StoryTube Spring Video Contest
Time to get your favorite book and your video camera and make a “storytube”.
Students may work as individuals or groups to create a 2 minutes video about your favorite book.
Winners will receive a gift certificate to the Scholastic Book Fair
Take a look at some examples:
2008: The Thief Lord
http://storytubes.info/drupal/node/19
2009: New York New York / Don’t Let the Pigeon
Drums Girls & Dangerous Pie
Dangerous Books for Boys
http://storytubes.info/drupal/node/23
2010:
That’s Disgusting
Zombies
http://storytubes.info/drupal/node/40
Once completed, videos can be uploaded to Vimeo or Teacher Tube. Links to videos must be submitted by email to ahetzke@d64.org by March 4th.
How Do I…?
http://storytubes.info/drupal/node/5
Questions regarding the contest should be directed to Andrea Hetzke ahetzke@d64.org .
Any failure to follow the rules and regulations stated below may make an entry ineligible to enter the contest and ineligible to win prizes associated with the contest.
•Students must have a parent’s or guardian’s permission to enter the contest.
•The contest is open to Franklin students. Parents, teachers, and other adults may also appear in a video with a student or by themselves, but to qualify for prizes a video must have at least one entrant who is a student between the ages of five and eighteen years.
•An entry consists of EITHER an online video of one student promoting one book or a book series featuring the same character with a corresponding online individual entry form OR an online video of two to five students promoting one book or a book series featuring the same character with the corresponding online group entry form. A group entry may have more than five visually identifiable persons only when the entry meets each of the following circumstances: the additional persons appear briefly to create an effect (e.g. crowd scene or cameo appearances), AND those persons do not contribute new content about the book, AND those persons knowingly waive any claim to prizes.
•To enter, the contestant must upload the video to TeacherTube <http://www.teachertube.com/> or Vimeo and forward the link to ahetzke@d64.org .
•Entries must be submitted no later than Friday, March 4th.
•A student may not enter the contest more than once.
•The maximum length for each video is two (2) minutes. Entries that exceed two minutes and one second in length (2:01 by the YouTube or TeacherTube counter) will be ineligible.
•The video must show the book cover and may include brief quotations from the book.
•The book that is promoted in the video must be appropriate for a family oriented contest.
•All visual and spoken content of the video must be appropriate for a family oriented contest.
•No personally identifying information should be included in the visual or spoken content of the video. Personal information includes but is not limited to first or last name, grade level, teachers name, street address, and town or city.
•By allowing his/her child to enter the contest, a parent acknowledges the nature of the Internet and agrees to ensure that appropriate safety precautions are taken. While the StoryTubes web site contains only approved videos, these videos are also viewable from Vimeo and TeacherTube <http://www.teachertube.com/> , which are freely accessible websites.
•Videos will be evaluated primarily for performance, script, and creativity of supporting materials. Other factors with lesser weight include but are not limited to demonstrated knowledge of the book, technical quality of the entry, and general appeal of the presentation.
•At least one award will be reserved for each entry category. Judges’ Choice Awards will be announced by March 8, 2011.
•Each category winner of the popular vote will receive a Scholastic gift card for use at the Spring Book Fair.
Students may work as individuals or groups to create a 2 minutes video about your favorite book.
Winners will receive a gift certificate to the Scholastic Book Fair
Take a look at some examples:
2008: The Thief Lord
http://storytubes.info/drupal/node/19
2009: New York New York / Don’t Let the Pigeon
Drums Girls & Dangerous Pie
Dangerous Books for Boys
http://storytubes.info/drupal/node/23
2010:
That’s Disgusting
Zombies
http://storytubes.info/drupal/node/40
Once completed, videos can be uploaded to Vimeo or Teacher Tube. Links to videos must be submitted by email to ahetzke@d64.org by March 4th.
How Do I…?
http://storytubes.info/drupal/node/5
Questions regarding the contest should be directed to Andrea Hetzke ahetzke@d64.org .
Any failure to follow the rules and regulations stated below may make an entry ineligible to enter the contest and ineligible to win prizes associated with the contest.
•Students must have a parent’s or guardian’s permission to enter the contest.
•The contest is open to Franklin students. Parents, teachers, and other adults may also appear in a video with a student or by themselves, but to qualify for prizes a video must have at least one entrant who is a student between the ages of five and eighteen years.
•An entry consists of EITHER an online video of one student promoting one book or a book series featuring the same character with a corresponding online individual entry form OR an online video of two to five students promoting one book or a book series featuring the same character with the corresponding online group entry form. A group entry may have more than five visually identifiable persons only when the entry meets each of the following circumstances: the additional persons appear briefly to create an effect (e.g. crowd scene or cameo appearances), AND those persons do not contribute new content about the book, AND those persons knowingly waive any claim to prizes.
•To enter, the contestant must upload the video to TeacherTube <http://www.teachertube.com/> or Vimeo and forward the link to ahetzke@d64.org .
•Entries must be submitted no later than Friday, March 4th.
•A student may not enter the contest more than once.
•The maximum length for each video is two (2) minutes. Entries that exceed two minutes and one second in length (2:01 by the YouTube or TeacherTube counter) will be ineligible.
•The video must show the book cover and may include brief quotations from the book.
•The book that is promoted in the video must be appropriate for a family oriented contest.
•All visual and spoken content of the video must be appropriate for a family oriented contest.
•No personally identifying information should be included in the visual or spoken content of the video. Personal information includes but is not limited to first or last name, grade level, teachers name, street address, and town or city.
•By allowing his/her child to enter the contest, a parent acknowledges the nature of the Internet and agrees to ensure that appropriate safety precautions are taken. While the StoryTubes web site contains only approved videos, these videos are also viewable from Vimeo and TeacherTube <http://www.teachertube.com/> , which are freely accessible websites.
•Videos will be evaluated primarily for performance, script, and creativity of supporting materials. Other factors with lesser weight include but are not limited to demonstrated knowledge of the book, technical quality of the entry, and general appeal of the presentation.
•At least one award will be reserved for each entry category. Judges’ Choice Awards will be announced by March 8, 2011.
•Each category winner of the popular vote will receive a Scholastic gift card for use at the Spring Book Fair.
