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Oracle Education Foundation Honors Award-Winning Students

Posted on: Thursday, 14 June 2007, 18:19 CDT

REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., June 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Oracle Education Foundation congratulates the winners of the ThinkQuest International 2007 Competition. ThinkQuest, a program of the Oracle Education Foundation, is a renowned global contest that challenges students to create innovative Web sites to share with their peers around the world. The winning teams collaborated in the research, writing and creation of Web sites on educational topics ranging from sustainability and energy alternatives to poverty and the effects of war on children. This year's winning students hailed from 17 countries, including Argentina, Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Kingdom, Vietnam and the United States.

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The ThinkQuest competition, now entering its 13th year, is an example of project learning at its best. Student teams create educational content to be used by teachers and students around the world; their work is published in the popular ThinkQuest Library, visited by 30 million learners each year. The competition is utilized by teachers to engage their students in developing critical skills for life and work in the 21st century. Over the course of completing their team project, students learn important skills including teamwork, critical thinking, problem-solving, self-direction, and utilization of technology.

"When students enter the ThinkQuest competition, they engage in a high-end learning project," said Clare Dolan, Vice President, Oracle Education Initiatives. "ThinkQuest participants are asked to create a rich educational resource from scratch . Throughout this challenging process, they learn via their personal experience and through their team interactions. It is truly inspiring to see what the students accomplish. The educational Web sites that they produce are absolutely first-rate. Equally impressive, however, is that throughout the competition, they are honing skills that are key to success in the 21st century workplace.

This year's contest received more than 500 entries from teams comprised of three to six students who worked under the supervision of a teacher-coach. Each team had approximately eight months to complete their final Web sites. The submissions were then reviewed by an international panel of volunteer judges who selected the 30 winning teams in each of the three age divisions. The judges also awarded the "Global Perspectives" prize to the team best exemplifying respect for diversity and recognition of global interdependence.

"It was heartening to be working side by side with judges from other continents reviewing and discussing projects submitted by this year's dedicated ThinkQuest teams," said Bonnie Marks, ThinkQuest Judge and Executive Director of the Alameda County Office of Education. "While it was extremely challenging to select the best out of so many excellent sites, it was delightful to find myself learning from the students' work as I judged."

The first, second and third place winning teams will travel to the ThinkQuest Live celebration held in San Francisco, California in November 2007. In addition, each student and teacher participant of the thirty winning teams will receive a computer laptop, while their sponsoring school will receive a prize of $1,000.

The award winning Web sites can be viewed at http://thinkquest.org/winners.

About ThinkQuest

ThinkQuest is the most well -known project-learning competition in the world today. It challenges students to create educational websites that are published in the ThinkQuest Library, a learning resource visited by 30 million web learners each year. For more information, visit http://www.thinkquest.org/.

About the Oracle Education Foundation

The Oracle Education Foundation sponsors ThinkQuest and Think.com, free online programs for the primary and secondary education community. It also makes grants to select schools and nonprofits to promote global online collaborative learning. For more information, visit http://www.oraclefoundation.org/.

About Oracle

Oracle is the world's largest enterprise software company. For more information about Oracle, please visit our Web site at http://www.oracle.com/.

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ThinkQuest International 2007 Winners -- Fact Sheet 1st Place 19 and Under Web site Title: Young Blood: Children of War URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01032/ Coach: John Harrison Asst Coach: Beth Camper Students: David, Krista, Parth, Thomas Location: United States 15 and Under Web site Title: Sustainability URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01346/ Coach: Christina Lee Asst Coach: Mary Winchell Students: Ben, David, Joel, Nick, Richard, Taylor Locations: United States 12 and Under Web site Title: Living on the Brink URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/2242/ Coach: Salwa Kefi Asst Coach: Heeral Desai Students: Dylan, Shruthi, Courtney, Simran, George, Facundo Locations: Tunisia, India, Unites States, Australia, Argentina 1st Place Prize: Laptop computer with approximate retail value of $1,500 USD, trip to ThinkQuest Live and $1000 USD School Award.* 2nd Place 19 and Under Web site Title: The Credibles URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00446/ Coach: Amit Das Asst Coach: Devayan Mallick Students: Arif, Dhruv, Gita, Pranav, Sparsh, Vimal Locations: Singapore, United States, Indonesia, India 15 and Under Web site Title: Internet Safety URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01158/ Coach: Karen Fredette Students: Andrew, Annastasia, Brendon, Kayla, Michelle, Rafael Location: United States 12 and Under Web site Title: Earth Buddies URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00442/ Coach: Jeanne Paulus Asst Coach: Amit Das Students: Alonzo, Arun, Jacob, Jonah, Meredith, Rosie Locations: United States, Singapore 2nd Place Prize: Laptop computer with approximate retail value of $1,250 USD, trip to ThinkQuest Live and $1000 USD School Award.* 3rd Place 19 and Under Web site Title: TQToolkit: A web building guide for ThinkQuesters URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02048/ Coach: Keng Hian Chia Asst Coach: Soong Chee Gi Students: Darryl, Jim, Jun Ru, Qing Sheng Location: Singapore 15 and Under Web site Title: Energy Generation: Taking a step into the future URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01885/ Coach: Hortense Morales Students: Alex, Alex, Ben, Come, Josselin, Matthias Locations: United States 12 and Under Web site Title: Global Tales URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01340/ Coach: Kelly Rayon Asst Coach: Peter Miller Students: Ella, Jameka, Mohammed, Nikhil, Yusuke Locations: United Kingdom, Australia Prize: Laptop computer with approximate retail value of $1,000 USD, trip to ThinkQuest Live and $1000 USD School Award.* Global Perspectives Award Web site Title: "Living on the Brink" multi-award winner, details above Prize: Digital camera with approximate retail value of $750 USD TRIO Special Recognition Award Web site Title: The Real Enslavement URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01071/ Coach: Evelyn Poe Asst Coach: Mjumbe Poe Students: Erikka, Estrellita, Ilona, Justin, Watufani Location: United States Prize: Trip to ThinkQuest Live Honorable Mention -- 12 and Under Web site Title: Healthy Kids; for kids, by kids URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01223/ Coach: Andrew Ford Asst Coach: Jason Cartlidge Students: Aaron, Cicely, Holly, Jessica, Luke, Mark Locations: United Kingdom Web site Title: Jammin' 'bout Diabetes URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00281/ Coach: Julia Osteen Students: Heather, Liz, Paige, Shirali, Zanir Locations: United States Web site Title: Organic Farming URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01220/ Coach: Betsy Gentile Asst Coach: Annie Rahman Students: Anne, Nadia, Vaughan, Will Locations: United States Web site Title: The Case of the Mysterious Macros URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00051/ Coach: Annette Harris Asst Coach: Eva Kristofik Students: Allie, Breanne, Daniel, Jaylon, Marek, Sarah Locations: Unites States, Slovakia Web site Title: Marine Debris URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01036/ Coach: Gail Van De Verg Asst Coach: Jennie Yee Students: Aaron, Daniel, Kristi, Lauren, Sailor, Shaianne Locations: United States Web site Title: Teens Tangled in Violence URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00344/ Coach: Linda Southworth Students: Cody, Hannah, Kathy, Morgan, Nicky, Nicole Locations: United States Web site Title: We're Not Clowning Around URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02341/ Coach: Suzanne Tomlin Students: Brooks, Haley, Lauren, Logan Locations: United States Honorable Mention Prize: Laptop computer with approximate retail value of $750 USD and $1000 USD School Award.* Honorable Mention -- 15 and Under Web site Title: Solarpedia: The solar atlas URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01038/ Coach: Mahumita RoyChowdhury Students: Aditya, Adrien, Divakar, Monica, Neil, Samir Locations: India Web site Title: I Can Do That! Coping successfully with amputations. URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00021/ Coach: Linda Brandon Students: Megan, Michele, Sam Locations: United States Web site Title: A Hazy Situation URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02304/ Coach: Sharon Xu Asst Coach: Aileen Chor Students: Clement, Ji Heng, Samuel, Weihao Location: Singapore Web site Title: Hallowed Ground Preservation URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01591/ Coach: Richard Hartmetz Asst Coach: Chet Engert Students: Cameron, Hannah, Robert, Sheila, Taylor Location: United States Web site Title: Let's End Technology Waste URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02218/ Coach: Hulya Cambaz Asst Coach: Meta Kirn Students: Ana, Goksenin, Katarina, Sena, Tamara, Yoni Locations: Turkey, Slovenia Web site Title: Punjab Culture URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02374/ Coach: Rashid Butt Asst Coach: Students: Fayza, Karim, Kehaan Locations: Pakistan, United States Web site Title: Environmental Issues International URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02232/ Coach: Maxwell Mdini Asst Coach: Richard Knaggs Students: Alexander, Atanas, Brett, Itumaleng, Matthew, Mitchell Location: South Africa Prize: Laptop computer with approximate retail value of $750 USD and $1000 USD School Award.* Honorable Mention -- 19 and Under Web site Title: A Matter of Time URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01010/ Coach: James Poirier Asst Coach: Gerakina Photakis Students: Barbara, Christine, David, Haralambos, Kishore, Ruohan Locations: United States, Australia, China, India Web site Title: Disease Detective URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01865/ Coach: Gregory Wilkin Asst Coach: Ngoc Tran Students: Alexander, Andrew, Christopher, Long, Parintorn, William Locations: Australia, United States, Thailand, Vietnam Web site Title: The Wheelchair Bound URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02114/ Coach: Chor Aileen Asst Coach: Sigit Adinugroho Students: Chi, Enlin, Hui, Isaac, Jonathan Locations: Singapore, Indonesia Web site Title: The DCI Debate URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02220/ Coach: Ser-Yee Kuang Students: Jared, Kah Hou, Shu De, Shu Li, Wei Zhong Location: Singapore Web site Title: Mind Prison, Internet Addiction Disorder URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02049/ Coach: Keng Hian Chia Asst Coach: Soong Chee Gi Students: Bo, Jian Hao, Kwang Wei, Shu Peng, Tat Leong, Yan Location: Singapore Web site Title: The Real Enslavement URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/01071/ multi-award winner, see details above Web site Title: The Holocaust URL: http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/02467/ Coach: Emanuela Cerchez Students: Alexandra, Alexandru, Cristina, Raluca Location: Romania Honorable Mention Prize: Laptop computer with approximate retail value of $750 USD and $1000 USD School Award.* * School Award: For all teams that received 1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place, or Honorable Mention awards, the Eligible School at which that team's Primary Coach is employed will receive a School Award in the amount of $1000 USD.

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