By Sherry DiBari
Twice a year, hundreds of Hampton Roads schoolchildren swarm 51Ç鱨վ's Webb Center during the Great Computer Challenge to compete in various computer applications and programming skills.
This year, however, a special online edition combining the junior (grades 3-5) and senior (grades 6-12) will be held May 15 via Zoom.
The challenge, now in its 36th year, is a joint project of WHRO, the Consortium for Interactive Instruction and 51Ç鱨վ.
for the challenge will be accepted until March 26.
The cybersecurity challenge will be omitted this year. As an alternative, the Great Computer Challenge has partnered with the 51Ç鱨վ School of Cybersecurity for the on April 16 and 17.
Doug Streit, executive director of IT Security & Planning and chief information security officer for 51Ç鱨վ's Information Technology Services, explained the combined event.
"There will not be separate senior and junior competitions, but a subset of categories that include some Level II (grades 3-5), Level III (grades 6-9) and Level IV (grades 10-12) challenges."
Results of the cybersecurity competition will be highlighted at the Great Computer Challenge awards ceremony.
More information can be found at the Great Computer Challenge .
