Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1997

Subject: 1997 STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LEADERS COMPETITION

(Deadline March 15, 1997)

Please direct all questions to Deneen Frazier at deneen@mindspring.com

MultiMedia Schools magazine and Compaq Computer Corporation in cooperation with the National Educational Computing Conference, 1997 -- invite you to nominate a student for the1997 STUDENT TECHNOLOGY LEADERS COMPETITION.

The purpose of this award is to honor outstanding students who have made exemplary and innovative use of information technology in their schools and communities. This third annual competition will recognize individual students who, in the eyes of their teachers and peers, serve as technology leaders. This award will spotlight outstanding projects that are created and maintained by the students themselves.

Three students will be chosen to attend the 1997 National Educational Computing Conference in Seattle, Washington, June 30-July 2, 1997. Winning students will present their projects to those attending the conference and receive an award. Modest and reasonable travel expenses will be reimbursed for the winners and one chaperone each by MultiMedia Schools magazine.

ELIGIBILITY

This competition is open to all students attending a public or private school full-time in the continental United States. Students will compete in one of three categories based on grade level -- elementary (K-5), intermediate (6-8), and secondary (9-12). Teams of students may be nominated; however, travel expenses are only available for one student and chaperone for each of the three categories.

NOMINATIONS

To enter the competition the student must be nominated by a teacher, media specialist, or school administrator. The nomination should answer the following questions within 1000 words or less:

1. What is the nature of the student's project? Eligible contributions may include innovative software use and development; outstanding courseware and/or curriculum plan development; instructional application of computing or networking, video, cable or satellite TV; advice/skills to acquire essential hardware; inventive adaptation for students with disabilities. Mobilizing, advising, mentoring, or training others will also be considered as a demonstration of student technology leadership.

2. What technology(ies) has the student used for this project?

3. How was the project initiated or how is it maintained by the student?

4. How has the student's project supported a larger community? "Community" refers to any group of people in the school, the student's neighborhood, or even a remote community accessed via networks.

5. How has the student's project helped others learn (adults and/or peers)?

6. Why is the student's project regarded as "outstanding"?

7. What leadership qualities has the student demonstrated through this project? Description may address in what ways the student is creative, initiating, inspiring, dedicated, supportive, helpful, or demonstrating leadership in other ways.

8. How can we contact both the nominator and student? Include name, grade/position, school, mailing address, and e-mail address for both.

Nominators should send one (1) original and two (2) copies of the written nominations. Examples of the student's work in any format will be accepted but are not required. Decisions of the judges is final. Nominations (or questions) must be received no later than March 15, 1997 and sent via email, fax, or U.S. mail to:

Deneen Frazier
Student Technology Leaders Competition
107-B W. Carr St.
Carrboro, NC 27510
deneen@mindspring.com
Fax: 919/968-1561

AWARD CRITERIA

Winners will be judged on the basis of the evidence supplied regarding the student's contributions to the creative and effective use of technology to facilitate learning:

* We are looking for projects or activities that are effective learning catalysts either in the classroom or in the community.

* We are looking for creative new ideas by students -- projects or activities that were initiated by students and may continue to be run by students. While the project may be supervised by a teacher, administrator or parent, we are looking for projects that are being managed directly by students and/or were founded and developed by students.

* Phone interviews will be conducted with 3 finalists in each grade level. During these interviews, the student's ability to articulate and describe his or her project will be evaluated.

The winners must have parental/guardian permission to compete and, if selected, to travel to Seattle, WA for the award ceremony in June 1997.

Student projects must be currently underway or very recently completed. Those projects currently underway but which may be completed after 6/1/97 are eligible, pending sufficient documentation.

**Nominations will not be accepted after March 15, 1997.** (See ELIGIBILITY section for details.)

PRIZES

The three winners of the award competition will receive free registration and modest and reasonable travel/hotel reimbursement for themselves and one chaperone to attend NECC '97 in Seattle, WA on June 30-July 2, 1997.

Winners will be expected to participate in an awards ceremony and student panel in which they will speak about the role of technology in their daily lives and demonstrate their own contributions to learning with technology for which they were nominated.

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