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How technology competition inspires students to build robots, think digital

Judges Karen Ewing, left, and Marcella Diaz listen as Flowery Branch Elementary student Maelynne Spinelli gives her presentation in the graphic design competition Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, during the Hall County Schools Georgia Technology Competition. - photo by Scott Rogers

01302020 TECH 2.jpg — Judges Karen Ewing, left, and Marcella Diaz listen as Flowery Branch Elementary student Maelynne Spinelli gives her presentation in the graphic design competition Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020, during the Hall County Schools Georgia Technology Competition. - photo by Scott Rogers

Jonathan Ayers and Diego Ochoa, fourth graders at Sugar Hill Elementary, programmed and built a miniature motorized vehicle, fit for putting out fires in Australia and transporting rescued koalas.