A FREE DIGITAL CHALLENGE FOR CHILDREN IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ANY 4 CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES
TAKE THE CHALLENGE NOW
CLOSES 25 SEPTEMBER 2020
Ways to take part
Start Challenge Now
Choose and complete four activities = Challenge complete!
Not sure which activities to try?
Check out the recommended activities in our Beginner’s Guide.
Or explore the full range of free step-by-step activities here:
Access Hour of Code™ activities
Find out more
A great place to start as all lessons are step-by-step and there’s something for everyone.
Coding with Star Wars®, Minecraft®, Disney characters from Moana® and Frozen®, Angry Birds®, NBA® and more.
Access Grok Learning™ activities
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Never tried coding before? Try some basic Blockly coding with the cute Monster Maker.
Access Code Club™ activities
Access MakeCode™ activities
Access CS Unplugged™ activities
Access DT Hub™
activities
Most activities take an hour or less and all include step-by-step instructions. Some don’t even require devices.
When you have completed four activities, don’t forget to submit your Coding Record by 25 September 2020 to claim your Certificate of Achievement from the Commissioner.
Complete the Challenge
Submit your Coding Record to complete the Challenge and claim your Certificate of Achievement.
Submit Your Coding Record
Rewards
Every child completing the challenge earns a Learn to Speak Robot Certificate of Achievement from the Commissioner for Children and Young People.
Girl Guides and Scouts in South Australia who complete the Challenge automatically qualify for the exclusive ‘Speak Robot’ embroidered badge.
Schools that are registered and submit their school’s Learn to Speak Robot Challenge Completion Form can win useful digital rewards including a double pack of VEX IQ Super Kits, a Virtual Tour for their school’s website from EWS and much more.
*Terms and conditions apply. Please refer to the full Terms and Conditions for more information.
EXTEND YOUR DIGITAL LEARNING HERE
Commissioner's Message
Last year 217 schools, 31 libraries and an estimated 19,026 children got on board with my Learn to Speak Robot Challenge.
Learn to Speak Robot will run each year and I am also introducing my brand new design thinking challenge – Space to Dream.
Space to Dream is all about learning to be an effective and creative problem solver. Down the track, systems thinking, digital literacy and digital citizenship themed-challenges will join the mix.
Our future requires bold thinkers who know how to create out-of-the-box solutions – so let’s encourage as many children and young people in South Australia as possible to take a journey towards digital empowerment with my Digital Challenge in 2020.
I can’t wait to see all of your amazing, beautiful, funny, sunny, inspiring, useful and ground-breaking Space to Dream designs later this year!
Helen Connolly
Commissioner for Children and Young People, South Australia
Benefits
Ally Watson
CEO & Co-Founder at Code Like A Girl
Paul Clapton-Caputo
Director at Educators SA ǀ Principal Consultant at EdTechSA
Professor Katrina Falkner
Lead at Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Group | Lead at Centre for Distributed and Intelligent Technologies - Modelling and Analysis
Dr Rebecca Vivian
Research Fellow at Computer Science Education Research (CSER) Group
Professor James Curran
Academic Director at Australian Computing Academy | Director at National Computer Science School | CEO at Grok Learning
The Commissioner's Digital Challenge is
proudly supported by
Acknowledgement of Country
We respectfully acknowledge and celebrate the Traditional Owners of the lands throughout South Australia and we pay our respects to their Elders – and to past, present and future generations of their children and young people.
