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Date: Sat, 27 May 1995 08:14:38 -0700
From: Debbie Abilock <debbie@ace.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us>
To: Debbie Abilock <debbie@ace.nueva.pvt.k12.ca.us>
Subject: Time Magazine/AT&T K-12 Internet contest winners

New York, New York (Friday, May 26, 1995)
 
 NEW YORK, NY, May 26, 1995 --  The Nueva School in Hillsborough,CA and 
the
Eagle Academy, in Poughkeepsie, NY, have been named the grand prize 
winners
of the first annual Time Magazine/AT&T K-12 Internet contest.

 Each winner will receive $5,000 for the purchase of computer equipment 
from
the TIME Education Program, which administered the contest.

  The contest, which attracted approximately 100 total entries, from 
states
around the country, recognizes educators who are using 
telecommunications
technology in an original, interactive way that results in a project 
that
can be shared with other teachers and students. 

The Nueva School's winning entry, submitted by librarian Debbie Abilock,
enabled 3rd and 4th graders to explore their historical roots through
on-line interviews with hosts from around the world, while Eagle 
Academy's
entry submitted by Dr. Sherry Dingman, brought together 9th and 10th 
graders
to build a virtual replica of the Gilgamesh multiple users to interact 
with
each other and objects in real-time.

 A world wide web page, posted on the National Public Telecomputing 
Network
(URL http://www.nptn.org) will display the top thirty entries among the
judging panels and include statements from the judges highlighting the
outstanding features of some of the winners.

 The external panel of judges include some of the foremost online 
education
experts: Linda Delzeit, founder and coordinator of the Academy One 
program
for K-12 schools worldwide; Ed Gragert, director of I*EARN, the
International Education and Resource Network which links students in 
over 25
countries in curriculum-based projects; Daniel D. Wheeler, director of
educational services for KIDLINK, a global telecommunications project 
for
kids between the ages of 10 and 15 years and Steven Hodas, project 
manager
of NASA K-12 Internet Initiative.

 TIME's internal panel of judges include Janice Castro, Associate Editor 
and
author of Masters of Deception; Robert Pondiscio, Director of Time 
Public
Affairs and author of the forthcoming book, Kids Online and Lucinda 
Rector,
Managing Editor of the Time Education Program and of the teaching guide
"Welcome to Cyberspace!"

 In addition to the Grand Prize winners, the judges have recognized the
following entries with special awards of distinction: 

 - Cold Spring Harbor High School, New York, David Egan for his project 
"The
Contemporary", a telecommunications-based news and views magazine for
students within the International Education and Resource Network. 

 - Delmar Elementary School, Maryland, Patricia Weeg for her project,
"Twinned Schools" which joined, through telecommunications projects,
elementary students in Maryland and London.

 - San Carlos, California, Kevin Sinclair for his project, "WWW-based
Encyclopedia," which allowed schools to make their own "Kidopedia" web 
pages.

 - Desert View High School, Arizona, Michael McVey for his project 
"Where
Are We?" which enabled learning disabled high school students to 
interact
with younger students in an on-line geographic "search and find" 
research
project.

 Awards of merit will be given to Rebecca Rennicke of Perham Dent Public
Schools, MN; Greg Fitzgerald of the Global SchoolNet Foundation, CA; 
Maria
Savaiano of Barton Open School and Dorseyville Middle School, PA; Jan 
Hamlin
of Withrow Elementary School, MN; Jim Meckel of Boone Elementary School, 
MO;
Jean Kelly and Barbara Felder of Rochell Elementary School, TX; Jean
Stringer of St. Julie Billiart School, OH; Gail Carmack of The Science
Academy of Austin, TX; Devin Jones of Dzantik's Heeni Middle School, AK;
Doug Lundberg of Air Academy High School, CO; Kristi Rennebohm Franz of
Sunnyside Elementary School, WA; Tim Wheatley of Goodrich Schools, MI; 
and
Donald Bourdon of St. Bernards School, NY.

 Honorable Mention distinction goes to Sonny Magana of ACES Alternative 
High
School, WA; Diana McDonough of Longfellow Elementary School, MT; Jane
Shuffelton and Dick Krager of Brighton High School, NY; Gayle Willman of
Lawrence School, MA; Dawn Minette of Riverside Elementary School, NY;
Kathleen Rutkowski of Floris Elementary School, VA; William Schuck of
Olmsted Falls Middle School, OH; James Kuhl of Central Square Middle 
School,
NY; Dale Roades of Titus Elementary School, PA; Leisa Winrich of North
Middle School, WI and Adele Young of Cornwallis School, Nova Scotia, 
Canada. 
 
 The entries were evaluated by two separate judging panels, using 
separate
processes for selecting their top choices. The "Grand Prize" winners 
were
found to be common to the top ten selections from each panel.


http://time_con@nptn.org/cyber.serv/AOneP/tep/contest.html


The Winning Entries

Grand Prize Winners

     The Forties: An Intergenerational Curriculum Teaching Point of View 
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The Nueva School's winning entry, submitted by librarian Debbie Abilock,
enabled 3rd and 4th graders to explore their historical roots through
on-line interviews with hosts from around the world.
 
     A Virtual Replica of the Gilgamesh Myth - Eagle Academy's entry
submitted by Dr. Sherry Dingman, brought together 9th and 10th graders 
to
build a virtual replica of the Gilgamesh myth in cyberspace, using the
text-based LambdaMOO medium which permits multiple users to interact 
with
each other and objects in real-time. 

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Debbie Abilock              "It is important that students bring a 
certain
The Nueva School            ragamuffin barefoot irreverence to their 
studies;
6565 Skyline Blvd.          they are not here to worship what is known,
Hillsborough, CA 94010      but to question it."  (Jacob Bronowski)
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