DISTCO- Digital Storytelling Contests http://www.distco.org Digital Storytelling Contest 2013 Wed, 15 May 2013 19:35:56 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 DISTCO 2013 RESULTS http://www.distco.org/distco-2013-results/ http://www.distco.org/distco-2013-results/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 17:34:46 +0000 admin http://www.distco.org/?p=1513 The DISTCO 2013 RESULTS are announced today. Please see RESULTS page for more information. We would like to congratulate all winners and invite them to our AWARD CEREMONY.

DISTCO 2013 AWARD CEREMONY

You are cordially invited to DISTCO 2013 Award Ceremony on Friday, May 17, 2013 at 6 pm at North American College, Houston, TX. Please join us at this event in recognizing the winners. Click here for our address. For more information please email contact@distco.org. Congratulations to all winners!

PS. This ceremony is open to all winners and their families.

All Winners are required to attend DISTCO 2013 Award Ceremony and fill out  “RSVP and Award Claim Form” in order to claim their awards. Please see RESULTS page for details.

]]> http://www.distco.org/distco-2013-results/feed/ 0 Official Judging & Popular Voting have started! http://www.distco.org/official-judging-and-popular-voting-have-started/ http://www.distco.org/official-judging-and-popular-voting-have-started/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:44:54 +0000 admin http://www.distco.org/?p=1457 The DISTCO judges have started evaluating eligible Digital Stories. The projects will be evaluated according to “DISTCO 2013 Evaluation Rubric for Official Judging”.

On a separate category, the “Popular Voting” is also underway. Now you can vote for your favorite Digital Story by clicking the “Like” button on our YouTube channel.  The results will based on “Likes” only, not “Views” or “Dislikes”. Popular voting ends on April 27, 2013… See http://www.distco.org/rules for complete details.

Results will be announced on or after May 1, 2013 on our website…

 

Visit DISTCO Youtube Channel to view and vote for your favorite Digital Stories:

DISTCO 2013 Elementary Level (Gr.K-5) Contestants – Youtube Playlist

DISTCO 2013 Junior Level (Gr.6-8) Contestants – Youtube Playlist

DISTCO 2013 Senior (Gr.9-12) Level Contestants – Youtube Playlist

DISTCO 2013 Teacher Contestants – Youtube Playlist

Good luck to all contestants!

]]> http://www.distco.org/official-judging-and-popular-voting-have-started/feed/ 0 DISTCO 2013 Submission Deadline Extended http://www.distco.org/distco-2013-submission-deadline-extended/ http://www.distco.org/distco-2013-submission-deadline-extended/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:21:20 +0000 admin http://www.distco.org/?p=1448 DISTCO 2013 submission deadline has been extended to Monday, March 18, 2013.

Here is the updated DISTCO 2013 timeline due to this extension:

  • March 18, 2013 – DISTCO 2013 closes (Submission Deadline)
  • March 25, 2013 – April 25, 2013- Judging starts (Official Judging and Popular Voting)
  • May 1, 2013 or after – Announcement of Winners
  • May 10, 2013*- DISTCO 2013 Award Ceremony.

*Tentative. Place and time will be announced.

We wish good luck to all participants!

 

 

]]> http://www.distco.org/distco-2013-submission-deadline-extended/feed/ 0 DISTCO 2013 started! http://www.distco.org/distco-2013-started/ http://www.distco.org/distco-2013-started/#comments Tue, 11 Dec 2012 22:33:11 +0000 admin http://www.distco.org/?p=1437 We are so excited to announce that Digital Storytelling Contest (DISTCO) 2013 has started! DISTCO 2013 is an online contest where students and teachers in K-12 are invited to submit their original digital stories between December 3, 2012 and February 25, 2012. Please check our website at http://www.distco.org for complete timeline and updated rules. The DISTCO project has various benefits for students. It is a challenging competition in which students can showcase their skills in multimedia, technology, research, writing and creativity.

AWARDS

DISTCO Scholarship Awards (New!) – 18 students in Senior Level (Grades 9-12) category will be awarded scholarships totaling up to $84,000 by North American College in DISTCO 2013.

Among the many rewards available in this year’s contest are iPad Minis, iPod Nanos, and Gift Cards. Please visit http://www.distco.org/awards for more information.

DOCUMENTS

Please find following documents attached in this email for more details.

1- DISTCO 2013 Flyer
2- DISTCO 2013 Information Packet

For more information on how to create digital stories, please visit http://www.distco.org/tutorials.

SUBMIT YOUR DIGITAL STORY BY FEBRUARY 25, 2013!

]]> http://www.distco.org/distco-2013-started/feed/ 0 DISTCO 2012 AWARD CEREMONY http://www.distco.org/distco-2012-award-ceremony/ http://www.distco.org/distco-2012-award-ceremony/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:46:24 +0000 admin http://www.distco.org/?p=1275  

North American College was proud to host winners of DISTCO 2012  and their families at an Award Ceremony on May 22, 2012.

See pictures from AWARD CEREMONY below:

       

 

In DISTCO 2012, the fourth in the series of DISTCO projects, there were around 3000 students registered through our website. 1175 of these students were qualified to submit their digital stories. Out of these projects, 595 of them were eligible for judging.

There were two types of judging in DISTCO 2012: Official Judging and Popular Voting.

The popular voting took place between 3/22/2012-4/27/2012 over our YouTube Channel at http://www.youtube.com/thedistco .

The official judging took place among the same time period by a group of faculty members at North American College and various other Universities.

In DISTCO 2012, there were 3 grade level categories (namely Elementary, Junior, Senior) and Grand prizes. Please see a list of winners at http://www.distco.org/results.

We would like to thank our sponsors and congratulate all of the winners again!

The DISTCO 2012 is part of a series of “Digital Storytelling Contests (DISTCO)” hosted by North American College (NAC) and sponsored by University of Houston and University of Texas at San Antonio (Academy of Teacher Excellence).

The first contest of the DISTCO series, DISTCO 2008, was initiated in the fall of 2008. This was followed by DISTCO 2009 and DISTCO 2010.

The DISTCO contests are open to all K-12 students and teachers at both national and international levels. The DISTCO 2012 asked students and teachers to submit their digital stories in a certain time frame and manner for the contest. The competitions are held online through http://www.distco.org.  The project has certain benefits for both students and teachers. It is a way of exposing and challenging the students in a competition where they can show their skills in multimedia, technology, researching, writing and creativity.

The DISTCO projects contribute to investigation of educational uses of digital storytelling in K-12. The results of the research are published in national conferences and the you can read some of results at the http://www.distco.org/research

 

]]> http://www.distco.org/distco-2012-award-ceremony/feed/ 0 DISTCO 2012 RESULTS http://www.distco.org/distco-2012-results/ http://www.distco.org/distco-2012-results/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:12:14 +0000 admin http://www.distco.org/?p=1263 The DISTCO 2012 RESULTS are released today. Please see RESULTS page for more information. We would like to congratulate all winners and invite them to pick up their awards at our AWARD CEREMONY.

DISTCO 2012 AWARD CEREMONY

You are cordially invited to DISTCO 2012 Award Ceremony on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at 6 pm at North American College, Houston, TX. Please click here for directions and our address. Please join us at this happy day as we recognize the winners. For more information please email contact@distco.org. Congratulations to all winners…

PS. This ceremony is open to all winners and their families.

]]> http://www.distco.org/distco-2012-results/feed/ 0 EVALUATIONS UNDERWAY http://www.distco.org/evaluations-underway/ http://www.distco.org/evaluations-underway/#comments Thu, 22 Mar 2012 19:40:44 +0000 admin http://www.distco.org/?p=1234 “Official Judging” and “Popular Voting” has started!

You can vote for your favorite Digital Story by clicking the “Like” button on our Youtube channel. Popular voting ends on April 27, 2012.

Results will be announced on or after May 1, 2012 on our website…

Visit our Youtube Channel to view and vote for your favorite Digital Stories:

DISTCO 2012 Elementary Level (Gr.K-5) Contestants – Youtube Playlist

DISTCO 2012 Junior Level (Gr.6-8) Contestants – Youtube Playlist-PART I

DISTCO 2012 Junior Level (Gr.6-8) Contestants – Youtube Playlist-PART II

DISTCO 2012 Senior (Gr.9-12) Level Contestants – Youtube Playlist

 

Please see our Evaluation Rubric for Official Judging below:

EVALUATION RUBRIC

DISTCO 2012-Evaluation Rubric

]]> http://www.distco.org/evaluations-underway/feed/ 0 RESEARCH RESULTS OF DISTCO 2012 http://www.distco.org/the-research-results-are-out/ http://www.distco.org/the-research-results-are-out/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 18:01:34 +0000 admin http://www.distco.org/?p=1219 The research results of DISTCO 2012 are out!

DOWNLOAD FULL TEXT

Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling in K-12 on Prezi

]]> http://www.distco.org/the-research-results-are-out/feed/ 0 SUBMISSIONS CLOSED http://www.distco.org/submissions-closed/ http://www.distco.org/submissions-closed/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:39:39 +0000 admin http://www.distco.org/?p=1209 Submission are now closed. Thank you for your interest. We have received many quality digital stories in this year’s contest. The next step in DISTCO 2012 is OFFICIAL JUDGING and POPULAR VOTING. The start of judging and voting will be announced here in couple of weeks. So, check back here soon!

 

]]> http://www.distco.org/submissions-closed/feed/ 0 REGISTRATIONS ARE CLOSED http://www.distco.org/registrations-are-closed/ http://www.distco.org/registrations-are-closed/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 18:58:41 +0000 admin http://www.distco.org/?p=1203 “Registrations” are now closed. However, if you registered on time, you could still submit your story by Feb 24, 2012. For details on “Extended Digital Story Submission” deadline, please see Rules page…

Digital stories can be submitted from this link:

http://www.distco.org/register

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