Dear students,
We hope that preparations for the Geo-Ad and Geotrail components have been going well! To help you with your video, we have uploaded the sample video for Geo-Ad 2012 onto Vimeo here. Enjoy!
NUS Geography Challenge 2012: Geo-Ad Sample Video from nusgc2012 on Vimeo.
The strengths of this video are that it has covered a range of geographical concepts related to urban reimaging in the context of Marina Bay. It is also engaging and interesting. However, the cons of this video are that it is far too long (remember to stick to the 5 minute time limit!). Some scenes were choppy, and the dialogue was difficult to hear because of the background noise. However, the team has overcome this constraint by using subtitles.
Also, we have uploaded the soft copy of the Geo-Ad circular. You can find it at https://docs.google.com/open?id=0ByqccRbTw6eGZnNURWpPS0pSSUd5RHlsQldXN3FWZw, or at the link on the left hand side of our blog. If you have any questions, feel free to email us at nusgc2012@gmail.com. We hope these things help you in your preparations for Geo-ad.
The Organizing Committee has great prizes up for grabs for the top teams in Geo-Ad, Geotrail and in the Finals round. Besides trophies and medals, we also have cameras, walkmans and headphones, so keep pressing on!
Finally, the NUS GC 2012 Organizing Committee is doing a survey based on our Preliminary Round. We hope that you will help us by filling in this survey if you have not already done so. The survey for teachers can be found at http://bit.ly/nusgc2012feedbackteachers, while the survey for students is at http://bit.ly/nusgc2012feedbackstudents. This survey will help us to improve NUS Geography Challenge in coming years, so please do fill it in and get your teammates to fill it in as well.
Thank you, and we hope to see you on 31 March for Geotrail and the Finals round! All the best with your preparations :)
Best regards,
Shona Loong
Vice Project Director (Admin)
