WHRO Education Services



|Registration Fee Per Team |

|Levels 1 |C.I.I. Member |C.I.I. Service Participant |

|& 2 | | |

| |$45.00 |$85.00 |

Check one box to designate your Category and Level:

(Click inside the boxes to select. Fields will expand when you begin to type.)

Level → 1 2 3 4

*CAD

Desktop Presentations

Desktop Publishing

Graphic Design

*Integrated Applications

Internet Scavenger Hunt

*Music Composition

*Programming-Scientific/Non-Business

*Programming-JAVA

*Programming-Visual

Web Design

Video Editing

Computer Type:            Software/Version               

Teacher Coach(s):                                        

School:                          School Division:           

Address:                          City:            State:      Zip:           

School-Phone:                          Home Phone:                     

Fax Number:                     E-Mail Address:                      Cell #:                    

Team Members:

(Up to three students for Level 1, 2, & 3. Up to five students for Level 4)

Name:                     Name:                     Name:                     

(Use lines below for Level 4 only)

Name:                     Name:                     

Each team member (not including the teacher coach or alternates) will receive a T-shirt.

Please indicate # of each size for participating students ONLY.

     Small (youth)      Small      Med      Large      XL      XXL      XXXL (Adult sizes)

Pre-order extra shirts, tote bags, and DVDs!

Extra T-shirts

Teachers may order additional T-shirts @ $10.00 prepaid. Please indicate how many additional shirts you would like to order:

     Small (youth)      Small      Med      Large

     XL      XXL      XXXL (Adult sizes) # of extra T-shirts ordered     

ToteBags

Teachers may also order Great Computer Challenge

Tote Bags @ $10.00 prepaid. # of tote bags ordered:      

DVD of GCC Highlights

DVD @ $10.00 prepaid. # of DVDs ordered:      

|Level regi Level |Levels 1 & 2 & 3 $45.00 (C.I.I. Member-education.ciimembers) |

|Registering |$85.00 (C.I.I. Service Participant-education.servicespart) |

|1 2 |(Are you late? Add $50 late fee.) |

| | |

|3 4 |Level 4 $55.00 (C.I.I. Member) $95.00 (C.I.I. Service Participant) |

| |(Are you late? Add $50 late fee.) |

|Total amount of extra T-shirts, totebags, DVDs (all are $10/each) $10.00 x     =      |

|Method of Payment (Make checks payable to WHRO/C.I.I.) |

|Cash, Check or Purchase Order (Enclosed and payable to WHRO/C.I.I.) |

|P.O. #                               (please include copy of purchase order) |

|Credit Card (Please check one) AMEX Discover MasterCard Visa (can also pay by CC here education.gccpayment |

|Card Number:                              Expiration Date:            |

|Name as it appears on card:                                          Total Amount $      |

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Saturday, March 5, 2016 ■ Old Dominion University, Webb Center ■ Norfolk, Virginia

Date

Saturday, March 5, 2016

Location

Old Dominion University

Webb Center, Norfolk, VA

Registration Fee

■ Level 3

$45.00 C.I.I. Member

$85.00 C.I.I. Service Participant

■ Level 4

$55.00 C.I.I. Member

$95.00 C.I.I. Service Participant

■ $50.00 late fee/team postmarked or submitted online after February 5, 2016

Registration Deadline

■ February 5, 2016

■ $50.00 late fee/team

postmarked or submitted after this date

Questions?

■ Contact your C.I.I. Representative education.ciiroster

■ 866.559.2353 or

gcc@

Sample Problems/

Solutions

■ education.

gcc-past-problems

■ education.

gcc-solutions

Food

■ Not included in the

registration fee

■ Several ODU restaurants

will be open

■ Restaurants within driving and walking distance

Awards

■ Ceremony at 2:30 p.m.

■ Parents & siblings are

invited

T-shirts

T-shirts for the number of student team members are included in the registration fee. (Alternates & Coaches are extra.
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Confirmation Packets

Will be sent a week prior to the competition.

They will include:

•Directions

•Specific Rules

•Room Assignment

•Day’s Schedule

•Other Pertinent Information

Workshops

Will be available for parents

& teachers. Send requests to gcc@.

Volunteers

Are you interested in helping out at the Great Computer Challenge? If so, please submit the form found here.

education.gccvol2016

Details

Great Computer Challenge

Senior Division (6-12)

*Software used in recent GCC Competitions

**MORE THAN ONE TEAM PER SCHOOL ALLOWED

Graphic Design - Levels 3 & 4

Contestants will create visual solutions to various problems using their choice of graphics software. The judges will evaluate the solutions from the printed copy or from the screen. Animation and clip art may be allowed. Scanners or digital cameras may be allowed. No printer is needed. Internet is allowed (need wireless capability).

*Gimp, Adobe Creative Suite CS6, PaintShop Pro, Word, PowerPoint, E-Z Motion, Macromedia 4, FireWorks, Image Composer, Painter, SuperPaint, Dreamweaver, Office, Print Shop Deluxe, AppleWorks/ClarisWorks, Color It, Dabbler, Easy Color Paint, Expert Paint, KidPix, MicroWorlds, Flash, PaintBrush, PowerPaint, Morph, SuperPaint, Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop, SuperPoint, Deluxe Paint, InDesign, Dreamweaver, Microsoft Digital Image Suite, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Inkscape, Windows Paint, Quicktime

Desktop Publishing - Levels 3 & 4

Contestants will design and print a publication using their choice of software and clip art. Additional clip art packages and scanners can

be used, but will not be graded any higher than simple clip art. No printer is needed.

*Pages, Adobe CS3, Office 2000, Word, Excel, PhotoShop, PowerPoint, AppleWorks/ClarisWorks, Classroom Publisher, Corel, PrintShop II, Word Perfect, Writing Center, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Works, PageMaker, Dreamweaver, PaintShop, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Quicktime

**Music Composition - Levels 3 & 4

Contestants will compose original music. Solutions must be in the form of aural compositions. Judges will evaluate by listening to your music, depending on the software. Each team is required to have earphones. No speakers. No printer is needed.

*Sibelius 5, DubTurbo, Fruityloops, Audiotool, VirtualDJ, CakeWalk, Home Studio, Encore, EZ Vision, Finale Allegro, Music Trax, Music Shop, SongWorks, Finale, MasterTrac Pro, Noteworthy Composer, Acid, Office 2000, Flash, Fireworks, Dreamweaver, MuseScore 1.1, Sibelius 5, Ableton, Finale Notepad, Smart Music, Garage Band, FL, MS 7.0

**Programming - Levels 3 & 4

Level 3 ■ Visual Programming

Level 4 ■ Visual Programming ■ JAVA Programming

■ Scientific/Non-Business Programming

Contestants will solve a selection of programming problems using their choice of Visual Programming, JAVA Programming, or scientific/non-business programming language versions. Judges will evaluate a screen copy of the program code and the program execution. Each programming language will be judged separately. No printer is needed.

*Visual Programming: Microsoft Visual Studio QBasic, True Basic, MS Basic, Quick Basic, Visual Basic, Visual Basic 2010 Express, Visual 2010, C++, C#

*JAVA: JCreator for IDE, Java IDE, SunJAVA, HTML, BlueJ, Eclipse, DevCPP, JAVA

*Scientific/Non-Business: Python, Windows XP, C#2005, Dev-C++ 4.9.9.2, Eclipse, Dev C++, g++, C#, GCC, C++, DevCPP, Microsoft's Visual C# 2010 version, Eclipse

Desktop Presentations - Levels 3 & 4

Contestants will design original slide shows using graphics and text with their choice of software and clip art. Judges will evaluate final screen images. Scanners, digital cameras, and animation are allowed. No printer is needed.

*Office 2000, Photoshop, Flash, Dreamweaver, PaintShop Pro, Astound, Claris Works, Corel Presentations, HyperStudio, PowerPoint, Word Perfect

Web Design - Levels 3 & 4

At the competition, students will create a web page. An Internet connection will not be used, but each team must provide their own tools, including a web browser, to create the web page(s). Teams will be disqualified if they use an existing web page. No printer is needed.

*iWeb, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Creative Suite CS4 , Microsoft Expression Web, FrontPage, Dreamweaver, Claris HomePage, Notepad, FireWorks, Macromedia, Sibelius, JAVAScript, PageMaker, Homesite, ClarisWorks, Netscape, PageSpinner, PageMill, HTML, Adobe, MS Office, Quicktime, Word, Publisher, Sony Film

**Integrated Applications - Levels 3 & 4

Contestants will integrate word processing, database, and spreadsheet to create solutions to various problems. No printer is needed.

*Excel, Access, Word, Publisher, ClarisWorks, MSWorks, Microsoft Office Works, Perfect Office, Quatro Pro, Adobe CS5, Office 2010

**CAD - Level 4

Contestants will be asked to draw one or more CAD designs. No printer is needed. 3-D SOFTWARE IS ALLOWED.

*Autodesk Inventor Professional 2014, AutoCAD 2007, AutoCAD 2008, XP, AutoCAD, CAD, AutoCad 10, AutoCAD 2012, Inventor 2012

Video Editing - Levels 3 & 4

Contestants will create a video telling a story using video and provided music options with editing software supplied by the student.  Submissions are limited to producing a final video between 1 to 2 minutes.  Over 2 minutes would be considered ineligible. Mic is needed. No printer is needed.

*Avid Media Composer, MovieMaker, Ulead, iMovie, Adobe Elements, GarageBand, iPhoto, iTunes, Windows MovieMaker Live, iLife Suite

Contest Categories

What is it? A competitive opportunity for students in grades

6-12 to demonstrate their skills in various computer applications and computer programming.

Who may enter? Students enter in school teams with a teacher coach. Each school may enter one team in each category (except for the following categories who may enter more than one team per school-music composition (levels 3 & 4), visual programming (levels 3 & 4), integrated applications (levels 3 & 4), scientific/non-business programming (level 4), JAVA programming (level 4), and CAD (level 4). The highest-grade student on a team determines the level. Only students in grades 6-12 are eligible.

Schedule of Events

8:00 a.m. Registration and set up - Level 3 & 4

9:00 a.m. Rules Review

9:30 a.m. .Competition Begins - Level 3 & 4

10:00 a.m. – noon Various workshops for teachers

11:30 a.m. Competition Ends - Level 3

12:30 p.m. Competition Ends - Level 4

12:30 - 2:30 p.m. Lunch & Movie

2:30 p.m. .Awards Ceremony - Level 3 & 4

About the Great Computer Challenge

Contest Levels

Level 3 - Grades 6-8

Level 4 - Grades 9-12

|Registration Fee Per Team |

|Level 3 |C.I.I. Member |C.I.I. Service Participant |

| |$45.00 |$85.00 |

|Level 4 |$55.00 |$95.00 |

Contest Rules

Teams

Teams for Level 3 may have up to three members. Level 4 may have up to five members. Each team must have a teacher coach, who must be present, but not be in the room during the actual competition. It is strongly recommended that teachers who are bringing multiple teams bring an adult to chaperone each team.

Equipment

The contest site will be equipped with tables, chairs, and electrical power outlets. The contestants must supply and care for all other equipment and supplies needed, including computer, software, power strips, extension cords, all connecting cables, CDs/external hard drive, and paper/pencil. Printers are no longer needed for any category. Wireless Capability needed for Graphic Design-Level 3 & 4 as internet is allowed for this category. Editors are allowed for Visual Programming. NO manuals will be permitted unless they are clip art indexes. The judges reserve the right to disallow any manuals or portions thereof upon review.

Judging

Entries will be evaluated on the following:

• Programming Contest: operability, user-friendliness, clarity, organization, structure, utility, creativity, and fulfillment of the problem’s requirements.

• Graphic Design, Music Composition, Integrated Applications, Desktop Presentations, and Desktop Publishing: originality, creativity, fulfillment of the problem’s requirements, and effective use of the computer.

• Web Design: originality and creativity of the web page.

• CAD: originality, creativity, fulfillment of the problem’s requirements, and effective use of the computer.

• Video Editing: continuity (clarity of the story), composition (length of the shots and video clip arrangement), creativity, editing skills (transitions, effects, etc.), graphics (usage, spelling, grammar), use of video clips and music selections.

All places (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Honorable Mention) may not all be awarded based on the discretion of the judges.

THE DECISION OF THE JUDGES IS FINAL

Level 1 - Grades K-2

Level 2 - Grades 3-5

Date

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Location

Old Dominion University

Webb Center, Norfolk, VA

Registration Fee

■ Levels 1 & 2

$45.00 C.I.I. Member

$85.00 C.I.I. Service Participant

■ $50.00 late fee/team postmarked or submitted online after April 8, 2016

Registration Deadline

■ April 8, 2016

■ $50.00 late fee/team

Postmarked or submitted online after this date

Questions?

■ Contact your C.I.I. Representative education.ciiroster

■ 866.559.2353 or

gcc@

Sample Problems/

Solutions

■ education.

gcc-past-problems

■ education.

gcc-solutions

Food

■ Not included in the

registration fee

■ Several ODU restaurants

will be open

■ Restaurants within driving and walking distance

Awards

■ Ceremony at 1:45 p.m.

■ Parents & siblings are

invited

T-shirts

T-shirts for the number of student team members are included in the registration fee. (Alternates & Coaches are extra.) Please make sure that you mark the proper sizes on the registration form for ONLY the amount of students participating.

Confirmation Packets

Will be sent a week prior to the competition.

They will include:

•Directions

•Specific Rules

•Room Assignment

•Day’s Schedule

•Other Pertinent Information

Workshops

Will be available for parents

& teachers. Send requests to gcc@.

Volunteers

Are you interested in helping out at the Great Computer Challenge? If so, please submit the form found here.

education.gccvol2016

Details

Great Computer Challenge

Junior Division (K-5)

Contest Categories

About the Great Computer Challenge

Saturday, May 14, 2016 ■ Old Dominion University, Webb Center ■ Norfolk, Virginia

About the Great Computer Challenge

Contest Categories

*Software used in recent GCC Competitions

Graphic Design - Levels 1 & 2

Contestants will create visual solutions to various problems using their choice of graphics software. The judges will evaluate solutions from the screen. No printer is needed. Animation and clip art may be allowed.

Level 1-NO clip art, animation or stamps allowed.

Level 2-Clip art, animation, and stamps may be allowed.

*Corel Paint, SMART Notebook 11, Pixie, PaintBrush, Hello Colored Pencil, Sketch Club, Microsoft Paint, Photo Deluxe, Flying Colors, Kid Pix Deluxe, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Draw, AppleWorks/ClarisWorks, KidPix, KidPix Companion, Easy Color Paint, Kid Works, Super Paint, PrintShop Deluxe, Photoshop, KidPix, Pixie, TuxPaint 0.9.21, Inkscape, PIXIE version 3, KidPix4, KidPix Deluxe 4, PowerPoint, PrintShop2, Tux Paint, Pages, PowerPoint

Desktop Publishing - Levels 1 & 2

Contestants will design and print a publication using their choice of software and clip art. No printer is needed.

*PaintBrush, Pixie, Pages, Adobe Photo Deluxe, Flying Colors, Student Writing, Kid Pix Deluxe, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft Word, Press Writer, Print Shop Premier, Print Shop Essentials, PrintShop Ensemble, AppleWorks/ClarisWorks, The Writing Company, PrintShop, Corel 7, KidPix, PrintShop, PrintShop Deluxe, Writing Center, Kid Works Deluxe, Paint, Write & Play, Pages

Desktop Presentations - Level 2

Contestants will design original slide shows using graphics and text with their choice of software and clip art. Judges will evaluate final screen images. Scanners, digital cameras, and animation are allowed. No printer is needed.

*Pixie, Cyberlink Power Director 10, Kid Pix Deluxe, mPower, Avid Cinema, Astound, AppleWorks/Claris Works, Corel Presentations, HyperStudio, PowerPoint, Word Perfect, Keynote, KidPix 3D

Internet Scavenger Hunt - Level 2

At the competition, contestants will be given a mini-scavenger hunt to complete using Chrome, Internet Explorer, or FireFox as their browser. No printer is needed. Windows computer provided.

Video Editing - Level 2

Contestants will create a video telling a story using video and provided music options with editing software supplied by the student.  Submissions are limited to producing a final video between 1 to 2 minutes.  Over 2 minutes would be considered ineligible. No printer is needed.

*Camtasia, Powerpoint Avid Media Composer, Windows Live Movie Maker, Movie Maker, Ulead, iMovie, Adobe Elements, Cyberlink Power Director 10

What is it? A competitive opportunity for students in grades

K-5 to demonstrate their skills in various computer applications and computer programming.

Who may enter? Students enter in school teams with a teacher coach. Each school may enter one team in each category.

The highest-grade student on a team determines the level. Only students in grades K-5 are eligible.

Contest Levels

Level 1 - Grades K-2

Level 2 - Grades 3-5

Schedule of Events

8:30-9:45 a.m. Registration and set up – Level 2

9:00-10:15 a.m. Registration and set up – Level 1

9:45 a.m. Rules Review – Level 2

10:00 a.m. .Competition Begins – Level 2

10:15 a.m. Rules Review – Level 1

10:30 a.m. Competition Begins – Level 1

10:30 – 11:30 a.m. Workshops for teachers

11:30 a.m. Competition Ends - Level 1

11:45 a.m. Competition Ends – Level 2

Noon - 1:30 p.m. Lunch & Movie

1:45 p.m. .Awards Ceremony - Level 1 & 2

Awards

All students participating in the K-2 competitions will be awarded

Superior, Excellent, or Good. All places (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Honorable Mention) may not all be awarded based on the discretion of the judges. Students in grades 3-5 will be awarded 1st, 2nd, 3rd place, and Honorable Mention, but these places may not all be awarded based on the discretion of the judges. All participants receive a Certificate of Participation.

Contest Rules

Teams

Teams for Level 1 & 2 may have up to three members. Each team must have a teacher coach, who must be present, but not be in the room during the actual competition. It is strongly recommended that teachers who are bringing multiple teams bring an adult to chaperone each team.

Equipment

The contest site will be equipped with tables, chairs, and electrical power outlets. The contestants must supply and care for all other equipment and supplies needed, including computer, software, power strips, extension cords, all connecting cables, CDs/external hard drive, and paper/pencil. Printers are no longer needed for any category. NO manuals will be permitted unless they are clip art indexes. The judges reserve the right to disallow any manuals or portions thereof upon review.

Judging

Entries will be evaluated on the following:

• Graphic Design, Desktop Presentations, and Desktop Publishing: originality, creativity, fulfillment of the problem’s requirements, and effective use of the computer.

• Internet Scavenger Hunt: answers to Scavenger Hunt questions and methods used to obtain information.

• Video Editing: continuity (clarity of the story), composition (length of the shots and video clip arrangement), creativity, editing skills (transitions, effects, etc.), graphics (usage, spelling, grammar), use of video clips and music selections.

THE DECISION OF THE JUDGES IS FINAL

Great Computer Challenge Worksheet

Details

Junior Division (K-5)

&

Senior Division (6-12)

Register only one team per form.

One team per school per category per level!

(except for categories with *)

Please go to

education.gccregform2016 for the official registration form. Use this worksheet to prep the data.

Please mail or email a copy of this worksheet with payment to: gcc@ or WHRO/GCC,

5200 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23508.

Dates

■ Senior March 5, 2016

■ Junior May 14, 2016

Location

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, Virginia

Questions?

■ Contact your C.I.I. Rep

education.ciiroster

■ 866.559.2353 or gcc@

Registration Fee

■ Levels 1, 2, & 3

$45.00 (C.I.I. Member)

$85.00 (C.I.I. Service Participant)

■ Level 4

$55.00 (C.I.I. Member)

$95.00 (C.I.I. Service Participant)

■ $50.00 late fee/team postmarked or submitted online after registration deadlines (listed below)

Make checks payable

to: WHRO/C.I.I. (If using a P.O.-please send copy of P.O.)

Registration Deadline

■ Senior February 5, 2016

■ Junior April 8, 2016

■ $50.00 late fee/team postmarked after each date

Send copy of worksheet with payment to:

gcc@

Great Computer Challenge

WHRO/C.I.I.

5200 Hampton Blvd.

Norfolk, VA 23508

Food

■ Not included in the registration fee

■ Several ODU restaurants will be open

■ Restaurants within driving & walking distance

Confirmation Packets

Will be sent a week prior to the competition.

They will include:

•Directions

•Specific Rules

•Room Assignment

•Day’s Schedule

•Other Pertinent Information

Sample Problems/Solutions

■ education.

gcc-past-problems

■ education.

gcc-solutions

What is the cancellation policy? A full refund will be issued up until the following dates:

Senior 2016 - Feb 18, 2016

Junior 2016 - April 28, 2016

Please send an email to gcc@ to let us know you need to cancel your team registration. After these dates, no refund will be issued.

Photos will be taken at the GCC and posted on the Internet. Contact gcc@ with any names of students whose pictures cannot be released.

WHRO and ODU will not be held liable for any injury, damages, or other kind of loss during the Great Computer Challenge.

Level for each division:

■ Junior Division

Level 1.............Grades K-2

Level 2.............Grades 3-5

■ Senior Division

Level 3.............Grades 6-8

Level 4.............Grades 9-12

DATES FOR 2016

■ Senior Competition - March 5

■ Junior Competition - May 14

Please make sure you fill out the online form with all of this info, and then mail or email a copy of this worksheet with your payment to WHRO/GCC 5200 Hampton Blvd, Norfolk, VA 23508 or gcc@.

Link to online form: education.gccregform2016

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