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
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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.
- 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
- 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
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
- 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
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.
- 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.
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