong
FAQ
Can the school entrants be formed by different levels of students?
Yes. Coding Galaxy is suitable for Primary 1 – 6 students.
How do I or my students enter the competition?
School Users (School Category and Individual Category):
All School subscribed accounts within the Registration period will automatically join the competition, participating schools will only have to fill in the confirmation form https://forms.gle/ZQ6sG6c3qNVUuh6p7 .
School Users (Modern Cup School Category):
For schools using Modern Education Research Society published computer textbooks, please contact Modern’s Sales Team at 2745 1133 for application.
Individual Users (Individual Category):
Students from participating schools in the school category will automatically join the individual category. Also accept application from individual primary students subscribed from online platforms e.g. 3HK/ 3Mall, please fill in the online application form to confirm the self-selected competition time at https://forms.gle/nvuavJn66HCt4Ubi6
Are there any software or hardware requirements?
Participants should have a valid Coding Galaxy account and download the Coding Galaxy application (iOS and Android supported) on their smartphones or tablets.
If our school does not have any Coding Galaxy accounts, how do we register?
School Users:
To subscribe Coding Galaxy. Please contact us (tel/whatsapp 6996 5394, email:enquiry@nd.com.hk) or our partners Coding101 OR Modern Educational Research Society Limited.
Coding 101 Whatsapp 9432 6472 / Tel 3705 2490 inquiry@coding101.hk
Modern Educational Research Society Limited Tel 2745 1133
Individual Users:
Individual entrant may subscribe Coding Galaxy via 3HK/3Mall and fill up the application form
3Mall webpage︰https://shop.three.com.hk/home/ndl-coding.html
3HKwebpage︰https://web.three.com.hk/vas/stem/index-en.html
Terms and Conditions:
- The organizer reserves the right to publish the list of participants and winners, as well as related event photos and public works for publicity purposes.
- Participants must agree to accept any form of interview or publicity activities arranged by the organizer and co-organizer without any objection.
- The organizer reserves the right to change or cancel the content and rules of the event without prior notice.
- Please refer to the product use agreement for details and definitions of the levels.
- Once registered, it is deemed to have agreed to and abide by the event policies set by the organizer.
- Products and activities are subject to terms and conditions.
- In case of any dispute, the organizer reserves the right of final decision.
About Coding Galaxy
Coding Galaxy is a computational thinking learning platform that is designed for Primary and Secondary students. The comprehensive curriculum of Coding Galaxy helps learners to enhance computational thinking, communication skill and creativity. Equipped your students with the basic of coding and to solve future challenges in the age of AI.
Coding Galaxy consists of 3 levels of difficulty. By connecting computational thinking with concrete daily examples, Coding Galaxy helps learners visualize and make concepts accessible. The flexible and varied curriculum allows learning to happen not only in the classroom, but also after class through the app to achieve self-learning, or even in extra-curricular courses, to master computational thinking.