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Hawaii opens its doors again for the chance to yield one (or several) of the country's most outstanding pedagogues. The Time Warner Cable-sponsored 2007 National Teacher Awards is seeking entries for this year's event, and Oceanic Time Warner Cable is distributing entry forms to encourage all teachers in the State of Hawaii to participate.
The long-standing program, now in its 18th year, recognizes classroom projects that use the resources that Time Warner Cable provides to schools at no charge as a way to enhance the classroom learning experience for students and teachers. Time Warner Cable hopes that the winners will encourage others to follow their lead, bringing enrichment and innovation to our nation's classrooms.
In 2005, Michael O'Connor of the Digital Media Arts Academy's Advanced Technology Research Branch in Honolulu received the esteemed award. His project dubbed "I'm Just Like Everyone Else" offered students with disabilities the opportunity to participate in a seven-week video production course which enabled them to learn the skills needed to create slideshows, conduct interviews, write scripts and storyboards, and create short issue- related videos.
O'Connor received the same award in 2002 for his work on a fourth-grade Kapolei Elementary School project, "How Our Hawaiian Islands Were Formed," in which students were able to create movies that shared their knowledge of Hawaii geology.
Fifteen teachers or teacher teams will be chosen from entries submitted from areas served by Time Warner Cable divisions around the country. Winners receive a $2000 cash prize, $3000 cash for the advancement of classroom technology for their school and a Crystal Apple sculpture, as well as an all-expenses-paid trip for two to Washington, D.C., for a gala Awards celebration.
"This gives us a great opportunity to acknowledge some of the creative activity that is going on in our schools, and to underscore our support of quality education in this community," said Time Warner Cable division president Nate Smith. The company already has provided a cable drop and basic cable service free to many of schools in the State of Hawaii. Connected schools receive more than 540 hours of commercial-free, educational programming each month at no charge through Time Warner Cable's membership in Cable in the Classroom.
To be eligible to enter projects for consideration in the National Teacher Awards, teachers must be in a state accredited public or private school (K-12) located within a Time Warner Cable service area. Eligible classroom projects will have taken place between September 1, 2006 and April 13, 2007. The banquet and awards ceremony will be held on June 5.
For more information or to receive an entry form contact Bob Dusendschon, Oceanic Time Warner Cable Marketing Department, telephone 625-8383, or visit the Time Warner Cable National website: www.timewarnercable.com
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