[Yr11 Information Technology] YICTE Competition

[Therese Keane]

Young ICT Explorers (YICTE)
Young ICT Explorers is a technology competition for primary and secondary students to submit their best ICT project. This competition is sponsored by SAP, Group X, NICTA and Swinburne University. It aims to inspire creativity and innovation while encouraging students to consider a career in ICT.
The competition enables students to enter a technology related project they have been working in class. The competition is deliberately broad to encourage as much creativity and innovation as possible.  All types of projects are welcome provided they have a clear link to technology. Students have complete control of their ideas, enabling them to design projects they want to see brought to life. (Guidelines can be found in the Information pack - http://www.youngictexplorers.net.au/cms/images/2014_information_pack.pdf).
At the judging event – which will be held at Swinburne University on Saturday 23rd August, students have the opportunity to present their project to a judging panel of academics and industry professionals for the chance to win great prizes and receive feedback from the ICT community. Each project is assessed on creativity, uniqueness, quality, level of difficulty and project documentation.
In the past students have submitted:

·      Websites

·      Robotics

·      Digital media

·      Software &

·      Mobile phone applications
However, other products would also be considered.
The Competition is open to all students in Years 3 – 12. Students can compete individually or in teams of up to 4.
I have provided a link with further information about YICTE- http://youngictexplorers.net.au/cms/

Registration of Interest
School Registrations are open until May 26th, where we ask you to register your Schools interest.  The Registration Page can be found at: https://www.conftool.pro/youngictexplorers2014/

Submissions
Project submissions are to be submitted online by the 7th July. If the project is accepted, the students will be invited to the judging event at Swinburne University on the 23rd of August 2014.
If you would like to find out how you and your students can get involved please feel free to contact Travis Joy  (travis.joy at sap.com<mailto:travis.joy at sap.com>) or Dr Therese Keane (tkeane at swin.edu.au<mailto:tkeane at swin.edu.au>) for more information.

There is no cost associated with this competition.
We are looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Cheers
Therese


Dr Therese Keane
Lecturer in ICT Skills Development
Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology
Room: TD323
Phone: (+613) 9214 8579
Fax: (+613) 9819 0823

Twitter: #SwinEdTech

Swinburne University,
PO Box 218 Hawthorn,
Victoria 3122 AUSTRALIA
CRICOS Provider 0011D

http://www.swinburne.edu.au/science-engineering-technology/staff-profiles/view.php?who=tkeane
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