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<FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Hi Bianca,<BR>
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What are the <B>dates </B>for the competition?<BR>
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George Ciotti<BR>
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The University High School<BR>
77 Story Street, Parkville, Vic, 3052, Australia<BR>
Ph: (03) 9347 2022<BR>
mobile: 0412934782<BR>
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On 6/3/10 3:37 PM, "Bianca van Meeuwen" <<a href="BVANMEEUWEN@groupwise.swin.edu.au">BVANMEEUWEN@groupwise.swin.edu.au</a>> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>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. <BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>The <B>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.<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">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).<BR>
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What prizes are on offer? <BR>
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Arcade Category<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><UL><LI><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">1st prize is <BR>
</FONT></SPAN><UL><LI><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">$2,500 cash for the team or individual student <BR>
</FONT></SPAN></UL><LI><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">2nd prize is <BR>
</FONT></SPAN><UL><LI><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">$1,000 cash for the team or individual student <BR>
</FONT></SPAN></UL><LI><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">3rd prize is <BR>
</FONT></SPAN><UL><LI><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">$500 cash for the team or individual student<BR>
</FONT></SPAN></UL></UL><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">Open Category<BR>
</FONT></SPAN><UL><LI><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">1st prize is <BR>
</FONT></SPAN><UL><LI><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">$500 cash for the team or individual student <BR>
</FONT></SPAN></UL><LI><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">Certificates of achievement will also be awarded for all high quality submissions</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
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</FONT></SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'>For more information or to register your students visit </SPAN></FONT></FONT><FONT FACE="Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>www.swinburne.edu.au/swingame</SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'> <<a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/swingame">http://www.swinburne.edu.au/swingame</a>> .<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">Bianca van Meeuwen<BR>
ICT Outreach Officer<BR>
Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies <BR>
Swinburne University of Technology<BR>
PO Box 218 John Street <BR>
Hawthorn 3122<BR>
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<a href="bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au">bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au</a> <<a href="mailto:bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au">mailto:bvanmeeuwen@swin.edu.au</a>> <BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">p: 9214 8768<BR>
f: 9819 0823<BR>
</FONT><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial">m: 0416 931 105<BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Arial">www.swinburne.edu.au/ict <<a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict">http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict</a>> <BR>
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</FONT><FONT FACE="Tahoma, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><B>Attend our upcoming Secondary School events:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'><B>IT Applications Day <<a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#ita">http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#ita</a>> </B></SPAN><B><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'> - coming soon<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Software Development Day <<a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#sd">http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#sd</a>> </SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'> - coming soon<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Business Management Day <<a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#business">http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#business</a>> </SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'> - 16 June<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Physics Day <<a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#physics">http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#physics</a>> </SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'> - 27 and 28 July<BR>
</SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>High Achievers Day <<a href="http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#achievers">http://www.swinburne.edu.au/ict/schools/swinburne/#achievers</a>> </SPAN><FONT SIZE="2"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:10pt'> - 23 November<BR>
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