Start from Scratch is our latest nationwide initiative designed to bring high quality, relevant, common core aligned curriculum directly to teachers working in secure care facilities across the country. Start from Scratch is a unique, technology-driven initiative that offers students the chance to learn coding and programming skills while they are in secure settings.
Start from Scratch starts with a two-day writing exercise. Students will write a script responding to a prompt exploring the theme of transformation from a personal perspective. The curriculum will then transition to instruction with the programming tool, Scratch. Scratch is a free downloadable programming tool, designed out of MIT, that can be used to create animations and games. Scratch supports basic to advanced programming and requires no prior programming experience. Students will then have five days to convert their script to an animation using the Scratch skills they learned.
The initiative will culminate with a nationwide competition. Judges come from the private sector, academia, and juvenile justice arenas.
Schools and educational programs in juvenile facilities around the U.S. are invited to begin implementing the Start from Scratch curriculum on October 13, 2016. CEEAS provides daily lesson plans and instructional materials.
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Judging Process
The Start From Scratch team at CEEAS will review every entry and finalist will be added to a shortlist. This will then be handed over to a panel of external judges, who will review the animations in November. Points will be awarded based on the criteria below.
Judging Criteria
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Originality
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Creativity
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Technical quality, use of programming features
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Relevance to theme of transformation
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Overall directorial quality as an animation.
Selection
The judges may also identify entries as “Highly Commended” or “Commended”. All entrants receive a certificate acknowledging their entry to the competition. Entires with gratuitous profanity or vulgarity will be disqualified, but animations that include such language meaningfully and with purpose will be considered.
EXAMPLE SCORE CARD
Eligibility:
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Relevant to theme transformation
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Less than 1 minute in length
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Can be be a remix from the library
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Contest Submission Period:
Tuesday, October 13th, 2016- Tuesday, November 3rd, 2016
All programmed works are to be submitted electronically through the Start From Scratch Submit page.
Prizes:
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Overall Winner: Start From Scratch 2016 certificate, an exclusive Google Hangout with Amon Millner, inclusion in the final Start From Scratch finalist video, and a $100 cash prize.
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Transformation: Start From Scratch 2016 certificate, a signed copy of the movie McFarland, inclusion in the final Start From Scratch finalist video,and a $25 cash prize.
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Originality: Start From Scratch 2016 certificate, inclusion in the final Start From Scratch finalist video, and a $25 cash prize.
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Creativity: Start From Scratch 2016 certificate, inclusion in the final Start From Scratch finalist video, and a $25 cash prize.
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Technical Quality:Start From Scratch 2016 certificate, inclusion in the final Start From Scratch finalist video, and a $25 cash prize.
*In the event of a tie, duplicate prizes will be distributed. CEEAS will work with supervisory agencies to ensure that cash prizes are awarded in accordance with agency guidelines.
Click here to download a certificate that we have created for any scholar who participated in Start from Scratch. The file is in a Word document.
Decisions:
All decisions made by judges are final.
Copyrights:
The author retains all copyrights to the submitted animations. Winning animations will appear on the CEEAS website with the copyright notice intact and published in a forthcoming finalist video. By entering the contest, programmers consent to the publication of their animations.
Privacy Policy:
CEEAS will collect personal information for the purpose of notifying contest winners. All information submitted is kept in confidence and used solely for notification purposes. This information shall not be shared or made public.
Winners will be announced on Friday, November 20th. A representative of CEEAS will contact individual school directors of education and/or teachers, who will notify individual students.
CONTEST GUIDELINES
