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REGISTRATION
When is the registration window ?
Registration will open on December 3, 2007 and will close
January 16, 2008 at 4 pm.
Who does the registering?
Each school will have a designated liaison who
will register the entrants. Contact the School Technology
Specialist to find out the name of the liaison.
Will there be placeholders
this year?
The registration window has been noted since Spring
2007 so there will be no placeholders offered this year.
Students must be registered by name. No substitutions will
be allowed.
How many projects may a student
enter?
A student may register for one project
in the Fulton County Technology Competition. A
student may enter as an individual or
as a member of a team, but NOT BOTH.
What is considered a category?
The Technology Competition categories are descriptions
of types of entries. For the 2007-2008 Fulton County Technology
Competition the categories include: Multimedia, Digital
Video Editing, Animated Graphic Design, Non-Animated Graphic
Design, Digital Photography, 3D Modeling, Internet, Non-Multimedia,
Project Programming and Robotics. Two additional categories,
Hardware and Individual Programming Challenge, are available
for students in grades 7-12 only.
How many projects may be entered
from each school?
With the exception of Multimedia
(explanation below), two entries per category per school
will be accepted, regardless of the grade levels of those
entries. A grand total
of two entries per school per category will be accepted.
Three Multimedia entrants for elementary school, three Multimedia entrants for middle school and four Multimedia entrants for high school will be accepted.
Why are the middle school entries split up across
two competitions?
Last year was the first year the competition was
split into two days. It was very successful that way,
BUT it meant we had a winner in each category at the 5 th
grade level and a winner in each category at the 6 th grade
level. The state will only accept one winner in each
category for the 5 th /6 th grade grouping.
How many students may be on a team?
A team consists of two students
only.
What if team members are in different age groupings?
If the grade levels of team members fall in two
different age groupings, the team will compete in the age
grouping of the older student.
Must both team members attend the competition?
The team can be represented by one member.
What about home school entries?
Home school students are eligible to compete. Julie
Anderson ( julieofil@comcast.net
) will be the home school liaison. All home school students
grades 3 – 5 will be considered one school named “Home School
Elem”, grades 6 – 8 will be “Home School Middle” and grades
9 – 12 will be “Home School High”. Each Home School will
be subject to the same restrictions as the other Fulton
County Schools. Note: Grades 3 – 6 will compete on February
2, 2007, and grades 7 – 12 on February 9, 2007.
TIMEFRAME
What time do I need to be there?
The Competition begins with check-in at 7 AM. The
check-in desk will close shortly after 8 AM. All students
in line at 8 AM will be checked in. Once the check-in desk
has been closed, students will not be able to check-in or
be eligible to be judged. It is anticipated that judging
for the Competition will be concluded by noon; however,
the award ceremony may begin as late as 1 pm.
JUDGING
How long will the judging process be for
each entrant?
Each entrant will be allotted a maximum of 15 minutes
for judging.
What grade levels are judged
together?
Our grade groupings are based on the grade groupings
at the state competition. Grade groupings are 3-4, 5-6,
which will compete on February 2, 2008, and 7-8, 9-10, 11-12,
which will compete on February 9, 2008. The one exception
is the Multimedia category. In this category,
each grade level will compete separately. Ex: grades 3,
4, 5, 6, etc.
NOTE : 6 th grade students are judged on
the same day as the elementary students because the state
competition is grouped in this manner.
Is the team competition separate, or are they judged
together with individual entries?
As is done at the state level, in categories where
teams are permitted, teams and individuals compete against
each other. (Programming Challenge is for individual entrants
only.)
Is a notebook required this year?
Yes. The development of the project is to be documented
in a notebook which will be part of the judging process.
Notebooks left behind at the competition will not be returned.
The only exception is that the Programming Challenge category does not require a notebook. For further information, please refer to the link Project Notebook from the Technology Competition notebook.
What time does my student compete as he/she has other
commitments that day?
The judging begins at 8:30 and should be completed
by noon. The exact judging time for each entry depends on
the number of entries in each grade level and category.
Due to many factors, specific judging times cannot be specified.
VOLUNTEERS
How many volunteers must
each school provide for the Technology Competition?
Each school needs to provide a liaison for the
Competition to handle registration as well as communication
between the school and the Technology Competition Committee
In addition, each participating school must submit the name
of at least one volunteer for the day of the competition.
If I am a middle school volunteer do I have to attend
both days?
The volunteer is only expected to attend the competition
one day. Middle School volunteers are encouraged to volunteer
on February 9.
LOCAL TECHNOLOGY COMPETITION
Must there be a Technology Competition in my school?
No school is required to have a local competition
as long as there is some process at the local school level
to determine which students may compete in the Fulton County
Competition. In keeping with the limitations described above,
a local school competition is not a requirement. If the
school DOES have a local competition, it must be held before
January 15 since registration closes on January 16. (This
information was posted on the Fulton County Competition
website before the end of the 2006-2007 school year.)
