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Fall 2020 Impact Award Winners

Great things happen when passion and purpose come together! See below the projects that were selected to win our Impact Award.

Survive

Academy of Allied Health and Science

Survive

Academy of Allied Health and Science

This game explores the illegal poaching of animals. In this game, you play as an unknown animal who forages for food and obtains water in their small habitat while avoiding hunters.

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Major in a Bot-tle

Academy Park High School

Major in a Bot-tle

Academy Park High School

This chatbot provides students with the information they need to decide on their major for college. You’ll answer a series of questions that will help you make a choice.

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Edubot

Adarsha Academy

Edubot

Adarsha Academy

This chatbot helps students get extra help to learn science, math, history, and ELA during the pandemic, and also after the pandemic if education is not easy for them to access.

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Santa Bot

Battle Ground Academy

Santa Bot

Battle Ground Academy

The Santa Bot provides information about charitable donation programs like Amazon Smile. You’ll learn about how a portion of your purchase with these programs can be set aside to help great causes.

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Fighting Bullying & Threats Team

Boys and Girls Club of North Central Georgia

Fighting Bullying & Threats Team

Boys and Girls Club of North Central Georgia

This chatbot helps you explore strategies for bullying prevention. You’ll learn how to stand up for yourself and get help from adults whenever possible.

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Famine

Jennifer Legge (Homeschool)

Famine

Jennifer Legge (Homeschool)

In this game, you’ll learn about the causes and lasting effects off famine. In the game you’ll play as a farmer who’s trying to avoid locust!

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Sea Slugs and their Environment

Judson Barron High School

Sea Slugs and their Environment

Judson Barron High School

This chatbot helps you explore environmental issues, such as pollution and climate change. You’ll learn about how sea slugs improve the maritime environment!

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Corona Shooter

Prairie Queen Elementary

Corona Shooter

Prairie Queen Elementary

In this game, you’ll look to destroy all the virus particles! You’ll have fun shooting vaccines at COVID-19 as a way of fighting back.

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Esperanza

Puerta 18

Esperanza

Puerta 18

This game raises awareness around gender-based violence, and that the violence is not simply physical. During the game, you will play as a woman who faces different choices in her day-to-day life.

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Furry Tales

Rockport Best Buy Teen Tech Center

Furry Tales

Rockport Best Buy Teen Tech Center

In this game you’ll fight back against pollution! You’ll play as a cat picking up environmentally friendly items.

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Libertad Animal

The Clubhouse-Colsubsidio

Libertad Animal

The Clubhouse-Colsubsidio

This game brings to light the issue of endangered animals in Colombia. During the game, you will have to play as an animal trying to survive by avoiding the hunter's bullets.

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Understanding Autism

Valley Christian Schools

Understanding Autism

Valley Christian Schools

This chatbot will provide you with information around autism, and where you can find additional resources on the web.

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"We got to really connect with this one language that we know, which is coding. The whole experience of being able to do what I love, meet new people and learn new things made this program very educational and important to me."
Anthony, EFTW Engineer
"We had never used Scratch before, which was the platform we had to make the game... Seeing the growth in me and my team members and being able to witness such a change in the short period of time was really, really astronomical for me."
Mariam, EFTW Engineer
"I thought the program was really well laid out. There were Facebook engineers who were willing to video chat with our students. The way the program was structured made it really fun, really exciting and really easy to pick up."
Bert, EFTW Facilitator
"I have learned that I definitely want to have a career in computer programming and IT. I enjoy making games like I was on Scratch today and I would like to have a career like that in the future."
Ali, EFTW Engineer
"The chat bot we made is called StereoBot and it teaches you about stereotypes and how to stand against them. Stereotypes is a really big issue in the society today that we all live in."
Askya, EFTW Engineer
"It exposes them to what the future holds for them. Having the mentors here at Facebook who look like them mentor them is so important. And that excites me because it's not something that we necessarily see all the time. I love really seeing their eyes light up and seeing them persevere through the challenges."
Astrid, EFTW Facilitator
"My students are really service oriented. They like helping other people. They like helping their community. That has transferred into the chatbot and the game that they've been working on because both are really focused on helping, in this case, their peers."
Johanna, EFTW Facilitator
"I was closed minded when it came to Computer Science because I always thought, well I never see anyone that looks like me in that field, so why would it interest me? Then I started working on my chat bot. Wow, maybe this is a field that I can work in. Or see myself in. And that maybe I can make a place for other women to be here also."
Natalie, EFTW Engineer
"The most memorable moment for me was when one of our students said 'I never thought that I would be able to do something like this.' Just to think that something we've done has helped him see his potential is huge."
Gwyn, EFTW Facilitator

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