TERMS AND CONDITIONS

LEARN TO SPEAK ROBOT
& ZOOM OUT! DIGITAL CHALLENGES

PROMOTER

The promoter of the Commissioner’s Learn to Speak Robot and Zoom Out Digital Challenges is the office of South Australia’s Commissioner for Children & Young People, located at 251 Morphett Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000. ABN 60168401578.

WHAT ARE THE 'LEARN TO SPEAK ROBOT' and 'ZOOM OUT' DIGITAL CHALLENGES?

The Commissioner’s Learn to Speak Robot Challenge is a digital/computational thinking challenge for children and young people. By completing four Challenge activities listed on this website before the end of Term 3 each year South Australian students are eligible to win prizes for their school.

The Commissioner’s Zoom Out Challenge is a systems thinking challenge for children and young people. By completing one of the three Challenge activities listed on this website before the end of Term 3 each year South Australian students are eligible to win prizes for their school.

WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES?

The Challenge Activities are activities, tutorials and lessons that are free and already publically accessible online, curated for the purposes of both Challenges. Most are estimated to take around one hour or less.

For Learn to Speak Robot, students choose any activities from:

For Zoom Out students choose from the three customised systems thinking activities from: 

Best efforts are made to maintain active links to the Challenge Activities. However, if you come across a faulty link, it would be helpful to let the Promotor know via the Contact form so the link can be fixed as soon as possible.

The Challenge Activities are subject to change.

WHO CAN ENTER?

Any child (under 18 years) residing in South Australia is eligible to take part in the Challenge to potentially earn digital rewards for their school / scout badges / guide badges.

Children and young people outside of South Australia and those over 18 years are welcome to use all accessible material on the site, and schools and homeschool groups outside of South Australia are welcome to register and complete the Challenge steps.

Schools and homeschool groups outside of South Australia that have registered and have at least one student complete the Challenge will be eligible to receive the relevant Certificate of Achievement template from the Commissioner for Children and Young People for the relevant Challenge.

Please note: Schools and homeschool groups outside South Australia are not eligible to receive any of the digital rewards. Scout and Guide badges can only be earned by South Australian Scouts and Guides taking part outside of school.

 

There are two ways to take part:

AT SCHOOL

  • Students across all year levels are welcome to take one or both Learn to Speak Robot and/or the Zoom Out! Challenge at their school. Schools need to register for students to participate. 
  • Homeschool groups (of 10 or more students) can register to participate.
  • Children and young people can take part as individual participants using the Outside School options (see below).

 

OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL

Anyone under 18 years of age can take part:

      • at home with family
      • at their local library as part of the Library’s after school or school holiday program, or simply using the Library’s free computer and WiFi access.
      • Scouts SA
      • Girl Guides SA
      • Children’s University Adelaide (CUA) Learning Destination

SUITABLE AGE RANGE

Most of the Challenge activities are suited to children aged 8 years and over, but there are activities for all ages from pre-schoolers to adults, and for all levels of ability and experience – from newbies to advanced. Many adults have told us they learnt a lot while assisting their child to complete the Commissioner’s Digital Challenge!

Early Learning Unplugged 

This FREE unplugged device free version of Learn to Speak Robot has been created specifically for children aged 3-5 years. Find out more here

Schools

Children can take part at school if a child’s school is a ‘Registered School’. Check if your school is a Registered School for Learn to Speak Robot and Zoom Out!

Direct queries to the relevant School Challenge Coordinator at your school. If you are not sure who that is, email us at CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

CHALLENGE COORDINATOR

At the time of registration, each school, community group or home school group is asked to nominate their Challenge Coordinator.

The Challenge Coordinator is the person who will be the central point of contact for the Promoter for that school, community group or home school group.

The Challenge Coordinator is responsible for distributing a Coding Record Sheet to each participating student or group member. Once completed teachers return these to the Challenge Coordinator who uses them to collate the relevant information on to the Challenge Completion Form and submitting this before the end of Term 3 to ensure eligibility for prizes and Certificates of Achievement.

The Challenge Coordinator will also be the contact with whom the promotor interacts in relation to any rewards a school is awarded. 

The Challenge Coordinator can share the Challenge site with all or some of the teachers at their school.

The Teachers or the Challenge Coordinator can choose the activities, or this can be left to the students themselves.

Each student listed on the Challenge Completion Form must have completed four of the Challenge Activities on offer.

Time Frames

REGISTRATION

Registration formally opens on the first day of South Australian School Term 1 each year with pre-registrations also usually available from late November/early December of the previous year. 

CHALLENGE OPENS

The Challenge opens on the first day of Term 1 each year.

STUDENT CODING RECORDS DUE

It is recommended that students provide their completed coding record form to their school’s Challenge Coordinator by mid September each year. This allows time for the Challenge Coordinator to collate the information and lodge a Challenge Completion Form on behalf of their school or community group before the closing date on the last day of Term 3.  The individual student coding records do not need to be provided to the Promoter.

CHALLENGE COMPLETION FORMS DUE

Challenge Completion Forms are due by midnight on the last day of Term 3 each year.

Requirements

REGISTRATION

Schools need to be registered to take part. Registration opens on the first day of South Australian school Term 1 and closes on the last day of Term 3. Register your school here.

You can contact the Promoter if you would like to change details of your school’s Challenge Coordinator at any time.

Questions about registration can be directed to the Promoter via email to CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

STUDENT CODING RECORD

Once a school, home school group, or communtiy group has registered, their School’s Challenge Coordinator is sent an information package that contains links to the relevant Student Record sheet for each Challenge.

Every students taking part in the Challenge needs to record details of the digital challenges they complete on their Student Record Sheet and return this to their Teacher who passes it to their School’s Challenge Coordinator for collation onto the School’s Challenge Completion Form.

Student Record sheets do not need to be provided to the Promoter. 

It is recommended that all Challenge activities are completed by mid September to allow plenty of time for the Challenge Coordinator to collate, prepare and submit the school’s Challenge Completion Form by the last day of South Australian school Term 3 each year.

CHALLENGE COMPLETION FORM

The Challenge Completion Form can be downloaded here.

One Challenge Completion Form needs to be completed by the Challenge Coordinator and submitted before the Challenge closes at midnight on the last day of South Australian School Term 3.

When filling out the Challenge Completion Form, the School Coordinator is asked to include a testimonial from a participating student. This testimonial is used by the Commissioner when determining the allocation of digital rewards and is requested to increase student voice and agency.

Below is the question format for the testminonial:

The benefit(s) I experienced by taking part in the Commissioner’s [insert name of  Challenge] Challenge were …… (in 35 words or less or in picture format).

The most creative and/or compelling and/or authentic and/or insightful groups of testmonials provided is ranked highest.  Images can be uploaded, and winning is all about creativity.

The testomonials are blind judged (identifying information about the school is removed) by the Commissioner for Children and Young People, Helen Connolly, before the end of October each year.

Decisions made by the Commissioner are final and are not subject to appeal.

Arrangements will be made for rewards to be distributed to winning schools during Term 4.

Upon submitting the Challenge Completion Form, Challenge Coordinators receive the template for a digital Certificate of Achievement to share with other participating teachers. These can be easily personalised for all children and young people who have completed the Commissioner’s Learn to Speak Robot Challenge inside or outside of school. Certificates can be either printed or distributed electronically to each particpating child or young person according to their preference.

Rewards and Recognition

Every child completing the Challenges earns a digital Learn to Speak Robot Certificate of Achievement and/or Zoom Out! Certificate of Achievement from the Commissioner for Children and Young People.

PRIZES

Prizes provided by Challenge Partners can only be won by South Australian Government, Catholic or Independent Schools. Schools registering from outside of South Australia are able to complete the Certificates of Achievement for distribution to their students. The template is sent upon registration. 

Rewards are determined according to a ranking based on student testimonials. The Commissioner’s decision is final.  Rewards are subject to change at the Promotor’s discretion.

NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS

Winners are usually published on the Challenge website within 72 hours of the final decision being made by the Commissioner (usually in late October). Winning schools are contacted by email via the relevant School Challenge Coordinator to advise they have won and to be put in contact with the prize sponsor to arrange delivery. 

Running a Challenge at your school

TIPS FOR RUNNING A CHALLENGE AT YOUR SCHOOL

Schools can decide how to run the Challenge in their school. There are no rules around this. If a student completes an activity either independently or as part of a group, this qualifies as a completed activity for that student.

Schools may choose to:

  • direct students to the Challenge activities and let them choose any activity they like, working through this at their own pace with teacher support; or
  • select each activity and run the entire class of students through each of the selected activities together. This counts as each student having completed an activity; or
  • encourage students to pair up and work on an activity together at the same time. This qualifies both students as having completed the activity.

OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL

Home School Groups / Community Groups / Libraries / Scouts and Guides / Children’s University Adelaide / Families at Home

Time Frames

STEP 1

Children and young people choose and complete any four Challenge activities. Any student who is unsure about which activities to choose can look at the Beginner’s Guide.

STEP 2

Children complete and submit their online Coding Record by the end of Term 3 in September each year.  After submitting their Coding Record, a PDF digital certificate from the Commissioner will be automatically sent to the email address provided on the Coding Record. This can be either an indiviual or the Challege Coordinator.

Late entries cannot be considered.

REWARDS

Every child completing the Challenge outside of school receives a PDF digital certificate from the Commissioner via the email address they provide on their online submission.

HOW CAN CHILDREN TAKE PART OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL?

Children can take part at home, at the library or at a community group at:

HOME

Parents and families are encouraged to get involved and learn together with their children – taking part in the Challenge together at home can be very rewarding with many parents commenting that they learnt quite a lot they didn’t know and that they enjoyed learning new digital skills with their child.

SCOUTS

If you are a Scout in South Australia who completes the Commissioner’s Learn to Robot Challenge, you will earn yourself the exclusive ‘Speak Robot’ badge.

Children already completing the Challenge at school can do it again outside of school as many times as they like.

Each Scout completing the Challenge is entitled to a maximum of just one ‘Speak Robot’ badge.

All groups and ages of Scouts under 18 years, including Joeys, are able to take part.

The ‘Speak Robot’ badge can also be used towards the following Scout badges:

Cub Scouts
  • Boomerang
  • Achievement badges (Information Technology Levels 1 & 2)
Scouts
  • Proficiency badges
    • Technology
    • Information Technology
Venturer Scouts
  • Pursuits
Pioneer Scouts
  • Special Interest Area (STEM)

 

To receive your ‘Speak Robot’ badge, please forward your Learn to Speak Robot Certificate of Achievement (which will be emailed to you after you submit your completed Coding Record online) to your Scout Leader before mid October each year.

Scout Leaders can collect the ‘Speak Robot’ badge by emailing their Digital Challenge Certificates through to program@sahq.scouts.com.au

Badges will be sent direct to Scout Leaders for distribution.

Visit the Scouts SA website for more information about how to complete the Challenge with Scouts and then speak to your local Scout Leader.

If you or your Scout Leader requires further information about the Learn to Speak Robot Challenge and ‘Speak Robot’ badge, please contact:

Scouts South Australia
Phone 08 8130 6000
program@sahq.scouts.com.au

If you require additional assistance, please notify the Promoter at: CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

GIRL GUIDES

If you are a Girl Guide in South Australia who completes the Commissioner’s Learn to Speak Robot Challenge you can present your Learn to Speak Robot Certificate of Achievement to your Guide leader before mid October to receive your limited edition ‘Speak Robot’ badge.

Children already completing the Challenge at school can do it again outside of school as many times as they like. Each Girl Guide completing the Challenge outside of school is entitled to a maximum of one ‘Speak Robot’ badge.

The ‘Speak Robot’ badge may be credited towards the following Guide challenges:

  • Create a Challenge
  • Explore a Challenge
  • Discover a Challenge
  • Achieve a Challenge
  • Junior Baden Powell Award
  • Baden Powell Award
  • WAGGGS programs

Visit the Girl Guides SA website here for more information about how to complete the Challenge with Guides or speak to your local Guide Leader.

Badges will be distributed by Girl Guides SA.

Please check with your local contact and via the GGSA website.

If your Guide Leader requires further information about collection or postage of the ‘Speak Robot’ badges, please direct them to contact the Promoter via email to:

CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

CHILDREN’S UNIVERSITY ADELAIDE (CUA)

If you are a CUA member, the Commissioner’s Challenge is a validated Learning Destination.

CUA validated activities are ‘Hour of Code’ or Grok ‘Hour of Code’ activities only. Look out for the CUA logo on approved activities:

These activities need to be completed outside of curriculum time to be included in the CUA Passport to Learning. Note that children can take part in the Challenge anywhere, including on school grounds, as long as participation is out of curriculum time.

Once the activity has been completed, hours are awarded by the CUA school coordinator and added to the Passport to Learning when evidence is produced. This evidence takes the form of a screen shot of the completed activity.

If you enjoyed the Challenge (4 x 1 hour activities), students can complete up to 6 additional Hour of Code & GROK Hour of Code activities to receive up to a maximum of 10 hours credit in their passports.

For non-CUA members, find out more at the CUA website.

LIBRARIES

Some libraries are running evening and school holiday programs to complete the Challenge. Libraries running programs should be listed, but some libraries may not notify the Promoter so ask your library. Otherwise, children can simply use free computer and WiFi access at their local public library.

WAYS LIBRARIES CAN GET INVOLVED

There are two different ways libraries in South Australia can get involved in the  Commissioner’s Digital Challenge to win prizes for the benefit of library members:

  1. Libraries can run a school holiday or after school program to help children complete the Challenge.
  2. Libraries can promote the Challenge in their library or on their social media using the free promotional materials made available for download.
How to run a program

Refer to our mini-guide for librarians wishing to run a Challenge program.

Every individual child or young person who participates in the Challenge via their library needs to submit their completed Coding Record to be sent a personalised Certificate of Achievement from the Commissioner. Libraries running programs are asked to encourage all individual participants to submit their online Coding Records by the end of September, so that a Certificate of Achievement can be prepared and forwarded to them in a timely way.

Libraries wishing to run a program are asked to contact the Promoter at CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au so that

  1. your Library’s details can be included on the Challenge website as a participating library.
  2. your Library can be sent the ‘Official Commissioner’s Digital Challenge Destination’ Seal to display in your library or your social media (optional).

The person contacting the Promoter needs to have authority to run a program at their library or to speak on the Library’s behalf.

Key Dates

The Challenge commences on the first of South Australian School Term 1 and closes on the final day of School Term 3 each year. All Library Challenge programs need to take place within this timeframe.

Programs can be offered in Terms 1 or 2, during the school holidays, or after school.

LIBRARIES PROMOTING THE CHALLENGE

Any library can promote the Challenge. A free promotional pack containing posters, socials graphics and an LED screen image is available for download here.

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS

    ZOOM OUT!

    PROMOTER

    The promoter of the Commissioner’s Digital Challenge (‘the Challenge’) is the office of South Australia’s Commissioner for Children & Young People, located at 251 Morphett Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000. ABN 60168401578. 

    WHAT IS THE 'ZOOM OUT' CHALLENGE?

    Children of South Australia are challenged to complete any three official Zoom Out Challenge activities before the end of School Term 3.

    WHAT ARE THE CHALLENGE ACTIVITIES?

    The Zoom Out Challenge Activities are:

    • SYSTEMS ARE EVERYWHERE – an online series of micro-activities demonstrating the key behaviours of systems. Each fun micro-activity takes only minutes to complete and can be worked through at a pace to suit your classroom. This activity can be completed during a single lesson. Suitable for children and young people of all ages from around middle primary school-age. Younger children will require assistance.
    • CREATE A SYSTEM – an unplugged (no computers or devices required) activity that teaches children and young people to design and communicate systems with their peers through a hands-on activity that uses balloons or other materials available to hand. Quick to set up and implement, this activity can be completed in a single lesson or less. It is suitable for children and young people of all ages who are able to read names.
    • MAKE A KINDER SYSTEM – a simple game with complex cooperation and competition strategies. It serves as an introduction to “seeing the whole” system and its effects on individuals, societies, economies and environments and is best suited to children and young people in middle-late primary school and secondary school.

    The Zoom Out Challenge Activities have been curated in partnership with GROK Academy specially for the Challenge.

    WHO CAN ENTER?

    Any child (under 18 years of age) residing in South Australia is eligible to take part in the Challenge to potentially earn digital rewards for their school / scout badges / guide badges.

    Children and young people outside of South Australia and those over 18 years are welcome to use all accessible material on the site. Schools, homeschool groups and Community Groups outside of South Australia are welcome to register and complete the Challenge steps.

    Schools and home school groups outside of South Australia that have registered and have at least one student complete the Challenge are eligible to receive the Certificate of Achievement template to complete and pass on to their student/s.

    Please note: Schools and homeschool groups completing the Challenge outside of South Australia are not eligible to receive any digital rewards. Scout and Guide badges for those taking part outside of school are only available to South Australian Scouts and Guides.

    There are two ways to take part:

    AT SCHOOL

    • Students across all year levels are welcome to take the Challenge at their school providing the school is registered.
    • Home school groups (of 10 or more students) can register using this registration form. Alternatively, children can take part as individual participants using the Outside of School option (below).

    OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL

      • Anyone aged under 18 years can take part:
        • with Family at home
        • at their local library  as part of an after school or Library school holidays program, or by simply using the Library’s free computer and WiFi access and following the steps online.
        • via Scouts SA
        • via Girl Guides SA

    SUITABLE AGE RANGE

    The Challenge activities are designed for children and young people from 3 to 18 years.

    Schools

    Children can take part at school if a child’s school is a ‘Registered School’. Check if your school is a Registered School.

    Direct queries to the relevant School Challenge Coordinator at your school. If you are not sure who that is, email us at CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

    CHALLENGE COORDINATOR

    At the time of registration, each school or home group school is asked to nominate a Challenge Coordinator.  The Challenge Coordinator is the person who will be the central point of contact for the Challenge at that school, home school group or community group.

    The Challenge Coordinator is responsible for printing and sharing of the Systems Thinking Record forms, and will collect these to complete and submit the Zoom Out Challenge Completion Form.

    The Challenge Coordinator will also be sent any rewards for their school and can share the Challenge site with all, or some, of the teachers at their school.

    A teacher or the Challenge Coordinator can choose the activities, or this can be left to the students to decide for themselves.

    There are no rules about how the the Challenge needs to be undertaken. The only requirement is that each student listed on the Challenge Completion Form has completed one Systems Thinking Activity on offer.

    Time Frames

    REGISTRATION

    Registration opens on the first day of South Australian School Term 1 and closes on the last day of School Term 3.  A school can register at any date within this timeframe.

    Schools can register here.

    CHALLENGE OPENS

    The Challenge opens on the first day of South Australian School Term 1.

    STUDENT SYSTEMS THINKING RECORDS DUE

    It is recommended that students provide completed Student System Thinking Records to their school’s Challenge Coordinator by mid September to enable the Challenge Coordinator to collate and submit these to the Promoter before the final day of Term 3. The student’s records do not need to be provided to the Promoter. 

    CHALLENGE COMPLETION FORMS DUE

    Challenge Completion Forms are due by midnight on the last day of Term 3 (30 September 2022).

    Requirements

    REGISTRATION

    To be eligible for prizes South Australian schools need to be registered. Registration opens on the first day of the South Australian School Term 1 and closes on the last day of School Term 3. Register your school here.

    You can contact the Promoter if you would like to change details of your school’s Challenge Coordinator at any time.

    Questions about registration can be directed to the Promoter at CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

    STUDENT SYSTEMS THINKING RECORD

    Once a school has registered, the Challenge Coordinator will receive an information pack that includes a downloadable Systems Thinking Record to distribute to each participating student.

    Every student taking part in the Zoom Out! Challenge will need to complete one of these forms and return it to their School’s Challenge Coordinator when they have completed the Zoom Out! Challenge Activity.

    These records do not need to be provided to the Promoter. They are retained by the school.

    It is recommended that Challenge activities be completed by mid-September to allow the School’s Challenge Coordinator time to collate and submit their school’s online Challenge Completion Form before the end of Term 3.

    CHALLENGE COMPLETION FORM

    The Challenge Completion Form can be accessed here.

    One Challenge Completion Form per school is to be completed by the School Coordinator and submitted online before the Challenge closes at midnight on the last day of Term 3 (24 September) 2021.

    At the time of completing the Challenge Completion Form, the School Coordinator is asked to provide one student testimonial. The purpose of basing rewards on student testimonials is to increase student agency.

    The benefit(s) I experienced taking part in this Challenge (35 words or less or in picture format)

    The testimonials to this question determine distribution of rewards – the most creative and/or compelling and/or authentic and/or insightful groups of answers are ranked highest.

    Images can be uploaded and winning is all about creativity.

    The answers will be blind judged (identifying information about the school removed) by the Commissioner for Children and Young People, Helen Connolly, on or before 24 October 2021.

    Decisions are final and not subject to appeal.

    Arrangements will be made for rewards to be distributed to winning schools during Term 4 2021.

    Upon submitting the Challenge Completion Form, school coordinators will receive the template for a digital certificate to share with teachers.

    Teachers can input the name of the relevant student to print or electronically distribute to every child who completed the Challenge.

    Schools are asked to retain the Student Systems Thinking Record Forms submitted by their students for a period of 6 months from the date the Challenge closes (until the end of March 2022).

    Rewards and Recognition

    Every child completing the Challenge earns a digital Zoom Out Certificate of Achievement from the Commissioner for Children and Young People.

    PRIZES

    Prizes for Zoom Out are pooled with prizes for Learn to Speak Robot. Schools providing testimonials for either Learn to Speak Robot and/or Zoom Out are eligible to win.

    Please refer to Learn to Speak Robot Terms and Conditions for details.

    Rewards are subject to change at the Promotor’s discretion.

    NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS

    See Learn to Speak Robot Terms and Conditions for details relating to Notification of Winners.

    OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL

    Families at Home/ Home School Groups / Community Groups / Libraries / Scouts / Girl Guides

    The same  Terms and Conditions for children and young people participating in Learn to Speak Robot outside of school apply to Zoom Out! Please refer to this section above. 

    TERMS AND CONDITIONS

    SPACE TO DREAM 

    PROMOTER

    The promoter of the Commissioner’s Digital Challenge (‘the Challenge’) is the Office for the Commissioner for Children & Young People, located at 251 Morphett Street, Adelaide, South Australia 5000 ABN 60168401578. 

    WHAT IS THE ‘SPACE TO DREAM’ CHALLENGE?

    Space to Dream challenges children and young people to design a toy or gadget for someone their age who is moving to Mars. There are two options for creating designs: (1) using free 3D design tools from Makers Empire (2) hand-drawing designs onto the ‘MAKE IT!’ Student Design Record (in schools) or the ‘MAKE IT! Design Sheet (outside school).

    WHO CAN ENTER?

    All children and young people under 18 years of age residing in South Australia are eligible to take the Challenge. Students taking the challenge via a registered school or Library become eligible to win prizes and rewards for their school/library with top rated designs selection for inclusion in the annual Space to Dream Travelling Exhibition. Designs submitted by students from home school groups and community groups receive the Certificate of Achievement. Girl Guides and Scouts can earn badges and Children’s University Adelaide students can earn accrediation for their Passport to Learning. 

    Please note that Schools and homeschool groups outside of South Australia who complete the space to Dream Challenge are not eligible for prizes. 

    Scout and Guide badges are only available to South Australian Scouts and Guides. 

    There are two ways to take part:

    AT SCHOOL

    • Students across all year levels are welcome to take the Challenge at their school providing the school is registered.
      • Check if your school is registered for Space to Dream here.
      • Schools can register here.
    • Homeschool groups (of 10 or more students) can register using the same registration form here. Alternatively, children can take part as individual participants using the Outside of School option (see below). Children can take part as many times as they wish, whether inside or outside school.

    OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL

      • Anyone aged under 18 years can take part:
        • at home with family
        • at their public library as part of an after school or school holiday program, or simply using the Library’s free computer and WiFi access.
        • Scouts SA
        • Girl Guides SA

    Schools

    Children can take part at school if a child’s school is a ‘Registered School’. Check if your school is a Registered School.

    Direct queries to the relevant School Challenge Coordinator at your school. If you are not sure who that is, email the Promoter at CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

    CHALLENGE COORDINATOR

    At the time of registration, each school or homegroup school is asked to nominate their School’s Challenge Coordinator.

    The Challenge Coordinator is the person who will be the central point of contact for the Promoter at that school.

    The Challenge Coordinator is sent a registration pack and coordinates the Challenge with participating teachers and their students. The Challenge Coordinator also collates the ‘MAKE IT!’ Student Design Records with the students’ completed designs submitting the top 3 designs from their school via the Challenge Completion Form. .

    Selecting the top three designs can be done in what ever best suits the needs of the school. The Commissioner recommends peer review as the best way to make this selection, but there is complete flexibility in this regard.

    The Challenge Coordinator will be sent any rewards achieved. 

    The Challenge Coordinator can share the Challenge links with all teachers, or selected teachers, at their school. There is flexibility around how schools conduct and administer the Challenge.

    The key requirement is that each student accounted for in the Challenge Completion Form actually completed the Challenge! (ie handed in a completed ‘MAKE IT!’ Student Design Record with their finished design).

    Time Frames

    REGISTRATION

    The registration period for schools commences on the first day of Term 1 and closes on the last day of Term 3 each year.  Schools can register here.

    CHALLENGE COMPLETION FORMS DUE

    Challenge Completion Forms are due by midnight on the last day of Term 3 each year. 

    Requirements

    REGISTRATION

    Schools need to be registered to take part. 

    You can contact the Promoter if you would like to change details of your school’s Challenge Coordinator at any time.

    Questions about registration can be directed to the Promoter at CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

    ‘MAKE IT!' Student Design Record

    A blank ‘MAKE IT!’ Student Design Record template is supplied to the Challenge Coordinator at registration. Each student taking part in the Space to Dream Challenge needs to be issues with this Record.

    Only students drawing their designs need to draw their design onto the sheet.

    Those using Makers Empire 3D software need to enter the Username they used to create the design onto the sheet so that their design can be located in the Makers Empire Gallery. 

    All students are asked to complete some basic questions about their design. They are also asked to set out their year level and other information that will be used for the purposes of gathering anonymous statistics. No names or identifying details of students will be published without explicit prior consent.

    SCHOOLS SUBMIT 3 DESIGNS EACH

    Each school chooses 3 designs to submit with their school’s Challenge Completion Form. The Commissioner recommends peer review as the best way to make this selection but there is complete flexibility in this regard.

    For schools to view Makers Empire designs created by their own students they need to :

    • Search by username in the Makers Empire gallery. (Each student completes a ‘MAKE IT!’ Student Design Record that includes their Makers Empire Username which they used to access the FREE 3D design software.)
    • Those schools that subscribe to Makers Empire will be able to access student’s designs in the Teacher’s Dashboard.

    For schools to view hand-drawn designs created by their own students simply search via the collected ‘MAKE IT!’ Student Design Records.

    USING MAKERS EMPIRE

    School site access to Makers Empire at Department of Education schools: Makers Empire has been centrally configured to work within the eduCONNECT LearnLink Filtering Service.

    Risk management considerations when using 3rd party software:

    – Please note that information stored on the Makers Empire site is stored in the USA where privacy laws are different to Australian privacy laws.

    – Teachers are encouraged to not sync Google classroom with Makers Empire and to ensure students follow the school’s ICT acceptable use policies.

    – Schools using Makers Empire may wish to ask parents / carers of children aged under 18 years to sign a consent form as the content on the Makers Empire site is created by members of the public.

    Rewards and Recognition

    Every child completing the Challenge earns a digital Space to Dream Certificate of Achievement from the Commissioner for Children and Young People.

    PRIZES

    Prizes of value can only be won by schools located in South Australia. Schools outside of South Australia that have registered will be eligible for certificates but all other rewards are only available within South Australia.

    Rewards:

    1 3D printer donated by Challenge partners, Makers Empire will be awarded to the school submitted the overall top-rated design as judged by the Commissioner for Children and Young People.

    A travelling public Space to Dream exhibition featuring both 3D models and 2D prints will tour South Australia at the conclusion of the Challenge each year. The Promoter and Challenge Partners will remotely print the top-rated exhibits for inclusion in the exhibition. Initial launch will take place at the Australian Space Discovery Centre in December and January of the relevant year with four iterations of the exhibition touring South Australian throughout the year. 

    The venues for the exhibition will be published at https://commissionersdigitalchallenge.net.au/exhibition/

    Rewards are subject to change at the Promotor’s discretion.

    NOTIFICATION OF WINNERS

    Designs selected for inclusion in the exhibition are published on the Challenge website along with the overall prize winner, approximately 72 hours after the final decision has been made by the Commissioner. Schools are contacted by email via the relevant School Coordinator.

    OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL

    Famlies at Home / Libraries / Community Groups / Scounts / Guides

    HOW CAN CHILDREN TAKE PART?

    Children can take part at home, at the library or at a community group at:

    HOME

    Parents and families are encouraged to get involved and learn together with their children – taking part in the Challenge together at home.

    SCOUTS

    If you complete the Challenge and you are a Scout in South Australia, you will earn the exclusive ‘Space to Dream’ badge.

    Children already completing the Challenge at school can take the Challenge again outside of school as many times as they like.

    Each Scout completing the Challenge is entitled to a maximum of one ‘Space to Dream’ badge in 2022.

    All groups and ages of Scouts under 18 years, including Joeys, are able to take part.

    Think about how the ‘Space to Dream’ badge could be used towards the following badges:

    Cub Scouts
    • Boomerang
    • Achievement badges
      • Information Technology level 1 & 2
    Scouts
    • Proficiency badges
      • Technology
      • Information Technology
    Venturer Scouts
    • Pursuits
    Pioneer Scouts
    • Special Interest Area
      • STEM

    Contact Bek Hobbs at Scouts to discuss any other badges.

    To receive your ‘Space to Dream’ badge, please forward your Space to Dream Certificate of Achievement (which will be emailed to you after you submit your Space to Dream Challenge Completion Form) to your Scout leader before 17 October 2022.

    Scout Leaders can collect the Space to Dream badge by emailing Digital Challenge Certificates through to program@sahq.scouts.com.au

    Badges will be sent direct to Leaders.

    Visit the Scouts SA website for more information about how to complete the Challenge with Scouts and speak to your local Scout Leader.

    If you or your Leader requires further information about the ‘Space to Dream’ badges, please direct them to this website and/or ask them to contact:

    Bek Hobbs
    Branch Program Support Officer
    Scouts Australia (SA Branch)
    211 Glen Osmond Road
    Frewville
    SA 5063
    Phone 08 8130 6000
    program@sahq.scouts.com.au

    In the case that you require additional assistance, please notify the Promoter at: CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

    GIRL GUIDES

    If you complete the Challenge and you are a Girl Guide in South Australia, you can present your Space to Dream Certificate of Achievement to the Guide leader before 15 October 2020 to receive your limited edition ‘Space to Dream’ badge.

    Children already completing the Challenge at school can take the Challenge again outside of school as many times as they like.

    Each Guide completing the Challenge is entitled to a maximum of one ‘Space to Dream’ badge in 2021.

    The ‘Space to Dream’ badge may be credited towards the following Guide challenges:

    • Create a Challenge
    • Explore a Challenge
    • Discover a Challenge
    • Achieve a Challenge
    • Junior Baden Powell Award
    • Baden Powell Award
    • WAGGGS programs

    Visit the Girl Guides SA website here for more information about how to complete the Challenge with Guides or speak to your local Guide Leader.

    Badges will be distributed by Girl Guides SA.

    Please check with your local contact and via the GGSA website.

    If your Guide Leader requires further information about collection / postage of the ‘Space to Dream’ badges, please direct them to this website and/or ask them to contact:

    Tina Brown
    Assistant State Commissioner
    311 Military Rd, Henley Beach, SA 5022
    ASC2@girlguidessa.org.au

    In the case that you require additional assistance, please notify the Promoter at:
    CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

    LIBRARIES

    Some libraries are running evening and school holiday programs to complete the Challenge. Libraries running programs should be listed on the Challenge website, but some libraries may not notify the Promoter so ask your library. Otherwise, children can simply use free computer and WiFi access at their local public library to complete the Challenge and may like the support of a parent, carer or family member in doing so (for example, to assist with scanning and uploading hand-drawn designs).

    WAYS LIBRARIES CAN GET INVOLVED

    There are two different ways libraries in South Australia can get involved to support digital empowerment for children in their community:

    1. Libraries can run a school holiday or after school Space to Dream program to help children complete the Challenge.
    2. Libraries can promote the Space to Dream Challenge in their library or on their social media using the free promotional materials.
    How to run a program

    Refer to our mini-guide for librarians wishing to run a program.

    There are no parameters regarding the program you offer providing it is appropriate for children of the age it is targeted to and that it uses the Challenge material.

    Every individual participant who submits their Space to Dream Challenge Completion Form will be sent a personalised certificate of achievement from the Commissioner. Libraries running programs are asked to encourage all individual participants to submit their online Challenge Completion Forms by the end of Term 3 so that they receive their Space to Dream Certificate of Achievement from the Commissioner.

    Libraries wishing to run a program are asked to contact the Promoter at CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au so that

    1. Their details can be included on the Challenge website as a participating library.
    2. They can be sent the ‘Official Commissioner’s Digital Challenge Destination’ Seal to display at their library and on social media (optional).

    The person contacting the Promoter needs to have authority to run a program at their library or to speak on their behalf.

    Key Dates

    The Challenge commences on the first day of South Australian School Term 1 and closes on the last day of School Terms 3. All programs need to take place within this timeframe.

    Programs can be offered in Term 1 or Term 2 after school or during school holidays.

    LIBRARIES PROMOTING THE CHALLENGE

    Any library can promote the Challenge – free promotion packs for libraries containing poster for printing and LED screen image available here.

      TERMS AND CONDITIONS

      GENERAL

      Prizes and rewards

      Prizes of value can only be won by schools located in South Australia. Schools outside of South Australia that have registered will be eligible for certificates but all other rewards are only available within South Australia. 

      All rewards and prizes are subject to change at the Promotor’s discretion.

      Prizes are subject to conditions imposed by donors.

      The Promotor is not liable for any liabilities arising out of prizes or rewards. Liabilities are the sole responsibility of the relevant donor.

      Costs and expenses

      Entrants are responsible for any and all expenses that they incur in entering the competition and that they will not be reimbursed for such expenses regardless of whether or not they win a reward.

      Disqualification

      The Promotor maintains the right to disqualify any entrants or entries where there are reasonable grounds to suspect any unlawful or improper conduct, or if there has otherwise been a breach of the competition terms and conditions.

      Privacy

      Personal information collected in the course of the Challenge is handled in a way that complies with the Australian Privacy Principles under the Privacy Act. Please refer to the Privacy Policy of the Office for the Commissioner and Young People.

      Only the first names of children who complete the Challenge (whether at school or outside of school) will be published by the Promoter. Surnames and class details will not be published.

      Promotion

      Promotional assets such as e-flyers, posters, LED screen graphics and the ‘Commissioner’ Digital Challenge official seal’, if altered by an entity, are the sole responsibility of that entity.

      Entering the Challenge means that the entrant is representing that they meet the entry requirements and accepts these terms and conditions.

      Intellectual property for testimonials (Learn to Speak Robot AND Zoom Out) and designs (Space to Dream)

      Any person providing a testimony (written or pictorial) for the Learn to Speak Robot Challenge or Zoom Out Challenge on behalf of their school or a design in the Space to Dream Challenge:

      1. Warrants that they have all necessary rights to provide the intellectual property and consent to any act or omission which would otherwise constitute an infringement of their intellectual property.
      2. Expressly licenses the intellectual property in their testimonial or design to the Promoter and it may be used for promotional or advertising purposes in future years of the Commissioner’s Digital Challenge.

      TERMS OF USE

      ATTRIBUTIONS

      Commissioner’s Digital Challenge material

      Much of the material on this website comes from third party providers.

      Most is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 international licence.

      If you wish to share or re-use any information on this site belonging to a third party, you are encouraged to view the terms and conditions of that third party on their website.

      The Commissioner’s Digital Challenge and CCYP is not responsible for the use of:

      • any images, photographs, trademarks, logos or branding; and
      • other content supplied by third parties.

      ‘The Commissioner’s Digital Challenge’, ‘Learn to Speak Robot’ and ‘Cody Buttons’ are the intellectual property of the Commissioner’s Digital Challenge.

      The Office for the Commissioner for Children and Young People owns the copyright in material produced by the Commissioner’s Digital Challenge including:

      • Original web graphics including the logos, banner and icons were commissioned by the Commissioner’s Digital Challenge and were designed for the Challenge by young graphic designer, Alex Brigden.
      • Text-based content information on this website was provided by Commissioner’s Digital Challenge and CCYP.
      • The photos on this website were included with the express authorisation of their owners or via Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 international licences.
      • The use of stock images (where applicable) is via direct purchase from iStock.

      Use of the Commissioner’s Digital Challenge original intellectual property for non-commercial purposes and for the purpose of education for children in South Australia is encouraged via the free promotional material available on the site.

      If you wish to use any of our original material and make alterations, please contact us by email at CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au.

      Where material was shared via a Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 international licence, that same license applies to any user of the information on this site.

      Material from Third Parties

      Much of the material on this website is from third party providers.

      Efforts have been made to properly attribute third party authors of the material at every point throughout the site. If there is any oversight due to human error, please contact us by email at CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au so that we may seek to correct it.

      The predominant providers of 3rd party material for the Challenge are:

      The Hour of Code™ is a United States’ initiative by Computer Science Education Week [csedweek.org] and Code.org [code.org] to introduce millions of students to one hour of computer science and computer programming. It is a global movement and all tutorials are shared under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). For the full terms and conditions relating to Hour of Code and Code.org material, please refer to https://code.org/tos.

      Minecraft®, Disney®, Star Wars® and NBA® are registered Trade Marks of Microsoft Corporation or its subsidiaries, Disney and Disney Services and NBA.com respectively. Angry Birds are © 2016 Rovio Entertainment Ltd. Angry Birds is a trademark of Rovio Entertainment Ltd. Frozen and Moana are trademarks and © 2016 Disney. Star Wars is a trademark and © 2016 Lucasfilm and Disney. Minecraft is a trademark and © 2016 Microsoft.

      The Digital Technologies Hub™: The Digital Technologies Hub is a single and easily accessible portal to a collection of freely available activities, learning sequences and other resources to support the teaching of the Australian Curriculum for digital technologies.

      The aim of the Hub is to increase teacher and student engagement and confidence with digital technologies, and increase student proficiency in coding and computer programming. This website’s content is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license and with the express permission of the Digital Technologies Hub.

      CS Unplugged™:  CS Unplugged material is open source on GitHub, and this website’s content is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. The CS Unplugged is a project by the Computer Science Education Research Group at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand.

      GROK Learning™: GROK Learning’s Hour of Code™ activities are shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license and with the express permission of GROK Learning.

      MakeCode® and Microsoft® are registered trademarks of Microsoft. MakeCode is shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license and with the express permission of Microsoft. Exclusive webinars produced by Microsoft for the Challenge were created by sponsorship agreement and Microsoft owns these.

      Code Club Australia© is the intellectual property of Code Club. Code Club activities are shared with the express permission of Code Club.

      The Extended Learning Material contains a multitude of links to resources and material from a wide array of third party providers in Australia and overseas. Each heading or description credits the source of the material and the links take the user directly to that material. Users are encouraged to familiarise themselves with the terms and conditions relating to any material they use.

      If you come across a broken link or material that has changed and is no longer appropriate or functional, please notify us by email at CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

      GENERAL

      Use of the information and data contained within this site or these pages is at the user’s sole risk.

      Users relying on the information on this site are responsible for independently verifying its accuracy, currency or completeness.

      This site includes links to other websites operated by community, business and government. These linked websites will have their own terms and conditions of use and users are encouraged to familiarise themselves with them.

      All linked websites are linked ‘as is’ and the Commissioner’s Digital Challenge and CCYP:

      • does not sponsor, endorse or necessarily approve of any material on websites linked from or to this site;
      • does not make any warranties or representations regarding the quality, accuracy, merchantability or fitness for purpose of any material on websites linked from or to this site;
      • does not make any warranties or representations that material on other websites to which this site is linked to does not infringe the intellectual property rights of any person anywhere in the world;
      • does not authorise the infringement of any intellectual property rights contained in material in other websites by linking this site to those other websites.

      Users who use automatic language translation services in connection with this site do so at their own risk.

      The information and data on this site is subject to change without notice. The Commissioner’s Digital Challenge and CCYP may revise this disclaimer at any time by updating this page.

      The Commissioner’s Digital Challenge and CCYP, its agents, instrumentalities, officers and employees:

      • make no representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy of the information and data contained on this site
      • make no representations, express or implied, as to the accuracy or usefulness of any translation of the information on this site or any linked website into another language
      • make no representations as to the availability of the site and the availability of websites linked from or to the site
      • accept no liability however arising for any loss resulting from the use of the site and any information and data or reliance placed on it (including translated information and data)
      • make no representations, either expressed or implied, as to the suitability of the said information and data for any particular purpose
      • accept no liability for any interference with or damage to a user’s computer, software or data occurring in connection with or relating to this site or its use or any website linked to this site
      • do not represent or warrant that applications or payments initiated through this site will in fact be received or made to the intended recipient. Users are advised to confirm the application or payment by other means.

      PRIVACY AND SECURITY

      This site collects and uses the following information from users in the standard way:

      The user’s IP address, the date and time of the visit to the site, the pages accessed and documents downloaded, the previous website visited and the type of browser used. No attempt will be made to identify users or their browsing activities, except in the unlikely event of an investigation where a law enforcement agency may exercise a warrant to inspect our service provider’s logs. This information is analysed to determine the site’s usage statistics.

      The site retains the email address of people who use the ‘Contact us’ form so that we can send a response. They are stored securely and will not be used for any other purpose, nor disclosed without your consent.

      You should note that there are inherent risks associated with transmission of information via the internet. You should make your own assessment of the potential risks to the security of your information when making a decision as to whether or not you should use this site.

      This site contains links to a large number of other websites that are included on the basis of containing content relevant to the digital empowerment objectives of the Commissioner’s Digital Challenge. When a user clicks on a link to another website, they leave this site and this privacy and security statement no longer applies.

      The content of this privacy and security statement may be updated from time to time, so we suggest that if you return to this site on a regular basis you carefully read the information provided.

      We use Google Analytics to monitor traffic and user behaviour on this website. Personal information is not recorded as part of this process. However, if you wish to prevent your data from being collected by Google Analytics you can install a browser add-on.

      If you require further information or have any questions about our terms of use, please feel free to contact us by email at CommissionersDigitalChallenge@sa.gov.au

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      The Challenge website was created by South Australian design company EWS.
      EWS is donating a free website / upgrade as a reward in the Learn to Speak Robot / Zoom Out Challenges.
      EWS specialises in developing and upgrading websites for Adelaide schools (preschools, primary schools and high schools).

      For more information:
      Website – https://eduweb.solutions/
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