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ISTE's HyperSIG announces Multimedia Mania Winners supported by the HyperSIG
of the International Society for Technology in Education
RALEIGH, NC (August 2003) - Multimedia Mania is an international
awards program that identifies exciting models of effective classroom
use of technology. Teacher and student 1st Place Winners of this
year's competition will receive their awards, free software and travel
expenses to the National School Board Association's Technology + Learning
Conference in October 22-24 in Anaheim, California. The awards will
be made by HyperSIG-multimedia special interest group of the International
Society of Technology in Education (ISTE)-and the following sponsors:
SAS inSchool, North Carolina State University, Arizona State University,
Macromedia, and Sunburst (HyperStudio). Winners will received plaques
from ISTE and share their projects in a session about how multimedia can
be used to teach any standard curriculum. Selected from a competitive
international field, the winners include teams sponsored by the following
schools:
Elementary Grades
· 1st Place, Marley Knapp and Bonnie Alexander, Friedberg Elementary,
Davidson County Schools, North Carolina
· 2nd Place, Jane Chalker and Denise West, Highlands School, Highlands,
North Carolina
· 3rd Place, Julie Barrett, Ehrhardt Elementary School, Klein,
Texas
Middle Grades
· 1st Place, Janet Barnstable, PercyJulian School, Oak Park, Illinois
· 2nd Place, Shirley Dohmann, Shattuck Middle School, Neenah, Wisconsin
· 3rd Place, Bentley Richert, Pleasantview Academy, Hutchinson,
Kansas
Upper Grades
· 1st Place, Brenda Frisk, Jasper Place High School, Edmonton,
Alberta, Canada
· 2nd Place, Giulio Toffoli, Liceo Scientifico "N. Copernico",
Brescia, Italy
· 3rd Place, Raina Robert and Deborah Bergeron, Distrehan High
School, Destrehan, Louisiana
Winning projects will be available on a free CD-ROM. Each project is aligned
to a standard curriculum and offers ideas for using technology in a variety
of subjects and grade levels.
The international panel evaluated projects using a rubric that placed a strong emphasis on the creative use of multimedia to address curriculum standards. Final judging took place at North Carolina State University's College of Education in late June. Winners were selected on the basis of instructional design, alignment to the standard curriculum, originality, content, subject knowledge, graphical/screen design, mechanics, and video or 3-D enhancements.