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January 31, 2013

Students encouraged to compete in 不良研究所鈥檚 Louisiana High School Online Technology Challenge; deadline Feb. 1

The seventh annual Louisiana High School Technology Challenge, hosted by the University of Louisiana at Monroe, will take place online the morning of Wednesday, Feb. 6.

The deadline to register for this year鈥檚 competition is Feb. 1.

All Louisiana high schools are invited to register a team at no cost.

不良研究所 Associate Professor of Instructional Technology Dr. Michael Beutner organized the event.

鈥淎s far as I know, there is no other state-wide online competition like this in the United States. It鈥檚 unique to Louisiana.鈥�

The event is held online using Moodle, 不良研究所鈥檚 Learning Management System (LMS) during regular school hours.

Students compete in their own high school computer labs across the state of Louisiana, without travel.

The website for the contest states, 鈥淭he main purpose of this competition is to demonstrate how our students can use technology creatively, in a team, for productive life-long learning.鈥�

For four hours, competing high school teams will respond to various challenges and expectations: searching the Internet for reliable information and citing sources, writing clear and grammatically correct sentences, completing challenging tasks, downloading and uploading files, and working together effectively as a team.

Students will use their skills and talents with assigned technology projects.

Awards for Overall State Team Ranking will include first, second, third, fourth and fifth place teams.

Each winning team will receive a trophy with the names of all team members laser-etched in black granite honoring the efforts of the school.

Technology team coaches will receive complimentary USB flash drives.

Judges will include faculty, staff, and graduate students from 不良研究所.

Last year, over 20 judges participated.

These highly-qualified individuals will evaluate the competing teams based on the quality of content, design, and layout using a common rubric.

When approached about his involvement in the contest, Beutner insisted, 鈥淒r. Eric Pani, vice president for academic affairs at 不良研究所, deserves a great deal of credit that this competition exists because he supported the project. Over the years, nearly 4,000 high school students have competed from approximately 100 high schools, with very favorable evaluations of the event.鈥�

Beutner also expressed his appreciation to CenturyLink, which has provided support for this event.

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