Technology & Learning - September 2008 - (Page 12)

news trends Fall Contests Technology in Motion 2 www.techinmotioncontest.com Sponsor: Sony Details: The theme of this year’s student film contest is “Community of the Future.” Students share their vision of how technology will shape their neighborhoods in the years to come. Deadline: October 15 RAISING THE STAKES FOR DIGITAL LITERACY AVerVision Forum Refer-a-Friend Contest www.avermedia-usa.com/presentation/ promotion_forum_contest.asp Prize: AVerMedia Document Camera Sponsor: AVerMedia 2008 worldwide Certiport champions Chawanat Nakasan and Penporn Koanantakool. Details: Members of AVerMedia’s teacher forum have a chance to win a document camera by referring others to the forum. This contest will run along side AVerMedia’s Forum Contest, where active forum participants are randomly chosen once a month to win a document camera. Deadline: Ongoing Honored students and educators from around the globe came together on the big island of Hawaii in August to celebrate and promote international digital literacy at the 2008 Pathways Conference. Chawanat Nakasan, 16, and Penporn Koanantakool, 20, from Thailand were this year’s World Champions for Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, respectively. The pair beat out more than 56,000 students from 47 countries, who participated in local, national, and regional competitions from October 2007 to May 2008. Competitors were scored on both their ability to perform tasks and the speed in which they performed them. Both students were recognized at a Gala ceremony and received a grand-prize technology package worth $6,500. The event was hosted by Certiport, a company that offers technical training and credentials designed to build a competitive global workforce. Other honorees highlighted extraordinary initiatives to train and certify students from around the world via Certiport’s Internet and Computing Core Certification program (IC3), which validates basic knowledge and ability to use computer hardware, software, and the Internet productively. These included José Carlos Carvajal, who helped create Lima, Peru’s MuniNet program, which sends a fleet of 25 buses outfitted with Internet-enabled computers out into the city’s poorer districts to train and test students on their technical prowess. Also recognized were Deiter Estrada Sandoval from Guatemala and Wail Omar from Iraq, who are introducing training and accreditation to their countries despite substantial obstacles. Look for their stories in an upcoming issue of Tech&Learning. For information about entering your students into next year’s competition, go to www.officecompetition.com. ThinkQuest Web Site Competition 2009 www.thinkquest.org Sponsor: Oracle Education Foundation Details: Teams ages 9-19 are challenged to develop an educational Web site on topics of their choosing. Prizes include laptop computers, digital cameras, school grants, and more. Deadline: April 2, 2009 12 | TECH & LEARNING http://www.techinmotioncontest.com http://www.avermedia-usa.com/presentation/promotion_forum_contest.asp http://www.thinkquest.org http://www.officecompetition.com

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