Coding Competition Winners Announced – CodeCombat and Tarena Boost Career Aspirations with International Tournament
August 19 2019 - 12:01PM
Business Wire
Top American and Chinese students came together at Stanford
University to encourage cross-cultural collaboration and computer
science education
Yesterday, students gathered at Stanford University for the
finals of Code Quest, an international tournament between American
and Chinese students that began with over 5,000 students in China.
After three rounds of competition, the top 26 Chinese students
qualified for the Code Quest final and were joined by a group of
American peers. These global teams built collaborative projects
that were evaluated by professional judges and volunteers from
prestigious universities and companies such as Stanford, Google,
Facebook, and Microsoft.
“It was so exciting to host these students and see their
collaborative projects. It’s a real challenge to write hundreds of
lines of Python and create a unique project in a tournament
setting. It requires integrating multiple aspects of STEAM
(Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Math), all while
communicating and collaborating with teammates across language and
cultural barriers. It was truly amazing to see,” said Nick Winter,
CEO and Co-founder of CodeCombat.
Students from both countries were broken into pairs and jointly
coded a project within three hours. As a team, they needed to come
up with a concept, design a logic mechanism, write code in Python,
and then test their design to ensure it works. Beyond that, they
needed to demo their projects and present to judges.
“We ran an extremely challenging evaluation process to bring the
most outstanding kids to Stanford University for the global final
tournament. The students were very motivated to join the global
challenge, open their minds to new experiences, and meet with
American peers. It goes beyond the tournament itself, and brought
value and inspiration for the kids in the long run,” remarked
Patrick Pan, General Manager of Tarena.
After evaluations by a panel of 12 judges, students were
presented with four categories of awards: Creativity (overall
design), Computational Thinking (complexity and logic),
Presentation (public speech), and Collaboration (team spirit). Each
category included Gold, Silver and Bronze medals and unique prizes.
Two teams were also awarded the Grand Prize.
“This was my first trip to the USA. I learned about the
CodeCombat program nine months ago and have found it to be really
exciting! I feel very lucky to be selected for the Code Quest
global finals. The Stanford trip really inspired me to learn
computer science, solve the problems facing the world, and study
computer science at university,” said Yining Wang, whose team, YKS,
won silver in presentation. Wang is studying in grade 5 in
Ximajinrun Primary School in Beijing.
Congratulations to all the student coding heroes!
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Final Rankings can be found on
blog.codecombat.com/codequest/
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About CodeCombat
CodeCombat is a platform for students to learn computer science
while playing a real game. It has helped 12M users learn Python and
JavaScript. CodeCombat is a standards-aligned curriculum and an
endorsed provider of curriculum and professional development for
AP® Computer Science Principles (AP CSP). Teachers, students, and
individuals can sign up for CodeCombat and try the first course for
free.
About Tarena
Tarena is a leading provider of professional education services
in China with a core strength in IT professional education
services. Listed in NASDAQ with professional training experience
for 17 years, Tarena has an innovative education platform combining
live distance instruction, classroom-based tutoring and online
learning modules.
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