Word limit: 1000 words

Using technology doesn’t have to mean writing a computer program – it could be any situation in which you’ve used any technology to do something interesting.

Questions to answer

• We want to know what you did, but we’re also very interested in how you did it. Below are some questions that you can use as inspiration for your writing.
• Some of the questions will be more relevant to your project than others – feel free to choose a few that are most relevant to your project and to not answer the rest.
• The overall word limit is 1000 words.

Overview

• What did you do? Please include screenshots, photos, and links to repositories, website urls, or any other illustration of the project (if relevant)

Impact

• Why did you do it? Were you solving a problem, or did you just want to learn something new for fun?
• What was the impact of your project? Did anyone use it? How did it help them?
• What aspect of your project are you most proud of?

Challenges

• Did you get feedback from people who used your work? How did you change your plans based on this?
• What’s the biggest challenge that you encountered? Why did it happen?

Things you learned

• What did you learn during your project?
• What would you do differently next time?

Notes

• It’s OK to choose a project that you worked on in a small team, but please be clear about which parts you worked on personally.
• If you have an idea but aren’t sure if it’s appropriate then it probably is. If you like then you can email us to check. Feel free to email us a brief description of an idea (email: [email protected]) and we’ll let you know if we think it is appropriate.
• You cannot re-use Leaving Cert, 3rd level or other curricular projects in the portfolio.

• Provide evidence –> links to screenshots, design artefacts, commented code, git commits, etc.