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Internet Contest |
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ThinkQuest is an international web site building
competition sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation. Student
teams, consisting of 3 to 6 students and a Coach, who must be
a teacher at an accredited educational institution, are challenged
to build web sites on various educational topics. These web sites,
when completed, are published in the ThinkQuest Library, a public
presentation of competing web sites
The competition is split into three age groups
(19 & under, 15 & under and 12 & under) and twelve
web site categories. The competition formerly had two cycles per
year, the April-December competition and the October-May competition.
However, after the October 2004 cycle, ThinkQuest switched to
a single-cycle format.
At the end of each competition, winning teams
are chosen from each of the three age groups and each member of
the winning team is presented with a prize. Prizes vary between
1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place, and Honorable Mention. Other
awards include the "Best of Category" award, awarded
to the best web site in a specific category, and the "Global
Perspectives" award, awarded to the web site that best shows
a sense of global community. Prizes for ThinkQuest International
2006 include laptop computers, MP3 Players, and Digital Cameras.
Winning teams are also invited to ThinkQuest Live, an annual event
honoring the winners of ThinkQuest International, and is traditionally
held in San Fracisco and the date coinciding with Oracle OpenWorld.
Allan H. Weis founded ThinkQuest in 1996 using
his company Advanced Network and Services, Inc.. ThinkQuest International
is now organized by Oracle Corporation through its Oracle Education
Foundation and Think.com initiatives.
Some countries also organize their own individual
ThinkQuest programs with different sets of rules. |