The Digital Assist Competition Kickoff – Updated!
The International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) will be working with HP and the NBA Cares program to kickoff the HP Digital Assist education grant competition. ISTE, HP, and NBA executives will be at Jefferson Junior High School in Washington, D.C. on September 15th, 2009, along with basketball all-star Antawn Jamison.
See below for video of launch event speakers, including Antawn Jamison and representatives from HP, NBA Cares, DC Schools, and the White House!
The competition includes more than 5,000 students from approximately 100 selected Title 1 middle schools in Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Miami, the San Francisco Bay Area and Washington, D.C. They will compete for grants worth more than $80,000 in HP mobile digital classroom technology, professional development from ISTE, NBA tickets and merchandise, visits from NBA stars and more.
Student teams are asked to create projects that make classroom concepts real and relevant to the outside world by combining the power of technology and the excitement of NBA basketball. The competition ends on November 20th, 2009. HP, NBA Cares, team representatives, and education experts from ISTE wil announce the six regional winners in December 2009.
For more information, visit the competition website, www.hpdigitalassist.com/competition.
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