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Innovate to Educate
Award for multimedia/ICT students
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What is Innovate to Educate?
Interest in the use of multimedia and interactive games in education is greater than ever before. Educators and technologists alike are now involved in developing resources that can match the level of engagement found in commercial games.
Innovate to Educate was an award run by Futurelab (in association with Cambridge Assessment), available to students doing final year degree and postgraduate (or similar) projects in multimedia, ICT or related subjects, encouraging them to work with a teacher/educator to focus their final year project on a novel digital resource to assist learning, in school or out of school.
Outcomes
The winners of the award are Clara Gaggero and Sabine Fekete (both from the Royal College of Art in London), with their interactive playground concept, dot°, which was inspired by children’s ability to create games wherever they are. Clara and Sabine win £1,500 each with an industry secondment with the BBC for three months in 2007. Their collaborating teacher will also receive £1,000 for their involvement in the project.
The runner-up in the awards is James Cook of University of Wales Institute in Cardiff (UWIC) with his project, schools:united, a social networking application for schools which embraces Web 2.0 on a global scale. James wins an industry secondment with assessment agency, Cambridge Assessment.
For further information on both of these projects please go to the Innovate to Educate winners press release.
About Cambridge Assessment
Cambridge Assessment is the brand name of the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate, a department of the University of Cambridge and a not-for-profit organisation. As Europe's largest assessment agency, Cambridge Assessment plays a leading role in researching, developing and delivering assessment across the globe, by offering qualifications through three examining bodies:
- OCR, one of the three UK-wide awarding bodies, offers qualifications including GCSEs, A Levels and a wide range of vocational qualifications to learners of all ages.
- University of Cambridge International Examinations (CIE) offers qualifications including International GCSEs, A and AS Levels and business qualifications in a variety of disciplines. CIE advises a number of governments on education issues.
- University of Cambridge English for Speakers of Other Languages (Cambridge ESOL) exams are the world's leading certificates for English language learners.
Cambridge Assessment is also developing and running university entrance tests. The Cambridge Assessment Network has been established to help professionals in assessment share experience and increase their knowledge and expertise.
www.cambridgeassessment.org.uk
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