Kuala Lumpur, Aug 16, 2012, – Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ:ORCL), the world leading IT solution provider for information management, today proudly announces three Malaysian teams’ win at its recent ThinkQuest competition 2012.
One of the Malaysian teams – made up of three primary students, won an exclusive trip to attend ThinkQuest Live, an inspirational awards event which is to be held at San Francisco Bay Area.
The Oracle ThinkQuest Competition is a global competition sponsored by the Oracle Education Foundation (OEF) which aims to challenge students to solve a real problem using their critical thinking, communication and technology skills.; Competing teams were given approximately eight months to define a problem and present their solution using a variety of technologies – including interactive applications, online games, websites, photo essays, online journals/blogs, animations, and videos.
An international panel of volunteer judges reviewed the entries and selected 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners within three age divisions for each event.
The winning teams were selected from among 5,624 teams. Countries represented by winners include Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Great Britain, Greece, India, Malaysia, Puerto Rico, Romania, Serbia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and the United States.
Prizes for the winners include laptop computers, school grants, and a trip to ThinkQuest Live, the inspirational awards event in the San Francisco Bay Area.
This year, the Oracle Thinkquest competition saw more than 51,000 participants from 59 countries taking part.
Managing Director of Oracle Corporation Malaysia, Jimmy Cheah says, “We are honored to recognize the outstanding achievements of the Malaysia students who participated in this year’s competition.”
Outstanding Local Performances
Malaysia garnered two wins from the ThinkQuest Projects Category, a 2nd place in the ’12 and under’ division, 3rd place in the ‘19 and under’ division, and a 3rd place win from the ‘Application Development’ category.
The 2nd place winning team for the ’12 and under’ division, formed by Ainina, Liyana, and Farah from Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Jasin Malacca for their entry “Entrepreneurial Kids”.
Team coach En. Hasan Haniff of SK Jasin Malacca shares that the team created a project to raise children’s interest in setting up their own businesses. “The ‘Entrepreneurial Kids’ team created a simple but realistic business plan and shared it through an online workshop to teach other students how to start their own business and share what they had learned.”
The 3rd place win under the ThinkQuest Projects Category was by Sekolah Tun Datu Tuanku Haji Bujang with the participation of Jiji, Lene, Byo, Aqil, Dydy as a team members.
Their coach, Sawaran Jit Kaur, shares that the students were excited to take part in the competition, collborate and share their knowledge about turning waste into a usable resource - fertilizer - with others. “While creating “Make Garbage Enzyme Our Hero: Use Garbage Enzyme,” the team also honed their technology skills to communicate their findings via the Internet and Web-based channels.”
“The ThinkQuest Competition helps students develop skills that are required for life and work in the 21st century, while helping to awaken students’ interest in technology,” ends Cheah.
A full list of winning entries can be viewed at www.thinkquest.org.
甲骨文2012 ThinkQuest競賽:
大马队赢得旧金山之旅！
，马来西亚囊下由甲骨文教育基金會(Oracle Education Foundation，OEF)主辦的 2012 ThinkQuest 競賽的三项胜利名额
吉隆坡，16日讯 - 甲骨文公司(NASDAQ:ORCL)，世界領先的信息管理科技解決方案提供商，今天宣布三個馬來西亞团隊在最近舉行的2012ThinkQuest競賽的勝利。
大馬其中一支隊伍 - 由三個小學生组成，贏得了獨家前往将前往美国旧金山参与颁奖典礼，体验ThinkQuest夏令营(ThinkQuest Live)之旅。
ThinkQuest競賽(ThinkQuest Competition)
ThinkQuest竞赛由甲骨文教育基金会主办，该竞赛激发学生运用批判性思考、沟通和技术技能，来解决现实世界问题。
參賽隊伍给予約8個月來定義一個問題，並通过使用多種技術呈现自己的解決方案， - 包括交互式應用软件，在線遊戲，網站，照片散文，在線日誌/博客，動畫和視頻。
一個志願的國際專家小組審查官将过目並選擇第一，第二和第三， 予每个项目的三个年龄层的優勝者。
優勝隊伍是從5,624隊伍中挑選出来。獲獎者所代表的國家就包括 前南斯拉夫的馬其頓共和國，法國，英國，希臘，印度，馬來西亞，波多黎各，羅馬尼亞，塞爾維亞，新加坡，斯里蘭卡，美國。
獲獎者的獎品包括筆記本電腦，學校補助金，及在舊金山灣區的ThinkQuest夏令营。
今年，甲骨文Thinkquest比賽有來自59個國家， 超過51,000人參加。
大馬甲骨文公司总监，谢育贤說，“我們很榮幸看到馬來西亞學生參加今年的比賽，及其中傑出的成就。”
優秀的本地表现
大馬共在ThinkQuest項目類別囊括了兩連勝，那就是一个'12岁或以下'组别的第二名，'19岁或以下'组别的第三名，和一个“應用開發”组别的第三名勝利。
獲得'12岁或以下'组别的第二名團隊，是由Sekolah Kebangsaan（SK）Jasin Melacca的Ainina, Liyana, and Farah组成。 其项目命名为“創業小將”。
隊伍教練Sekolah Kebangsaan（SK）Jasin Melacca的Hasan Haniff 表示，團隊創建了一個項目，以提高孩子們对建立企業的興趣。
獲得'19岁或以下'组别的第三名團隊，是由Sekolah Tun Datu Tuanku Haji Bujang的of Jiji, Lene, Byo, Aqil, Dydy组成。
他們的教練Sawaran JIT Kaur表示，，學生們联合他們的知識， 分享如何将可用資源轉化為肥料。
“ThinkQuest比賽有助於培養學生是在21世紀的生活和工作所需的技能，同時有助於喚起學生对科技的興趣術，”謝育贤結束。
獲獎作品的完整列表可以被視為在www.thinkquest.org。
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