2011 innovative educators competition

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2011 Innovative Educators Competition

Entry Information

The 2011 Innovative Educators Competition (IEC) recognizes innovative educators and innovative schools

implementing 21-century skills in the classroom and the school community with the goal of improving teaching

and learning. The IEC seeks to showcase creative and inspiring examples of how educators and schools are

using technology.

Educators are encouraged to submit class projects as individuals or in collaboration with another teacher.

Schools are encouraged to submit projects that highlight how technology is being used in innovative ways

throughout the school community.

Who should apply?

Individual Educators OR Teams of two educators OR Individuals on behalf of their school, representing a school-wide program or initiative.

Educators and schools will be selected via an application process. The deadline to apply or to submit

application form is 23

rd

May 2011.

Prize winners from the IEC will be invited to represent Brunei Darussalam at the 2012 Regional Innovative

Educators Forum in March 2012. Registration fee, stay and travel expenses are supported by Microsoft

(Brunei).

How to Apply?

Complete the application form within this document by using the template that follows. Completed application form must be submitted by 4:00 PM on 23rd May 2011. Completed application form must be submitted to:

The Science Technology and Environment Partnership (STEP) Centre,

Ministry of Education,

C7, C8 & C9, Simpang 125,

Jalan Muara, BB 2313,

Brunei Darussalam.

OR

Email to: [email protected]

All projects must include the use of one or more Microsoft technologies. Projects should demonstrate the innovative use of technology in ways that are charaterised by the

three (3) judging categories: (i) Innovation in Challenging Contexts; (ii) Collaboration and (iii)

Knowledge Building & Critical Thinking.


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Definition of Judging Categories

Category 1: Innovation in Challenging Contexts

Some teaching and learning environments are particular challenging in order to work innovatively for teachers. This can be:o environments with very limited resources where innovative teaching and by use of the smallest amount of ICT

resources prove to change the way of learning

o environments where technology is not considered and/or expected and believed to be part of t he learning process and where innovative teaching introduces new ways of learning by introducing ICT

o environments where stand-and-deliver is the traditional way to teach and t he stakes are so high that any innovationis seen as risking kids futures where teachers are able to introduce innovation in ways that are accepted and that

change the learning process and student outcome.

Examples are:o the project must prove that the teachers use l imited ICT resources innovatively oro the project shows innovative pedagogy in an environm ents that has conditions such as high stakes exam orientedo the project must show an innovative approach to learning with ICT under challenging conditions that would

normally not allow or make room for innovation.

The project must focus on teaching outside the box of what can be expected within an environment that would normally notmake room for innovative teaching practices.

Category 2: Collaboration

The most common type of co llaboration is students working together in pairs or teams. Collaboration can also include studentsworking with people outside the classroom: either students in ot her classes or schools, or adults such as c ommunity members

or experts. For this work to be considered collaboration, the students and adults must be working together toward a commongoal or product.

Collaboration needs to be a defined objective of t he project Collaboration in the project can also be between teachers, co-teaching in new and innovative ways Each person in the collaboration ought to have a differentiated role that contributes to the overall project. In this category the project needs to focus on innovative collaboration by the use of ICT - preferable accomplished with

collaborative learning models.

The project must focus on the role of collaboration to solve the pr oblem or create the project. Focus in this category is showcasing innovative collaboration.

Category 3: Knowledge Building & Critical Thinking

The project must stimulate students to build knowledge and think critically as well as having an innovative approach and usingICT

Traditional knowledge building is about interpretation, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation but kno wledge building is just oneof the products of good th inking and the challenge for the t eacher is to innovatively and effectively stimulate thought.

In critical thinking the ideal critical thinker has the ability to clarify, to seek and judge well the basis for a view, to infer wiselyfrom the basis, to imaginatively suppose and integrate, and to do these things with dispatch, sensitivity, and rhetorical skill.

These are the kind of skills that need to be shown in the project.

The project must show that students move beyond the reproduction of information to construct knowledge that is new tothem.

Knowledge building and critical thinking happens when students combine new information with what they already know togenerate ideas and understandings that are new to them.

The project ought to be interdisciplinary. The project must focus on the thinking that stimulates knowledge building and critical thought.


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2011 Innovative Educators Competition

Application Form

(To be submitted before or on 23rd

May 2011.

Please complete all the fields below:

Entry Type: Individual or Teamof two

Personal Information

Teacher 1

Name:

Email (preferably your Live@Edu mail):

Position:

Phone:

School Details

School Name:

School Address:

School Phone:

School Fax:

(If you are entering as a team, please enter the additional personal information below)

2nd

Team Member Name:

2nd

Team Member Email (preferably

Live@Edu mail):

2nd

Team Member Position:

2

nd

Team Member Phone:

Please fill out your submission description below:

Submission Title:

Submission Category (choose one

category):

Innovation in Challenging Contexts

Collaboration

Knowledge Building and Critical Thinking

Subject:(eg English, Geography, Science

etc)

Year:

(eg Year 4, Year 7 etc)


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How to Submit Project?

1. Prepare your Supporting Documents;Your submission should contain a collection of materials illustrating the outstanding work you have

done using technology to transform teaching and learning in your classroom. The judging panel willevaluate the following elements of your portfolio.

Please provide up to four (4) supporting documents used in the project. These might include: Project

Assessment Rubrics; Pictures and/or Videos; Student work samples that was an outcome of the

integration of technology into a lesson or one of your lesson plans showing the innovative integration

of technology, among other items, that would provide additional insight on the project and its results.

Accepted file formats for submission: Animation file (.avi), Bitmap image (.bmp), GIF image (.gif),

JPEG image (.jpg), Microsoft Excel file (.xls), Microsoft PowerPoint file (.ppt), Microsoft Project file

(.mpp), Microsoft Word Document (.doc/.docx), Portable Document (.pdf), Quicktime file (.mov),

Shockwave Flash (.swf) Text file (.txt), Wave file (.wav), and Windows Media File (.wmv).

2.

Prepare your Project Report using the template provided in Word document format (doc or docx)

3. Completed Project Report and Supporting Document must be submitted by 4:00 PM on 8th October2011.

4. Completed Project Report and Supporting Document must be submitted to:The Science Technology and Environment Partnership (STEP) Centre,

Ministry of Education,

C7, C8 & C9, Simpang 125,

Jalan Muara, BB 2313,

Brunei Darussalam.

The competition closes on the 8th

October 2011.


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Project Report

To be submitted on 8th

October 2011.

The further assists the panel of judges in the evaluation of the project, please respond to these questions.

Project Overview

Title

Click here to enter text.

Objective / Description


Duration (Number of class sessions required to complete project)


Microsoft technologies used


Non-Microsoft technologies used


Project ImplementationImplementation Outline (List the basic steps required to implement the project)


Implementation tips (Offer suggestions that may help others who want to do this type of project)


Technologies used (Projectors, Mobile Phones, Cameras, Videos, etc)


Lesson Learned (Share any best practices or reflections)


Project Results

Assessment Strategies (Briefly list the strategies used to assess student learning)


Student Products (Describe the products and/or performances created by students for the project)


Significant Learning (Summarise your students most significant learning that resulted from this project)


Student Achievement (Share evidence of increased student achievement and/or understanding that resulted

from this project)


Personal Achievement (Summarise how the project have affected your peers or the school community)



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2011 Innovative Educators Competition - Terms & Conditions

1. By participating, entrants agree to be bound by the terms and conditions.2. Entry is open to all primary and secondary school teachers from both government and private schools

throughout Brunei.

3.

The competition commences on 23

rd

May 2011 and entries close at 4:00 PM on 8

th

October 2011. Theprize winners will be announced on the 5

thNovember 2011 (tentative date).

4. Entrants may enter individually, as a team with up to two members or representing the school. If anentrant submits an individual submission, that entrant may also submit an entry as part of a team.

Entrants may submit more than one entry.

5. Each entry will be judged based on the merit of their submissions.6. The prize winners will be invited to represent Brunei in the Microsoft Partners in Learning Regional

Innovative Educators Forum 2012 (RIEF 2012) sponsored by Microsoft (Brunei). The venue for the

RIEF 2012 will be announced at a later date.

7. The prize winners may be required to participate in the following activities without furthercompensation to them:

a. work with Microsoft and Microsoft agencies on providing mini-cases of their submission;b. present and participate their work for Microsoft events from time to time;c. work with Microsoft and Microsoft agencies to submit additional resources and lesson plans to

the Microsoft website or the Microsoft Innovative Teachers Portal and Microsoft printed

marketing materials from time to time (permission to use actual content would be cleared by the

teacher before publication);

d.

agree to take part in other promotional activities which may include press interviews.

8. All entries are deemed to be received at the time of receipt by the STEP Centre. No responsibility isaccepted for entries not received by the STEP Centre.