CABLE & WIRELESS CHILDNET
ACADEMY WINNERS 2004
The judging for the Cable & Wireless Childnet Academy
has now been completed. Childnet staff, a special young
people's panel (The Networkers) and team of International
judges viewed some 250 entries from over 40 different countries
worldwide.
Childnet International is delighted to announce that the
following young people have won a place in this year’s
Cable & Wireless Childnet Academy that will take place
in London during April 2004.
Click here for full
news releases and background.
The Academy has 4 main categories and those selected to
this year’s Academy are:
Individual | Not
for Profit | Schools | New
to the Net
Individual category
Ukunda Schools project
Frank de Vries
16 years
The Netherlands
www.up.digitalschool.nl
Jambo, Karibu! (Hello and welcome)
Whilst traveling around Kenya with his family 16 year old
Frank paid a visit to an orphan's home and two schools in
the village Ukunda. He was touched by the difficult circumstances
faced by the schools and decided to raise some funds to
help them. This website is the result of that decision.
The purpose of this website is to raise awareness about
Ukunda and to give others an opportunity to help the local
the schools.
Wheel Guide to Life
Joanne Evans
17 years
Scotland
www.wheelg2life.info
By disabled young people for disabled young people!
Joanne Evans and her friend Zoe Todd have established this
informative website for other disabled young people. Impressively,
these two young women developed this website after attending
a one day training course on web design. The website has
information about topics such as law and housing and aims
to make the lives of people with disability easier.
La Mi Di Newton
Max Picone
17 years
Italy
http://lameladinewton.it
Move over Albert Einstein
A technically sophisticated and graphically attractive website
that was first established by Max when he was just 14 years
old! This website has a theme of science, technology and
multimedia and is used frequently used by Italian teachers
and students. Users of this website can access video clips,
chat, and forums.
SARS – an open scar
Van Truong
18 years
USA
www.openscar.com
How SARS savvy are you?
Van Truong has worked with a group of young people from
all around the world to produce this website that provides
in-depth and detailed information about the SARS virus.
The website provides interactive quizzes and puzzles that
test your knowledge about this virus or you can visit the
media archive section and listen to experts speaking about
the subject. The website will also include personal stories
from young people living in Asia.
Not for Profit
category
Plasma Rag Magazine
Shannon Molloy
18 years
Australia
www.auzzie.net/plasma/news.php
An online magazine with a difference!
Plasma Rag invites writers from a variety of backgrounds
and locations around the world to contribute written articles
which emphasise content diversity and opinion.
Plasma Rag is a place where readers can dictate content
through commenting or joining in public forums. Readers
can contribute to Plasma Rag by becoming a writer or member
of the administrative team in a department or area of their
interest.
Norfolk Blurb
Tom Gaskin
16 years
England
www.norfolkblurb.co.uk
An exceptional web model for the world to replicate
Norfolk Blurb is a website dedicated to the youth of Norfolk.
Visit the website to find out all about what is happening
in the Norfolk area, or participate in a scheduled chat
discussion. Norfolk Blurb also has its very own agony aunt,
Aunty Blurb. She will answer your questions and you can
also check out past replies. There are also several informative
articles written on important youth related issues.
Schools category
Dialogue through Visual Arts and Multimedia
Bronna Di Mhurchu
10 years
Ireland
www.gaelscoil.com
Technology preserves culture and heritage
The students of Gaelscoil O Doghair have used modern Internet
technologies to retell the stories of mythical characters
from Gaelic lore and ultra modern female warriors. This
online project aims to allow the Gaelic language to be real
and authentic on the web and make the language and stories
of the Gaelic culture available to others worldwide. Select
the Net Days logo on the left-hand side of the homepage
to view this project.
Women’s Winning Ways
Leaders 4 tomorrow
15 years
Australia
www.geocities.com/leaders4tomorrow
Doing it for the girls!
The theme of this website is ‘Women’s Winning
Ways of Leadership’.
A group of young women from an all-girls school in Tasmania,
Australia have developed this website to provide good examples
of the ways in which women have played, and will continue
to play important leadership roles in society. The website
includes discussion forums and polls, which allow young
people to express their opinions. This site helps young
women gain awareness of their personal leadership potential.
New to the Net category (new
ideas, under development)
Conference of Water
E-Ray Huang
11 years
Taiwan
H20 all you need to know!
E-Ray Huang an eleven year old from Taiwan will attend this
year’s Academy week with a desire to develop The Conference
of Water online network. After studying the documents from
the World Water Summit E-Ray wanted to produce a website
for other young people to provide an opportunity for children
to use ICT to meet each other, collaborate, and share advice
& ideas to improve water-related activities worldwide.
Youngadults2youngeradults
Carrie Anne Gordon
17 years
Jamaica
members.lycos.co.uk/thelinkup
“Ask big brother or sister” Jamaican
style
Carrie Anne has developed a prototype for a website that
will be a place for teens and young adults to help one another.
The website will provide young people with the opportunity
to discuss issues and ask questions. Carrie Anne has plans
to develop a moderated discussion board and to write and
a monthly newsletter for members.
Inirt – Virtual Record Company
Brendan Lidster
16 years
Australia
Original music goes online!
An online destination designed to encourage children and
teenagers to appreciate the artistic characteristics of
music by providing facilities and tutorials for the writing,
recording and sharing of original music.
There is one more winner
to be announced in the schools category. So keep watching
this space!
Commended projects will also be announced here next week.
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