[some text blow excerpted from Congressman David Trone’s website, Jan. 2021]
In January, Congressman David Trone announced the winners of Maryland’s Sixth District’s Congressional App Challenge. Each year, middle and high school students from each congressional district participate in the Congressional App Challenge and create phone applications that showcase their coding skills.
Karthik Vedula and Pranav Karthikeyan, 8th grade RCMS magnet students
The goal of the competition is to encourage students to learn to code in hopes of pursuing careers in the computer science field.
“The Sixth District is home to some of the most creative, talented students in the nation, and the competition for the 2020 Congressional App Challenge was fierce,” said Congressman Trone. Congratulations to every student that participated in our 2020 Congressional App Challenge competition. I have no doubt that your futures are very bright.”
Pranav and Karthik’s original app, “Vocate,” automates reflective conversations about photos to help seniors remember and cherish memories, in order to mitigate the negative effects of isolation and even dementia.
You can view their app presentation here (YouTube video, 3 min.).
