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Here
are some questions and answers regarding the Technology Challenge:
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What
is the deadline for this annual online competition? |
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Here
are the deadlines. |
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What
kind of competition is this? |
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It's a 100% online educational event. This annual
Louisiana High School Technology Challenge has been hosted by
the University of Louisiana at
Monroe since
2006. We believe that this competition can serve to revitalize
our great state for a better and brighter future by encouraging high
schools
to recognize and reward the types of teamwork skills students need in
their careers. Over the years, over 100 high schools and
thousands of high school students across
Louisiana have competed. |
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Can our
school enter more than one team? |
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Only one team can represent each high school. The maximum size of
a high school team is 15 students. |
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I'm interested in being a Team Coach. What do I need
to know? |
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That's
great! Please read this. |
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I'm a
high school student. I think I'm interested in participating. What do I
need to know? |
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Wonderful!
Please read this.
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What
can our high school win? |
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Each
of the 5 winning
high school teams
will earn an etched granite team trophy that will honor each
school's efforts for excellence and T-shirts. |
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Is any
travel required? |
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No, there is
no
required school
travel. Everything regarding this competition is done online. Your team uses an online
password-protected
team "Moodle" account for
transferring files on the day of the Technology
Challenge. |
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After
we register our team, what do we need to do? |
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After
your team registers, the
Team Coach will
receive instructions by email for logging into a password
protected "Moodle" team account. On the day of the competition,
your team will be able to access the Technology Challenge. When
your
team is finished, your team will upload the completed files to your
online team account. When ALL of your 4 files are uploaded before
the 11:59 AM deadline, your team is done. It's important to work
as a team because there is a very stiff penalty for
incomplete submissions.
Visual instructions will be provided for logging on to your online team "Moodle" account. |
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How
does our team prepare for the competition? |
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Your
team should include
a lot of diverse talent and creativity. Working well together, using
your collective strengths, is your best strategy.
Here are a few tips:
1. Use your time well. You need to complete the competition
during the morning before a strict deadline..
2. Divide responsibilities. As a team. complete 20 Internet-related questions for Internet Search (40 pts) and 3
different creative tasks (3 X 20 pts each) for a total possible team score of 100 points..
3. Be prepared to answer questions briefly with clear and
complete sentences. Don't forget to check your spelling and grammar!
4. Enjoy the process! It's possible that you will be doing something like this in the future. |
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Can our
team use any type of software or any type of computer for the
competition? |
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Just be able to save your work in common file formats so that an average person, like a teacher/professor/judge, can open your file from a typical computer or laptop.
For example, if you can save your file to a Word
document, Powerpoint, Excel, or
PDF file, it will
allow all of the many judges to access the files easily from
their own computers. (Note: Few
judges have Microsoft Publisher installed on their computers;
so,use a PDF file instead. Accessibility is
key.
For
example, if you create a video file, make sure to save it in the common mp4
video file type. If you create an audio file, save it in the
common mp3 audio file type.
If a judge can't view your file, that fact is noted... and could be used, negatively, in the event of ties. |
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