Full resources are available for both teachers and your student teams including process documentation, project plan, and report templates, information sheets on each step of the process, posters that can be printed and so much more – basically everything you need to run the program in your class or Code Club.

Teachers are the gatekeepers to their classrooms. Other than general weekly updates on the Challenge, all communication comes through you:

• Teachers/coordinators sign up student teams into the challenge by entering their names and team name at 123tech.nz. Intermediate and Secondary student teams can then access resources and guidance documents directly from the site.

• If you enter an email address for team members, we’ll keep them (and you!) up to date on progress steps, what’s happening across the country and so much more in a weekly update during the challenge term. Other than these updates, we will never communicate directly with students – all communication will go through the teacher or coordinator.

• Student teams have the option of recording progress on their very own team blog on the 123Tech Challenge site. Note that none of their updates are published publicly unless the teacher or coordinator approves it.

Teams participating in the First, Secondary or Senior Secondary (i.e. at Intermediate or Secondary School levels) will also need an industry mentor. We will help identify and introduce a mentor to you if you have teams entering the Challenge in your classroom. Code Club coordinators would normally act as the mentor for Challenge teams entering via a Code Club.

Along with the industry mentor, teachers provide general support for their teams, for example, checking off their project plans. But it’s easy and we provide plenty of resources to help you along the way.

For more details check out the FAQ section or click on your corresponding class group below to check out the full run-down, downloadable resources and teachers guide!