USING TECHNOLOGY TO COMMUNICATE - DIGITAL VIDEO
Competition Date: Friday, March 11, 2005
Location: Ala Moana Hotel
Event: The Asia-Pacific Cyber Games

Design, develop, publish, and present a digital video that demonstrates and communicates topical information to a specific audience using appropriate technology resources.

This category is open to students in grades 7-12. Videos must be limited to a maximum length of five minutes and must be exported to a Quicktime, Real-Player, or Windows Media Player format for video streaming.

As a means of demonstrating that your video is communicating to a wide audience, 10% of your project's score will be based on the number of "popular votes" your video receives. From Wednesday, March 2, 2005, through Tuesday, March 8, 2005, have your friends and family go to the HiTech Quest web site to vote for your project. The more "votes" you generate, the more points (maximum 10 points) your project will receive.

HiTech Quest will award three prizes: A first place $1000 prize, a second place $500 prize, and a third place $250 prize.

How to Participate:

1. In order to participate in the 2005 HiTech Quest Scholarship Competition, register your project online using the HiTech Quest website by FRIDAY, February 4, 2005. Registration requires a project title, a brief project description (please use complete sentences), names of the participating students, school name, and name & email address of the coach (teacher/mentor). Students may enter in projects individually or as a team (maximum five students per team).
   
   
2. A registration fee of $20 is due PER PROJECT. All participants will receive a HiTech Quest Tee Shirt and various prizes on the competition day. The team's registration forms and $20 fee (checks payable to "HiTech Quest") must be postmarked by FRIDAY, February 4, 2005) to the following address:

   HiTech Quest
   Technology as a Tool For Communication - Digital Video
   550 Paiea Street, Suite 222
   Honolulu, HI 96819

3. Your digital video must be accessible on the Internet by FRIDAY, February 25, 2005 . If you do not have access to a web server/host, HiTech Quest can host the video for you. If you plan on using this option, please email HiTech Quest at info@hitechquest.com by FRIDAY, February 4, 2005 .

4. Individuals or teams must submit by FRIDAY, February 25, 2005 a one to two-page typed, single-spaced document that clearly explains the following:
   • The purpose of the digital video.
   • The digital video’s target audience.
   • The research that went into designing and developing the content for the digital video.
   • A description of how your digital video was created (i.e., technology used, third party assistance received, etc.)  
   • A brief reflection regarding your learning and project.
     
5. A student representative for the group must be able to attend and present at the HiTech Quest showcase event on FRIDAY, March 11, 2005 at the Ala Moana Hotel. Each project's creators will have 15 minutes to present their digital video on a presentation stage in front of a seated panel of judges representing Hawaii's technology industry. Presentation equipment (i.e., a digital video projector or plasma display) will be provided.

Rules:

1. Student work on the project must be done during the 2004-05 school year.

2. Students may enter one project per category.

3. HiTech Quest reserves the right to disqualify any project by its Board of Directors to be inappropriate.