Bring Innovation to Your Classroom

Help your students build future-ready mindsets, spark curiosity, and showcase your impact with the Genially & Intel® Skills for Innovation Teacher Competition.

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About the Competition

The Genially & Intel® Skills for Innovation (SFI) Teacher Competition brings together two powerful brands with one shared mission: empowering you to spark innovation in your classroom.

 

  • Intel® SFI provides the future-ready curriculum — research-backed learning resources that help your students build critical skills for tomorrow.

     

  • Genially provides the interactive platform — enabling you to transform those lessons into dynamic, visual, and engaging experiences for students.

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Together, they create a unique opportunity

Teachers get to adapt and implement future-ready lessons while showcasing their creativity, professional growth, and impact on student learning.

 

In this competition, you’ll select an Intel® SFI Starter Pack, adapt it for your students, and share their classroom journey through an interactive Genially presentation. Enter for a chance to win one of three AI PCs, powered by Intel® Core™ Ultra, Genially premium licenses, and much more!

 

Categories:

  • Elementary School
  • Middle School
  • High School

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How to Participate

Path 1: Quick Start

 

You can choose your own pathway


Use one of these 6 pre-genialized Starter Packs, already converted into Genially format. Customize it to fit your classroom needs and get started quickly.

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Path 2: Explorer Track

Browse the full Intel® SFI Starter Pack library (sign up for free for the with code: GENIALLYSFI). Pick one that inspires you and Genialize it yourself before using it with your students. Submissions in this track earn bonus judging credit for creativity and initiative.

 

Steps to Join:

  1. Select the Starter Pack you’d like to implement.
     
  2. Implement the Starter Pack with your students and document your journey with reflections, student work, photos, or videos.
     
  3. Respond to the questions in this submission template by making a copy or by making your own genially. 
     
  4. Fill out the Google form to submit your work. 

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Submission Requirements

Your final deliverable is a Genially presentation that includes:

  • The Starter Pack used and how it was implemented
     
  • Documentation of student engagement such as photos, student work, and video clips (optional but encouraged)
     
  • Teacher reflection on challenges, successes, and professional growth.

 

Check out the full submission template here!

*Submissions accepted in English only.

 

Eligibility: This competition is open to K–12 teachers in the United States and Canada.

Judging Criteria

 

Each submission will be evaluated based on alignment with SFI skills, creativity, student impact, use of Genially, and teacher reflection. 

 

Click here for the full Playbook.

Prizes

Entrants for each category will stand to win the following prizes:

Prize 1
Top Prize ($1,400 value)

 

For each category: 

  • Intel® AI PC powered by Intel® CoreTM Ultra
  • Intel® Swag Bag
  • 1 year Genially EDU 360 subscription ($1,400 value)

Prize 2
Runner-Ups ($220 value)

 

For each category:

  • Intel® Swag Bag
  • 1 year Genially EDU Expert subscription 

Prize 3
Winner Spotlight

 

Winners will also be spotlighted on Intel and Genially’s channels, with opportunities to share their work in webinars or industry events.

Resources & Support

We’re here to help you succeed. Participants will receive:

6 Pre-Genialized Starter Packs (ready to use) with Educator Guides and Student Worksheets.

Access to the full Intel® SFI Starter Pack library (registration code: GENIALLYSFI) for those who want to explore more.

Competition Playbook with detailed guidance.

Submission Template with guiding questions.

Here you can check the Terms and Conditions.

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What is Intel® SFI?

 

Intel® SFI is a global education initiative launched by Intel to give educators the tools they need to prepare students for the future.

 

One of its signature resources are the SFI Starter Packs – ready-to-use lesson packages that integrate innovative uses of technology into everyday learning. Each Starter Pack includes a slide deck, educator guides, student worksheets, and working files, making it simple to bring tech-infused approaches into the classroom.

 

These Starter Packs are designed to help students develop future-ready skills such as AI & Machine Learning, Design Thinking, Computational Thinking and more!

 

Sign up for free and gain access to 120+ Starter Packs with the code: GENIALLYSFI.

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What is Genially?

 

Genially is a powerful, cloud-based tool designed to create interactive and visually engaging content for K12, higher education, corporate, and beyond. 

 

With its user-friendly interface, instructional designers, professors, and students can effortlessly design click-to-explore experiences, no coding needed. From dynamic lectures and case studies to assignments, presentations, and projects, it transforms complex ideas into captivating digital content. 

 

Thanks to a rich library of animations, interactivity, and templates, Genially makes it easy to design, share, and track engagement. Whether teaching, presenting, or collaborating, our authoring tool helps you create inspiring, impactful content—all while saving time and boosting impact.

FAQs

Work samples, photos, or reflections from students are all acceptable. Video is optional but can strengthen your submission.Work samples, photos, or reflections from students are all acceptable. Video is optional but can strengthen your submission.

Intel® Skills for Innovation (SFI) is a global education initiative that equips teachers like you with ready-to-use, future-focused lesson resources. These lessons integrate technologies such as AI, design thinking, computational thinking, and emerging tools to help students build problem-solving, collaboration, and innovation skills.

 

You can sign up for free on the Intel® SFI platform with the code GENIALLYSFI, where you’ll gain access to professional development opportunities, a library of Starter Packs, and resources to bring future-ready learning into your classrooms.

Not required, but highly encouraged! Exploring the full library gives you more options and inspiration.

Find them in the How to Participate section of the landing page. Alternatively, if you have signed up for Intel® SFI, all available Starter Packs are available for download (as zip files) on the platform.

Not at all. The pre-Genialized Starter Packs make it easy to start, and the provided resources will help you get comfortable. You can also visit the Genially Support page for additional help.

Teachers may submit one entry per category.

Here is a few articles to help you genialize your starter packs: