The 2011 Summer pyGames event is now accepting registrations for
student teams and volunteer coordinators. Registration will remain
open until the competition begins on 11 June at 9:00 AM US Eastern
time.
Summer pyGames
The Summer pyGames project is a six-week long competition during which
high school students develop open-source educational software and
games to be used and distributed to schools in South Carolina. Many of
last year's competing teams presented at the FIRST Championship in St
Louis. The program has also been showcased at the FIRST Robotics
Palmetto Regional, POSSCON and INNOVENTURE Southeast.
Competition Details
The Summer pyGames will begin on June 11th at 9am with the
announcement of this year's challenge. Students will have 6 weeks to
create a new video game or modify previous games submitted to the
competition. Scoring, theme, and rules will be announced at the season
kickoff.
Teams may be made up of 1-7 students. The competition is geared for
high school age students, high school graduates for 2011 are welcome
to participate. Younger students may be admitted to the competition
upon request. All teams must have an adult contact who can communicate
directly with the Summer pyGames coordinators.
Resources will be available on the Summer pyGames website, and
additional forums and chat channels will be made available to
registered teams. Volunteers will be available to assist students with
questions regarding their projects.
The projects will be graded by professional programmers, graphic
artists, audio professionals, teachers, and students.
Sponsors
The Python Software Foundation has given the Summer pyGames
organization a grant of US$1,000. After combining the grant with
contributions from One Laptop Per Child, BAE Systems, Reaction
Apps LLC, The Palmetto Project, BOSCH, and FIRST Robotics Team
342, the organizers plan to offer netbook computers as the grand
prize for the competition this year.
Additional prizes and donations are still needed for the 2011
season. Donations can also be made via Paypal at the Summer pyGames
website. Summer pyGames is a 100% volunteer run non-profit
organization (501(c)3 under the Palmetto Project). All donations go
directly toward prizes for the students.
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