REDWOOD SHORES, Calif.,
21-AUG-2008 01:00 PM
The ThinkQuest Website Competition 2009, sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation (OEF), is now open to teams of students, ages 9-19, from anywhere in the world. Each team must be coached by a teacher or school employee.
Teams are challenged to develop an educational website on topics of their choosing. Website entries may utilize a variety of technologies and take a variety of creative forms.
Participating students develop important 21st century skills such as teamwork, critical thinking, self-direction, and technology skills.
Entries are due on April 2, 2009, giving teams up to eight months to create their websites. Professional educators from around the world will judge all entries.
Qualifying entries will be published in the ThinkQuest Library, the world's largest online repository of student-developed learning projects, visited by millions of web learners each month.
Prizes may include laptop computers, digital cameras, school grants, and a trip to the awards event in San Francisco, depending on placement.
New Enhancements
In addition to launching the ThinkQuest Website Competition 2009, OEF is expanding and enriching ThinkQuest to help increase the adoption of 21st century skills by students worldwide. Highlights of new enhancements include:
- The integration of OEF's Think.com online learning community under the ThinkQuest brand to make it easier for students and teachers to publish and create learning projects;
- An expanded library of student-created educational resources; and
- A comprehensive professional development program for educators, including a newly developed Project Learning Institute that offers training on how to design engaging learning projects.
Full details of the new ThinkQuest offerings and benefits are available at http://www.thinkquest.org.
Supporting Quotes
"Over 397,000 students in 60 countries benefit from Oracle Education Foundation programs," said Clare Dolan, Vice President, Oracle Corporate Citizenship. "Students who participate in the ThinkQuest Website Competition develop vital skills for life and work in the 21st century and become published web-authors in the ThinkQuest Library."
"The ThinkQuest Website Competition provides young people with an outstanding opportunity to exercise 21st century skills and showcase their work globally," said Annette Harris, coach of a winning team in last year's competition. "It is very exciting to see students shift from being consumers of information to becoming producers of information. Their application of cutting edge technology, creativity and determination is inspirational."
Supporting Resources
ThinkQuest: http://www.thinkquest.org
Oracle Education Foundation: http://www.oraclefoundation.org
About the Oracle Education Foundation
A nonprofit organization funded by Oracle, the foundation delivers ThinkQuest - a widely acclaimed education technology program - to K-12 schools globally. ThinkQuest is a protected, online learning platform that enables teachers to integrate learning projects into their classroom curriculum and students to develop critical 21st century skills. For more information, visit http://www.oraclefoundation.org.
About Oracle
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our website at www.oracle.com.
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