Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Blogging and Vlog contests

source(s) TCS IT WIZ
Blogging and Vlog contests
TCS IT Wiz Blog contest

Share your 2010 IT Wiz experience through your blog!

This contest is designed to encourage you to express yourself through a medium that is easy to use, fun to manage and an exciting way to connect with others - blogging. Track the TCS IT Wiz around the country, share your IT Wiz experience, talk to fellow quizzers, take pics, record audio/video - go crazy with your blog!

Learn more about this contest through the following FAQs

FAQs of the contest

Why a "blogging" contest?

One of the objectives of TCS IT Wiz is to encourage youngsters
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to explore the world of Information Technology in an interesting, interactive and competitive environment. In the same vein, we aim to expose youngsters to the capabilities of web 2.0, and how it has transformed communication and interaction between people.

Blogging is a constructive method for young people to express themselves creatively and constructively. Active blogging will also enable you to gain from the rich experience others may have, and share your own knowledge with them. This could also be a stepping stone for you to enter the world of Information Technology, and serve as a catalyst for a career in this area.

Who can enter?
  • Anyone who is in the age group or class eligible to participate in the TCS IT Wiz
  • You must have your own blog, or be a part of a blogging team that owns the blog
  • In case of a team, the team must belong to the same school and should not exceed three students
  • The blog must be exclusively around the topic of TCS IT Wiz
How do I enter? What are the important dates?
  • Submissions in the attached document can be sent to the following email ID tcs.itwiz@tcs.com with the URL of your blog.
  • Entries will open on , the first day of IT Wiz 2010 and close on (one week before the final event)
  • You can send your entries as soon as your blog is up. We will judge only AFTER the last date, therefore do not worry about your blog being in "work-in-progress" state
What will be the judging criteria?

A select group of panelists will judge the entries based on the following:
  • Language
  • Blog design/template
  • Use of illustrations / photos
  • Use of rich media such as audio or video
  • Discipline in updating and maintaining the blog
Any specific instructions?
  • Write clearly, using your best language. Review thoroughly before you post
  • Use a template that is uncluttered and fits your content ideas
  • Use pictures that you yourself have taken, and not those found on other web sites and on the Internet
  • Do not plagiarize content from any other source - it will be found out immediately and your entry would be disqualified
  • Do not use copyright content in your text, video or audio - violations will mean disqualification
  • Ensure that you keep your blog updated till the last date of submission. You can submit your blog earlier, but the judging panel will look specifically at continuity
Is there any restriction on platforms?

We have no technology or platform restriction. As long as your blog is available for viewing publicly, you may use any blogging platform or technology.

Some free and popular blogging platforms are given below:

www.blogger.com
www.wordpress.com
www.livejournal.com
www.blog.com
blogs.rediff.com
www.tumblr.com

All participants will be required to host a line of code that will add a badge to their web site. This code will be sent to the email ID of the participants once an entry is submitted.

Tips
  • Take time to identify what you would like to do. Here are some options - you can go the "Citizen Journalist" route, report on the event in your city, interview participants or winners, take video/audio interviews of your classmates and friends, and post them. You can also do the "research" mode, where you can collect and contribute IT related knowledge, questions and interesting facts similar to what you would come across in an IT Wiz quiz. Yet another way is to help others with quizzing tips and techniques, best practices, and other similar trivia.
  • Research blogging platforms and templates and chose the one which suits your idea the best.
  • Seek out help in understanding blogging from your teachers, family and friends
  • Look around on the Internet for ideas. However, do not copy the ideas. You will easily be detected and disqualified.
  • Review your posts for grammar and spelling before you post. It is always a good habit.
  • If you are taking a video, use easily available software such as Microsoft Movie Maker to edit, if required.
  • If you are going the audio blogging route, you can use a digital voice recorder or your mobile phone to record interesting sound bytes.
  • Most of all, enjoy, and learn.

Monday, November 29, 2010

Question 1

These are a few IT related questions that can help you crack various IT quizzes.


Q: What does this picture mean? "Dance to save the world"
A: This is a new type of night club. "world's first ecological nightclub."
The technology that will save the world is a hi-tech dancefloor which generates electricity from the movement of dancers. Other features include waterless urinals, a wind turbine and solar panels. Club4Climate, which runs the club, runs "all you have to do is dance to save the world" as its tagline.

Q: In the early 1970s, Tata Consultancy Services started exporting its services. The company pioneered the global delivery model for IT services with its first offshore client in 1974. TCS's first international order came from ___________, one of the first business computer manufacturers.
A: Burroughs

TCS IT WIZ 2010 W&R

WinnersIT Wiz 2010Runners
Hyderabad Winners 2010

Hyderabad
Krishna & Rohan
FIITJEE

Syed Murtuza & Asher
Little Flower

Hyderabad Runners 2010
Bangalore Winners 2010

Bangalore
Radhika Radhakrishnan & Udbhav Tiwari,
SBM Jain.

Milind Hegde & Vikas Kashyap,
Kumarans (CBSE)

Bangalore Runners 2010
Mumbai Winners 2010

Mumbai
Ajaykrishnan & Krishnav Roy,
Lokhandwala Foundation.

Preetanjan & Ananth Kamath ,
Rajhans Vidyalaya

Mumbai Runners 2010
Delhi Winners 2010

Delhi
Prempal Singh and Anshul,
New Era Public School.

Abhishek Gupta and Mrinal Mohit,
DPS (Noida)

Delhi Runners 2010
Ahmedabad Winners 2010

Ahmedabad
Abhinav Goyal & Anshul Shah,
Navrachana Vadodara.

Hraday & Kushal Shah,
St.Kabir Ahmedabad.

Ahmedabad Runners 2010
Chennai Winners 2010

Chennai
Manikandan S & Varun R Sekar,
The Hindu Sr. Sec. School.

Kumaran R & K V Udit,
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s Rajaji Vidyashram.

Chennai Runners 2010
Lucknow Winners 2010

Lucknow
Rohit Kashyap & Swapnil Palash,
Lucknow Public School .

Vinayak Sharma & Dinkar Juya,
Summer Valley Dehradun .

Lucknow Runners 2010
Coimbatore Winners 2010

Coimbatore
Nithin Vidya Prakash and Srikkanth Sridhar,
Stanes, Coonoor.

Suresh Sharma and S Venkatesh
St.Judes, Kotagiri

Coimbatore Runners 2010
Pune Winners 2010

Pune
Priyam Patki and Tejas Deshpande,
MMCS

Rishiraj and Gyanendra Mishra
Army Public School

Pune Runners 2010
Kolkata Winners 2010

Kolkata
Sayantan Bhattacharjee and Debargha Bose,
WWA Cossipore Eng School

Aviral Dasgupta and S N Aditya Murthy
Loyola School

Kolkata Runners 2010
Bhubaneswar Winners 2010

Bhubaneswar
Wasim Sajjad and Parantap Singhe
BJB Jr.

Abhijit Mohanty and Chinmaya
Mother's Public School

Bhubaneswar Runners 2010