1. ENTERPRISE ALLIANCE Olympiad Competitions

2. Photograph and Video Challenge You are to create a set of photographs, a video or a combination of both. Your entry will be a maximum of 1 minute long and will advertise Meopham School to the public. Create either a: PowerPoint Adobe After Effects production Flash animation Come and book out an Ipod touch from the Business/ICT office if you do not have any technology to complete the tasks on yourself. Deadline: Last week of term. Email to ema or submit by memory stick or CD to the Business/ICT office. Don’t forget to name your work.

3. Google Sketch-up Challenge You are to make one of the following designs using Google Sketch-up. However, the task must be done without the help of downloadable templates/images. 1. A computer classroom of the future 2. A school of the future 3. A playground of the future 4. A house of the future 5. A cinema of the future 6. A shopping centre of the future 7. A mobile phone of the future 8. Your own idea of a futuristic object, entertainment experience, building etc. Deadline = End of term Email to Mr Nijjer on mni or submit a named, printed copy to the Business ICT office.

4. Soundbooth Challenge It is your challenge to upload and then apply effects to a piece of your favourite music so that it sounds completely different. You must e-mail Mr Weller on SWR to organise a time when you can be supervised in uploading your chosen piece of music from your IPod to the school system. The music must not contain any swear words. Then your challenge is to learn how to use a music editing program called Soundbooth on your own without any help. It is in start, programs, Adobe Master Collections CS4. Deadline = End of term E-mail your entries to SWR or give in a saved copy to the Business/ICT office.

5. Extended writing competition You are to research the company history of either Apple, Blackberry, Blizzard or another successful forward thinking business you are interested in. Once the research is complete you are to present your findings. You can do this either as: 1. A piece of writing at least 2 pages long 2. A very detailed PowerPoint presentation 3. A newsletter using a Publisher template If your entry contains any copy/paste information it will not be judged. The writing has to be your own work. Deadline = End of term Entries can be e-mailed to Mr Kent on fke or printed and given into the Business/ICT office.

6. Computer Binary Challenge 0101100101101111011101010010000001100001011100100110 010100100000011100100110010101100001011011000110110 0011110010010000001100011011011000110010101110110011 0010101110010001000000111010001101111001000000111011 1011011110111001001101011001000000111010001101000011 0100101110011001000000110111101101110011001010010000 001101111011101010111010000101110 The binary code above is actually a sentence of writing. Find out what the sentence is. Write down the sentence on paper and give it in to the Business/ICT office by the end of term. If you can include your own binary message on the same piece of paper (and it makes sense when translated) you will get a small edible prize.

7. Mystery embed code challenge Work out how to embed this in PowerPoint and then come to the Business/ICT office to explain what happens when you view the presentation. Deadline = End of term Entries to Business/ICT office in person. No writing necessary. Just explain to us what happened and how you did it.