Wolfram Alpha has a great contest for educators

Wolfram, the company behind Wolfram Alpha and other educational services and apps, has a great contest for educators. They are looking for educators --primary or secondary school teachers, university professors, tutors, and homeschooling parents--to tell us about the fun and exciting ways they use Wolfram|Alpha to engage students. Their favorite entries will be highlighted in a future blog post, and will win all kinds of neat prizes, like Wolfram|Alpha T-shirts or Wolfram|Alpha Spikey Paper Sculpture Kits. One lucky grand prize winner will take home an iPad, loaded with Wolfram|Alpha-powered apps, plus a year's subscription to Wolfram|Alpha Pro.

The contest is open to anyone in the world who self-identifies as an educator, but submissions close on October 15. If you're interested in learning more, please visit their blog: http://url.wolfram.com/2Fczwqm4/

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Google Code-In 2012 - contest for High School Students

Google has announced Google Code-In 2012, a contest for high school students. It is in it's third year and will begin on November 26th. The contest is for 13-17 year old students and is all about software development. It runs from November 26th to mid January and there will be 20 grand prize winners. The grand prize winners, along with a parent/guardian, will get a trip to Google Headquarters in Mountain View California.

The contest has tasks that are related to current open-source projects. These projects have worked with students before in the Google Summer of Code college student program.

Students will have to write or re-write code, create documents, do research and outreach tasks, QA and more.

This is a great opportunity for high school students interested in coding and computer science.


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WeVideo - online video editor - announces contest for educators

WeVideo is a collaborative online video editor. The free plan has some great features and it's easy to use. Simply upload your videos and photos, create the storyline, and then edit them online. There are great features and lots of help available. It is also integrated into Google Drive. Since it is collaborative, multiple people can work on a video project together, making it great for student projects.

The free version includes: 1 GB storage, 360p resolution, 15 export minutes per month, Export to Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo and Twitter, 5 invites per project, 390 licensed music titles.

Here's some information on their Education program and pricing. https://www.wevideo.com/business/Education

WeVideo is having a little contest too. The first 500 Teachers to share a video story about how they use video in the class room will win a free 12 month upgrade to WeVideo. 

The upgrade includes: 

 20 GB of storage shareable with up to 50 students
1280x720 Higher resolution for exports
2 Hours of video to export (to YouTube / Vimeo / Facebook or any school internal website)
Ability to download finished videos

For more information about the contest and how to enter, go here:   http://blog.wevideo.com/we-love-educators

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Learning Resources announces the sponsorship of a teacher grant hosted by WeAreTeachers

  

Learning Resources announces the sponsorship of a teacher grant hosted by WeAreTeachers. To apply, teachers must answer this question: “How would you use portable interactive technology to create collaborative lessons?” After the application process concludes, educators can invite colleagues to vote for their favorite lesson ideas. Each of the three top vote getters will win a set of three now!Boards and three GeoSafari Tuff Cams, a prize package valued at $2,000. Additionally, two merit-based winners selected by a panel of teachers will each win one now!Board and one GeoSafari Tuff Cam, a total value of $700. Teachers can apply for the grant online through May 22, 2012.

Why limit your classroom to one room and one teacher? Instead, with the advent of new portable interactive technology like the now!Board™, teachers can more easily see the world as their classroom. We want you to start imagining the educational possibilities that come with having access to a portable interactive device that enables you to turn any flat surface into an interactive whiteboard. Imagine how you could step outside traditional lesson boundaries to explore new methods to create a flexible, collaborative and creative learning environment for your students. 

What are your ideas for:

• Collaborating with other teachers — both inside and outside of your school — to teach interactive lessons?
• Moving your students and your technology outside the four walls of your classroom for new and innovative learning opportunities?
• Dreaming up new instructional methods that are only possible with the use of mobile interactive technology.

For more information and to apply for the grant, visit http://www.weareteachers.com/teaching-ideas/grant?grantId=102.

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Winners announced in "Who is Best Teacher in America" Contest

Worth Ave. Group is a company that provides affordable insurance to help individuals, students and schools protect their portable electronics.They hosted a contest for teachers to win money and prizes and the winners have been announced. Check below to see who won.

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Adobe Hosting an Online Scavenger Hunt with some great prizes Mon April 23rd

Adobe is hosting an online scavenger hunt this coming Monday, April 23rd. Prizes include a lifetime Creative Cloud membership (new product coming - more information to follow).

They are hosting an in-person scavenger hunt in San Francisco: http://createnowquest.eventbrite.com/ It starts are noon Pacific and ends at 6pm Pacific Time.

The online scavenger hunt is from noon to 3pm Pacific Time on Monday (tomorrow). http://createnowquest.eventbrite.com/ Make sure you register first.  For more details read Adobe’s Creative Layer Blog Post.

This is a fun way to use your brain and possibly win some prizes.

Stay tuned for an announcement from Adobe on Monday on some new products too.



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win a FREE copy of Adobe’s Digital School Collection

The Adobe Digital School Collection (ADSC) is a bundle of software for K-12 students and educators and is available for Windows and Mac OS.

Included in the bundle is Adobe Photoshop Elements 10, Adobe Premiere Elements 10 and Adobe Acrobat X Pro. The “Elements” versions of the software are easier to use than the “Pro” versions. They have less features than the Pro versions but most of the missing features are very advanced and rarely used in the K-12 arena. The new version of Acrobat can include audio and video in a PDF file making PDF Porftolios easy to create. It can also be used to create web sites.

With this software, students can create projects and presentations that combine photos, movies with effects, and multi-media documents. They can also use the ADSC for media rich ePortfolios.

Adobe is also providing resources for educators to help them use the ADSC in their classrooms. The Adobe Education Exchange is a great resource for educators and has curriculum and lesson plans for using the ADSC in class along with teacher resources and a community of users. There are 23 lesson plans, tech guides, user guides, teacher guides, and completed examples to view. There are over 36,000 members in the community and that number continues to grow.

Now, you can enter to win a FREE copy of Adobe’s Digital School Collection in the @AdobeEdu, #ADSC Tweetaway!


Adobe’s Digital School Collection is a key mechanism for augmenting classroom instruction while helping students learn lifelong communication skills for the digital age. Be sure to pay attention to the @AdobeEdu twitter account for your chance to Retweet & win!

Just jump on your Twitter account between Tuesday, April 9th and Thursday, April 19th and tune in for a series of helpful tips & ADSC facts – all you have to do is Retweet posts with the #ADSC hashtag to enter! The winner will be randomly drawn and announced on April 20th.

Learn more about the latest new features such as new photo & video editing tools and easier ways to find objects & share content with others: http://adobe.ly/adSC3 

The contest opens 9 a.m. PT, Tuesday, April 10, 2012, and closes 2 p.m. PT, Thursday, April 19, 2012. The prize drawing will occur on or before 5 p.m., April 20, 2012, with the winner announcement occurring that day as well. The drawings are open to residents in North America only.

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