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KnoPro is 100% free and gives high school students meaningful work-based learning experiences they can highlight on resumes and college applications. Sponsored by top companies, each challenge helps students build in-demand skills, confidence, and opportunities to win large cash prizes.

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Lenovo Future-Ready Tech Challenge
October 2nd - November 3rd

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September 27th

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Looking for real-world experiences to make your college application and resume stand out? Challenges are competitions you can do on a team or solo—in school or out!—where big money's on the line just by helping solve a pressing industry or community problem with your real-life knohow.

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Game Changers: Tech that Transforms Sports

Get ready to level up your game! In this KnoPro Challenge, you’ll explore how ... More
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+400 Points

Winner

$10000

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Daily Skillbuilders

10 minutes a Day. Earn Points & Skills.

Level-up your skills and career knowledge by creating TikTok videos, persuasive emails and more!

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The Hidden Inventor Behind GIFs

Effort: 10 minutesYou probably use GIFs every day to react in a chat, comment on social media, or make a point without typing a single word. GIFs help us communicate emotion, humor, and personality in seconds. But most people don’t know that GIF technology was created by a Black woman software engineer, Lisa Gelobter. In the 1990s, while working on early internet technologies, Gelobter helped develop animation tools that made looping images, what we now call GIFs, possible and popular. Her work helped shape how visuals move online today, influencing everything from memes to social media to digital storytelling. While GIFs arefun, they are also a kind of language, powered by software and creativity. Your Task: Imagine you’re on a product team creating the next evolution of GIFs. Step 1: Answer one question: Why do you think GIFs became such a powerful way to communicate? When do GIFs work better than words? Step 2: Invent Design a new kind of digital GIF. This could be: A smarter GIF that changes based on mood or context A GIF tool for education, activism, or mental health A feature that helps people express themselves more clearly online Describe: Who the GIF is for What problem it solves How it works (in simple terms) This Skillbuilder is in celebration of Black History Month. More
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Looking for real-world experiences to make your college application and resume stand out? Challenges are competitions you can do on a team or solo—in school or out!—where big money's on the line just by helping solve a pressing industry or community problem with your real-life knohow.

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Future Ready Tech Challenge

Today’s industries are seeking creative ways of improving career readiness. Th... More
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