Tech Competition

Tech Events

Tech Olympics

In order to compete, each school must:

1. Complete the intent to participate and indicate TECH as an event for your school.
2. Register your Tech Olympic Team during the official registration period on the registration website.
3. Watch this page and sign-up for a time as soon as the sign-up link is available. It is the teacher’s responsibility to sign up for a specific time slot prior to the competition.

One team of 1-8 members per school is allowed. A team member completes in one or more of the following events:

• Audio
• Lighting
• Props
• Carpentry
• Costumes
• Stage management
• Hair and Make-up
• Rigging

Specific tasks for each of these categories are not revealed until the team competes.

Schools must sign-up for a start time for Tech Olympics. (Sign-ups will be available at a later date.) You will receive a Remind text notification once time slots are available.

Tech Portfolios

Students can enter their technical and/or design portfolios for review by professionals at the competition and receive a written and verbal evaluation. Each school is allowed 3 entries.

Students will submit a PDF version of their portfolio to the Tech Competition which will then be uploaded to a website. Students’ work will be displayed digitally throughout the competition as well as during their interviews.

The PDFs must be a portfolio of work showing the student’s design/technical skills. It should include a resume and any pertinent draftings, renderings, models, photos, sketches, and research designs. Please include high resolution images of three-dimensional items (i.e. costumes, models, etc.) including multiple angles as there will be no physical displays or spaces available.

By entering the Portfolio Presentation Competition students acknowledge that their portfolios may be used during a Tech Portfolio Workshop.

Students will sign up for a time to present their portfolio to the panel of judges. This interview does not affect the portfolio’s score.

Tech Event Sign-Ups

Must be registered through competition.bard.org in order to sign up for times.

Tech Olympic Start Time Sign-Ups

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR A TIME

Tech Portfolio Submissions- Due Monday, September 30th at 5pm

CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR A TIME

Tech Awards

Tech Olympics Evaluation & Awards

Awards are given to individual event winners in all 6 divisions based on time, execution, and accuracy.

First, second, and third place will be awarded to overall team winners based on cumulative time, execution, and accuracy.

Tech Portfolio Evaluation & Awards

A panel of judges will review the portfolio and judge them based on ease of comprehension, presentation, and overall effect. The judges will provide written and verbal critiques to each participating student.

The panel of judges will consult and pick the top portfolios.

The highest scoring high school senior will receive a $1,000 scholarship to Southern Utah University. The best overall portfolio will be awarded a scholarship.

Portfolio Example Critique

Resume

1. 1.  is clear, has all the pertinent information:
   2. Contact info for person
   3. References
   4. Areas of skill broken down into categories with brief descriptions of what work is entailed
   5. It is not too fussy
   6. 2 columns or one is personal preference, just use the page and make sure all the info is there
   7. Keep it to one page if you can, always

Portfolio

2. 1. Has an index so we can easily navigate it
   2. Each project shown has research, sketches (samples of thought process), a few words to describe the work, process photos, and production photos that focus on the object being shown.
   3. Sometimes having a full stage production shot is good to show the scale of production, but make sure it makes sense.
   4. Show your work, tell your story, which this portfolio does well.
   5. Includes work from more than one show
   6. Has variety
   7. There are enough words we know what we are looking at, but most of the weight is in the photos and sketches.
   8. The photos are large enough you can see some detail and understand what you are looking at.
   9. One project can cover multiple pages, or a single page, use the space you need to make it clear.
   10. There is a style to the overall package, it is not scrapbook like or overly done but is clean and consistent
   11. There is some variety of work, while also being focused enough we as viewers know the interest of the person submitting the portfolio.
   12. The process is good to see, but doesn’t need to be on every project, once the viewer knows you have a skill you don’t have to show it every time.

Click Here for Tech Portfolio Example