Doha College’s Year 7 student Kobe Lewis has won first prize in an international coding competition organised by the Council of British International Schools (COBIS) in partnership with Discover Education.
The competition aimed to provide students at British International schools with the opportunity to compete with their peers around the world to create their own app, a Doha College statement said.
In order to create their apps, participants put into practice their understanding of coding concepts like algorithms, sequences and variables - as well as their computational thinking skills through decomposition, logical reasoning and problem-solving.
The theme this year was “A Difficult Journey,” and it asked students to create an app that simulated a quest to find an important object, which could be made difficult or dangerous, with obstacles to overcome along the way. Open to COBIS member schools in 76 countries, the competition reaches over 165,000 students globally.
“I am ecstatic that I won the COBIS app competition. I thought I had a small chance of winning second or third prize, but never imagined that I would come first! My app was based on games like Tetris, which I love playing in my free time. For the theme of adventures, I used an idea of walls that you must dodge to reach the end goal and win a prize. I finished the game with only a few hours to spare and I didn’t think much of it. Honestly, I’m surprised out of my wildest dreams!" said Kobe about his win.
According to the competition judges, Kobe’s app is “very user-friendly, people of all ages can access and play it whilst facing increasing challenges. This is a deceptively simple app with a sophisticated and mature approach to design. The aims and objectives of the app are clear and easy to understand. The app works very well both on a PC, tablet or mobile - making it very shareable and usable. The code is however very sophisticated and well designed to enable this ease of use, a range of complex code is used effectively and efficiently. A very professional and authentic design.”
Ruhul Chowdhury, head of Computer Sciences, shared his aim for the students to embrace the creative side of today’s digital world: “We are very pleased to learn that Kobe has won first place. We would like to thank COBIS and Discovery Education for giving our students an amazing opportunity to participate in this event. It provided them with a platform to create an app based on the theme given. I believe all our students should learn how to create apps, and other digital products and services by learning to program. They need to become creators of technology rather than just the end-users.”
Kobe’s win has been acclaimed in many digital education spaces, including the websites of COBIS, Discovery Education, ICT for education and The Educator UK – he has become quite the digital celebrity!
Doha College offers Computer Sciences at GCSE and A Level, alongside many related, engaging co-curricular activities. To find out more, visit www.dohacollege.com
In order to create their apps, participants put into practice their understanding of coding concepts like algorithms, sequences and variables - as well as their computational thinking skills through decomposition, logical reasoning and problem-solving.
The theme this year was “A Difficult Journey,” and it asked students to create an app that simulated a quest to find an important object, which could be made difficult or dangerous, with obstacles to overcome along the way. Open to COBIS member schools in 76 countries, the competition reaches over 165,000 students globally.
“I am ecstatic that I won the COBIS app competition. I thought I had a small chance of winning second or third prize, but never imagined that I would come first! My app was based on games like Tetris, which I love playing in my free time. For the theme of adventures, I used an idea of walls that you must dodge to reach the end goal and win a prize. I finished the game with only a few hours to spare and I didn’t think much of it. Honestly, I’m surprised out of my wildest dreams!" said Kobe about his win.
According to the competition judges, Kobe’s app is “very user-friendly, people of all ages can access and play it whilst facing increasing challenges. This is a deceptively simple app with a sophisticated and mature approach to design. The aims and objectives of the app are clear and easy to understand. The app works very well both on a PC, tablet or mobile - making it very shareable and usable. The code is however very sophisticated and well designed to enable this ease of use, a range of complex code is used effectively and efficiently. A very professional and authentic design.”
Ruhul Chowdhury, head of Computer Sciences, shared his aim for the students to embrace the creative side of today’s digital world: “We are very pleased to learn that Kobe has won first place. We would like to thank COBIS and Discovery Education for giving our students an amazing opportunity to participate in this event. It provided them with a platform to create an app based on the theme given. I believe all our students should learn how to create apps, and other digital products and services by learning to program. They need to become creators of technology rather than just the end-users.”
Kobe’s win has been acclaimed in many digital education spaces, including the websites of COBIS, Discovery Education, ICT for education and The Educator UK – he has become quite the digital celebrity!
Doha College offers Computer Sciences at GCSE and A Level, alongside many related, engaging co-curricular activities. To find out more, visit www.dohacollege.com
