It's a Friday before a three- (or four- some places) day Columbus Day weekend, and there's no better way to celebrate colonialism annihilation of native peoples than with... FREE stuff from generous ed. tech companies! I'm kidding. Just about the colonialism part, though. Seriously, here's a big opportunity.
eInstruction, makers of all sorts of classroom hardware including the InterWrite Mobi slate, just announced the launch of their third annual Classroom Makeover Contest. This is a contest with HUGE prizes. The company
"invites entrants to submit short, creative music videos demonstrating how they would use advanced technology to enhance their learning experience in the classroom."
Grand prize winners in each grade category (K-5, 6-8, 9-12) will receive not only a classroom technology package worth a whopping $30,000 but also $1,000 in cash and a school party for winning. The package includes stuff like the Mobi, InterWrite DualBoards, Dell netbooks, software from Study Island, Inspiration, Texas Instruments and lots more of all kinds of stuff, plus a day long professional development training seminar to introduce teachers to all the new loot. Wow.
eInstruction boasts that last year, "nearly 300" entries were received from around the world, but that really isn't that many in the grand scheme of things! Your chances are good. Give it a shot!
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