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Anno 1998-1999
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Cerimonia Annuale ThinkQuest 43 premi per un totale di circa 2 miliardi di lire sono stati dati ad oltre un centinaio di studenti provenienti da più di 18 nazioni. Los Angeles 23 Novembre 1998. Alla cerimonia di gala sono stati assegnati i 43 premi, riservati ai partecipanti alla terza edizione di ThinkQuest. Il concorso ThinkQuest è un concorso in Internet che invita gli studenti a lavorare insieme per creare in modo altamente interattivo, dei siti web di interesse educativo, che stimolino l'interesse dei partecipanti. I vincitori hanno dovuto superare un severo criterio di giudizio, effettuato prima in rete da giudici internazionali, poi nella fase finale, con interviste faccia a faccia che i giudici hanno effettuato con i gruppi finalisti. Infatti nei tre giorni precedenti la cerimonia, i giudici, selezionati dall'Internet Society (leader nel mondo educativo e di internet), hanno dialogato con i finalisti al fine di meglio giudicare il lavoro finale dei vari gruppi. Per questo anno i teams partecipanti iniziali sono stati 2.189 per un totale di 5852 studenti provenienti da 64 nazioni. Il sito Think quest, è stato visitato da milioni di visitatori ed usato da moltissimi studenti e professori, oltre 1000 lavori tra i migliori resteranno a disposizione di tutti negli archivi elettronici Think quest, all'indirizzo internet: www.thinkquest.org. Alla cerimonia finale, sono stati consegnati i 25 premi per le varie categorie in concorso: Arte e letteratura Per ogni categoria sono stati assegnati cinque livelli di premi. Inoltre Think quest annuncia i seguenti premi speciali: Premio per il Design sponsorizzato da ADOBE Il premio Gioiello (GEM Award) quest'anno è andato ad un lavoro su Leonardo da Vinci. In concomitanza con "the Awards Weekend", ThinkQuest sponsorizza "Kids, Technology and the New Millennium," un convegno internazionale , progettato per le scuole, gli studenti, i professori ed i genitori. Anche quest'anno la partecipazione è stata massiccia e ci sono stati relatori da tutti gli Stati Uniti oltre a rappresentanti internazionali di Egitto, Sud Africa, Cile, Giappone e Germania che hanno parlato dello stato dell'educazione nei rispettivi paesi. I vincitori del concorso 1998 Best of Contest The Soundry Fairfax Station, VA, USA Clifton, VA, USA Soldotna, AK, USA
Scienze Sociali 1st Place--Experience Cuba Madison, WI, USA Singapore 2nd Place--Electric Snow: TV in Our Time Waipahu, HI, USA Kapaa, HI, USA Malmo, Skene, Sweden 3rd Place--Nicaragua in Perspective: History, Culture, Politics, Economics Managua, Nicaragua Nagoya, Aichi, Japan 4th Place--World War II Galesburg, IL, USA Cameron, IL, USA Amherst, NY, USA 5th Place--Lessons of War Madison,WI, USA Wangerland, Germany Bassett, VA, USA Special Recognition--True Values: Our National Heritage St Peters, South Australia, Australia Gilberton, South Australia, Australia Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Sport e Salute 1st Place--The Hidden Killers: Deadly Viruses Waldorf, MD, USA Cupertino, CA, USA Los Altos, CA, USA 2nd Place--Tae Kwon Do--The Dream Becomes Reality Sofia, Bulgaria 3rd Place--Driving Under the Influence Reston, VA, USA Alexandria, VA, USA 4th Place--Alternative Medicine Online Smithtown, NY, USA St. James, NY, USA 5th Place--Health Careers Resource Centers Virginia Beach, VA, USA Shrewsbury, MO, USA Special Recognition--Are Mites Little Monsters which Threaten Your Health? Eisenbach, BW, Germany Aichwald, BW, Germany Eger, Hungary
Scienza e matematica 1st Place--Dolphins--The Oracles of the Sea Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands Lancaster, PA, USA Singapore 2nd Place--Conceiving a Clone Round Rock, TX, USA 3rd Place--Designer Genes San Diego, CA, USA Palmer, AK, USA Warsaw, Poland 4th Place--Learn Programming with Logo Berlin, Germany 5th Place--Energy Matters Fairfax, VA, USA McLean, VA, USA Lima, Peru Special Recognition--Generation 5: The Artificial Intelligence Repository Chicago, IL, USA Houston, TX, USA Tokyo, Japan
Arte e letteratura 1st Place--Totally Tessellated: An Introduction to Tessellations Martinez, GA, USA McLean, VA, USA Palos Verdes Estates, CA, USA 2nd Place--Modern Masterworks Clovis, CA, USA Fresno, CA, USA 3rd Place--Music Magic: A Piano Exploration Ithaca, NY, USA Los Angeles, CA, USA Provo, UT, USA 4th Place--A Reminiscence of the Nineties Penang, Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 5th Place--Music Notes: An Interactive Musical Experience Shrub Oak, NY, USA Yorktown Heights, NY, USA Special Recognition--Lit Cafe Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada West Hempstead, NY, USA Special Recognition--Altered Images Kennett Square, PA, USA Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Interdisciplinare 1st Place--Volcanoes Online Etten-Leur, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Yakima, WA, USA Singapore 2nd Place--The Living Africa Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire Zelhem, Gelderland, Netherlands West Lebanon, NH, USA 3rd Place--Death: An Inquiry into Man's Mortal Weakness Creswick, Victoria, Australia San Diego, CA, USA Heerlen, Limburg, Netherlands 4th Place--Views on Cloning and Genetic Engineering Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada Kijabe, Kenya Langley, British Columbia, Canada 5th Place--La Casa de Comida Ayr, Queensland, Australia Giru, Queensland, Australia Ingleburn, NSW, Australia Special Recognition--The Global Gazette Hingham, MA, USA Harleysville, PA, USA Hong Kong Special Recognition--Rock Revolution Waipahu, HI, USA Estorp, Skene, Sweden
Design Award Egypt World Poway, CA, USA San Antonio, TX, USA Hirrlingen, Germany
Java Award 1st Place--Learn Programming with Logo Berlin, Germany 2nd Place--The Soundry Fairfax Station, VA, USA Clifton, VA, USA Soldotna, AK, USA 3rd Place--Driving Under the Influence Reston, VA, USA Alexandria, VA, USA
GEM Award Leonardo Da Vinci Mount Airy, NC, USA Kennesaw, GA, USA
Collaboration Awards Social Science--Nicaragua in Perspective: History, Culture, Politics, Economics Managua, Nicaragua Nagoya, Aichi, Japan Sports and Health--Are Mites Little Monsters which Threaten your Health? Eisenbach, BW, Germany Aichwald, BW, Germany Eger, Hungary Math and Science--Designer Genes San Diego, CA, USA Palmer, AK, USA Warsaw, Poland Arts and Literature--Lit Cafe Fort Nelson, British Columbia, Canada West Hempstead, NY, USA Interdisciplinary--The Global Gazette Hingham, MA, USA Harleysville, PA, USA Hong Kong
ThinkQuest® Honors Student Web Creation Excellence During Third Annual Awards Weekend 43 Awards Totaling $1.2 Million are Given to Student Teams from 18 Countries LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23, 1998 At a gala ceremony in Los Angeles tonight, ThinkQuest® bestowed 43 awards on teams of students who participated in the third annual ThinkQuest Internet Challenge. A philanthropic and educational initiative created by Advanced Network & Services, Inc., the ThinkQuest Internet Challenge honored teams from all over the world with scholarships and awards totaling more than $1.2 million. The ThinkQuest Internet Challenge is an annual program that invites groups of students to work together to create a highly interactive, well-researched Web site on an educational topic of interest to them. These teams work for more than eight months to gather data, conduct research, learn about the Internet as an educational medium and build educationally rich sites. The winners have passed through an extensive judging process, including face-to-face interviews, to reach this final awards event. The gala ceremony topped off the Third Annual ThinkQuest Awards Weekend, which brought together the 34 finalist teams from 18 countries for an educational and networking experience, and perhaps most importantly, final judging of their Web site entries. During the weekend, Internet Society members who are leaders in the fields of education, science, technology and government judged the contestants and their entries. The initial application pool for this year's challenge involved 2,189 teams and 5,852 students from 64 countries. The winning entries will be prominently featured on the ThinkQuest Web site (www.thinkquest.org), where they can be viewed and used by millions of visitors and will become a permanent part of the ThinkQuest Web site library. At the gala event, 25 awards were handed out across the content categories Arts & Literature, Science & Mathematics, Social Sciences, Sports & Health and Interdisciplinary. In addition, ThinkQuest announced the following special awards: the Design Award sponsored by Adobe; the Java Awards sponsored by Microsoft; the Collaboration Awards, which are given to teams with the greatest dissimilarities between their schools, cultural and technology backgrounds; the GEM Award, which honors a site has not been a finalist in any previous years competition, but has since been improved by the team and become very heavily used and the Best of Contest Award. The list of winners is attached to this release. "The 1998 ThinkQuest winners represent the pinnacle of what our challenge supports-collaboration, investigation, and innovative, hands-on learning," said Allan H. Weis, president and CEO of Advanced Network & Services Inc. "We truly view our winners as the pioneers of educational and technological growth and thought in the coming millennium." In conjunction with the Awards Weekend, ThinkQuest sponsored "Kids, Technology and the New Millennium," an educational technology summit designed for educators, parents and students. The three-day summit featured speakers such as Jaron Lanier, Lead Scientist, National Tele-immersion Initiative; Kathy Hurley, Vice President, The Learning Company School; and Dr. Nora Sabelli, Senior Program Director, National Science Foundation. In keeping with the international flavor of the weekend, government and private industry leaders from countries such as Egypt, South Africa, Chile, Japan and Germany shared perspectives about the state of education technology in their respective countries and the challenges they face in preparing their youth for the next millennium. ThinkQuest is the largest and fastest-growing Internet-based education program in the world. Nearly 1,000 student-created Web sites have become part of its master site, which is maintained for use by educators, students, businesses, government agencies and citizens everywhere. The most heavily trafficked educational destination on the Internet, its subject matter ranges from Mars exploration to the physics of baseball to the plays of William Shakespeare. The challenge aims to encourage collaboration, leadership, critical thinking and help raise students' technological prowess. Advanced Network & Services, Inc. was formed in September of 1990 as a nonprofit corporation dedicated to advancing education by accelerating the use of computer networking applications and technology. In February of 1995, Advanced Network & Services initiated several new programs in support of education and science. ThinkQuest is one of those programs. Advanced Network & Services also supports university research and development related to the advancement and the use of Internet applications and technologies such as Internet2, The National Tele-Immersion Initiative and Internet Performance Measurement. Advanced Network & Services can be contacted by visiting the ThinkQuest Web site at www.thinkquest.org or calling 914-765-1100.
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