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For High School Student Participants
This competition
is designed to acknowledge high school students, like you,
who use technology for learning and in daily life.
If you participate in your school's team, you will:
- Enjoy a team activity that involves some
challenging tasks
during a school day.
- Represent your high school in an annual state-wide online
competition.
- Have the opportunity to win, with your
team, a trophy for your school.
- Distinguish
yourself as one of the participating
members of a school technology team. Why is this important?
This
really looks great on your academic record when you
apply
to a university... or for a job.
- Get recognition, praise, and... respect.
- Hopefully, your work will be recognized as exemplary. If
this is the case, your file(s) may be distributed by the organizers of
this event to educators throughout Louisiana. Your school
team will receive acknowledgment for excellent work.
What
Do I Need To Do?
Your school
needs to have a Team
Coach.
Ask your principal who the Tech Team Coach for your high school is.
Then, contact the Tech Team Coach. The Team Coach can be any adult
who
works at your high school as teacher, administrator,
or staff
member. Every high
school in Louisiana is eligible to enter a single
team composed of up to 15 students.
What
Will I Do?
During regular school hours, on the day of the Technology Challenge, your
team will meet to compete at any time during the
morning from 8:00 AM to 11:59 AM. Your team
will complete a number of
creative tasks.
Teamwork is a must. You should be familiar with
searching the Internet for reliable information, doing word processing
(Word),
making presentations (Powerpoint), working with media (audio and video) and maybe knowing how to do
some spreadsheet editing
(Excel). Although you don't have to "know
everything", you should
be able to
contribute in a positive way.
Requirements
There are deadlines
for these requirements:
1. Your school's Team
Coach selects a team of up to 15 students.
2. Participating
students are excused from classes during the time of the competition.
3. The
competition begins when files are accessed from an online
account on the day of the competition and ends when the completed
files are electronically uploaded to a
designated online account.
4. Team work is essential. Be prepared to work together.
5.
While it's not guaranteed, or required, we do recommend that your
school pays for a pizza party to
celebrate completing the
Technology Challenge!
What Are The Rules?
- Up to 15 registered
students may participate.
- This is a
team effort with a timed deadline.
- Your team
will complete a series of challenging
tasks in a relatively short time.
- No
adults should help you find answers or assist with the completion of the
tasks. Only minimal technical assistance is allowed when technical
difficulties arise.
We do hope
that you enjoy the process! You might be doing something like this for
the rest of your life!
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