Technology in the Classroom 2006 Contest

The Southern Regional ETTC encourages the creative incorporation of technology in the classroom to meet the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJ CCCS). The ETTC wishes to build on the many exciting ideas and resources available today in South Jersey, and also wants to foster the growth of new ideas on how technology fits in K-12 education. The annual contest has brought us a bountiful harvest of great ideas - browse the winning ideas from past years.

Deadline: April 28, 2006

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Technology in the Classroom 2006 Contest

The Southern Regional ETTC encourages the creative incorporation of technology in the classroom to meet the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards (NJ CCCS). The ETTC wishes to build on the many exciting ideas and resources available today in South Jersey, and also wants to foster the growth of new ideas on how technology fits in K-12 education. The annual contest has brought us a bountiful harvest of great ideas - browse the winning ideas from past years at www.ettc.net/contest/

Contest Guidelines

For the past seven years, the contest has received entries that are brief lessons to last just a few days as well as large-scale projects that require several months. Submissions have included lessons that address one or two content standards, comprehensive multidisciplinary projects that span several curriculum content areas and original teacher-created Webquests.

In this year’s contest, teachers can submit entries to be judged in one of three separate technology integration concepts:

  • Best Teacher-Created Webquest
  • Best short-term lesson (5 or fewer class periods)
  • Best long-term lesson (more than 5 class periods)

Teachers can submit entries in one of our categories:

  • Instruction suitable for Grades Pre-K through 2
  • Instruction suitable for Grades 3 through 5
  • Instruction suitable for Grades 6 through 8
  • Instruction suitable for Grades 9 through 12

Please share with us your best lesson for technology integration in one of these environments as well as its applicability to the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards.   We are particularly interested in lessons that have been designed to help raise student achievement on standardized assessments!

If entries are of sufficient quantity and quality as determined by the judging panel, one first-prize winner will be chosen for each category and grade range. One grand-prize winner will be chosen from among first-prize winners. Additional prizes will be awarded only if a significant number of entries are received within a particular category and concept.   First-time submissions to the contest are particularly encouraged.

Prize details will be posted on this page soon. The contest is open only to teachers and staff members of schools and school districts that are members of the Southern Regional ETTC Consortium. Participants agree to give the Southern Regional ETTC rights (including the presentation of student-created supporting materials) to reproduce the entries for distribution to other teachers and posting on the ETTC website.

The contest is judged by a committee that includes several members of the ETTC Curriculum Committee. Persons interested in serving as judges are encouraged to contact Ms. Patricia Weeks, Director of the ETTC at (609) 625-6040.

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Judging Criteria

  1. Clear Objectives and Goals: The application should clearly explain what students will learn and why. Who is the audience? What does the lesson accomplish?
  2. Organization: Clear sense of beginning and ending, and orderly sequence of activities.
  3. Lesson Originality and Creativity: reflects original work by the participants. Lessons should be built around original ideas.
  4. Easily Replicated or Adapted: Reproducible in another teacher's classroom. The lesson should clearly convey to another teacher how to conduct the lesson from scratch in her or her classroom.
  5. Details/Specific Activities. The application should provide sufficient detail about proposed activities. When possible, we recommend providing sample worksheets, student activity forms and assignments.
  6. Relevance to Standards: Explanation of how the NJ CCCS are addressed. What standards are addressed? Are the connections between the lesson and specific standards clear?
  7. Provides Opportunity for Critical Thinking: Lesson should provide opportunities for students to manage and use information to solve problems, interrelate knowledge and effectively communicate their findings.
  8. Active use of Technology by Students: Student involvement in technology use should be clear and substantial. Activities where students actively use and learn from technology use should be prominent. Samples of student work are often a helpful supplement here.
  9. Provides Opportunity for Assessment: Assessment of students clearly defined. How does the teacher know what the students have learned? What content has been learned? What technology skills have been learned? How is learning reinforced through assessment?

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Judging Rubric

The criteria below need not be weighted equally. The Judging Committee evaluates all entries on the criteria below, and determines the winning entries through consensus.

 

Completely Demonstrates

Mostly Demonstrates

Partially Demonstrates

Minimally / Does Not Demonstrate

1. Clear Objectives & Goals

 

 

 

 

2. Organization

 

 

 

 

3. Lesson Originality / Creativity

 

 

 

 

4. Easily Replicated / Adapted

 

 

 

 

5. Details / Specific Activities

 

 

 

 

6. Relevance to Standards

 

 

 

 

7. Provides Opportunity for Critical Thinking

 

 

 

 

8. Active Use of Technology by Students

 

 

 

 

9. Provides Opportunity for Assessment

 

 

 

 

Participants can view winning entries from previous years through the main Contest Page at www.ettc.net/contest

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PLEASE NOTE: The use of technologies other than computers in acceptable as a primary vehicle for instruction, activities, and assessment.