December 2007 - Posts

Reminder: CHASE Awards Deadline!  

Win $1,000. for your school!

Chase Multimedia in the Classroom Awards Competition Thirteen/WNET & WLIW21 3rd Annual TEACHING & LEARNING CELEBRATION http://www.thirteencelebration.org/awards.html

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: JANUARY 11, 2008

The Multimedia in the Classroom awards, sponsored by Chase, celebrates the achievements of teachers and students who are transforming learning environments through technology. Projects should be a collaboration between teachers and students, focusing on improving learning through creative uses of technology in the K-12 curriculum in science and global awareness. The competition is open to K-12 teachers and students in public and non-public schools in the tri-state area. The top 10 schools will each receive a cash prize of $1,000, a Chase award trophy, 15 free full-access admissions to the Teaching & Learning Celebration, and free Teaching & Learning Celebration tee-shirts for award-winning teacher and students.

Entries must be postmarked no later than January 11, 2008 to be eligible.

Full details and entry form available online at http://www.thirteencelebration.org/awards.html

The Teaching & Learning Celebration is made possible with the generous support of Founding Sponsor CHASE. For a full list of sponsors, go to:

http://www.thirteencelebration.org/sponsors/index.html Join the Celebration at www.thirteencelebration.org Register for the 3rd annual Teaching & Learning Celebration today!

Discounted accommodations available at Hilton New York!

 
Posted Monday, December 17, 2007 3:16 PM by bvelcoff | 0 Comments

DimensionM Tournament!  

Tabula Digita and NYCDOE are working together to produce a the first city-wide Multiplayer Educational Gaming (MEG) Tournament for all participating NYCDOE schools on Friday, December 14, 2007, with actual tournament time between 10am – 12pm at Alfred Lerner Hall (Columbia University). 

Participants

Ø      8 schools

Ø      3 student participants from each school

Ø      Audience of 500 students and 50 adults, including NYCDOE personnel and parents

 

The New York City Department of Education will be hosting the first-ever citywide Multiplayer Educational Game tournament using Tabula Digita's DimensionM immersive video game Meltdown. Participants from over 20 middle schools across all five New York City boroughs will go head-to-head using their math skills to advance through timed video games. School champions, classmates, parents, teachers and school administrators are invited. Please plan to attend and cheer for your favorite player!
Posted Monday, December 10, 2007 6:17 PM by bvelcoff | 0 Comments

Next Tech Liaison Meeting  

December 18th, at all three of our sites. Please check protraxx.com to register.

We'll be covering GoogleDocs, blogs, and wikis. If you missed our first session on Election Day, sign up for our introduction to blogs workshop. If you attended that session, then in our second session you'll learn about enhancing your blogs with RSS feeds, podcasts, articles and links.

GoogleDocs is just one of a suite of Web 2.0 tools that enable global collaboration, as well as the sharing of resources, expertise and experience.

Posted Monday, December 03, 2007 12:44 PM by bvelcoff | 0 Comments