Tic-Tech: Fwd: FW: ThinkQuest Junior

From: Susan Weiss (sweiss@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us)
Date: Mon Nov 20 2000 - 14:34:37 PST

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    ThinkQuest also has competition for the secondary level.

    Sue Weiss
    Ballard HS Librarian
    Seattle, WA
    (206) 252-1121
    sweiss@seattleschools.org
    http://www.seattleschools.org/schools/ballard/index.html

    On Mon, 20 Nov 2000, Mark Ahlness wrote:

    > --- TIC-TECH message:
    >
    >
    > -------- Original Message --------
    > Subject: FW: ThinkQuest Junior
    > Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2000 12:10:33 -0800
    > From: "Foltos, Les" <lfoltos@seattleschools.org>
    > To: "mark ahlness (E-mail)" <mahlness@cks.ssd.k12.wa.us>
    >
    > Mark, could we get this posted to Tic Tech?
    >
    > I think we want to get this out to schools. I believe that the High
    > Point
    > project on Jacob Lawrence might have been a good candidate for this
    > award.
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: aallen@psesd.wednet.edu [mailto:aallen@psesd.wednet.edu]
    > Sent: Monday, November 20, 2000 8:33 AM
    > To: techforum@lists.psesd.wednet.edu; etsc@esd105.wednet.edu
    > Subject: ThinkQuest Junior
    >
    >
    > Dear Tech Directors and Coordinators,
    >
    > Below is an announcement about the ThinkQuest Junior competition, which
    > is
    > now open. Please forward this to interested staff in your region. For
    > more
    > info on this competition, visit
    > http://www.thinkquest.org/tqjr/index.html.
    > ---------------------------------
    >
    > ThinkQuest Junior
    > ThinkQuest Junior is a classroom-based competition that encourages girls
    > and
    > boys in grades 4-6 to take a meaningful interest in computers and
    > technology. ThinkQuest Junior helps teachers promote the "Internet
    > Style" of
    > learning - an interactive, participatory method that encourages students
    > to
    > take advantage of the Internet as a constantly growing source of
    > information
    > and as a powerful collaborative tool.
    >
    > Making learning fun and contagious for other students of the same age,
    > ThinkQuest Junior teams create educational Web sites on a variety of
    > subjects. More than $250,000 in cash, and awards are given to winning
    > students, teachers and their schools.
    >
    > 1. Contest Schedule and Deadlines
    >
    > Registration for the ThinkQuest Junior 2000 Competition may be submitted
    > via
    > the ThinkQuest Web site between Monday October 16, 2000 and the
    > registration
    > deadline of 12:00 PM (noon) U.S. Eastern Time, Monday, February 7, 2001.
    >
    > Entries - Entries for ThinkQuest Junior Contest must be completed, and
    > submitted no later than the entry deadline of 12:00 PM (noon) U.S.
    > Eastern
    > Time Wednesday March 14, 2001
    >
    > Peer Review - The first round of ThinkQuest Junior judging will be
    > conducted
    > by Peer Review. Each participating team is responsible for evaluating 3
    > ThinkQuest Junior entries from other teams, submitted in a category
    > other
    > than their chosen category. All Peer Review evaluations must be
    > completed
    > between Friday March 16 and Friday March 30, 2001. The Entry of a team
    > that
    > has not completed their Peer Review obligation will not be submitted to
    > Online Judging
    >
    > Judging - On line judging of the entries begins immediately following
    > ThinkQuest Junior Peer Review. Finalist teams will be announced on or
    > about
    > April 30th, 2001. Awards will be announced on or about May 18, 2001 on
    > the
    > ThinkQuest Web site.
    >
    > Anne Allen, Director
    > Ed Tech Development Center
    > Puget Sound ESD
    > 400 SW 152nd Street
    > Burien, WA 98166-2209
    > Phone: (206) 439-6903 x4023
    > Fax: (206) 439-3961
    > aallen@psesd.wednet.edu www.psesd.wednet.edu
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