Texas
Techies Organization is pleased to announce the finalists of this
year’s Animator 2010 competition.
The finalists will compete in the
Animator’s Showcase to be held on Thursday, November 18, 2010. The winner will be chosen by a panel of judges and will wi
n a brand new Apple iTouch, courtesy of Grande Communications.
Over 100 Corpus Christi area school children registered for the
competition and spent the past two months creating their own animations,
games, stories, art and music for submission to the Texas Techies
Animator 2010 competition.
43 projects were successfully submitted and qualified in the
semi-finals. 10 students made the final cut and were selected as the
finalists.
The Finalists are:
|
First Name |
Last Name |
Grade |
Animation Title |
|
Kyle |
Bagwell |
11th |
O.B.B. Adventures |
|
Adam |
Benning |
9th |
Library of Alexandria |
|
Cayce |
Berryman |
12th |
Sally's Time Travel Adventure |
|
Alex |
Brown |
11th |
Shablaam |
|
Paulina |
Flores |
12th |
Graveyard Picnic |
|
Brittany |
Garza |
11th |
Time to Pong |
|
Joshua |
Holzworth |
12th |
Time Attack - Survival |
|
Peyton |
Page |
11th |
Stick Guy |
|
Robert |
West |
10th |
Brother Misfortune |
|
Nicholas |
Young |
11th |
Time Traveling Wizard |
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Free Entry to Everyone
Amazing Door Prizes for Everyone!
The goal is to have as much community support in engaging Corpus
Christi students in math, science, and technology, as these are the most
important factors in creating tomorrow's workforce.
Animator 2010 Prizes 
There will be one First Place Winner and Four (4) Runner-Up Winners.
There will also be prizes awarded for honorable mention as determined by
the judges. Entries may also be identify as "commended" for their
quality. All prize-winning and commended entries will be exhibited at
the Animator 2010 Award Ceremony and displayed on the internet.
Animator Showcase Rules
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All projects must be using the Scratch software.
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Entries must be original works created by one individual student.
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The finalists will be provided with a laptop computer with the
Scratch program loaded, a microphone, podium, speakers, projector and
projection screen.
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Finalists are encouraged to prepare and get ready for the showcase ahead of time.
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Finalists will not be able to receive assistance during the "Animator Showcase."
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Finalists will not be able to receive assistance during the "Animator Showcase."
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Finalists should submit their animations by November 16, 2010 at
midnight. If finalists would like to make changes to their submission
on November 18, 2010, they should bring their animation on a USB Flash
Drive by 5:00pm on November 18, 2010. No entries will be accepted after
5:00pm, Nov. 18, 2010.
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The student will have 6 minutes to showcase their entry. Here is a suggested breakdown for the showcase:
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2 minutes: Introduce your Animation
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1 minutes: Describe how you created the Animation using Scratch software
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2 minutes: Showcase your Animation
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1 minutes: Answer questions / comments
Judging Criteria
Each finalist will be reviewed by a panel of judges. The judges will award points for each of the following:
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Originality and Creativity
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Technical quality: use of animation software features
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Relevance to theme
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Overall presentation quality
The decisions of the judging panel are final. The competition organizers
shall not be liable for any decision that they make related to
unforeseen issues and for granting special derogation for requests sent
in writing. Participating at the contest implies full agreement with the
contest rules, without exception.
