alice-teacher Tell Your Friends-coding contest with $75K cash prize from the Shared Learning Collaborative... check out the details

[Gossert, Jennifer]

BOUNTY HUNTIN': It takes a village to bring down a beast. And so the Shared Learning Collaborative<http://edsurge.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=439db75adf017b97887993422&id=06c797d49a&e=bd03749390> (SLC) has been running "codeathons" and "tagathons" to bring together developers, teachers, and designers to tackle the gargantuan project (best laid out by Frank Catalano here<http://edsurge.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=439db75adf017b97887993422&id=d3314a7724&e=bd03749390>) that includes testing APIs and sample code and tagging content for the Learning Registry. Read about the Chicago<http://edsurge.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=439db75adf017b97887993422&id=8d95dc89f8&e=bd03749390> and Boston<http://edsurge.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=439db75adf017b97887993422&id=820159ab15&e=bd03749390> camps; upcoming ones are scheduled for New York (10/20-21), and Denver (11/17-18)<http://edsurge.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=439db75adf017b97887993422&id=20b4ec46a9&e=bd03749390>. Each session offers cash prizes for good ideas and working prototypes, in addition to food and drinks. In addition, the SLC has a couple of $75K bounties available for developers who can create "Student Data Aggregation Calculators" and "Student Grouping Tools." But act fast--proposal deadlines are due October 16<http://edsurge.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=439db75adf017b97887993422&id=cbf2952342&e=bd03749390>.


Jen Gossert
Computer Technology Teacher
Conrad Weiser Middle School
CWMS Yearbook Advisor
j_gossert at conradweiser.org
610-693-8599 ext. 5316
fax: 610-693-8543
"If you stopped yourself every time you said, 'I have to...' and changed it to 'I get to...' it might change your entire experience."
- Deputy Kyle Pagerly

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