The iTest announced earlier tonight the impending launch of the iTest Ranking System and the Tournament of Champions to be held in March.
Think "March Madness" ... the top 64 students, as determined by a composite index score based on the iTest, the AMC 12, and the USAMTS (both others are national competitions) will square off in one-on-one seeded matches until one winner remains.
Over the course of the year, the rankings of students based on these indicators will be kept on the iTest website, and virtual trophies will be awarded to students (to be shown on their iTest page profiles) over the course of the year.
It's an exciting new program for the iTest as its both a great way to keep students engaged in mathematics education over the course of the year, as well as a nice opportunity to hold a unique style of competition to bookend the year with iTest events. A competition like this, held online and designed to pit the best of the best against one another, doesn't exist outside of this new Tournament of Champions. It should be a lot of fun to design and implement in time for March '07.
Monday, October 23, 2006
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
"Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood."
- H L Mencken
Tomorrow marks the last day of the Tri-Command project review, so I'll be leaving Beaufort tomorrow afternoon. I leave with mixed emotions, for a lot of reasons which I could never dive into here.
The good thing, though, is that I am happy to announce that Peter Ross has joined the iTest as the newest member of the iTest Advisory Board. The first member that I've added to the Board in well over a year, Peter brings a wealth of business experience and personal contacts into the fold that should really help us continue to grow.
Off to bed ... later.
- H L Mencken
Tomorrow marks the last day of the Tri-Command project review, so I'll be leaving Beaufort tomorrow afternoon. I leave with mixed emotions, for a lot of reasons which I could never dive into here.
The good thing, though, is that I am happy to announce that Peter Ross has joined the iTest as the newest member of the iTest Advisory Board. The first member that I've added to the Board in well over a year, Peter brings a wealth of business experience and personal contacts into the fold that should really help us continue to grow.
Off to bed ... later.
Saturday, October 07, 2006
Einstein's three rules of work:
1) From clutter, find simplicity.
2) From discord, find harmony.
3) From difficulty, find opportunity.
Headed to Beaufort this week for a Project Review, which is one of my favorite work-related experiences. Its an opportunity to get in on the strategic planning and long-range problem solving that goes on at a military project, which is highly interesting and something I succeeded at while living at the project for six months.
Then its off to Cincinnati to visit Lori's friend Sarah for a weekend.
Then the weekend after that, Hetesh and Evan both head up here to visit.
Busy as usual...and then November begins with the nationwide awards announcement for the 2006 iTest, and the long-range planning for the next competition year begins on the IT side and the marketing side as well.
I guess I'll sleep next year.
1) From clutter, find simplicity.
2) From discord, find harmony.
3) From difficulty, find opportunity.
Headed to Beaufort this week for a Project Review, which is one of my favorite work-related experiences. Its an opportunity to get in on the strategic planning and long-range problem solving that goes on at a military project, which is highly interesting and something I succeeded at while living at the project for six months.
Then its off to Cincinnati to visit Lori's friend Sarah for a weekend.
Then the weekend after that, Hetesh and Evan both head up here to visit.
Busy as usual...and then November begins with the nationwide awards announcement for the 2006 iTest, and the long-range planning for the next competition year begins on the IT side and the marketing side as well.
I guess I'll sleep next year.
