DIIT Design League Award Winners
We are proud to announce the winners of this year’s pilot Design League program in partnership with the NYC DOE's Division of Instructional and Information Technology (DIIT).
About DIIT Design League
In this program, 800+ students from 17 schools across all five boroughs worked in teams to invent an original app design that addresses a need in their community, showcasing human-centered design and UX/UI principles.
This May, each school held a Design League school fair where judges identified 50 winning projects to move on to the city-wide competition at the Emoti-Con NYC Youth Digital Media & Technology Challenge.
Award Categories
DIIT Awards: The team at DIIT, with support from volunteer judges, selected 5 winning schools, 1 per borough, and 1 or more winning app design projects within each school. DIIT created 3 awards: Creative Communicator, Innovative Designer and Knowledge Constructor - which align to ISTE technology learning standards.
Emoti-Con Awards: At the Emoti-Con competition, DIIT Design League students compete among hundreds of other students in creative technology programs around the city. A few of the DIIT Design League teams also earned Emoti-Con awards! See all Emoti-Con winners here.
🏆 Bronx Winners🏆
Bronx Winning School:
Bronx International High School (09X403)
Bronx Winning Projects:
“Foodie World” by Rafia, Sadia and Samuela- DIIT’s Creative Communicator Award
- DIIT’s Knowledge Constructor Award
- DIIT’s Knowledge Constructor Award
- Emoti-Con’s Most Entertaining Award
- Emoti-Con’s Honorable Mention
🏆 Brooklyn Winners🏆
Brooklyn Winning School:
M.S. 582 The Magnet School for Multimedia, Technology, and Urban Planning (14K582)
Brooklyn Winning Projects:
“No Pain No Board Game” by Teeny
DIIT’s Knowledge Constructor Award
Emoti-Con’s Honorable Mention
“WeSpeak” by Tianee, Saray, Senise, & Jhamiyah
- DIIT’s Creative Communicator Award
🏆 Manhattan Winners🏆
Manhattan Winning School:
High School for Media & Communications (06M463)
Manhattan Winning Projects:
“Smoke Coach” by Elias, Ann, Oleyrys, & Trillion
DIIT’s Innovative Designer Award
“Training Facility” by Rayniel, Tadhg, Yomaris, & Ashe
DIIT’s Innovative Designer Award
🏆 Queens Winners🏆
Queens Winning School:
I.S. 145 The Magnet School of Innovation and Applied Learning (30Q145)
Queens Winning Projects:
“Calestia” by Melissa T, Melissa P, Danna, & Carlos
DIIT’s Innovative Designer Award
“MS 358Q Student App” by Leanny, Shyma, Nasira, Kareena, Maisha, Akash, Rifat, Ayeman, Ronnie, Maheen, & Kelsey
Emoti-Con’s Honorable Mention
🏆 Staten Island Winners🏆
Staten Island Winning School:
IS 75 (31R075)
Staten Island Winning Projects:
“Explore Pets” by Nicole, Salvatore, & Sara
DIIT’s Creative Communicator Award
“Remote Rewards Chrome Extension” from IS 27 by Ben, Sophia, Matthew, Elena, Nicholas, Minul, & Dante
Emoti-Con’s Best Pitch Award
Congratulations to the winners and to all of the schools, teachers, and students who participated in DIIT Design League this year!
