Lets Make IT Happy  

Gisela urges local primary schools to help the community get online. MPs and e-skills UK have launched the fourth year of the Make IT Happy competition, a UK-wide technology challenge for primary school students aged 9 to 11. The competition is run by the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM) and e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology. It is backed by more than 80 MPs from across the UK. The Make IT Happy competition gives students a chance to work together to come up with creative technology projects which will have a positive impact on their local community. Make IT Happy 2010 has the theme of ‘Get Your Community Online’. A panel of judges will be looking for imaginative, pupil-led initiatives from schools showing their communities how to make use of the exciting possibilities of the internet. 10 million people in the...