Week+6

=​Week 6 (September 5 until September 9)=

After all the excitement of solving the mystery, there's still more to come. Your team can now start work on their Digital story. Details are available in the Connected Learning site. []

=Digital story=

At the end of the game, investigators are invited to join in the **Connected Learning Awards** **Digital Story** competition.
The environment is one of our most important assets. Every one of us has an important role to play in protecting and preserving our natural environment for future generations. NSW CLIC invites students from across Australia to combine words, images, music, sound and other media to tell the story of an environmental action in their local area. Your digital story may, for example, document actions by individuals or groups in your community to:
 * Think globally, act locally! **
 * reduce their ecological footprint
 * reduce the impact of invasive species
 * reduce waste and increase sustainable practices
 * reduce household water and energy use
 * restore and/or protect native habitats

The digital story must meet the ** [|Rules] ** and the ** Terms and Conditions ** (pdf 60kB) of the competition. Each entry must be accompanied by a Creative Statement (doc 47kB). There are many resources available which can assist students in the creation of their entries. Those listed in **Resources** (pdf 85kB) are intended as suggestions only and do not represent the full range of resources available. Teachers and students may find the judging ** Criteria ** (pdf 73kB) helpful during the planning of the team's entry. It is also strongly recommended that students and teachers undertake careful planning to meet copyright requirements. The following resources will assist students in producing copyright-compliant entries.
 * Learn from the experiences of two students as they confront issues of using other people's material in creating a website for a web design competition.
 * Visit Sites2See: Copyright for Students for links and information on copyright and links to sites with Creative Commons images, video and music.
 * Go to the Australian Government Smartcopying website, the official guide to copyright issues for Australian schools.

Digital stories are due on or before 3:00 pm October 19, 2011