Congratulations NetGenEd Award Winners!

On May 20, the period 10-11 Honors World Cultures class watched the NetGenEd 2013 awards ceremony.  In November, students began work on this project when they read and blogged about Grown Up Digital by Don Tapscott.  In February, students joined the Flat Classroom Project Ning and developed relationships with students in other schools through this educational social network.  These relationships continued to grow as students collaboratively created a page on the NetGenEd 2013 wiki.  Finally, students planned and created a multimedia project to demonstrate their understanding of the topic.  

Out of 115 total videos submitted for judging, 9 Saucon Valley students were recognized for excellence.

• In topic A, Massively Open Online Courses, Grace earned a 2nd place award for her video, "Collaborating on MOOCs," and Davis won a 1st place award for his video, "Safari for Technology."
• In topic B, Tablet Computing, Bridget earned an honorable mention for her video, "Tablet Computing: Integrity," and Mark won a 1st place award for his video, "FOCUS on the Camera of a Tablet."
• In topic C, Games and Gamification, Maggie earned an honorable mention for her video, "Gamification and its Impact on Our Children," and Vanessa won a 1st place award for her video, "The Unbelievable Speed of Gamification."
• In topic D, Learning Analytics, Brendan earned an honorable mention for his video, "Scrutiny Style," and Rachel won a 3rd place award for her video, "Learning with the Net Generation."
• In topic F, Wearable Technology, Candice won a 1st place award for her video, "Entertainment and Wearable Technology."

After judges choose winners in each of the topic categories, the first and second place winners are judged by a meta judge for overall project winners.  The following Saucon Valley students were recognized as overall project winners:

• Honorable Mention - Mark
• 3rd place - Candice
• Best overall video - Davis

On a personal note, I would like to thank all students for successfully participating and completing this extensive, and sometimes frustrating, project.