Technical Ambassadors Competition 2007

The Fourth Annual ChicTech Retreat held on April 21st - 22nd

Thirty-three attendees for the Fourth Annual ChicTech Retreat Weekend were treated to educational activities, engaging games, and awarded with prizes. The Department of Computer Science faculty, staff, student counselors, and volunteers staged the culmination of this year's Technical Ambassador's Competition (TAC), part of the department's ChicTech outreach program. Seventeen teams (63 students) entered TAC this year.

"The Retreat is becoming more and more popular. Girls, in my opinion, are starting to see how Computer Science fits into their everyday lives. Girls are already working on their projects for next year," said Sonya Harris, program coordinator in diversity for the Department of Computer Science. "Our outreach initiatives are working in their favor."

2007 TAC Winners

You Yang, Miranda Sun, Ola Mik, and Lei Ba
First Place: Hinsdale Central High School 'The Programmers'.

They created a website for a voluntary, nonprofit organization sponsored by the Northeastern Chinese Association and Chinese Mutual Aid. Their goal is to improve the relations between people of different ethnicities.

Project "Free Education Program Website".

Second Place: Naperville Central High School 'Hot Tamales'.

They created learning tools for the SciTech Museum. The program is a centerpiece of website and would appeal to Spanish speaking patrons as well. The interactive games and demos would teach young science aficionados not only about the exhilarating activities available at SciTech but would also allow children to partake in some memorable discoveries right at home.

Project SciTech Games.

Sharika Sanku, Jennifer Lawlor, and Kelly Swanson

Lily Pineiro, Evelyn Sanchez, and Nancy Inamagua
Third Place: Von Steuben Metropolitan Science Center 'The Dream Team'.

The Dream Team designed a very graphical website for a non-profit organization called ToyLend. They help kids with disabilities and kids in poverty develop through the world of play.

Project "ToyLend" (download zipped file).

Honorable Mentions: Bartlett High School. 'KAC'. They created a video CPR review video for the Hanover Park District lifeguard program. The video is a simple way of reviewing the CPR process to the class.

Project "CPR Video" (zip file).

(Not in attendance: Kelly Simon, Cailey Momsen, and Andrea Chevere)

Honorable Mentions: University Laboratory High School (Urbana) 'UNI GIAT (Girls in Art and Technology) '.

They created a website for their school's Fine Arts Department.

Project Fine Arts Website.

Jie han, Michelle Gao, Aran Yoo, Linda Song, Angela Jin, and Aliisa Rantanen

Victoria Frobish and Claire Nonneman
Honorable Mentions: Urbana High School 'Insighters'.

They created a website for the Urbana High School Student Senate. The UHS Student Senate wanted a website to reach out to the community, students, and other schools. They wanted to show how they get involved with the school and community throughout the year.

Project "School Senate Website".

Honorable Mentions: Homewood-Flossmoor High School 'Java Queens'.

These students created a website for a teacher whose students are moved ahead a grade level in math, but falling behind in basic skills. This not only teaches lessons, but also includes games for her students to practice.

Project "Math Mania".

Jessica Rycraft, Rani Raju, and Kristian Coerper (not in attendance)

Sarah Meyers and Kim Kowalczyk
Honorable Mentions: Bartlett High School 'Team Awesome-Team of One-ness'.

They created a website for the school's women's cross country track team. The site includes a results and roster page to easily track the team's progress throughout the season.

Project "Team of Oneness".

Honorable Mentions: Plainfield North High School 'Tiger Techs'.

They created project that affected every student that attends their school - the curriculum guide. They realized that many students rely solely on the curriculum guide to pick their elective classes.

Project "Electives on Demand" (download zip file).

Priyanka Bose (not pictured), Sahithi Kalidindi (not pictured), Melissa and Kit Vanderwater, Daniel Burgess, Ericka Hauber

Other 2007 TAC Participants

Plainfield South High School 'Pumas'. They created an interactive treasure hunt Web Application for the Math department called Math Hunters with a sequence of math problems that students will be required to answer. Project Math Hunters Game" (download zip file).

Bartlett High School 'K.A.M.P.T.T.'. The students created a faith based webpage for students, teachers, and parents of Bartlett High to have the opportunity to inspire and educate people on the Christian faith. Project "FISH Website".

Bartlett High School 'X-ANJL's'. The students created a webpage for the Big Brothers and Big Sisters to explain what the organization is about, and to attract new children and volunteers to the cause. Project "BBBS Website - Kicking for Kids (download zip file).

Bartlett High School 'The Bartlett Four'. The students created a video highlighting the dangers of drinking and driving. Project "Be Aware - a Drinking and Driving video".

Bartlett High School 'Helping Hawks'. The students designed a tutoring website to help the students of the Bartlett High community. Project "Algebra Tutor Website".

St. Joseph-Ogden High School 'The Gigabites" . They created a MySpace page for the organization to get more girls interested and involved in the organization. Project 'The Perfect Prom Project'.

Homewood-Flossmoor High School 'GigaBytes'. They created a multi-form Visual Basic project that will allow the user to review for their semester 1 final in Visual Basic Programming. Project Visual Basic Semester One Review (download zip file).

Hinsdale Central High School 'JAVAlicious'. They created a program that would give a short and simple summary of the basics of JAVA programming for people in the computer club. Project "QuickJAVA Lessons".

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