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WebChallenge 2009 Awards

Sunday, May 03, 2009

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I had the good fortune to be a part of the WebChallenge 2009 team and this past Wednesday, we held the awards dinner. WebChallenge is a state-wide high school technology contest conducted by the Technology Association of Georgia (TAG) and the TAG Education Collaborative (TEC). This contest is designed to inspire the kids to learn more about technology and pursue that field of study in high school and college. You can get more information on the website.

The theme of the competition this year was, “Free Your Community!” Students were challenged to use free technologies that effectively address a need in their local non-profit community. So, the use of things like Facebook, Google Apps, Website Baker and JQuery were encouraged to provide something of use to their school or other non-profit entity.

Congratulations to the finalists which included:

Central Gwinnett High School
Elizabeth Andrews High School
Gwinnett School of Math, Science and Technology
Morgan County High School
North Gwinnett High School
TEACH Charter High School
The Weber School
Award Winners

Grand Prize - Best Overall Concept and Most Effective Implementation

Line Up - Jonathan T. Hunsucker, Matthew A. Palmer, and Samuel J. Elgin - North Gwinnett High School
Most Useful Concept:

1st Place: PACT - Wali Shareefy, Shubar Bahaduri - North Gwinnett & Central Gwinnett High School
2nd Place: Zeitgeist - Stanley Ayzenberg, Brian Lagoda, Rina So, Marissa McOmber - Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology
3rd Place: Save Atlanta Youth - Jeancarlo Gomez and Afton Davis - Elizabeth Andrews High School
Most Effective Implementation - Free Tech Framework:

1st Place: One Morgan - Imran Momin & Gareth Newton - Morgan County High School
2nd Place: Globalization Project - Ed Silva, Brian Lagoda, Stanley Ayzenberg, Phoebe Clark - Gwinnett School of Mathematics, Science and Technology
3rd Place: Teach Comets - Busra Uduk and Elif Er - TEACH Charter High School
Most Effective Implementation - Open Source Tools:

1st Place: Line Up - Jonathan T. Hunsucker, Matthew A. Palmer, and Samuel J. Elgin - North Gwinnett High School
2nd Place: Teach Otakus - Trevor Daniel, Andy Worden, and John Moses - TEACH Charter High School
3rd Place: Activity Splash - Josh Mangel, Avi Zolty - Weber School
It was great to see the Atlanta technology community turn out for the event including Lance Weatherby and Scott Burkett who along with Chuck Johnson, were the judges for the event. Also in attendance were Sig Mosley, David Gould, Tino Mantella and Gordon Rogers. Chris Klaus couldn’t be there for the event, but I hear he made a last minute donation which helped make the event possible this year.

Congratulations to John Hurlbut for pulling together the volunteers and making the event happen. And thanks for letting me be a part of it.