Telenet - BBC Digital Voice Award

The BBC Digital Voice Awards 2012 are organised by Telenet N.V. in partnership with the BBC.  The BBC Digital Voice Awards are aimed at young people who strive to achieve excellence in English and make active use of the English language. This competition gives students the opportunity to express their thoughts and opinions for the future not only in person, but now, also digitally.
Within the themes for the Awards 2012, participants may select one of the topics listed below in Point 2. The chosen topic and title cannot be changed during the competition.

Awards criteria

Main Terms

To be entitled to enter the competition entrants must be a full-time student in Belgium aged 16-20.

Each entrant should choose one of the topics:

• How does peer pressure affect young people?
• Is social networking anti-social?
• Is binge drinking amongst teenagers getting out of control?
• Is news created by the media?
• Do computer games cause bad behaviour in children?
• Are the Olympics about medals or money?
• Connecting for a sustainable future. Networking for Sustainability

    

In respect of their chosen topic, each entrant should:
• write an essay of between 150-200 words, and
• present a short piece (1-2 minutes in length) to webcam (candidate must be visible), supported with audio, photo slideshow and/or or video clips.

Judging Criteria

All entries will be judged by Click, the BBC's flagship technology programme.

Students will need to enter via their schools in the same way as the Telenet – BBC Public Speaking Awards. Schools may assist with the provision of equipment such as webcams. For the Digital Voice Awards, video and audio production values will not be a limiting factor in the judging criteria.

More important will be:

How well thought out is the content?
How well was the theme of the topic communicated?
Is the content and delivery engaging?
How well would the rich media segment stand up to repeated listening or viewing?

Help and Advice

Watch this short video offering advice to teachers and students on how to enter the BBC Digital Voice awards.

To learn more about the participation flow the students have to complete on-line, please click here.