Program Guidelines
PRIZE
Enter as a team, of up to three teachers, or individually and your project could win a $1,000 Cash Prize. Projects with a team of educators will share the cash prize. Following the Star Teacher Awards Gala on Tuesday, June 10, all winners will travel to a Savannah, Georgia from Wednesday, June 11 and return on Friday, June 13. Each recipient will also receive a Tiffany's Crystal Star.
CRITERIA
Eligible educators (K-12) who work at state accredited public or private U.S. schools located within the Bright House Networks service area. All projects must have taken place between September 1, 2007 and February 15, 2008.
PROJECTS
All projects must involve cable television programming from networks associated with Cable in the Classroom. Projects should focus on areas such as curriculum development, cross-curricular studies, classroom-to-community activities, classroom-to-classroom activities, study-related materials/websites, audiovisual productions and/or multimedia applications, or cable technology used (i.e., broadband internet service, interactive games for CIC website).For a complete list of networks please visit www.ciconline.org.
ENTRY DEADLINE
Completed entries from a teacher (or teacher team of up to three teachers) must be received no later than February 29, 2008. All materials submitted will NOT be returned. Please make a copy of your entry before mailing.
SUBMITTING ENTRIES
All projects materials to support your entry need to be submitted in an 8 ½ x 11" binder. Lessons plans, student examples, and other printed materials that support your entry should be included. Audio visual entries must be on ¾" or ½" VHS format tapes or DVD, not more than four minutes in length. Indicate start/stop cues on tape label or provide a cue sheet if more than one clip is on the tape. Please label all materials completely with a project title, teacher name(s), school name, address and phone number. All entries must be shipped pre-paid. Send all entry materials to:
Bright House Networks
Attn: National Star Teacher Awards
301 E. Pine Street, Suite 600
Orlando, Fl 32801
JUDGING
An impartial panel of knowledgeable professionals in education and television will judge all entries. Judging will be based on the following criteria:
- Overall program content
- Quality of materials and activities
- Innovative approach
- Cable programming relevance to the curriculum
- Effective use of cable programming
- Learning benefits to students
- Duration of the project
- Number of students affected
