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Enter the Foley Sound Effect Contest!

“This is Not a Bowl of Potato Chips”

Take some household items, add imagination, and create a new world in 15 seconds. It’s so easy that you can do it with your eyes closed. Enter ISTE’s Foley Contest and try to win a prize as you do it.
The worlds of audio drama are created by sound, [...]

Test Your Tech Skills in the ISTE Audio Contest!

I’d like to invite, challenge, and double dare educators, students, and anyone else to participate in ISTE’s “Six Sounds in Search of an Author” contest!
For this contest you need to create a one-minute audio story that includes 6 sound effects–a striking match, an engine roar, a beating heart, cricket chirps, a ringing phone, and a [...]

Truth and Reconciliation for Plagiarizers

I’d like to see some sort of truth and reconciliation initiative for student plagiarizers. I see too many good teachers spending a lot of time anticipating, seeking, and punishing plagiarism.
I’ll admit that I have been both a minor perpetrator and a recipient of plagiarism. A few times in high school I paraphrased and pilfered from [...]