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The UK Schools Computer Animation Competition Toby Howard and Graham Gough

The UK Schools Computer Animation Competition Toby Howard and Graham Gough School of Computer Science The University of Manchester www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/Animation09/. Purpose of the competition. To enthuse UK schoolchildren about Computer Science To counter “ICT is boring”

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The UK Schools Computer Animation Competition Toby Howard and Graham Gough

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  1. The UK Schools Computer Animation Competition Toby Howard and Graham Gough School of Computer ScienceThe University of Manchester www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/Animation09/ CPHC Workshop, April 2009

  2. Purpose of the competition • To enthuse UK schoolchildren about Computer Science • To counter “ICT is boring” • To introduce Computer Science concepts • To have a long-term benefit for recruitment • To offer teachers a new activity • In 2008, to support the Digital 60 celebrations CPHC Workshop, April 2009

  3. Scope of the 2009 competition • Open to all UK schoolchildren • Create animated film (maximum 1 minute) • Ages groups: 7-11 (KS2), 11-14 (KS3) 14-16 (KS3) , 16+ • Film should be linked to taught curriculum • Use Alice, Scratch or Flash • Prizes: laptops, iPods, vouchers, certificates CPHC Workshop, April 2009

  4. Alice (free from Carnegie-Mellon) CPHC Workshop, April 2009

  5. Scratch (free from MIT) CPHC Workshop, April 2009

  6. The 2008 Competition • Funded by EPSRC Portfolio Grant • Partners: MOSI, IBM, Navis, Transitive • January – May 2008 • Alice only (not Scratch or Flash) • 420 schools registered • 55 schools submitted 220 entries • Prizegiving day at University CPHC Workshop, April 2009

  7. The 2008 Competition • 33 winning entries from 20 schools • 400 children from 30 schoolsattended Digital 60 Day CPHC Workshop, April 2009

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  12. The 2009 Competition • Funded by EPSRC PE Grant • Partners: Electronic Arts, MOSI • January – May 2009 • 754+ schools registered • 64+ schools submitted 243+ entries • Prizegiving day at MOSI CPHC Workshop, April 2009

  13. Competition management • Web-based registration and submission • All competition documentation on the web: • Rules & FAQ • Downloadable promo materials (posters, flyers) • Links to 2008 winners’ galleries • Teachers’ Forums (using free phpBB) • Bespoke management system: MySQL, Perl, PHP CPHC Workshop, April 2009

  14. Animation09 homepage CPHC Workshop, April 2009

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  16. Internal management CPHC Workshop, April 2009

  17. Competition marketing • Email to individual schools (“spam”!) • Media Releases (through University Press Office) • Publicity through partners and interested parties: • City Learning Centres (www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/sie/eic/clc/) • NAACE (www.naace.org) • cs4fn (www.cs4fn.org) • SSSAT (www.specialistschools.org.uk) • Becta (www.becta.org.uk) • STEM (www.dcsf.gov.uk/stem) CPHC Workshop, April 2009

  18. Resources • Budget: £25K • Marketing: £9K (posters, flyers, mailings, T-shirts, professional design) • Awards ceremony: £7K • Prizes: £7K • Travel: £1K • External Judges expenses: £1K • Note: staff time not costed! • Estimate of staff effort: 500 person-days CPHC Workshop, April 2009

  19. The project team Rina Srabonian Amanda Banks Ros Cooper Bernard Strutt Graham Gough Alexandra Walker Toby Howard(Chair) Stuart Anderson Chris Page CPHC Workshop, April 2009

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