eInstruction Announces Finalists in Interactive Classroom Makeover Contest!

eInstruction, a premier global provider of interactive learning solutions, announces today that its second video competition for teachers and students has drawn over 290 entries from across the United States, Canada, New Zealand and Australia.


Both teachers and students collaborated to enter the Interactive Classroom Makeover Contest to win a $25,000 classroom technology makeover.
A judging panel selected fifteen finalists in eInstruction’s Interactive Classroom Makeover Contest, in which students and teachers worked together to create a video demonstrating how they use or would like to use technology in the classroom, collaboration and creativity.
Five finalists were chosen from three grade level segments: Kindergarten through fifth; sixth through eighth; and ninth through 12th.

The finalists are:
Kindergarten – 5th Grade:

• Mr. Dustin Smith at Woodrow Cummins Elementary School in Conway, Arkansas, United States
• Mrs. Meredith Akers at Black Elementary School in Cypress, Texas, United States
• Mrs. Brett Lanier at Chinquapin Elementary in Chinquapin, North Carolina, United States
• Mr. Stephen Henderson at Marion Elementary in Marion , Michigan, United States
• Mr. Ron Oldenborg at Eastport Elementary in Eastport, New York, United State

6th – 8th Grade

• Mr. Michael Grothem at Corona Ranch Elementary in Corona, California, United State
• Mr. C. Ippolito & Mr. H. Hurd at Red Bank Middle School in Red Bank, New Jersey, United States
• Mr. Jamie Hall at Centennial Campus Middle School in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States
• Mr. Brandt Smith at Clark Montessori in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
• Miss Janelle Keune at Decorah Middle School in Decorah, Iowa, United States

9th -12th Grade

• Mr. Devin McCauley at Greencastle-Antrim High School in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, United States
• Mrs. Elizabeth Beverly at Haralson County High School in Tallapoosa, Georgia, United States
• Mrs. Katherine Grube at James Bowie High School in Arlington, Texas, United States
• Mrs. Vicki Gough at the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School in London, Ontario, Canada
• Mr. Brian Cass at Laurel High School in Laurel, Delaware, United States
  

The finalists can be seen by visiting http://eimakeover.shycast.com/contest/1/ now through November 14, 2008. Members of the general public are asked to register and vote for their favorite entry per each of the three school segments.
Individuals must be 18 years or older to vote and may vote only one time in each category during the voting period.

One final winner from grades Kindergarten through five, six through eight and nine through twelve will later be announced on Wednesday, December 3, 2008.

For further information on eInstruction’s Interactive Classroom Makeover Contest, rules and guidelines for participating in the video contest and to view submitted videos, visit http://www.eimakeover.com/
For more information on eInstruction’s interactive learning solutions, please visit
http://www.einstruction.com

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