Brainstorming ideas over Pizza and Beer (a current theme in the Locus Research office at the moment), teachers, tutors and creatives alike, joined together in the aim of making YiA 2015 the best awards yet.
To get the creative juices flowing, Reuben Woods of Woods Creative showed the final presentation given by the winners of YiA 2014; Hayden Christie, Lachlan Farron, & Frano Gabric, Juniors from Otumoetai College. Displaying the thought patterns, skills and development that can be made over a period as short as four days.
Hayden, Lachlan and Frano developed a 'Safe Swim' App called Ripstr, in the aim of making our beaches a safer place for all.
Emphasis in this year's Teachers Workshop was put on making this event as fun and inspiring as possible, to encourage as many Young Innovators to get involved. Feedback from those involved in previous years, have helped us sculpt what is looking to be an exciting event; and thanks to the ever-growing community support, competitions, giveaways and 'Inspiration Sessions' are all in the pipeline for the 2015 Awards.
A huge part of successful innovation is not being afraid to experiment and collaborate in order to push ideas. Discussions around prototyping, building and problem solving, resulted in some great ideas to help kids on their creative journeys. Ideas can come in all shapes, sizes and origins, so encouragement to get creative is a must for our future Young Innovators.
Overall, a great start to the 2015 event. We look forward to seeing what our local youngsters can come up with this year, so get those ideas flowing!
The key dates for Young Innovator Awards 2015 are:
