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
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
--
Toby Howard
Senior Lecturer, Computer Graphics
Deputy Director of the Undergraduate School
Public Engagement Coordinator
School of Computer Science
The University of Manchester, UK
www.cs.man.ac.uk/~toby
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