June 2010

Quest students create websites for Queensland Health and Cyber Safety program

Our very talented students have been creating websites for Queensland Health's ATODS program and for SSHS's Cyber Safety program during the second term of 2010. Very shortly we will be able to announce the best entries in the two competitions here in the News section.

 

March 2010

Quest Scholarship Winner Announced

Congratulations to Alex Piper and Josephine Kappel, Quest's year 12 and 11Scholarshipo winners for 2010. The scholarship is valued at $800 and is used to cover the Quest enrolment fees for one year.

May 2009

Quest Scholarship Winner Announced

Congratulations to Anaeas Taylor, Quest's year 11 Scholarshipo winner for 2009. The scholarship is valued at $800 and is used to cover the Quest enrolment fees for one year.

Quest Cohort 2009

State ICT Award Winners

Queensland ICT Awards 2009
Two of our students have gained recognition from the Australian Computer Society.
Robbie Coleman and Tom Abood, both of whom graduated from Quest last year, were awarded a special Commendation for their ATODS – Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs Project.  The project is undertaken by our students as a collaborative venture between Quest and Queensland Health, ATODS.

May 2007

Leading ICT innovations in Australia announced

Congratulations to our iAward winners, Trang Phan and Eva Williams!

The iAwards, presented by AIIA, the Australian Financial Review and the CSIRO ICT Centre, recognises the best Australian information and communications technology (ICT) innovations each year.

Trang and Eva attended the iAwards Presentaton Gala Dinner at the Sydney Convention Centre on Wednesday 30 May. The announcement of their win was met with widespread and generous applause from the 800 plus delegates. Trang had travelled to Sydney, two weeks earlier, to present their entry to a panel of expert judges.

Smithfield State High School was the recipient of this year’s Secondary School category award thanks to Year 12 students Trang Phan and Eva Williams, who developed a multimedia educational program to raise awareness of drug and alcohol issues in indigenous communities.  The students were commissioned by Queensland Health, ATODS, Cairns to produce a touch screen application.  Uses are able engage in multimedia content, such as video, audio, animation, games.  The application is used at Croc Festivals throughout the state and many copies has also found their way into school libraries and HPE programs.

“From innovation in wireless technology to booking holidays online, the breadth and scope of the innovation these companies have developed is proof that technology is permeating society whether it’s for work or play. It’s important that these companies are acknowledged for their contribution and impact on Australian industries.” Sheryle Moon, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Information Industry Association

Read the full story at www.aiia.com.au

 

March 2007

2007 Scholarship winners announced
We continue to offer a scholarship leading to a Certificate IV in the Arts – Multimedia.  The Scholarship is available to one student in Year 11 and one student in Year 12.  The Scholarship is to be used to pay all of the enrolment fees in ITQ (Quest) being offered at Smithfield High School for one year. The winners of this year’s scholarship are Trang Phan of Year 12 and Matthew Jackson of Year 11. There were several worthy applicants, making the selection of the recipient very difficult indeed.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

New multimedia computers
New Dell computers featuring the latest chipsets, dual core processors, graphics card, 2GB RAM and high resolution, 19” LCD monitors are now online and used by Quest students in our multimedia lab. 

New Software
Students enrolled in Quest always use the latest, industry standard software.  Late last year we added Sony Sound Forge as our high end audio editing program.

USB flash drive
Students are strongly encouraged to use a USB drive for transferring files between school and home.  Multimedia files are typically large and USB drives represent the most efficient way to transfer these files.  As a new initiative this year, each Quest student is given a 2GB USB drive – big enough to back up all of their school work.  The drive displays the Smithfield SHS logo.

 

Congratulations to our Quest Graduates for 2006:
Exceptional students all.

Eileen Abood
Christopher Bell
Campbell Blackburn
Eric Brittain
Meg Collis
Sean Diehm
Stephani Jackson
Lisa Mannering
Robert Niederberger
Lauren Payne
Wade Smorfitt
Simon Stehbens
Emma Walker
Shirlee Webb
Andrew Whitehead
Callum worthington

 

2006 Technology One BYTE Award Winners Announced

The winners are:

Stephanie Jackson, Shirlee Webb and Meg Collis won the Senior Design category for their touch screen application, commissioned by Queenland Health, to promote better understanding of the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs.

Matthew Hilton won the Senior 2d Animation category, for the second successive year, for his extraodinary animated cartoon.

Trang Phan - Won the Senior Games category for her amazing Flash game "Jungle".

These awards recognise and reward state school students for their innovative and creative use of technologies and encourage them to excel in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT).

All winners of the TechnologyOne BYTE Awards receive a prize and a certificate. Senior winning students (years 10-12) are also invited to take part in a five-day program of industry visits to leading IT companies in Brisbane.

Smithfield SHS students have been successful in these awards for 5 straight years. In fact, more winners have come from Smithfield than any other school.

 

Scholarship Winner for 2006

Congratulations to Evan Agee of Year 11. Evan is this year's Quest scholarship winner.

The scholarship leads to a Certificate IV in the Arts – Multimedia.  The Scholarship is available to one student in Year 11 and one student in Year 12.  The Scholarship is to be used to pay the enrolment fees in Quest - a value of $1,600.

New Course
2006 sees the introduction of a new course, MM2. MM2 is a school-based, non-Authority subject that allows students who are interested in computing to achieve a Certificate II in Multimedia.

Congratulations to our Quest Graduates for 2005:

John Walker
Nic Vleeshouwer
Alex Hill
David Mikic
Kobi Lynn
Eamon Hohn

 

 

 

Smithfield SHS' Interactive Year book
Quest students have again successfully produced our interactive Year Book. This year the format was changed from CD to DVD in order to accommodate the increased content. The DVD is produced by Quest students and represents the culmination of their studies.

Queensland Health
A media launch and morning tea was organised by Queensland Health to acknowledge the work our students have done in producing atouch-screen applications for QH's Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs Awareness program.