Jisc Conference 2010 blog competition launches
Jisc is putting the spotlight on the education community in a blog competition, with the chance to win a flip camera and inclusion in a Jisc publication.
As part of the Jisc Conference 2010, Jisc is asking teachers, learners and researchers to share their experiences of technology around the event theme: ‘technology – at the heart of education and research’.
The competition will be judged by Michelle Pauli, deputy editor of Guardian.co.uk books section and editor of the conference blog; conference keynote speaker Bill St Arnaud, president of a green-IT consulting firm St. Arnaud-Walker and Associates Inc and formerly chief research officer at Canada's Advanced Internet Development Organization; and John Traxler, professor of mobile learning and director of the Learning Lab at the University of Wolverhampton.
Entrants should write a blog post or produce a short video explaining how important technology is to their work in education and research.
For example, have you been using web 2.0 tools to get in touch with or engage students or colleagues? Perhaps technology is helping to make your research quicker and easier, or maybe you’ve found a whole new angle of inquiry because of it? Whether it’s about getting in touch with far-flung colleagues, presenting your work in a new way, or working in an innovative area, Jisc wants to hear from you.
Michelle Pauli said: “We're really looking forward to finding out what technology the education community couldn’t live without, whether it's a cutting edge software application or a standard piece of kit used in an innovative way. Blog posts don’t need to be long to tell a good story and a short, sweet and to-the-point specific example can be just as compelling and effective.”
She added: “I'm particularly intrigued to see if anyone takes up the challenge of 'showing rather than telling' by using video to share their story.” Enter the blog competition
All entrants will receive reciprocal links to their blogs from the Jisc website, with the chance to be part of the selected entries in a Jisc publication on the topic.
The overall winner of the competition will receive a flip camera, presented to them at the Jisc Conference 2010, taking place from 12-13 April 2010 at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, London.
Anyone employed by a further education college or university in the UK or abroad is eligible to enter the competition, although members of the Jisc executive are not eligible to be shortlisted or win the prize.
Submit your entry via the online form before the entry deadline of 1700 GMT on Friday 19 February 2010.