{"id":390,"date":"2011-10-14T23:37:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-14T22:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/2011\/10\/14\/oracle-academy-thinkquest-information-seminars-and-the-thinkquest-competition-2012\/"},"modified":"2011-10-14T23:37:00","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T22:37:00","slug":"oracle-academy-thinkquest-information-seminars-and-the-thinkquest-competition-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/oracle-academy-thinkquest-information-seminars-and-the-thinkquest-competition-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Oracle Academy &amp; ThinkQuest Information Seminars and the ThinkQuest Competition 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left\">We partner with a number of global vendors through the&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/diva\">Digital ICT Vendor Alliance<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/diva\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"line-height: 1px;margin-left: -89px;margin-top: -63px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/diva\/\"><i><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none\"> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/diva\" style=\"margin-left: 1em;margin-right: 1em\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"226\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-iidgGinOYj0\/TNA7yt8_POI\/AAAAAAAAALo\/h-yVrOSgDEo\/s320\/diva_strong1+logo.PNG\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Oracle have asked us to highlight the following&nbsp;competition&nbsp;and workshops running across Scotland.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0cm;padding-left: 0cm;padding-right: 0cm;padding-top: 0cm\" valign=\"top\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"width: 600px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0cm;padding-left: 0cm;padding-right: 0cm;padding-top: 0cm;width: 100%\" width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"background: black;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0.75pt;padding-left: 0.75pt;padding-right: 0.75pt;padding-top: 0.75pt\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0.75pt;padding-left: 0.75pt;padding-right: 0.75pt;padding-top: 0.75pt\">\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oracle Academy and                                                 ThinkQuest logo\" border=\"0\" height=\"80\" id=\"_x0000_i1059\" src=\"https:\/\/origin.ih.constantcontact.com\/fs078\/1102142667991\/img\/203.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #f06c00;padding-bottom: 0.75pt;padding-left: 0.75pt;padding-right: 0.75pt;padding-top: 0.75pt\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0.75pt;padding-left: 0.75pt;padding-right: 0.75pt;padding-top: 0.75pt\">\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" id=\"_x0000_i1060\" src=\"https:\/\/origin.ih.constantcontact.com\/fs078\/1102142667991\/img\/204.jpg\" width=\"559\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: #be0e01;padding-bottom: 0.75pt;padding-left: 0.75pt;padding-right: 0.75pt;padding-top: 0.75pt\">\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\">&nbsp;<strong><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size: 14pt\">The  ThinkQuest&nbsp;International Competition 2012&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';font-size: 14pt\">  <\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt;text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';font-size: 14pt\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><strong><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Think with us and  you&#8217;ll be ready<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Find out more about  the ThinkQuest International Competition and the Oracle Academy at this year&#8217;s  free 1\/2 day Information Seminars:<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Dundee<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\"> &#8211; Wednesday 9  November 2011<br \/><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Glasgow<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; Thursday  10 November 2011<br \/><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Glasgow &#8211; <\/span><\/strong>Thursday 2  February 2012&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">To register your FREE  place<\/span><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">visit:<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center\"><b><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.registerforevent.co.uk\/tqoa2011_12\/\"><span style=\"color: white\">http:\/\/www.registerforevent.co.uk\/tqoa2011_12\/<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0cm;padding-left: 0cm;padding-right: 0cm;padding-top: 0cm;width: 100%\" width=\"100%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0cm;padding-left: 0cm;padding-right: 0cm;padding-top: 0cm;width: 100%\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0cm;padding-left: 0cm;padding-right: 0cm;padding-top: 0cm;width: 100%\" width=\"100%\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 7.5pt\">\n<td style=\"height: 7.5pt;padding-bottom: 0cm;padding-left: 0cm;padding-right: 0cm;padding-top: 0cm;width: 100%\" valign=\"top\" width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"background: #3266cc;border-bottom: #ff9900 1.5pt dashed;border-left: #ff9900 1.5pt dashed;border-right: #ff9900 1.5pt dashed;border-top: #ff9900 1.5pt dashed;width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none;padding-bottom: 7.5pt;padding-left: 7.5pt;padding-right: 7.5pt;padding-top: 7.5pt\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0.75pt;padding-left: 0.75pt;padding-right: 0.75pt;padding-top: 0.75pt\">\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size: 10pt\">The  ThinkQuest International Competition 2012 officially opened on <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">14 September!<\/span><\/strong> Watch  our amazing launch video <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=xg4enocab&amp;et=1107907336852&amp;s=0&amp;e=0015qKxHsa2n2MIUmEYr2dxe4R5AqCAFqVwkCKicAjNJnCX_DGadlvbTl1C5v18QcFIAPpkedNL-oFXozVLKq4GY0ZKiTLwK_TECjZtS_Fh00m5ar49ipYFf4So9gt2539cNETYR8EukD8Wpjk3NjMvjQ==\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: white\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">The ThinkQuest International  Competition 2012:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Has<\/span><\/strong> amazing prizes &#8211;  trips to the USA, laptops, cash and <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">every entrant<\/span><\/strong>  receives certification<br \/><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Is<\/span><\/strong> for students from  primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities<br \/><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Has <\/span><\/strong>three separate  entry categories &#8211; ThinkQuest Projects, Digital Media and Application  Development<br \/><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Is<\/span><\/strong> open to a wide  age range of students from 12 &amp; under to 22 years old <br \/><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Allows<\/span><\/strong> students to  stand out from the crowd through working with one of the world&#8217;s most recognised  organisations, the Oracle Education Foundation&nbsp; <b><br \/><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Is<\/span><\/strong><\/b> not limited  to ThinkQuest members only<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size: 10pt\">Please  visit our website for further detail, including how you can help your students  to enrol in the Competition, by clicking <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=xg4enocab&amp;et=1107907336852&amp;s=0&amp;e=0015qKxHsa2n2MIUmEYr2dxe4R5AqCAFqVwkCKicAjNJnCX_DGadlvbTl1C5v18QcFIAPpkedNL-oFXozVLKq4GY0ZKiTLwK_TECjZtS_Fh00m5ar49ipYFfwAWILlIcYq2\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: white\">here<\/span><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none;padding-bottom: 7.5pt;padding-left: 7.5pt;padding-right: 7.5pt;padding-top: 7.5pt\" valign=\"top\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"padding-bottom: 0.75pt;padding-left: 0.75pt;padding-right: 0.75pt;padding-top: 0.75pt\">\n<div>\n<div>&nbsp;<span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size: 10pt\">Find  out more about the ThinkQuest International Competition, how ThinkQuest is  helping students to achieve Curriculum for Excellence and the Oracle Academy at  this year&#8217;s free 1\/2 day with lunch information seminars&nbsp;which take place  on:<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday 9 November, 10am-12pm&nbsp;&#8211; <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Dundee, Discovery  Point<\/span><\/strong>&nbsp; <\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size: 10pt\">Thursday  10 November, 10am-12pm&nbsp;&#8211; <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Glasgow, Teacher  Building<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><span style=\"color: white;font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size: 10pt\">Thursday  2 February, 10am-12pm&nbsp;&#8211; <strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">Glasgow, Teacher  Building<\/span><\/strong><b><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif'\">To register your place for the free  information seminars please click <a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?llr=xg4enocab&amp;et=1107907336852&amp;s=0&amp;e=0015qKxHsa2n2MIUmEYr2dxe4R5AqCAFqVwkCKicAjNJnCX_DGadlvbTl1C5v18QcFIAPpkedNL-oF2XSS2ycOKNh3s0-mDh6w4KKsywf0xqb7wTaSHao61MhEz8INN-gT-mIifR-07bus=\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: white\">here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/b>&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"background: black;border-bottom: medium none;border-left: medium none;border-right: medium none;border-top: medium none;padding-bottom: 3.75pt;padding-left: 3.75pt;padding-right: 3.75pt;padding-top: 3.75pt\">\n<div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 7.5pt\">&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: 'Verdana','sans-serif';font-size: 10pt\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Oracle Academy and                                             ThinkQuest logo\" border=\"0\" height=\"80\" id=\"_x0000_i1061\" 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