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T.A. Barron’s Prize for Young Heroes March 7, 2008

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The Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes seeks nominations for its 2008 awards. The Barron Prize honors young people ages 8 to 18 who have made a significant positive difference to people and our planet. Each year, ten national winners each receive $2,000 to support their service work or higher education. Nomination deadline is April 30. For more information and to nominate, visit http://www.barronprize.org/

Additionally, the Barron Prize is excited to offer educators a comprehensive set of heroes materials, including a brand new documentary film, Dream Big, and a corresponding Young Heroes Activity Guide. For more information, visit http://www.tabarron.com

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Best,

Barbara Ann Richman
Executive Director
Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes

ISTE’s SIGMS announces a new award March 4, 2008

Posted by Debbie Stafford in : Awards, Opportunities , add a comment

Great News!
SIGMS (Special Interest Group Media Specialists) a SIG within the ISTE community. Each June at the NECC conference we have a business meeting. At our SIGMS business meeting during NECC 2007 we began planning for an award focused on School Library Media Specialists collaborating with classroom teachers. This new award has become a reality through the sponsorship of Follett Software Company, Linworth Publishing Inc and ISTE.

There are actually two awards, one for elementary and one for secondary and each award is for a team of two, classroom teacher and SLMS. All school library media specialists are eligible. Submission process opens officially on January 15, 2008. Deadline to submit is March 15, 2008.

From the website;
“The purpose of this award is to identify, promote, and sustain excellence in collaborative and innovative technology-based projects driven by the school library media center in support of curricular and instructional needs in elementary and secondary schools.”

Further information and forms are available on the ISTE website www.iste.org/sigms-award

We will post similar information on the SIGMS wiki
http://sigms.iste.wikispaces.net/