This was the first year of the competition. The judges were looking out for projects that demonstrated the best use of a school's Information and Communication Technology (ICT) resources to the benefit of the school, local community, in the UK or across the world.
Winners:
Joint First Place
Thomas's Battersea
Thomas's Battersea were actively involved with supporting a pensioners' lunch club at a local community centre. In order to provide more funds the students decided to use ICT to help raise awareness of the issue among potential new supporters. Using the school's technology resources the students filmed, edited and produced a DVD of the centre's work.
Joint First Place
Woodhill Primary School
Woodhill wanted to integrate technology across the curriculum and use it to establish links with other schools in Scotland and abroad. The school encouraged students to develop podcasts and blogs which could be used as learning materials. Material was created to support French and English lessons and wider issues such as health and globalisation. Parents were given information about the blogs and encouraged to view the information online. It was also shared with partner schools in Scotland, England, France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Czech Republic and China.
Third Place
St Nicholas CE Primary School
In order to nurture the talent of a gifted technology student, St Nicholas CE Primary School decided to encourage the student to develop a series of interactive computer games that could be used to enhance learning across the school. Using the school's ICT facilities, the student created a series of entertaining, computer-based maths games that everyone could use and which would really help to bring the subject to life during lessons.
"I had the most wonderful day in my life. I think we were all very privileged to go on this once in a life time trip."
"I found it hard to get to sleep on Sunday because I knew the next day I was going to the Houses of Parliament."
"We had delicious cakes and met the speaker of The House of Commons. I got to have a little chat with him and shake his hand. After we had our presentation we got to go and see and hear a meeting in The House of Commons and The House of Lords. In the House of Lords we saw the Queens throne which was made of solid gold!"
Over 170 Schools registered for the competition and over 50 schools entered the competition. LogicaCMG, Innocent Drinks, Nominet, Google, Intel, the Ordnance Survey and MD Consultants worked with the Made IT happen team on judging and goodie bags. The Awards Ceremony at the House of Commons was attended by over 150 people including; pupils, teachers, MPs, Lords and employers. The Speaker of the House of Commons and the Under-secretary of State for Schools presented prizes and gave short speeches.
Liwei Lee, Google:
"What impressed me most were not just the great ideas, but the high standard of entry presentation which really reflected the dedication and commitment the students felt for their project."
Judges
- Lord Toby Harris of Haringey, Chair, Hon Treasurer, PITCOM
- Karen Price OBE, CEO, e-skills UK
- Andrea Kalavsky, Systems Magician, Innocent Drinks
- Stephen Darvill, Government Relations Director, Logica
- Emily Taylor, Director of Legal and Policy, Nominet
- Steve Head, Education Consultant, M.G.L
- Liwei Lee, Software Engineer, Google