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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Tahoma>As part of Swinburne’s initiative to increase students’ interest in and awareness of the technical, design, communication and teamwork skills involved in software development, the Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies has developed a computer games design competition for all secondary school students. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Tahoma>The <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">SwinGame </B>competition is an exciting opportunity for students to win great prizes, gain real-world experience in software and games development and work on a fun, creative project with friends. To give students a head start, we have developed a range of online tutorials that will help with the basics of games design.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>The competition is open to all students from Secondary Schools in Australia. Entries can be for an individual or in teams of up to three members (all members must be from the same school).</FONT></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN class=mw-headline><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><BR>What prizes are on offer? <BR><BR></FONT></SPAN><SPAN class=mw-headline><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Arcade Category</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<LI><FONT face=Tahoma>1st prize is </FONT>
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<LI><FONT face=Tahoma>$2,500 cash for the team or individual student </FONT></LI></UL></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Tahoma>2nd prize is </FONT>
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<LI><FONT face=Tahoma>$1,000 cash for the team or individual student </FONT></LI></UL></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Tahoma>3rd prize is </FONT></LI>
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<LI><FONT face=Tahoma>$500 cash for the team or individual student</FONT></LI></UL></UL>
<DIV><SPAN class=mw-headline><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma>Open Category</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<LI><FONT face=Tahoma>1st prize is </FONT>
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<LI><FONT face=Tahoma>$500 cash for the team or individual student </FONT></LI></UL></LI>
<LI><FONT face=Tahoma>Certificates of achievement will also be awarded for all high quality submissions</FONT> </LI></UL></SPAN>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><FONT face=Tahoma>For more information or to register your students visit <SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-AU; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><A href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/swingame"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><FONT size=2>www.swinburne.edu.au/swingame</FONT></SPAN></A>.</SPAN></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Bianca van Meeuwen<BR>ICT Outreach Officer</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Swinburne University of Technology<BR>PO Box 218 John Street </FONT>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>Hawthorn 3122</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><A href="mailto:bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au">bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au</A> </A></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma>p: 9214 8768<BR>f: 9819 0823</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>m: 0416 931 105</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial><A href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict">www.swinburne.edu.au/ict</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=2><FONT face=Tahoma>Attend our upcoming Secondary School events:</FONT></FONT></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><A href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#ita">IT Applications Day</A> - coming soon</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><A href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#sd">Software Development Day</A> - coming soon</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><A href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#business">Business Management Day</A> - 16 June</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><A href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#physics">Physics Day</A> - 27 and 28 July</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=3><STRONG><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"><FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><A href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#achievers">High Achievers Day</A> - 23 November</FONT></SPAN></STRONG></DIV></FONT></SPAN></o:p></SPAN></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>