About the Project Showcase
The /EDU Project Showcase features school projects that relate to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games or the pillars of sport, culture, and sustainability.
The Project Showcase offers an opportunity for teachers to share the imaginative work they're doing with a worldwide audience, and to be inspired by the work of their colleagues. Teachers and their students can engage in the Olympic and Paralympic movements by highlighting activities that make a difference . . . to them, their schools, their communities - and the world.
Every teacher who submits a project to /EDU receives an official Vancouver 2010 certificate to hang in their classroom or in their school’s display cabinet, as well as stickers and pins for their students.
Who should submit projects?
The /EDU Project Showcase is for educators, teachers or principals at any level of elementary or secondary education. Schools may be public, independent or private. Home-school parents acting as teachers may also submit projects. Submissions may be in English or French.
What Types Of Projects Can Be Submitted?
Submissions may feature classroom projects, extracurricular activities by clubs or intramural competitions. The primary qualification is that projects relate to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, or the pillars of sport, culture and sustainability.
Projects within the "sport" pillar may include, for example, those dealing with active and healthy living, or competitive sports activities. Sport is not just a topic for Phys-Ed class. Teachers may want to share projects that examine the history and culture of sport, or issues related to the place of sport in society.
Projects in the "culture" pillar may include, for example, activities reflecting particular ethnicities or the multicultural nature of Canada and other countries, or activities that shine a spotlight on society and issues of common interest. Another example might be a range of activities in the fine and performing arts.
In looking at projects through a sustainability lens, projects may deal with economic sustainability, social or community sustainability or environmental sustainability. Environmental projects are especially interesting for students, and a rich source of examples that teachers can share to inspire their students.
The ties between the three pillars and those educational projects submitted are limited only by one thing: imagination.
The /EDU Project Showcase also welcomes projects relating directly to the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, or more generally to any aspect of the Olympic or Paralympic movements. As 2010 nears, many schools will initiate activities involving their school communities in events that celebrate and build on the Olympic and Paralympic spirit. If you're unsure whether your project is appropriate for the /EDU Project Showcase, please contact us.
What type of content can be submitted?
For each submission, you'll be asked to provide a brief description of the project (one or two paragraphs). You're also invited to use the simple submission form to send images, Microsoft Word or PowerPoint files or PDFs. You can provide links to related content on other websites you've created, such as blogs or video/audio/photo-sharing websites.
Please keep these principles in mind:
Fair play
Respect
Compassion
Accountability
Inclusion
Integrity
Honesty
Technical Specifications:
Images (.jpg)
photograph/scanned artwork/computer graphic/other image
up to five images (.jpg format only) are allowed per submission, with a maximum size of 2MB each
each image can have a caption and a unique filename
Files in MS PowerPoint, MS Word or PDF formats
- slide shows, presentations, essays.
- maximum size of 10MB
- each file can have a unique filename
Video, Audio, Blogs
You can also provide links to related content on other websites you've created, such as blogs and video/audio/photo-sharing websites. If you'd like to include audio, video or flash that's not already available on another website, please contact us for submission.
Permission
Before beginning to record or document the project and/or submitting the project to this site, teachers need to ensure they've obtained permission from everyone whose likeness and original work will be included in the project. This will entail seeking permission from the parents/guardians of the various students involved. The editing process will be easier if teachers know, upfront, whose likenesses or work they can and cannot include in the project. Teachers should follow their school or district's policy regarding permissions. Here's a sample permission form for reference and use.
Copyright
When creating video or audio, or including images and text in their projects, teachers need to be aware of copyright issues. The easiest way to ensure projects do not infringe on any copyrights is to include original material. Check out Creative Commons for original content that has shared copyright licenses. That said, it is possible to use copyright-free sounds and images, or images that have fallen into the public domain. Please remember, however, that permission is required to use someone else's copyrighted material; merely crediting the source is not enough. For example, teachers may want to use a favourite commercial song in a video. Unless permissions have been obtained from all copyright holders of the work (which can be costly and time consuming), it's best to take an approach that uses original material.
