February 17, 2008

The AMTNYS Annual Web Design Contest

The 5th Annual AMTNYS Web Design Contest Winner for 2007 was:

Andrew Vigotsky
Clarkstown Central School District
Clarkstown HS South
31 Demarest Mill Rd
West Nyack, NY 10994
Grade Classification: Sophomore
2 years experience
Instructors: Mr. Nickels and Mrs. Ludwig


select this text to see his winning entry


RULES

Completed web designs must be postmarked by
midnight September 30th, 2008

The Association of Math Teachers of New York State announces the 6th annual web design contest!  Winners will be announced at the 58th AMTNYS Annual Meeting in Rye Town November 6-8, 2008.  Winners in each grade classification will be decided by the website design committee prior to the conference.  There will be a first prize of $75 and a second prize of $50 for each classification.  Prizes will only be given to entries that meet the requirements stated below. The total number of prizes will be determined by the number of entries we receive. The prizes will be forwarded to the winners at their school.

 

Any NY State student enrolled in a public, parochial, or private school or undergraduate college, who is in a grade higher than 5 and who is less than 22 years of age before the deadline date, may submit an entry. In order to give every school district or college an equal chance, a maximum of 8 designs will be accepted from any district or college.  Grade classifications will be Middle – grades 6-8, Senior – grades 9-12, and College (undergraduate)

  1. Individual web designs should be submitted on a PC-Formatted CD ROM, and should run from the CD. Designs should reflect the theme, “WORKING TOGETHER FROM START TO FINISH”
  2. A SIGNED Parental Permission document must be submitted in order for us to use the student's name in connection with the web page(s).
  3. Submitted web designs should operate effectively with any browser, on any platform. (Please test your CD before sending it to us.) Go to http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/abdesign.html for more information.
  4. All entries become the property of AMTNYS, which has the exclusive right to make all or a portion of the website, as it is submitted or as it may be modified, improved or enlarged by either AMTNYS or a Third Party, available for any purpose to persons or organizations desiring to use the website, or to make it available for use by others.
  5. Use of Copyrighted Materials--No website may include materials that were created by another person unless that material was created before January 1, 1918, and an accurate citation to the quoted material is included in the entry. In addition, no website may include material that was created by another person on or after January 1, 1918 without written permission to quote such materials by the creator or owner of such intellectual property, and a copy of such permission is made available to AMTNYS.  No project may include any trademarked material(s) without the written permission from the owner(s) of the trademarked material(s).
  6. A label with the following entry information should be attached to each disk's sleeve or jewel case. (Please use a permanent marker to write the name of the student and the school on the CD. Please do NOT put adhesive labels on the CD) The information should also appear in a MS Word or Adobe PDF file stored on the disk:

Student Name

Date of Birth

School District or College Name

School Address, including city and zip code

Grade Classification – Middle, Senior, or College

Number of Years/Months Experience in Creating Websites

Teacher’s Name

 

Completed web designs must be postmarked by midnight September 30th, 2008

 

Mail Entries to:

Stephanie Graseck
2601 Heritage Way
Gansevoort, NY 12830

 Please forward this information to area schools.  Any questions may be directed to Stephanie Graseck

The 4th Annual AMTNYS Web Design Contest Winners for 2006 are:

1st place: Alex Beutel
Clarkstown Central School
Clarkstown HS South
31 Demarest Mill Rd
West Nyack, NY 10994
Grade Classification: Senior
3 years experience
Teacher: Mr. Nickels

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2nd place: Andrew Vigotsky

Clarkstown Central School District
Clarkstown HS South
Grade Classification: Freshman
1 year experience

 

February 17, 2008