IFIC 2020 Online
IFIC 2020 event is postponed. New date is to be determined. IFIC online session will be held before onsite event at Museum in Hangzhou, China. We assume IFIC 2020 will be held in late May.
Language used in Online session is ENGLISH.
Possibile Schedule

IFIC 2020 Online Sessions
Registration | E.g. 2020.5.4 |
Seminar Online | E.g. 2020.5.13 |
Invention Exhibition Online (Invention Gallery) | E.g. 2020.5.13-24 |
Activity: Ice Breaking | E.g. 2020.5.13-15 |
Activity: Big Challenge | E.g. 2020.5.15-24 |
Judging Day (Judging Circle Online) | E.g. 2020.5.17 |
Award |
Registration
Students will fill online registration form. Filled information include,
- Name, gender, school, grade, language
- Contact information
- Online judging time preference
- Invention information, and upload photos of inventor, invention, displayboard, and pdf file of full logbook
- And one question that this student want other inventors to guess about his/her invention
Seminar Online
Seminar will be in the form of Webinar. Video conference platform ZOOM might be used. This could also be done by pre-recorded video. Topic of seminar can be one of the following,
- Orientation: Guide students how to participate in coming online activities.
- Inventors Talk: Student inventors share their stories. (May be good for younger child)
- Inventing in Real World: Industry experts showing the journey of an idea to a great product.(May be good for older child)
Invention Exhibition Online (Invention Gallery)
All inventions participating IFIC Judging Circle Online will be exhibited in Inventor Gallery. So that more people can see their inventions.
Note: Information shown on Invention Gallery is different with the information shown to judges.
Activities
Students will be asked to complete 2 online missions.
- Ice Breaking
- Big Challenge
When Ice Breaking is completed, they will get a jpg file of IF badge. Then, when Big Challenge is completed, they will further get a 3D-printing file of IF badge. After that they can add any words they want to IF bage, and send this 3D-printing file to local organizer to have a real 3D-printed badge!
Note: In China, we can get IF badges printed and send to students during the event. How about in US and UK?
Judging Day (Judging Circle Online)
Webinar will be used for judging circle online. Possible time could be
- Connecticut 9-10AM, London 2-3PM, Beijing 9-10PM, Judging Circle with students from US, UK, CN
- Connecticut 10-11AM or 2-3PM, London 3-4PM or 7-8PM, Judging Circle with students from US, UK
- London 9-10AM, Beijing 4-5PM, Judging Circle with students from UK, CN
The process of Judging Circle online is the same as onsite Judging Circle,
- 3 Judges and 4-8 inventors in the same judging circle
- Each judging circle is a webinar, 1 judge will be the host to facilitate the whole judging
- One by one, Inventor will present 4 mins, followed by 5 mins Q&A with judges and other students. Then 1 min for judges to finish the online score form.
- After log in, judges and students can view detail information of inventions in the same judging circle.
Note: Judges and students need to be familiar with Webinar platform first.
Award
IFIC onsite awards are also available to online participants. Judging Circle Online results will be considered the same as IFIC 2020 onsite judging results when calculating scores for awards.
Please leave feedback under DISCUSSION.
在报名表里面是最后一句话:留一个关于其他发明家关于自己作品的问题 和 icebreaking 页面点进去的提供的一些问题,这两种形式指的是同一个活动么?因为报名表最后留一个问题的表述可能学生会有不同的理解,所以我们是否可以给出参考。
– General comment: 整个时间跨度是否太长。参加在线活动的学生可能无法在长时间中保持对活动的专注和参与。可以借鉴Code Rally, PyCon, 以及我司每月一次跨三国300人同时planning等多国参与的在线活动,考虑把整体活动浓缩在一两天内完成。这样每天的内容集中、丰富、参与度更好。鉴于多时区重叠的时间段较少,可以考虑部分本地活动(比如占2/3时间)+部分跨国活动(1/3时间)结合的方式。也可以考虑:第一天三国同时kickoff + 相邻时区国家结对搞活动(US+UK, UK+CN) + 第二天三国一起同步结果的方式。
整体时间表:Registration (周一) — Invention gallerey 陈列 (周一到周日) — Online activities (周六+周日)
– Ice breaking 很棒!如果集中做,应该可以在1小时内完成?
– Big Challenge:布置三类任务和分组的时候,应该怎样更好地考虑年龄差异呢?第二类任务需要端到端完成一个发明,跨国完成的难度好像比较大(一两天内肯定来不及)。在设计在线活动时是否建议用第一和第三种任务?不同组获得的任务类型是相同的吗?如果任务类型不同,最终评奖时怎样判定比较好?在线组队,成员超过3人后的交流讨论会比较困难。两两结对(pair work)而不是组队,或许是一个好方法,参考Code rally。
– Judging circle online: 参与这个的学生,是不是就不参加on-site IFIC了?
– Language used in Online session is ENGLISH. –> Shall we accomodate teachers/guests who do not speak English especially for the seminar?
夏令时开始后,杭州和伦敦6小时时差,杭州和康州12小时时差。活动时间如何安排,我们可以先找一些学生来试验一下。如果能缩短,那是最好的。
参加Judging Circle Online的学生,还是要参加on-site IFIC。只不过他有3次成绩计入,不是2次。
首次尝试在线,采用小规模的方式,语言采用英语,降低活动的复杂度,先保证活动在英文流利的人群参与情况下,可以进行。以后的seminar可以考虑加入翻译环节。