Interwrite Learning/TeacherTube Video Contest Winners Announced

The final winners of the Interwrite Learning/TeacherTube video contest have been announced. Only three winning schools were selected from over 200 entries! Thanks to all of the TeacherTube community members for voting for your favorites.

K-5 Winner: Ain't Gonna Hold Us Back (D-I-G-I-T-A-L) by Canandaigua Primary School in Canandaigua, NY

6-8 Winner: Digital Child by Ilminster Intermediate in Gisborne, New Zealand

9-12 Winner: The Touch by J.M. Tate High School in Cantonment, FL

And check out the videos receiving Honorable Mention! My favorite: Malone High School's Crank that Interwrite for Best Use of Soulja Boy's "Crank That"

Do your students have a question for the candidates?

If your students have a burning question to ask the presidential candidates, then Participate in 10Questions by capturing their questions on video, then upload to TeacherTube and make sure to tag it "10questions" (without the quotes). Your questions will be added to the 10Questions "Student Voices" website. Go there to vote on the best questions; the top 10 get selected to be asked of the candidates. In turn, the candidates will post video responses and we can decide if they answered the questions. What a great way to get students involved in the democratic process!

From the 10Questions Blog:

"Teachers around the world have looked to the web to impress the values of civic participation upon their students, so what better platform to teach them about campaigns and elections than 10Questions, a forum in which their students’ questions just might be answered by the presidential candidates?

To address this, we've added a new section to the site called “Student Voices.” It's accessible via a new tab on right-hand side of 10Questions tab bar:
The tab takes you to a page featuring only videos uploaded by -- you guessed it -- students. It’s part of our new push to get high school students to participate on the site.

To help with this outreach, we’ve added the educational video sharing site TeacherTube to the list of video platforms you can use to upload your questions to 10Questions. TeacherTube is also now a co-sponsor of the project, and it will be encouraging its users to post videos to the site. We also hope to have teachers blog about their experiences making videos with their classes...
We’re really excited about this partnership and the chance it gives us to involve more students in the electoral process. Welcome TeacherTube!"

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.