We thought you'd like to know that Animation11 - the 4th Annual UK
Schools Computer Animation Competition, has now launched.
Animation11 is a not-for-profit competition run by The University of
Manchester, designed to enthuse young people about Computer Science.
For full details, and to register, please visit:
www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/Animation
If you registered for Animation10, you don't need to re-register, but
please login using your credentials. If you've forgotten your
password, please visit:
http://elearn.cs.man.ac.uk/phpBB/ucp.php?mode=sendpassword
The competition is open to all UK schoolchildren aged between 7 and 19.
The deadline for entries is 1 April 2011.
Entrants can create their animations (maximum duration: 1 minute)
using any of the following programs: Alice, Scratch, Flash, or Serif
DrawPlus.
There are great prizes, and the Animation Festival and Inspirational
Computer Science Day will be held at Manchester Museum of Science and
Industry on 1 July 2011.
The 2010 competition attracted over 1,300 entries from more than 200
schools, with 50 prize-winning students, and over 400 children,
teachers and familiies attending the Animation Festival and
Inspirational Computer Science Day at The Lowry, Salford Quays. You
can see a video about the day, and see all the winning entries, at:
www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/Animation
Key dates
* 20 September 2010: Competition opens for registration and entries.
* 1 April 2011: Deadline for submitting entries.
* 9 May 2011: Shortlisted winners notified.
* 1 July 2011: Animation Festival and Inspirational Computer Science Day at Manchester Museum of Science and Industry.
Key contacts
* Website: www.cs.manchester.ac.uk/Animation
* Enquiries: [log in to unmask]
Animation11 is funded by Electronic Arts, Google, and The Granada
Foundation, in association with BBC21CC and cs4fn.
With best wishes!
Toby
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Toby Howard
Chair, UK Schools Computer Animation Competition
Senior Lecturer
Deputy Director of the Undergraduate School
School of Computer Science
The University of Manchester
www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby
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