Apple has named three winners of the Swift Student Challenge for demonstrating their ability to build problem solving apps in Swift Playgrounds. Yesterday we heard from some of the other winners who shared photos of their awards and souvenirs.
Apple has already identified three winners. 16, 17 and 19 years old, all for the first time. One app helps gardeners identify invasive weeds, another teaches basic CPR, and a third helps those who are exploring their gender identity…
Apple today shared their stories.
Every year, in the run-up to the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference, young people from all over the world use Swift Playgrounds to showcase their programming skills. This year’s Swift Student Challenge includes entries from up-and-coming contestants Jones Mays II, Angelina Tsuboi, and Josh Tint. […]
When 17-year-old Jones Mayes II developed his winning project, Swift Playgrounds, an app called Ivy, he drew inspiration from his roots.
“My grandfather had a garden that he loved and grew so much food that he just let people from the community come in and get what they need,” said Mays, who is about to start his senior year of high school in Houston. , Texas. “Despite the fact that he could not walk at the end of his life, he pointed with his finger, and that is where I put the seeds for him. But we always had to try to get rid of the kudzu vine – it was an ongoing struggle.”
And so Mays decided to create an app in honor of his grandfather, who passed away a few years ago, by helping other gardeners identify and get rid of invasive plants like kudzu. […]
When it comes to problem solving, 16-year-old Angelina Tsuboi, who lives in Redondo Beach, California, can’t pick just one.
In addition to her winning work, Swift Playgrounds, which teaches the basics of CPR, she also helped create a prototype that monitors air quality, created a website to help search and rescue organizations, and developed a school communications program that won a Congressional Application Competition in her county […]
Josh Tint loves words. The 19-year-old from Tucson, Arizona has just completed his freshman year at Arizona State University and is focusing his research on linguistics, specifically Lavender Linguistics, which studies the language used by the LGBTQ+ community.
For his Swift Playgrounds win, Tint developed an app that allows people who have doubts about their gender identity to try out different pronouns.
“The algorithm will insert different pronouns into snippets of the sample text,” Tint said. “You can swipe across the sample text—left or right to indicate whether you like it or not—to see if you think a certain generic pronoun matches your personality.” […]
Apple is proud to support and inspire the next generation of developers, creators, and entrepreneurs through its annual WWDC student program. Over the past three decades, thousands of students have gone on to successful careers in technology, founding venture capital-backed startups, and creating organizations focused on democratizing technology and innovating to build a better future.
Unfortunately, the winners of the Swift Student Competition can’t visit Apple Park, but they do at least get some recognition and probably highlight their future apps.
Check out our roundup of what we can expect as WWDC 2022 kicks off on Monday.
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