Sleddies+Competition

="The Sleddies" Award Competition= //This page is under construction and currently in draft form.//



=Do you have a fantastic build, site, or event in Second Life?=

If so, please enter it into "The Sleddies" competition by **July 30, 2008 at midnight SLT**! Submissions will be accepted into one of the six SLEDcc Strands (see below) and evaluated based on criteria appropriate for each strand. Submissions will be open for judging by members of the Second Life community who register to vote. (Note: Participants need not register to attend SLEDcc in Tampa to vote on submissions.)

Competition Rules
1. This contest is open to any "educationally-oriented" project on the Second Life platform. This means that the primary use or purpose of the build, site, tool, or event must be related to teaching and learning, or developed with the needs of educators in mind. Commercial projects are not entirely excluded, but are only eligible if they meet the "educationally-oriented" criteria as interpreted by the SLEDcc 2008 Co-Chairs. The purpose of "The Sleddies" is to reward and showcase the best //educational// projects on the grid.

2. Competition participants are responsible for securing/providing their own land and resources for builds. Existing content is eligible for entry, or contestants can develop something specifically for the competition. **All entries are due by July 30th, 2008 at midnight SLT**. No extensions will be granted to allow the voting process to be fair for all entries.

3. Submissions must be located on land that is open to the public and allows scripts to run.

4. Submissions will be assessed by the criteria provided for each Competition Category, and voted on by Second Life residents who register to vote. Only one vote per resident per entry will be allowed. (Voters may vote for multiple entries in the same category, but may only vote on each entry one time.)

5. Multiple contest entries are permitted by a single person or team, but each entry may only be submitted to **one** category. For example, if you have two projects you'd like to submit, you may submit both projects to the same category (Project 1 and Project 2 submitted to Blue strand, for example), but you may not submit one of the projects to multiple categories (Project 1 submitted to both the Blue and the Orange strands, for example).

6. The team lead for each submission will be responsible for placing the voting booth in an appropriate and easy to find location near the entry. **This booth must be placed near the entry by July 29th at midnight SLT or the entry will be disqualified from the competition.**

7. At the conclusion of the contest, the results of the popular vote will be verified by "The Sleddies" Independent Review Board to ensure that the winning entries satisfy the requirements for the category in which the entry was submitted.

Competition Categories
Entries may be submitted to only **one** of the following six strands - please choose the category most appropriate! You may want to review the criteria for each strand before selecting the category for your entry.

**Red Strand:** [|Gaming and Simulations Criteria]

**Orange Strand**: [|Mixed Reality Learning Criteria]

**Yellow Strand**: [|Theory, Research, and Practice Criteria]

**Green Strand:** [|International, Diverse, and Special Populations Criteria]

**Blue Strand:** [|Projects and Events Criteria]

**Purple Strand**: [|Tools and Products Criteria]

Submission Guidelines
Submissions must be registered through "The Sleddies" Contest Entry Form. The main team or project lead should complete this form. Following approval, the main contact will be sent a no mod/copy/trans voting booth for the appropriate category to be placed near the entry within Second Life. **This booth must be placed near the entry by July 29th at midnight SLT or the entry will be disqualified from the competition.** Any evidence of tampering or attempting to modify the voting booth will also disqualify that entry, and all other entries by that team and/or project lead.

Voting on Entries
Any Second Life resident is eligible to vote for their favorite entry in each category of "The Sleddies" Award Competition. Only one vote per entry per resident is permitted. It is outside the scope of the contest organizers' abilities to ensure that alts or multiple accounts are not used for voting, but we certainly hope that voters will abide by the rules.

To mitigate against this possibility, and to ensure that the entries winning the popular vote do in fact meet the established criteria for each category, "The Sleddies" Independent Review Board will verify the results of the contest before the final winners are announced.


 * Voting will end on August 23, 2008 at midnight SLT.** Votes received after that date and time will not be used to determine the outcome of the contest.

Contest Results
Winners will be announced at a special ceremony at SLEDcc in Tampa and in Second Life, date and time to be determined. Contestants do not need to be present at the ceremony to receive their awards, but all who submit an entry are encouraged to attend either the Tampa or in-world event.

Prizes
The winning entry for each category will receive a prize package (to be determined) and will be invited to submit a paper about their entry to be included in the SLEDcc 2008 Conference Proceedings.

The Fine Print
The Second Life Education Community Conference (SLEDcc) and "The Sleddies" Award Competition are organized entirely by volunteers. Though every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that "The Sleddies" Award Competition is fairly administered, SLEDcc shall not be responsible and disclaims all liability for any loss, liability, damage (whether direct or consequential) or expense of any nature whatsoever which may be suffered as a result of, or which may be attributable, directly or indirectly, to the use of or reliance upon any information, links or service provided through this website. Contestants must comply with all rules to be eligible for the prizes. No responsibility is accepted for ineligible entries or entries made fraudulently. This competition is not open to SLEDcc Co-Chairs or any members of "The Sleddies" Indepedent Review Board or any person directly or indirectly involved in the organisation or running of the competition. SLEDcc Co-Chairs' decision is final in every situation including any not covered above. SLEDcc reserves the right to cancel the competition at any stage, if deemed necessary in their opinion, and if circumstances arise outside of their control. Entrants will be deemed to have accepted these rules and to agree to be bound by them when entering this competition. Second Life is a trademark of Linden Research, Inc. The Second Life Education Community Conference and "The Sleddies" Award Competition is not affilitated with or sponsored by Linden Research. //.//