{"id":1548,"date":"2021-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/06\/10\/announcing-imagine-cup-junior-ai-for-good-challenge-2021-winners\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T15:43:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T22:43:45","slug":"announcing-imagine-cup-junior-ai-for-good-challenge-2021-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/education\/blog\/2021\/06\/announcing-imagine-cup-junior-ai-for-good-challenge-2021-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Announcing Imagine Cup Junior AI for Good Challenge 2021 winners"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m excited to announce the top 10 global winners of the Imagine Cup Junior AI for Good Challenge 2021<\/strong>. Thousands of students, aged 13 through 18, participated in this year\u2019s competition to come up with ideas to solve some of the world\u2019s biggest challenges using the power of artificial intelligence (AI). With so many amazing projects, the judges had a difficult task on their hands, and every student should be incredibly proud of what they accomplished.\u00a0<\/p>\n We were excited to celebrate the winners in a live event announcement. You can relive this experience by watching the on-demand video<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n Despite the uncertainty during a global pandemic and adjusting to remote and hybrid learning, students found creative ways to bring their teams together, innovate, and learn about AI along the way. From hardships experienced by friends or family to issues they have read about in the news, or their determination to preserve the earth and create a better world for future generations, the standard of the student submissions was truly awe-inspiring. Every student who took part brought their heart to their projects, which really came through to all the judges.<\/p>\n The top 10 global winners recognized this year and their concepts are:<\/p>\n What I love most about Imagine Cup Junior is seeing educators embrace these new technologies\u2014like AI and machine learning\u2014and then provide these experiences to their students. Not only do students get the opportunity to learn about Microsoft\u2019s AI for Good initiatives<\/strong><\/a>, but they also further develop and practice 21st century skills like communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity.\u00a0<\/p>\n Congratulations to ALL the students who participated this year and thank you for sharing your ideas. We can\u2019t wait to hear from you in the future and see how you continue to create innovative ideas about how to use AI to improve our world.<\/p>\n To anyone who is starting their journey of learning AI, take a look at Microsoft Learn for Students<\/strong><\/a>, MakeCode<\/strong><\/a>, Minecraft Hour of Code AI tutorial<\/strong><\/a>, and Hacking STEM<\/strong><\/a>. For students older than 16 who want to take their learning even further, I encourage you to register for the Imagine Cup Collegiate Challenge<\/strong><\/a> and apply to be a Microsoft Learn Student Ambassador<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Stay tuned for the next Imagine Cup Junior Challenge!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I\u2019m excited to announce the top 10 global winners of the Imagine Cup Junior AI for Good Challenge 2021. Thousands of students, aged 13 through 18, participated in this year\u2019s competition to come up with ideas to solve some of the world\u2019s biggest challenges using the power of artificial intelligence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":225,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ms_queue_id":[],"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_classifai_error":"","_classifai_text_to_speech_error":"","_alt_title":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"audience":[249,150],"content-type":[154,155],"product":[],"topic":[184,172],"coauthors":[252],"class_list":["post-1548","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","audience-education-decision-makers","audience-educators","content-type-events","content-type-news","topic-career-readiness-skills","topic-stem"],"yoast_head":"\n\n