The Digital Open - You're Not Too Young For Free and Open Technology
Wednesday Apr 22, 2009
Here's a contest especially for youth 17 and younger. Our friends at the Institute For the Future just launched The Digital Open, an innovation expo for global youth. The Digital Open is an online technology community and competition for youth around the world, to demonstrate how they are using technology that will change the world - or just make life a little easier or more fun.
Students can share their experiences, expertise, and projects through photo, text, or video. There's great prizes for the winners including an PeeCee Mini Laptop running OpenSolaris, a Flip pocket-sized video camera or other cool stuff.
The Digital Open is all about Free and Open Technology. In this spirit, all submissions must make use of existing free and open platforms and/or licensing your project under one of the Digital Open-approved licenses.
There is lots of opportunity for creativity. Submissions can be in one of the following
- Open Code
- Open Community
- Open Discovery
- Open Earth
- Open Entrepreneurs
- Open Gear
- Open Media
- Open Play
Resources for each category have been posted to allow young students to get started quickly.
If you're not 17 or younger, please share info on the Digital Open with youth in your community and encourage them to sign up and start participating.
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