HCLE+Writing+Competition+-+January+2014

April 2014 The Writing Competition - the first awards We invited you to participate in our big project and you showed up. Thank you.

We’ve just completed our first writing competition. Few of education’s pioneers are ever given the honors they deserve. Our Story Project and your work help.

We were only going to announce one winner, but we decided to announce two: one is a new contributor and the other is a much-appreciated volunteer.
 * Jane Wilson’s story about herself has now been added to our wiki. Right Brained Computer Teacher
 * Delia Caban’s story about Sandy Wagner joins many other stories that she’s edited for our Ed Tech Pioneers page.

There are many more stories out there. Each of us who learned about or with computers anytime between 1960 and 1990 met someone who was a pioneer, whether they worked at integrating one computer into one classroom, or founded a company or organization that championed the change. We haven’t decided when the next competition will be held. In the meantime, you are welcomed and encouraged to pass along the stories that helped define the era when we learned a new way to learn.

January 2014 The History of Computing in Learning and Education - the Writing Competition Mission: To preserve and interpret documents, artifacts and stories relating to the history of computing in learning and education; to make them accessible and usable by educational and computer leaders, historians, practitioners and the public.

We want you to participate in our big project.Education transformed between 1960 and 1990. Computers entered classrooms and our lives. What had to be learned, and how it was learned, changed for the educators and the students of all ages.

Careers were risked as the early advocates of incorporating technology and education fought convention and ignorance. These pioneers frequently began their endeavors alone, eventually meeting up with others to find new ways and subjects to teach.

Unfortunately, few of the pioneers were ever given the credit they are due. Here’s where you come in. You are invited to pick a pioneer, then research enough of their work to write about and properly applaud them.

If your story is good enough, we’ll include it on HCLE’s wiki and on iae-pedia and then in the Virtual Museum when launched. The better the story, the more likely it will spread the word (and your good name) through our social media channels. And if it is the best, you’ll be awarded $200. We’ll run a new competition every quarter.

HCLE exists to acknowledge the pioneers, preserve their insights, and improve the continuing debate over how to make sure technology improves the educational experience. Your writing can help us all.

Details:
 * deadline: March 31, 2014 (11:59pm US West Coast)
 * word count: ideally around 1,000 words, but there are no limitations
 * topic: list of suggested Pioneers (feel free to nominate others, autobiographies enthusiastically welcomed): __http://hcle.wikispaces.com/Ed_Tech_Pioneers__
 * references: Include your sources, partly so we can acknowledge them, partly because researchers may use your work. (unlimited, not included in the 1,000 word essay)
 * style: Content is more important than literary merit, and the best has both.
 * rights: CCby - author retains ownership. HCLE will have rights for use on the web site, and in any communications, advertisements, and fund raising literature. ( [|__http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/__] )
 * edits: HCLE reserves the right to edit for formatting, brevity, and referencing
 * criteria:
 * their story (What did they do? How many did it reach? etc.)
 * your style (Be creative and clear.)
 * references (Researchers will want to follow through.)
 * initial obscurity of pioneer (Uncovering a gem is worth a lot.)
 * award date: April 30, 2014

examples: HCLE: __http://hcle.wikispaces.com/home__ iae-pedia: [|__http://iae-pedia.org/__]

Contact: Tom Trimbath - Project Manager, HCLE Virtual Museum - tom@hcle.org