Monday, April 13, 2009

IDEA-NFL Qualifier in Korea Wraps Up

Last weekend students from ten different high schools in Korea came together to compete in the fourth-annual IDEA-NFL Qualifier Tournament. After two busy days of debate and one packed day of speech events, Korea’s top forensics students were selected to participate in 2009 NFL National Tournament in Birmingham, Alabama. This year saw six rounds of Public Forum Debate, four rounds of Original Oratory, and three rounds each of International Extemp, Interpretation and Duo Interpretation.

Out of a pool of over 60 students, 9 were selected to represent Korea at the 2009 NFL National Tournament. They are:
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Public Forum Debate
1st Place (Qualifier for NFL Nationals in Birmingham, Alabama): So Hyun Eum and Jeewon Yoo (Daewon Foreign Language High School)
2nd Place (Qualifier): Moon Yeol Lee and Joo Yeon Kim (Hankuk Academy of Foreign Studies)
3rd Place (1st alternate): Won Young Choi and Joonpyo Sohn (Daewon)
4th Place (2nd alternate): Dennis Park and Yeeun Chun (Seoul International School-SIS)

International Extemp
1st Place (Qualifier): Keunho Choi (Hanyoung Foreign Language High School)
2nd Place (1st alternate): Jason Huh (SIS)
3rd Place (2nd alternate): Justin Song (SIS)

Original Oratory
1st Place (Qualifier): Sejin Paik (Korea International School-KIS)
2nd Place (1st alternate): Jae Yeon Jeong (Jungdong High School)
3rd Place (2nd alternate): Jaewon Kim (Daewon)

Duo Interpretation
1st Place (Qualifier): Hannah Kim/Kristin Chung (KIS)
2nd Place (1st alternate): Ella Jeong/Audrey Park (Yongsan International School of Seoul- YISS)
3rd Place (2nd alternate): Jimmy Kim/Woojin Kim (YISS)

Dramatic Interpretation
1st Place (Qualifier): Haeun Park (YISS)
2nd Place (1st alternate): Megan Song (KIS)
3rd Place (2nd alternate): Sukyeon Won (SIS)


Thank you to this year’s host, Hanyoung Foreign Language High School, and to the judges and coaches for their assistance. To the qualifiers-- congratulations on your success and good luck in June!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Youth in Moldova

YouthCamp Istanbul, 4-5 April 2009

Friday, April 10, 2009

Creative Commons - Licencing in Digital Era

YouthCamp Istanbul, 4-5 April 2009

RapidSMS

YouthCamp Istanbul, 4-5 April 2009

Youth in Nepal

YouthCamp Istanbul, 4-5 April 2009

Scientific Society of Students

YouthCamp Istanbul, 4-5 April 2009

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Youth in Afghanistan

YouthCamp Istanbul, 4-5 April 2009

Youth in Lithuania - Various Musical Movements

YouthCamp Istanbul, 4-5 April 2009

Youth in Lithuania

YouthCamp Istanbul, 4-5 April 2009

Wednesday, April 08, 2009

Debatepedia

YouthCamp Istanbul, 4-5 April 2009

Azyl - International Short Film Festival

YouthCamp Istanbul, 4-5 April 2009

Youth Camp Istanbul: First Videos Uploaded!

Two videos and one audio have been featured on YouthCamp website.

Watch or listen to the presentation delivered on the YouthCamp in Istanbul and continue the discussion by leaving video comments or just regular comments on the posts:

Video Presentations

Audio Presentations

More videos are coming soon! Stay tunned!

Monday, April 06, 2009

2nd Singapore IDEA-NFL Tournament a Success!

The second IDEA-NFL Qualifier Tournament just wrapped up in Singapore. The top students in each of five speaking events earned spots to compete in the 2009 NFL National Tournament in Birmingham, Alabama. This year saw over 60 competitors from nine different schools!

A large thank-you to Ms. Geetha Creffield, Shee Yong, Jasmin and the student volunteers from Anglo-Chinese Junior College for hosting this year's tournament. Their hospitality, organization and committment to the IDEA-NFL program made this tournament a great one. I'd also like to thank the judges and coaches from schools across Singapore for their help.

Results are below:



Duo Interpretation
1st Place (Qualifier for NFL Nationals in Birmingham, Alabama): Nagrani Vinesh Anil/Andrew Mark Ong (Anglo-Chinese Junior College--ACJC)
2nd Place (1st alternate for Birmingham): Aasth Chouhan/Ridhi Bhatnagar from GIIS-ECC
3rd Place (2nd alternate for Birmingham): Sara Vashudev/Shrutika Pandey (Global Indian School- East Coast Campus-- GIIS-ECC)

Humorous Interpretation
1st Place (Qualifier): Archana Sundraraj (ACJC)
2nd Place (1st alternate): Cumara Kalamacumar (ACJC)
3rd Place (2nd alternate): Ashwini Sridhar (GIIS-ECC)

Dramatic Interpretation
1st Place (Arjuna s/o Segathesan (National Junior College)
2nd Place (1st alternate): Kwan Huiyan Rebecca (ACJC)
3rd Place (2nd alternate): Eleanor Susan Lim (ACJC)

International Extemp
1st Place (Qualifier): Anish Hazra (Raffles Junior College--RJC)
2nd Place (Qualifier): Jessica Lee Chu En (Nanyang Girls’ High School—NGHS)
3rd Place (1st alternate): Thng Yiren (ACJC)
4th Place (2nd alternate): Yang Yu Yan (RJC)

Original Oratory
1st Place (Qualifier): Lee Jia Wei (RJC)
2nd Place (Qualifier): Yip Yuk Lum Jennifer (NGHS)
3rd Place (1st alternate): Wong En Hui Charis (NGHS)
4th Place (2nd alternate): Chia Pei Ling (NGHS)





they spoke...





they waited...

the scores were tallied...





...congrats to Singapore's Qualifiers!