Last year, our school created an all-school design challenge which we call the Create-a-thon. This year, we chose to go further and open it up to other schools. Once we announced this, more and more schools wanted to get involved and so it became the Global Create-a-thon. Two summers ago, my teacher, Lisa Gottfried, and I were at Adobe. I was interning and she was at the Adobe Education Leaders Summit. There, she learned about a Hack-a-thon. After some meetings and altering, the create-a-thon was born. The entire event over the past two years has educated me so much in many aspects. First and foremost, it has given me insight into the field I will possibly go with. It has also strengthened my logistics and planning skills. I have planned events in the past but this one was on an entirely new level. I had to communicate with professionals, educators, 400+ students. I had to plan the curriculum, teams, schedule, rollout, and think of all the little things that put it over the edge. The Global Create-a-thon is providing an outlet for students to simply create. This day and age, students are under so much stress and many don’t have a method to relieve it. With this environment, artists and non-artists have no time or motivation to create. This is a place where they can let their creativity run free and explore new realms. In the future, we can only hope to go bigger. Even though I am a graduating senior this year and this January was my last, I have every intention to help in any way I can next year seeing what I have helped establish. I believe the create-a-thon would be a great event to replicate anywhere. It can be as simple or as extravagant as you want. They are completely customizable. This is what’s so great. Schools, Organizations or even Communities can recreate this event with the magnitude they wish. I am so unbelievably fortunate to have been apart of this incredible groundbreaking event. I will forever carry this experience with me.
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