Hi all,<br><br>First post to the list.<br><br>I am in the process of organising a high school (grade 12) computing competition.<br>The competition will be team based and consist of two parts; a multiple choice section and a team programming section.<br>
<br>The aim of the competition is to spark interest and increase awareness in certain areas of computing at a very early stage. Hopefully will also give students (and their parents) access to resources so they can decide if a certain area of IT is for them.<br>
<br>Currently compiling some content that will allow interested students to learn enough to participate in the competition. It will have a heavy Linux and scripting language backing as they are the technologies I deal with on an every day basis.<br>
<br>A number of questions in the team based programming section will involve the use of loops and simple data structures in order to generate a pre-defined output to the screen. The code will be checked by a central service (along with the multiple choice questions) to score team results.<br clear="all">
<br>My plan it to try the idea on a couple of local schools that I have ties with, and then expand to more schools if it hits off. Schools will eventually be able to compete against eachother.<br><br>I have attended a university level ACM programming contents in Brisbane, it was very fun. It seems there is nobody else currently offering something like this for Aussie High School students.<br>
<br>If you have any ideas / criticism / questions about this competition please feel free to post back to this thread. <br><br>Cheers<br>-- <br>David Baker<br><a href="http://dtbaker.com.au/">http://dtbaker.com.au/</a>