We are excited to announce that the Illinois Bliink 2012 Web Design Competition!
Registration is now open!
This year’s competition is co-sponsored by Illinois Technology Association, Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Chicago Public Schools. We hope educators will include Bliink in their lessons this winter and excite their students with this engaging, real-world team project and the cool prizes they can win by designing websites with Microsoft Expression Studio.
Students will:
- Dream big about how technology can make the world a better place
- Learn more about the power of technology to solve real-world problems
- Receive Microsoft Expression® Studio professional software at no charge
- Develop career skills in design, technology, and communication
- Create a website to communicate their learning and creativity
- Be excited about the opportunity for local and regional recognition
- Work hard to earn prizes that include Xbox 360 and Kinect
- Feel pride and accomplishment in their success and learning
Teachers will:
- Engage students with big ideas and meaningful problem-solving activities
- Receive Expression Studio professional Web design software for their school at no charge
- Appreciate the free teacher-created and class-room tested curriculum resources
- Value the abundant resources and support with the contest and Expression Studio
- Enjoy showcasing student skills and creativity
Students can submit projects created in or out of class.
Contest registration begins January 2, 2012.
Each participating student must register by February 28, 2012.
Project submission deadline is March 20, 2012.
Students can download Expression Studio free of charge for their personal PCs at
DreamSpark after they register for the contest and receive a DreamSpark access code.
Complete details are posted on the
Bliinkwebsite.
Good luck to your students in Bliink 2012!
Thank you,
Pat Phillips