Do you use technology to improve your learning environment or achieve a particular education objective? Tell us in a Word file and you could be judged the winner!

Enter as many stories as you like, but each one must be original, and must describe a personal experience or the experience of your classroom or school with technology in the education process.

JUDGING STORIES AND SELECTING WINNERS

A panel of IT industry and education experts will judge all the stories submitted. Ten (10) finalists will be selected, from which the judging panel will choose 2 Grand Prize Winners. Judging criteria will include any or all of the following: educational value, results achieved (or expected), uniqueness or creativity of the technology implementation and others.

Use one of the thought-starters below to collect your thoughts ... then start writing! Write it yourself, or make it a classroom project. All you need is 200 - 500 words to describe how technology improves or contributes to the learning experience in your classroom or school.

Here are some thought-starters:

• Have you used technology to keep students engaged in their studies, or to make learning more interesting and exciting?
• Have you used technology to enable better collaboration or teamwork among students or staff, or to enable better sharing of information or experiences?
• Have you used the Internet and/or web-based applications (e.g. Facebook, MSN, calendars, tablets, Flickr, SlideShare, Smartphones, YouTube) to enhance the education process?