These are the dates for submitting TQNYC Internet Challenge entries and announcing finalists.

A Complete Site = All files uploaded and tested, and the Site Profile completed. You must be logged into your coach account to finish the Site Profile. Review the checklist. A tutorial featuring our recommendations on uploading can be found here.

May 5th- Extra Credit Deadline
Get ‘extra credit’ by finishing early. This will allow time for any problems to be fixed and to avoid ‘unavoidable’ problems like servers being down, blackouts and natural disasters.

May 8th- 12pm (noon)- FINAL Deadline
After noon on the 8th, you will not be able to fix your site or upload any files. Oracle will close the server and there will be NO way to make ANY changes. AT ALL. PERIOD. That’s NOON on Friday, May 8th. There is NOTHING that can be fixed after that point. Got it?

(Now you understand why we made the “Extra Credit Deadline”!)

First week of June (Date TBD)- Finalists Notified
You will receive an email will the good news. This means that you and your team will receive an award on June 9th.

June 9th- Awards Event
All participants are invited to demonstrate their projects from 3-4:30. Then from 5-6:30 prizes will be given to Finalist teams.

June 19th- Winners Announced on Oracle’s Website
Winners with links to their sites will be posted on Oracle’s site and included in their international library.

June 30th (or sooner)- All Entries Posted on TQNYC.org
We think that ALL student work should be displayed and celebrated. We will be hosting your projects on TQNYC.org for you to share with the world!

NBC Universal Digital Media Competition Submission Checklist
Submission Deadline is April 23rd!!!

There are two parts to submitting videos to the DMC. First, is uploading to Vimeo and emailing us the URL. Second is sending us all of the information listed below by post.

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STEP ONE:

Upload video to Vimeo.com by 5pm Thursday, April 23, 2009

Email the URL to: digitalmedia@tqnyc.org

Include the following text in the body of the email:

Team Name:
Coach:
Principal:
Principal’s Email:
School:
Description of video:

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STEP TWO:

Mail the following items to TQNYC:

1. Complete consent forms for each team member AND any actor/actress that appeared in the film.
You can download consent forms here.

2. List of permissions for any copy-written work including music, images and video.

3. A disk with your video on it.
(We will not be judging from this disk, it is for archiving purposes.)

4. Team Name:
Coach:
Principal:
Principal’s Email:
School:
Description of video:

Mail to:
ThinkQuest New York City
Digital Media Competition
318 West 39th Street, 5th floor
New York, NY 10018

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IF YOU THINK YOU’RE GOING TO BE A FINALIST…

Start working on a 20 second clip of your video that we can play at the Awards Event on June 9th. We will contact Finalists with instructions for delivering the clip.

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PROJECT DEADLINE IS THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 2009

Best of Luck & See You June 9th at the Awards Event!

Attention Digital Media Competition Teams!

As the deadline approaches and you are finishing your projects, remember that you will need to upload your movie to Vimeo.

In order to help with that we have 3 new tutorials covering how to save your project to a movie in the best format for Vimeo uploading.

• Saving for Vimeo
  Gives general information as well as settings that may apply to a variety of video editors.
• Windows Movie Maker and Vimeo
  Gives specific instructions on how to save your movie when using Windows Movie Maker.
• iMovie and Vimeo
  Gives specific instructions on how to save your movie when using iMovie.

Good Luck to All of the Teams!

The TQNYC Internet Challenge Registration deadline is May 1st. The Contest Deadline is May 5th (details to come). Come to the Bronx today to have questions answered, chat with Mickie and meet other coaches.

Monday, April 6
3:30-5:30pm
P.S. 93
1535 Story Ave
Bronx, NY 10473
(718) 842-2655
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We have extended the NBC Universal Digital Media Competition deadline to APRIL 23rd.

That’s right… APRIL 23rd.

Next week, all Digital Media coaches will receive an email with specific instructions for submitting projects.

In the meantime… make sure your entries are under 5 minutes and that they are inspirational and spectacular!