Two students from Wick High School go global with their own app
Two students from Wick High School have launched their own app onto the market at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London this morning.
Two students from Wick High School have launched their own app onto the market at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London this morning.
The launch will see the ‘One Click Politics’ app become available on the Google Play Store.
It was designed as part of the school's national Apps for Good Awards entry and is designed to help get young people tuned into politics.
The app, created by John, 14, and Konrad, 15, won the ‘Information’ category, sponsored by Thomson Reuters, at the Apps for Good Awards last June.
The team has spent the past few months working with creative technology consultancy, Codelegs, to have their app built professionally.
One Click Politics team member John Sutherland, says: “We’re so happy with the way our app has turned out. As a team, we’ve experienced successes and challenges when designing and marketing the concept, but to have a professional app officially launching on Google Play as an end result makes it all worth it.”
Debbie Forster, co-CEO of Apps for Good explains, “Our mission is to power a generation to change their world with technology and help them thrive in a tech driven future. We are absolutely delighted to be launching these seven apps and are very proud of the students behind them; they are outstanding examples of what our young people can achieve.”
Rachel Moseley, Senior Manager, Corporate Responsibility & Inclusion, Thomson Reuters says: “We are proud of our ongoing partnership with Apps for Good, as we see the next generation of technologists thinking differently and using information to understand social challenges and offer very real solutions.”