FRS Rural Youth App Challenge

Who• Students enrolled in grades 7 through

12 are eligible

• At least one student teammate must live in an area served by an NTCA—The Rural Broadband Association (NTCA) member company

WhatStudents will develop a concept for a mobile app that addresses a problem or improves a process in their rural community or in rural America at large. The challenge will be concept-based only and will be judged based on presentation and rigor of research. The concept must be possible and not already exist (but may be similar).

WhenChallenge Start: October 10, 2018

Deadline for Submissions: March 1, 2019

Winners Announced: April 1, 2019

How1 Form a team. Teams must be composed of

one to five students, all within eligible grade range, and with at least one member served by an NTCA member company.

2 Perfect your idea. Remember: The challenge is concept-based only.

3 Complete your application. Visit www.frs.org to learn more.

4 Enjoy the benefits. The winning team will be eligible for up to $1,000 in gift cards and Codecademy scholarships.

Learn more and download application at www.frs.org

Sponsored by

If you have any questions, contact FRS at foundation@frs.org or 703-351-2026.

1 Check and see if youare served by an NTCA member company.

NTCA members are community-based, rural broadband providers. If you are served by an NTCA member, this is likely your local rural telephone or internet provider. NTCA members are not big companies like Verizon, AT&T, Windstream, etc. Call your local internet provider or contact FRS to find out for sure.

2 Make sure you are inthe eligible grade range.

Students in grades 7 through 12 are eligible.

3 Form your team.

• All participants must be withineligible grade range.

• At least one team member must beserved by an NTCA member.

• You may have up to five team participants.

• Designate a team contact person*(parent or teacher**).

• Optional: Come up with a team name.

4 Come up with youridea for an app.

Make sure it fits the “Challenge Overview” on www.frs.org.

5 Fill out the Rural Youth App Challenge application (all of it).

6 Submit your application by March 1, 2019.

Make sure you have completed each piece:

Fill Out Team Information

Answer the Concept Questions

Provide Visuals on How the App Would Look

Have an NTCA Member Company Complete the Sponsor Form

Submit a Video

Checklist for Students

*FRS will be in contact with the adult contact of winningteams to ensure the students receive their prizes.

**Note for schools: The FRS Rural Youth App Challenge canbe a school-administered program. Please refer to the itemsabove to ensure qualification of school teams in the appchallenge. A teacher may be the contact person for morethan one team.

FRS Rural Youth App Challenge Application 2019

SECTION A: TEAM INFORMATION

Each team may be made up of no more than 5 students. Please list the team name, name (s) of all student participants, their respective grade (s) and email contact information, as well as the best phone number for the teacher/adult contact for the team.

Team Name: ______________________________________________________________________

Student

Name: ________________________________

Age: __________________________________

Student

Name: ________________________________

Age: _________________________________

Student

Name: ________________________________

Age: _________________________________

Student

Name: ________________________________

Age: _________________________________

Student

Name: _______________________________

Age: _________________________________

Name of Teacher/Adult Contact for Team: ________________________________________________

Phone Number for Adult Contact: _______________________________________________________

Email for Adult Contact: ______________________________________________________________

Important Note: If your team is selected as a winner, we will be in contact with the adult contact to ensure the students receive their prizes. Please provide us with the best contact information for the adult contact.

Is the team participating in the FRS Rural Youth App Challenge as part of a class? If so, please describe (if no, please skip):

Adult Contact Information

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Submit completed applications by email to foundation@frs.org or via mail.

SECTION B: THE CONCEPT 1. Tell us about your community (location, population, anchor institutions, history, landmarks,

anything that you think will help the reviewers):

2. Describe, in detail, the goal of your app and the challenge or process that your app will address(challenge or process must be one either facing rural America, in general, or your ruralcommunity, specifically):

3. Describe the audience for your app (who you would sell it to, who would use it, etc.) and howyou would like them to use it:

4. Provide a short description of your app that could appear in online app stores (for tips, seeadvice from Apple for listings in their app store: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/product-page/):

5. Is there already an app out there like this (if so, describe how yours is different)?

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SECTION C: VISUALS

Include a depiction of what you would like your app to look like, either hand-drawn or created digitally. Submit digital image files as high-resolution JPG using the following instructions:

Please upload your photos at the following Sharefile link: https://ntca.sharefile.com/r-r226b8eae07646e09. Alternatively, you may email foundation@frs.org to request a secure portal to submit your image files.

Please use the following naming style: “TeamName_appstore1” “TeamName_device1” “TeamName_optional1” “TeamName_optional2” when uploading photos to the Sharefile folder. If you have more than one photo for each category, number them as shown in the above example file names.

1. What will your app look like in an online app store (include icon and screenshots)?

2. What will your app look like when it is opened on a device (tablet and/or smart phone)?

3. Optional: Feel free to include any pictures of your community or the challenge/process inaction that might aid judges.

Examples of an app in the app store

(example in the online app store) (example of app on a device) (example of app on a device)

Icon example

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SECTION D: VIDEO “PITCH”

Please tell us about your app in a short video of 2 minutes or less. Your video may include answers that you’ve submitted in writing, such as a description of your community, a description of the audience, visual depictions of the app etc. Your video does not have to be done with a professional camera (in other words, a cellphone is just fine) but please do make sure the sound is clear and that the camera is steady. This video will be reviewed by the review committee and may eventually be, with your permission, shared on social media.

You may email your video to foundation@frs.org with the team name and members in the body of the email. Alternatively, please provide a web url in the space below where judges can view the video.

You may consider using Vimeo or Youtube. Youtube provides the option to upload a video as “unlisted” which means your video will not be publicly viewable unless an individual has the link to the video.

Web url of video:____________________________________________________________

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SECTION E: NTCA MEMBER COMPANY SPONSOR INFORMATION

By signing this form, your company is confirming that you provide service to at least one of the team

members on this application for the FRS Rural Youth App Challenge. Return a completed copy of this form to the team you are sponsoring and email it to foundation@frs.org.

NTCA Sponsoring Company* Name

__________________________________________________________________________________

Signature of Sponsoring Manager or Designated Employee

__________________________________________________________________________________

Printed Name of Sponsoring Manager or Designated Employee

__________________________________________________________________________________

Telephone Number

__________________________________________________________________________________

City, State

__________________________________________________________________________________

*Please contact your local telecommunications provider to determine if it is an NTCA–The Rural

Broadband Association member.

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