[Year 12 IT Apps] SwinGame 09 Competition Now Open (apologies forcross posts)

[Burnham Nerrida]

Hi Ash

What do you think about this for your Year 9 kids?

Nerrida Burnham
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Subject: [Year 12 IT Apps] SwinGame 09 Competition Now Open (apologies
forcross posts)

Hi IT Teachers, 

I would like to announce that the SwinGame 09 games design competition
is open again this year.  The competition ran for the first time last
year and our senior academic staff from the Computer Science and
Software Engineering academic area were impressed with the quality of
the entries.  The winning games from last year can be seen at
www.swingame.com  

This years competition now includes two different categories  (Arcade
and Open) to encourage all secondary school students to enter and
participate (visit the website for category details).

Once again, the SwinGame.com website will have the following supporting
programs and materials to help students:
-  The creation of Game Development Kits available in VB.NET, Delphi,
Pascal, VB6 and C# to give students a range of tools and examples to
assist in the creation of their game;
-  Sample games which include tutorials with videos on how to create
games;
-  A forum where participants can ask questions, get help and post ideas
about their games;
-  A teacher only forum for teachers to discuss ideas and ask questions.

Similar to last year, the 2009 competition is:
- Free to enter
- Open to individual students and teams of up to three
- Open to all secondary school students in Australia

Prizes for the Arcade Category (team or individual):
1st Prize - $2,500
2nd Prize - $1,000
3rd Prize  - $500

Prizes for Open Category (team or individual):
1st prize - $1,000

The competition is currently open and entries must be submitted by 7
August 2008 (see website).  All entries will be judged by a panel of
experts and winners will be announced on 16 August at Swinburne's Open
Day.  This is a good way to get students excited about software and
games development, which will hopefully encourage younger students to
choose IT as a subject in schools.

A class presentation is available for your students on the SwinGame 09
competition which can help them get started.  If you would like a
Swinburne staff member to visit your class to present SwinGame, please
contact me on the number/email below. 

All information on the competition is available at:
www.swingame.com 

You will be receiving a SwinGame 09 pack soon that will contain SwinGame
09 info cards (see attached) and posters for you to put up in the
classroom.

If you have any questions feel free to contact me.


Regards,
 
Rob Mercer
ICT Outreach - Project Officer
Faculty of Information & Communication Technologies
Swinburne University of Technology
PO Box 218
Hawthorn VIC 3122 Australia
 
PH:  +61 3 9214 8768
FAX :+61 3 9819 0823
rmercer at swin.edu.au 


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