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Exun 2011 – Day 2
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Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram organized its 16th annual computer symposium, Exun 2011, on 19th and 20th of November. The event surpassed all expectations, with a participation of more than 1000 students from 50 schools of Delhi and the NCR.
Day one started with the lighting of the lamp. The Principal, Dr. D. R Saini welcomed all the guests. There was a scintillating performance by the Exun band and the techie intro video was presented. The air was thick with anticipation and excitement as the symposium got off to a good start, and the participants dispersed for their respective events. The first day’s events consisted of the Group Discussion, Creative Event, Hardware and Benchmarking, as well as the preliminary rounds of the Senior and Junior Quizzes, Crossword and Gaming, whereas the second day comprised the final rounds of the Senior Quiz, Junior Quiz, Crossword, Hardware/Benchmarking and Gaming, as well as the Surprise Event, Programming and Swat The Bug. Each events’ updates and results were made available online on the exunclan.com immediately after completion of each of the events for the convenience of the participants.
While all the events conducted on the school premises saw a high level of talent and enthusiasm, the highlight of Exun 2011 was its 4 day long (13 Nov- 16 Nov, 2011) online event, SudoCrypt. This event was open to international participation. With registrations running into thousands, the event garnered more than two lakh hits on the site from over 30 countries including USA, UK, France and UAE. The first 25 rank holders of SudoCrypt received Expert Sudo International Rank Certificates and the Rank 1 received a HCL ME Pad as special prize.
The events at Exun provided a platform to each tech-enthusiast student to test his/her creative, logical and analytical skills. The host school was non-competitive and the Overall Trophy of Exun 2011 was won by DPS Dwarka. The symposium was a great experience for everyone present. It was coordinated by Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Head of Computer Department and his dedicated team of teachers. Exun 2011 more than lived up to expectations, and provided each and every person present there with some great memories.
Exun 2011 Events Pics
Exun 2011 Concluding Ceremony
Exun 2011 Official Video
Exun 2011 – Day 1
Exun 2011 Opening Ceremony
Exun 2011 Events
Prestigious Exun 2011 Trophies
ThinkQuest Competition 2011
The ThinkQuest Competition engages students to solve a problem using their technology, critical thinking, and communication skills.
Test your skills against those of your peers globally! Compete in one of the following events as an individual or a member of a team:
ThinkQuest Projects
Develop a website in ThinkQuest Projects.
Digital Media
Produce an online journal/blog, a stand-alone website, photo essay, animation, public service announcement, video or some combination of these items.
Application Development
Develop an interactive application or game.
Prizes:
- 1st and 2nd place team members receive a laptop computer and a trip to ThinkQuest Live, a once-in-a-lifetime educational experience in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
- 3rd place team members receive a laptop computer.
- The ten schools or organizations that register the most Competition participants will receive $5,000 USD for educational purposes.
- All teams that submit entries will be eligible to receive certificates of participation.
- Teams that finish in the top 10% will be eligible to receive certificates of distinction.
- Students who are 18 and over and whose teams finish in the top 10% are eligible to apply for an internship.
Schedule
- Competition Opens: September 14, 2011
- Entry Deadline: Wednesday, April 25, 2012
- Winners Announcement: Scheduled for June 20, 2012
Write an email to ikkumpal@gmail.com for ThinkQuest LOGIN-PASSWORDs
(Write subject of the mail as “ThinkQuest”, and mention your admission no, class, section, name, email, phone in the content of the mail)
Details available at www.thinkquest.org
Inter-DPS Powerpoint Competition
To participate in Inter-DPS Powerpoint Competition
First you need to participate in Intra-DPS RKP Powerpoint Competition, whose details are follows:
Topic1: Gender Equity
Topic2: Nurture Trees and Conserve Environment
Open for all classes
PPT File Size: Not more than 4 MB with not more than 30 Slides
(If using Office 2010 – save your file PPT and not as PPTX)
Duration of the presentation: 3 Minutes
Last date for Submission: 10th November 2011
Submit your entries as PPT file positively through mail to: exunclan@gmail.com
(Write your name, class, section, email, phone number in the mail)
Exun 2011
Exun 2011 dates finalised… 19th-20th November 2011…
All the participating Geeks and Creative Experts – Mark these dates in your calendars.
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Exun 2011 Ingredients:
- Senior Quiz
- Junior Quiz
- Crossword
- Programming
- Swat The Bug
- Gaming
- Creative Event
- Group Discussion
- Surprise Event
- Hardware/Benchmarking
- SudoCrypt (Online Event)
Updates on the same are available at exunclan.com
Online Registration started on 29th October 2011
IT@CuttingEdge 2011
Delhi Public School, R.K.Puram organised an Inter-DPS IT festival, IT@CuttingEdge on August 6, 2011 under the aegis of DPS Society. The fest consisted of three on-site events: the Junior Quiz, the Senior Quiz and Inst@nt dZine (a website and graphic designing event), as well as an online event, DeCryptonite. The online event ran for a full month, from 5th July to 1st August, and entailed a cryptic treasure hunt where students had to make their way through more than 30 online levels of increasing difficulty. DeCryptonite received a tremendous response from DPS schools across the country. Although the event started off with about 500 participants, the numbers soon began running into thousands, with over 6000 registrations being received from 62 DPS schools. The hunt was applauded by all, and ended with a total active participation of 3551.
During the on-site phase of the festival, 25 schools with over 140 participants exhibited their expertise in the field of IT and digital design in the three events. All three events saw extremely close competition, with teams trying their best to come out on top. DPS RK Puram, being the host school, remained non-competitive. The students and teachers of the school were a part of the organisation and judging of the event.
The Closing Ceremony was graced by the presence of Shri Ashok Chandra, Chairman DPS Society, Mrs. Renu Mittal, Director DPS Society, and Dr. D.R. Saini, Principal of DPS RK Puram. Dr. Saini expressed his thanks to the DPS Society for encouraging the festival, and spoke to the students about the importance of using technology appropriately.
Mrs. Renu Mittal too addressed the gathering, highlighting the need to show the sportsman spirit in competition and appreciating the efforts put into organising the fest.
The final round of the Senior Quiz was held in the presence of the distinguished guests, allowing them to glimpse the cutthroat competition that prevailed.
Prior to the award distribution, Shri Ashok Chandra shared his thoughts with the students, commending the effort put in by DPS RK Puram and the exceptionally high standard of the event and expressing his confidence and pride in the participants. He spoke about the importance of technology in modern education and the need to be followed rather than follow, leaving the students with his inspiring thoughts on constantly being innovative and striving for excellence.
The entire IT festival was a true example of human networking and technological growth.
Closing Video
Photo Album
Nielsen: Android overtakes iOS in desirability, sales in the US
Nielsen asked US consumers about smartphone OSes during the first quarter of this year and found out that Android has been the most popular with new buyers lately and the most desirable OS too. Interestingly, the number of people who answered “Not sure” also went up.
Last year, between July and September, a third of consumers answered iOS, when asked what OS they want next. But when asked the same question between January and March this year, more people answered Android instead of iOS.
Actually, Android is the only OS whose desirability didn’t decline.
Six months have passed since September 2010 and now half of the people who buy new smartphones go for Android and only a quarter for iOS. The remaining quarter is dominated by new BlackBerries (15%, remember this is just for the US) with the occasional Windows Mobile/Phone 7 (7%) and WebOS and Symbian barely registering.
Which brings us to the final standings – the total smartphone market share in the US as registered by Nielsen in March 2011. Android is in the lead with 37%, with iOS (27%) and BlackBerry OS (22%) coming in second and third. That’s not bad at all, considering Android phones are manufactured by a multitude of companies while the other two are exclusively used in their respective companies.
It’s a shame that Nielsen put Windows Mobile and Windows Phone 7 under the same category, we were curious to see how much of that 10% market share is due to Microsoft’s new OS.
[Information provided by Chetan Nanda, Star Mobitel www.starmobitel.com]
Larry Ellison Interview
Looking back on your childhood, can you see the Larry Ellison of today taking root when you were young?
Larry Ellison: I don’t think my personality has changed much since I was five years old. The most important aspect of my personality, as far as determining my success goes, has been my questioning conventional wisdom, doubting the experts, and questioning authority. While that can be very painful in relationships with your parents and teachers, it’s enormously useful in life.
The Challenge!
“The challenge is not to see a bigger dream, but the the real challenge is to share the dream and make it happen with everyone and for everyone”
Exun is a ever-growing family of those,
who have dreams to make a better tomorrow,
who believe in themselves,
who believe in the power of The Team
and
who explore the possibilities of building a better world for the mankind.
Exun 2010 Team expresses its Gratitude to the participants, who every year participate and allow us to make it happen. It is impossible to hold such events without the participation of the Exun Family members outside the DPS RKPuram.