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Delaware County Regional Competition

Regional Competition Information

When and Where

Date: March 27, 2008
Location: Delaware County Intermediate Unit, 200 Yale Avenue, Morton PA 19070
Time: 7:00 AM - 2:00 PM

NOTE: Except for set-up students are NOT present during the judging but are expected at the Peer Project Review, Lunch, and Awards Ceremony

Schedule of Events:

7:00 a.m. Project Setup
8:00 a.m. Judges Orientation
8:30 a.m. Judging of Projects – Tier 1
9:30 a.m. Final Judging of Projects – Tier II
11:30 a.m. Peer Project Review
12:30 p.m. Lunch & Awards Ceremony
2:00 p.m. Removal of Projects

Specific Regional Rules

Entries will be limited to three projects per category per school.
Students may work individually or in groups. Groups may consist of up to three students.
No live Internet connections will be available at the regional level or state level.
There will be no entrance fee charged to the school or student to participate.
All entries must designate a faculty member or sponsor. All communication will go through that person. The faculty member or sponsor must accompany students to the regional and state competitions.
It is highly recommended that each school bring a laptop with the student projects already loaded. This will prevent configuration and compatibility problems. If you are not able to bring a laptop, you will need to have your project at the IU one week prior to the competition date. You may also have to supply the IU with a copy of the software you used to create the project if we do not have that software already available.

Online Registration

All projects will register online via the PA High School Computer Fair Website.

Project Summary

Each student must submit a project summary with each entry into the 2008 Computer Fair. The summary will be the student's opportunity to provide judges with any background information they wish the judges to be aware of during the judging process. The summary will be placed with each project for the judges to read as they evaluate the student's entry. This summary should not be more than one page and must include the following items:

The project's objectives, vision and/or overall purpose.
A list of the software applications used to create the project. List any additional equipment (scanners, digital camera, etc.) used in the creation of your project.
List the approximate time spent creating the project and name all contributors to the project.
If design elements/graphics are included, please describe where the elements originated. Pease include citations of all design elements that are not original.
A brief description of the process used to create the project.
Any additional information the students feel the judges should be aware of while evaluating the project

Awards

First, second and third place winners will receive award certificates and prizes.
All participants will receive a certificate of participation.
All first place winners will advance to the State Competition.

Copyright Sign-off Form

A copyright sign-off form must accompany each entry into the 2008 Computer Fair. The form must be signed by all students of the project team as well as the sponsor.

Other Important Dates

March 24, 2008 All registrations due for the regional fair
March 28, 2008 Regional competition at the Delaware County IU
April 14, 2008 Deadline for entries into the state fair
May 20, 2008 State Computer Fair – Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA

Judging Criteria

The judging criteria for the regional competition will be the same as for the state competition. All judging criteria guidelines are posted on the official state web site
http://www.pacomputerfair.org/

Directions

Directions to the Delaware County Intermediate Unit can be found at http://www.dciu.org/.

For More Information

Anne Mosakowski
Regional Coordinator
Delaware County IU
200 Yale Avenue
Morton, PA 19070
610-938-9000 ext. 2091