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GiggleIT Project - 2011

Through our window - the colours of our land

First visit the registration page to register your school. Follow all steps on the registration page.

GiggleIT is a Cybersafe Project

The GiggleIT Project - 2011 [Download the pdf version]
Visual literacy - Art, English, and ICT - an Integrated Unit [Download the pdf version]

Email Gigglecritter says “Hi!” and invites you to take part in our 2011 GiggleIT competitions -
Through our window – the colours of our land.

The Gigglecritters belong to the children of the world and want to visit every school, city, and country. You can help Email Gigglecritter fly in through your window to your special world with the new GiggleIT Project competitions for 2011. What are the colours of your world? What can you see through your window? How do you feel when you look through your window?

There are 4 competitions in this project 

 Name Our Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs in your culture - class, collaborative project

 Design your personal logo - individual project

 Write a haiku poem - individual project

  Create a travel poster - individual project

Each class registered in GiggleIT Projects can submit one class entry in the Our Snow White competition. The other three competitions are open to each student whose class is registered. Each student can enter one of those 3 competitions or all 3 – free! All the instructions and teaching resources are free to your teacher, too.

Ask your teacher to join the GiggleIT Project now, so your entries can be e-mailed by November 1, 2011 to giggle_it@live.com.au

Our Snow White competition

A classic story retold. A fun, collaborative class project. This competition is for the whole class to do together.

What if Snow White lived in your town? Think about the tale of SnowWhite and the Seven Dwarfs: If Snow White lived in your town, region, or country, what would she be called? What names would you give to each of the seven dwarfs to reflect your culture? (No living persons, celebrities, sport stars, etc. may be used)

Look at the example on the Voicethread slides 22 - 25: http://voicethread.com/#q.b1579402.i8342223

Now think about your world.

Each class registered in GiggleIT Projects can submit one entry in the Our Snow White competition, so your class needs to work together to decide which names reflect your culture best. Be sure to explain how each name relates to your culture!

You have the option to continue on to rewrite the Snow White story in your own culture and we would love to read it and publish it on the website however only your concept of the characters will be judged.

Select your class entry and submit your Snow White characters by November 1, 2011 to giggle_it@live.com.au.
Download the submission form [Word document]

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Personal logo competition

Design a special personal logo with the colours of your world to attract Email Gigglecritter through your window. For the artists and graphic designers of tomorrow. Use original colours and shapes.

Follow our step-by-step guide available on Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/#q.b1579402.i8342223

 

 

Submit your logo by November 1, 2011 to giggle_it@live.com.au.
Download the submission form [Word document]

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Haiku poem competition

Write a Haiku poem that tells Email Gigglecritter how he will know he has reached your world. What are the colours of your special place? Recreate a reflective picture moment in time. Use the information and knowledge that you have gained and built on by looking through your window into your world. Your haiku will be original in feeling, meaning and response to what you see through your window.

Follow our step-by-step guide available on Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/#q.b1579402.i8342223

Submit your haiku by November 1, 2011 to giggle_it@live.com.au.
Download the submission form [Word document]

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Travel poster competition

Create a Travel poster to promote a local festival or event your world and persuade others to come and enjoy it. Use original text and images to delight, persuade and inform the reader. Use what you have learnt about visual literacy to persuade people your own age to become interested in this event.

Follow our step-by-step guide available on Voicethread: http://voicethread.com/#q.b1579402.i8342223

 

Submit your poster by November 1, 2011 to giggle_it@live.com.au.
Download the submission form [Word document]

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Last updated 31 December 2010 (XYZ)