Competitions and Awards

This section lists competitions and awards that schools across CLEO may be interested in. If you find a competition or award that other schools may like to take part in please email office@cleo.net.uk and we'll add to the list.

Becta's ICT Excellence Awards aim to identify and reward schools who are transforming their practice using ICT.

For more information, contact Becta's Awards team on email at excellenceawards@becta.org.uk, or by telephone on 024 7641 6994.

The seventh eLearning Awards competition is now open and schools are invited to submit entries for the eLearning Awards 2007 that exemplify the best use of ICT in education. Entries are welcome from schools or teachers in EU Member States, EEA Countries, EU Applicant Countries as well as Switzerland and Israel. Entries can be made from now until 31 October 2007 online at http://elearningawards.eun.org.

The aim of the competition is to promote the use of ICT in education and to encourage schools to collaborate. A gallery will showcase on the eLearning Portal contributions from all around Europe. This year’s sponsors include Young Digital Planet (Platinum sponsor), Intel, Promethean and InterWrite (Gold sponsors), Telefónica O2 and MICHAEL (Bronze sponsors).

Prizes (cash and equipment) will be awarded in categories highlighting best practice in the use of ICT in the areas of:

• School of the future
• The e-safe school
• Promoting digital literacy
• Creativity (arts)
• Foreign languages
• Sustainability (environment)
• Maths, science and technology
• Social networking for collaborative learning.

A detailed list is available on the eLearning Awards portal at http://elearningawards.eun.org.

Entries will be judged by a panel of experts and the winners presented with their prizes at a prestigious event on 6^th December at the annual EMINENT Conference in Brussels, to be opened by Jan Figel’, European Commissioner for Education, Training and Culture.

This competition from the London 2012 Olympic Delivery Authority is aimed at involving young people in the Great Britain's Olympic programme. The competition aims to put young people’s planning, creative and descriptive skills to the test. Pupils up to age 16 are asked to design their dream VeloPark that could both host the cycling events of the future and be used by local communities all year round.

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