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BCSD Technology Competition General Information

Georgia Technology Compeition Overview

The Georgia Educational Technology Fair (GaETF) is an annual student technology competition produced by the Georgia Educational Technology Consortium. The Consortium sponsors other technology initiatives in Georgia, including the Georgia Educational Technology Conference (GaETC). The GaETF is the highest level of student technology competition in Georgia with over 750 projects, representing the work of 1000+ students, which are judged at the competition each March.

Categories

There will be 13 categories available for students to enter (Project Programming does not apply).  Students will only be able to enter one category for the 2024-2025 competition.  For a list of categories, please click here.

Projects are to be designed and created by students. Some adult guidance is allowed, but it must be clear that all work entered by students was completed by the students.

Regardless of the length of the project, the judge time is 15 minutes. Judges may only view a portion of the actual project.

Participants

Students in Grades 3-12 will be able to enter the competition.  Grade groupings are as follows.

3rd/4th Grades

5th/6th Grades

7th/8th Grades

9th/10th Grades

11th/12th Grades

Students may work in teams of 2 or alone.  If you have 2 team members, you must compete in the higher grade of the 2 participants.

A document will be filled out by students which will answer a few questions for the judges and will cite non-student produced material used in the project.

Important Dates:

November 15, 2024: Deadline to enter the BCSD Student Technology Competition.

November 15, 2024: Deadline to turn in Parent Consent Forms. 
  
December 12, 2024: Judging will be held at Bacon County Elementary School for all students.
 
January 31, 2025: Local competition winners will advance to the Okefenokee Student Technology Competition at South Georgia State College in Waycross, GA.
 
March 1, 2025:  Okefenokee Student Technology Winners will advance to the Georgia Educational Technology Competition at the Academy for Advanced Studies in McDonough, GA.