Projects Competition

2015 Briefing

31st Hwa Chong

Institution

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 Coordinator

Mr Thomas Lau(lauhy@hci.edu.sg)

when writing email to me

no SMS language

use proper English

Projects Competition Website

take time to read through the various Categories

return often to check up on Announcement

list of Category Managers and their Assistants

http://hsprojectsday2015.wiki.hci.edu.sg

can also access via Portal or Studies

demo website later

EMB

read EMB at least once a day

for latest information regarding Projects Competition

HCI log-in account

account must be active

need it to go online for Project Registration

Mr Chen Dongxing or Mr Lin are located at the TechCentre to resolve IT issues

Guide to project start-up (1)

Form a team of up to 4 members, preferably from your own class, own consortium

Read up.. brainstorm.. decide on what type of project that your group would like to embark on

Guide to project start-up (2)

Write a short proposal about your project

Decide on which teacher you would like to have as your prospective mentor

Make an appointment to meet up with your prospective mentor to discuss your proposal

Guide to project start-up (3)

Prospective mentor may ACCEPT or REJECT or ask that your proposal be amended

When ready, the leader of the group will go online to register the project and the members

Guide to project start-up (4)

Members must go online to AGREE to be in the group

Mentor will go online to APPROVE the group and the project

Competition schedule

Preliminary Round (6 Apr, Mon; Term 2, Week 3)

Semi-finals (9 Jul, Thu; Term 3, Week 2)

Finals (21 Aug, Fri; Term 3, Week 8)

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

Participation

Compulsory for Sec 1, 2, 3, 4

because of Independent Studies

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 a mentor from list of HCI-teachers

Number of Projects

1 student = 1 project

Project registration

will be OPENED on 26 Jan, Mon

link is available in i-Comp

from now till then:

find out about each Category

begin to form your group

talk to prospective mentor (to avoid rejection later)

Project registration

As the foundation for Project Work for Sec 1s are not fully developed yet, they can register their projects under certain categories only:

Cat-3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11

o Each mentor can only take a max of 6 project groups

o Max for Cat 4 groups is 75 gprs for S2,S3 and S4.

Project registration

after submission of project registration

check back after 2 days

if no news from mentor regarding status (accept or reject)

approach mentor to find out the reason

Uploading Group Web-report

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

you will learn FTP during your Infocomm Studies lessons

upload full web-report after:

Finals judging

see Calendar (on Project Website) for timeline

Uploading individual Reflections

carry out draft reflections

on Word document

as you progress with project work

upload full Reflections after:

Finals judging

see Calendar (on Project Website) for timeline

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

Condition for appeals to be

attended to

all deadlines observed

all instructions by Category Managers / Project Manager carried out

e.g. uploading of web-report, etc ...

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 2015 competition (can carry forward to following year)

Compulsory presentation

During oral presentation judging, all members of the group are required to take turn to present the project

for Prelim, Semi, Finals

Rubrics will include this requirement

1st page of your slide

The first page of your slide during oral presentation should include the following details (so as to identify your group):

Group Number

Project title

Name of members

Project Work IS points

Status Project Work

(70% of Independent Studies)

Prelim 10 (flat) – on 1st successful attempt

5 (flat) – on subsequent attempts

Semi-finals 35 (max)

Finals 15 (max)

individual Reflections 15 (max)

group Web-report 15 (max)

Individual Performance 10 (max)

Considerations for adjusting grade downwards by a mentor:

did not do fair share of work in team

did not attend regular meeting session with team

did not meet up with mentor regularly

etc .....

Poor attitudes in

Project Work

Judging carried out during

curriculum time

Prelim

whole day (8.00 am to 3.00 pm)

Semi-finals

whole day (8.00 am to 3.00 pm)

Finals

whole day (8.00 am to 3.00 pm)

Thank You