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CDW Canada kick starts fourth annual Teaching with Technology Contest
ETOBICOKE, ON, Dec. 13, 2011, 2011 (Canada NewsWire via COMTEX) --
New Video component provides educators with an additional way to enter and win valuable technology prizes
CDW Canada, a leading provider of technology solutions for Canadian organizations in
the public and private sectors, today launched its fourth annual Teaching with TechnologyTM Contest, providing Canadian educators, school administrators and IT staff the
opportunity to win information technology for their classrooms and
schools*. With a total prize value of $21,000 this year, the contest
begins today and runs until Wednesday, February 29, 2012. This year's
contest also features a new video component, allowing educators to
submit video entries.
"Now in its fourth year, the Teaching with Technology Contest was
created to highlight the innovative ways in which Canadian educators
are leveraging technology in the classroom," said Mary Ann Yule, Vice
President and General Manager, CDW Canada. "As winning entries from
previous years have shown, IT is extremely influential on education.
Through the use of technology, teachers are capturing the attention of
tech-savvy students and enabling these young Canadians for future
success in our predominantly IT-based world. We're excited to once
again have the opportunity to reward teachers and administrators that
are building technology into their lesson plans and curriculum."
To date, CDW Canada's Teaching with Technology Contests have awarded
more than $69,000 in prizes to Canadian educators and administrators.
How do you teach with technology?
Teachers and administrators of K-12 are eligible to win prizes in one of
four ways:
-- Story Contest: Entrants are invited to submit stories between
200-500 words that describe the role technology plays in their
schools or classrooms. Two winners will be selected by a panel
of expert judges to each receive a CDW Canada gift certificate
valued at $5,000, which can be used towards the purchase of CDW
Canada Teaching with Technology sponsor products.
-- Video Contest: A new component this year invites educators and
administrators to enter via the Teaching with Technology Video
page. Entrants are asked to submit videos no longer than three
minutes in length, demonstrating how they are incorporating
technology into their classrooms and the benefits they are
seeing as a result. The winner of this contest, selected by a
panel of judges, will receive a CDW Canada gift certificate
valued at $5,000, which can be used towards the purchase of CDW
Canada Teaching with Technology sponsor products.
-- Tweet UR Tech Tale Contest Entry: Entrants are asked to tweet
entries (with a 140-character limit) describing how technology
is used in the classroom. One winner will be selected by a
panel of judges to receive a CDW Canada gift certificate valued
at $500, which can be used towards the purchase of CDW Canada
Teaching with Technology sponsor products.
-- Sweepstakes Contest Entry: Featuring two categories â??
Educators and IT professionals â?? this contest will result
in a total of eight winners who will be drawn at random (five
educators and three IT professionals). Winning educators will
each receive a CDW Canada gift certificate valued at $200,
which can be used towards the purchase of CDW Teaching with
Technology Sponsor products. Winning IT administrators will
each receive a CDW Canada gift certificate valued at $1,500,
which can be used towards the purchase of CDW Teaching with
Technology sponsor products.
Deadline for entries in all contests is 11:59 p.m. ET on February 29,
2012.
"Our paperless classroom is 21st century learning! We use computers to
find, analyse, create and distribute information," said Richmond Hill,
Ont. teacher Stephanie Ratti, a grand-prize winner in last year's
contest. "New equipment has helped us extend this paperless classroom
from pilot project to a reality for many students in our school. How
many more students can we engage through technology? With help from
contests like this, the possibilities are endless."
The CDW Canada Teaching with Technology Contest continues to receive
support from a variety of the company's technology partners. Sponsors
of this year's contest include premier sponsor HP; gold sponsors Cisco,
Epson and Lenovo; silver sponsors InFocus, Logitech, Targus and Xerox;
and bronze sponsors Brother, D-Link, Ergotron and Tech Smith.
Resources
-- Complete rules and regulations for all contests are available
at
www.TeachingwithTechnology.ca
-- For more information about the contest and to read last year's
winning submissions, please visit
www.TeachingwithTechnology.ca
-- Follow us on Twitter at
http://twitter.com/teaching_w_tech
-- Join us on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/TeachingwithTechnology
-- For more information about CDW Canada, please visit
www.cdw.ca
* The Contest is open to legal residents of (who are currently living in)
Canada. Residents of (who are currently living in) Quebec are not
eligible to enter the Contest.
About CDW Canada
CDW Canada Inc. (http://www.cdw.ca/) is a leading provider of technology
solutions for organizations in the public and private sectors. As a
trusted advisor for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), CDW
Canada provides a single destination for organizations to research,
inquire or purchase virtually any technology solution that they
require. Customers benefit from one-on-one relationships with
knowledgeable account managers who are backed by a team of highly
certified IT specialists. Through successful partnerships with more
than 350 leading technology manufacturers, CDW Canada draws from a
comprehensive selection of 160,000 technology products to help
customers find the best technology to meet their unique business
needs. Headquartered in Etobicoke, Ontario, CDW Canada is a wholly
owned subsidiary of Vernon Hills, Illinois-based CDW Corporation. In
2010, CDW Canada ranked #36 and #16 on Best Workplaces in Canada and
Great Workplaces for Women respectively.
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SOURCE: CDW Canada Inc.
Cindy Watson / Claire McCorquodale StrategicAmpersand Inc. (416) 961-5595
cindy@stratamp.com claire@stratamp.com
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