Projects Competition2010 Briefing (18–21 Jan)

26th Hwa ChongInstitution

Project work aims to:

develop global, independent life-long learners

facilitate learning beyond the classroom

provide a meaningful platform for students to apply and synthesize the knowledge gained from their thinking, research and IT lessons to solve real-life problems

Projects Competition Website

take time to read through the various Categories

return often to check up on Announcement

note list of Category Managers and their Assistants

http://projectsday.hci.edu.sg/2010 can also access via Studies website

Categories and its Managers & Asst

Cat-1: Experimental Research Mrs Sow Yoke Keow Dr Yip Cheng Wai

Cat-2: Non-Experimental Research Mr Lee Teck Kong Ms Sunita Nair

Cat-3: Inventions Mrs Ng Siew Hoon Ms Vivien Sim

Categories and its Managers & Asst

Cat-4: Resource Development Ms Gwee Hana Ms Roselind Mathews

Cat-5: Creative Arts Ms Low Sok Hui Mr Kuek Sway Swee

Cat-6: Language Arts (English) Mrs Laura Ng Mr Adrian Chan

Categories and its Managers & Asst

Cat-7: Language Arts (Chinese) Mr Tan Yew Keng Mr Tan Guan Chye

Cat-8: Service Learning Mr Vincent Tan Mr Lim Chuan Chia

Categories and its Managers & Asst

Cat-9a: Mathematics Mr Rong Yifei Ms Gwee Hwee Ngee

Cat-9b: Infocomm Studies Mr Tan Choo Kee Mr Koh Kim Tian

HCI log-in account

account must be active need it to go online for

Ethics Agreement andProjects Registration

Mr Paul Goh and/or Mr Chris Koh can be located at the TechCentre to resolve IT issues

Ethics Agreement

pupils who wish to take part in Projects Competition must sign Ethics Agreement

the LINK is available on Projects website, under Registration

now OPEN till end of Week 4 (29 Jan, next Fri, 3.00 pm)

Leader click on availableUSERIDS to form

project group

Leader cannot include you in project groupsince your USERID

is not available

Did not signEthics Agreement

SignEthics Agreement

Pupil

USERID not captured USERID captured

Competition schedule

Preliminary Round(7 Apr, Wed; Term 2, Week 3)

Semi-finals(7 Jul, Wed; Term 3, Week 2)

Finals(13 Aug, Fri; Term 3, Week 7)

Projects Day – Grand Finals(16 Sep, Thu; Term 4, Week 1)**

Participation

Compulsory for Sec 1 & Sec 2 Optional for Sec 3 & Sec 4

Group members

group consists of max 4 members (if otherwise, see infor on website)

if include external members (same age group), must have at least 2 HCI students in the group

must have at least one mentor from list of HCI-teachers

Number of Projects

1 student = 1 project if 2 projects = seek DC permission if 3 projects = seek DST permission take note:

in all cases, a HCI-mentor must agree first

very stringent process will be applied for those doing >1 project

Project registration

will be opened from 1 Feb (Mon), link will be made available on website under Registration & EMB

from now till then: find out about each Category begin to form your group talk to prospective mentor (to avoid

rejection later)

Uploading reports

group leader must have knowledge of FTP (file transfer protocol)

upload reports just before: semi-finals (just the abstract) finals (full web-report)

After Judging Completed

students not allowed to approach any of the teacher-judges however, may ask questions during

judging time only teacher-mentor may approach

Category Manager (for purpose of improving project)

Appeals

after Semi-finals, and after Finals can appeal if you think your project

deserves better but only mentors can appeal on

behalf of the group appeal must be made (in writing)

within THREE days after the release of results

Web Design Award

after the Finals, 1 best webreport from each category will be chosen for WDA

group must not be in the Grand Finals Selection Round

Project time-frame (take note)

all work must be completed by Finals (including service or community projects)

otherwise, the project will be pulled out of the 2010 competition (can carry forward to following year)

Project Work points for Lower Sec

StatusProject Work (50% of Independent Studies)

Finals max 15 points

Semi-finals max 30 points

Prelim flat 5 points

Project grades and ACE points for Upper Sec

  Grade Event Main SubjectOther

Subjects

Finalist

A*

Finals

10 4

A 8 3

B+ 6 2

Non-Finalist

BSemi-Finals

4 0

C0 to 2 (mentor

recommendation)0

--- Prelim --- ---

Poor attitudes in Project Work Considerations for adjusting points downwards by a

mentor: did not do fair share of work in team (-1 or 2 pts) did not attend regular meeting session with team

(-1 or 2 pts) did not meet up with mentor regularly (-1 or 2

pts) etc .....

If a member or a team pulls out of the Projects Competition after successfully passing through the Prelim round, then all points or ACE will be forfeited Project Work grade = Failed

Thank You