Time to Cast Your Vote!

Congratulations to the Finalists of the Interwrite Learning/TeacherTube video contest! Now your votes can help three teachers win a $15,000.00 Interwrite classroom makeover. To vote, click on the links below to view the finalists' videos. Log in (or register if you haven't registered to vote) and click the Vote for This button to vote for your favorite video in each of the three categories. The public votes count 30% of the finalists' score. Voting ends November 9th.

K-5 Finalists:

Interwrite Can Get Us What We Need
K-5
Hildebran Elementary School
Hildebran, NC
USA

Aint Gonna Hold Us Back (D-I-G-I-T-A-L)
K-5
Canandaigua Primary School
Canandaigua, NY
USA

Kiwi Kids Use ICT
k-5
Pt England School
Pt England,
NZ

Low Tech Life
K-5
Melissa Ridge Elementary
Melissa, TX
USA

Give Me More Technology
k-5
Fairfield Elementary
Fairfield, TX
USA

6-8 Grade Finalists:

SMG (Save My Grade)
6-8
Lourdes Central Catholic
Nebraska City, NE
USA

Use Ya Tech
6-8
Red Bank Middle School
Red Bank, NJ
USA

Digital Child
6-8
Ilminster Intermediate
Gisborne,
NZ

Techno-Integration
6-8
Valley View Middle School
Edina, MN
USA

interactive
6-8
The Franklin Academy
Wake Forest, NC
USA

9 - 12 Grade Finalists:

The Touch
9-12
J.M. Tate High School
Cantonment, FL
USA

Techno-Logic
9-12
Byron Center High School
Byron Center, MI
USA

Ain't No Teacher Fast Enough
9-12
Hubbard High School
Hubbard, OH
USA

Step Into Our Classroom
9-12
Elsik 9th Grade Center
Houston, TX
USA

Fight For Your Right/Classroom Science
9-12
Highland Central High School
Highland, NY
USA

Video Contest Moves to Finalists Stage

The Interwrite Learning/TeacherTube Video Contest has concluded accepting entries as of 3:59 PM (GMT) on October 22, 2007. There are a total of 213 entries! Check them out at the contest website. Finalists will be announced on Friday, October 26 and then you will have an opportunity to vote for your favorite in each category. The public votes will count for 30% of the finalists' scores to determine the grand prize winners. So between Friday, October 26 and Friday, Novemer 9, return to the contest site and vote for the classrooms you think are most deserving of a $15,000.00 classroom makeover.

Another Laptop Winner!

Congratulations to member Starcross42 for winning September's Laptop Contest! Starcross42, also known as Dr. Thomas Altman, has over 20 videos posted to TeacherTube. His speciality is science, and his videos show principles of math and physics in action in the real world -- including such areas as golf, drag racing, baseball, and music. One of our friends told me that he had been watching some of Dr. Altman's TeacherTube videos with his young daughter, after which she commented, "When I go to high school, I want Dr. Altman to be my teacher!" What a compliment!! Be sure to check out Starcross42's, aka Dr. Altman's, video album. I've embedded my favorite below.

Wikispaces Creates Video Widget for TeacherTube!

Wikispaces users will be glad to know about the new video widget that works with TeacherTube videos. The Wikispaces blog post explains just how easy the new widgits are to use. The new video widgit will make it even easier to embed TeacherTube videos for sharing in your wiki! Thanks Wikispaces!

Interwrite Learning & TeacherTube Partner for Contest

Recently Interwrite Learning and TeacherTube.com have partnered to bring teachers a video contest with the grand prize being a complete Interwrite classroom makeover worth $15,000! TeacherTube.com has added a green banner ad for the contest to the bottom of the video player to catch our teacher viewers' attention (if you click the X in the right corner, it will go away). What teacher wouldn't want a complete classroom makeover with some of the latest and greatest instructional technology tools? For contest details and prize descriptions, click on the banner in the player or go here.

August Laptop Winner!

Congratulations to jsdt4, our latest community member to win a shiny, new laptop. Thanks to jsdt4, many educators have been inspired by the Pay Attention video, which was added in April. And if you have been paying attention, you know that jsdt4 added a final cut version of Pay Attention in June. I appreciate the added reference which give viewers even more resources! If you didn't know about the final cut version, check it out here:

Checking Back In, Laptop Winner, and TeacherTube in Summer Staff Development

This summer was one of lots of stress for me. Not really the bad kind of stress, but it was enough stress that caused me to realize something had to give -- for a while. And that something was posting to this TeacherTube blog. But, I'm back at it now and will be posting on a more regular basis.

Congratulations to member jmill123 on winning the July Laptop Contest. We'll be selecting an August winner next week!

Recently we completed some technical upgrades to the TeacherTube site to improve member access. We're getting over 1 million hits a day now! I suspect much of the increased traffic is due to TeacherTube being included in schools' staff development over the summer. Please let us know if you shared TeacherTube with your staff or heard about TeacherTube in a workshop! We really appreciate teachers sharing the resource with other teachers!