The Queensland Schools Web Challenge for 2008 is up and running!

Why not be involved and win great prizes!

QSITE is once again hosting the Queensland Schools Web Challenge which is annual website competition for studentsThe theme for 2008 is ’Regional Australia’

Entries are due on Friday 5 September 2008.

The Queensland Schools Web Challenge is an exciting opportunity for students to:
Interact with local communities
Explore the Internet as a tool for communication and research
Participate in the design and publishing of a web page or web site
... and win prizes.
Students are to choose their own interpretation of the theme, form a team and create a website!
The categories for teams for 2008 are:
Junior Category (Years 5 – 8)
Middle Secondary (Years 9 - 10)
Open Category (Years 11 – 12, QUT*)

* The competition has been expanded to allow 1st year education students at QUT to participate which is an exciting challenge for Year 11 and 12 students. Please note this is a trial for 2008.
The categories have also been restructured for 2008 to provide a better balance in terms of the number of entries received in each category and the standard of entries submitted.

The categories and entries received will be reviewed during judging.

This year, a number of teachers who have experience in competing in the Web Challenge have offered to be mentors for first time participants. If you need advice or help, you can contact any of the mentors via email. The mentors for 2008 are:

• Justin Graham (Fraser Coast Anglican College): jgraham@fcac.qld.edu.au
• Heather Burn (Moreton Bay College): burnh@mbc.qld.edu.au
• Nathan Hutchings (Forest Lake College): nhutchings@flc.qld.edu.au
• Janet Sawbridge (MacGregor State School): jsawb1@eq.edu.au

These email addresses are also listed on the website.

For further information, see http://www.qsite.edu.au/webchallenge08 , or contact Kym Coleman K.Coleman@iggs.qld.edu.au.