ThinkQuest

Last Updated on April 8th, 2011

ThinkQuest is an online learning platform that helps students develop  important 21st century skills, including  critical thinking, creativity, teamwork,cross cultural understanding, communication  and technology skills.It is provided free of charge to schools by the Oracle Education Foundation, a nonprofit organisation funded by Oracle.

ThinkQuest includes:

ThinkQuest Projects – a project environment that supports collaborative learning

ThinkQuest Competition – technology competitions that challenge students to solve real-world problems

ThinkQuest Library – the world’s largest online repository of student developed learning projects, visited by millions

Check out the following former ThinkQuest  Competition winners with Australian coaches and students:

• Wanted: Languages Dead or Alive!
• Coaches – Tina Photakis (Adelaide, SA), Mary Winchell (USA)
  Team members: David (USA), Charlotte (USA), Telisha (Adelaide, SA), Hannah (USA), Abhiram (India), Ronald (USA)

• AI – Manufactured Minds
• Coaches – Jim Poirier (USA), Tina Photakis (Adelaide, SA)
  Team members: Kishore (India), Amelia (USA), Chloe (Adelaide, SA), Chris (USA), Laura (USA), Patrick (USA)

• Stewards of the earth
• Coaches – Tina Photakis (Adelaide, SA), Mary Winchell (USA)
  Team members: Cassandra (Adelaide, SA), David (USA), Zackary (USA), Grace (USA), Hannah (USA), Richard (USA)

• A Matter of Time
• Coaches – Jim Poirier (USA), Tina Photakis (Adelaide, SA)
  Team members: Barbara (USA), Haralambos (Adelaide, SA), David (USA), Christine (USA), Ruohan (Singapore), Kishore (India)

• Living on the brink
• Coaches – Salwa Kefi (Tunisia), Heeral Desai (India)
  Team members: Dylan (USA), George (Adelaide, SA), Struthi (USA), Courtney (USA), Facundo (Argentina), Simran (India)

• Coffee all ground up
• Coaches – Jim Poirier (USA), Carol Calderwood (Newcastle, NSW)
  Team members: Ngoc (Newcastle, NSW), Ben (Newcastle, NSW), Sigit (Indonesia), Lan (Vietnam), Ammu (USA)

• Feral Feast
• Coaches – Carol Calderwood (Newcastle, NSW), Dirk -Jan van der Poppe (The Netherlands)
  Team members: Hilary (Newcastle, NSW), Anneke (The Netherlands), Sigit (Indonesia), Willem (The Netherlands)