{"id":27719,"date":"2015-12-30T10:20:26","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T15:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=27719"},"modified":"2015-12-30T10:20:26","modified_gmt":"2015-12-30T15:20:26","slug":"costello-announces-congressional-app-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=27719","title":{"rendered":"Costello announces Congressional App Challenge\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Washington, DC<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Congressman Ryan Costello (PA-06) announced that his office is now accepting entries for the Congressional App Challenge. The contest, open to high school students in Pennsylvania\u2019s Sixth Congressional District, encourages students to program and design their own original applications, known as \u201capps,\u201d for electronic devices. Sponsored by the Internet Education Foundation, the challenge offers PA-06 high school students the opportunity to showcase their creativity and programming abilities to a national audience and make contact with potential future high-tech employers.\u00a0Entries will be accepted\u00a0until January 15, 2016.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/houseofrep.jpg.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1250673\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/houseofrep.jpg.png\" alt=\"houseofrep.jpg\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn an effort to promote creativity and encourage students to hone their coding expertise, I have launched the Congressional App Challenge,\u201d said Congressman Costello. \u201cIt\u2019s my hope that the contest will pose a fun challenge for students involved in STEM-based education and stay ahead of the evolving technology. Maybe we\u2019ll see a PA-06 student create the next Instagram or Snapchat app that will take our culture by storm!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Costello is a member of the Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) and the Congressional Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math (STEAM) caucuses.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RACofficialphoto20151-231x300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1250678 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/RACofficialphoto20151-231x300.jpg\" alt=\"RACofficialphoto2015\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Rules of Entry<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Contestants will be judged on creativity, user experience, and an understanding of coding and programming skills. Participants must be 13 years of age or older and reside in or attend school in Pennsylvania\u2019s Sixth Congressional District. Teams of no more than four students are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The winning student or team\u2019s app in each congressional district will be featured on the U.S. House of Representatives\u2019 website (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.house.gov\/\">www.house.gov<\/a>), and displayed in an exhibit in the U.S. Capitol. The apps will be judged by a panel selected by the Congressman\u2019s office and winners will be announced\u00a0on February 22, 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information on rules and entry requirements, interested students may contact Congressman Costello\u2019s Washington, DC office at\u00a0<a href=\"tel:(202)%20225-4315\">(202) 225-4315<\/a>\u00a0or visit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.challenge.gov\/challenge\/congressional-app-challenge-pa-06-rep-costello\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.challenge.gov\/challenge\/congressional-app-challenge-pa-06-rep-costello\/<\/a>.\u00a0For information about the Internet Education Foundation, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.neted.org\/\">http:\/\/www.neted.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Washington, DC\u00a0\u2013 Congressman Ryan Costello (PA-06) announced that his office is now accepting entries for the Congressional App Challenge. The contest, open to high school students in Pennsylvania\u2019s Sixth Congressional District, encourages students to program and design their own original applications, known as \u201capps,\u201d for electronic devices. Sponsored by the Internet Education Foundation, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27717,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[7882,7228],"class_list":["post-27719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-congressional-app-challenge","tag-congressman-ryan-costello"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27719\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}