Education Law

Four Seasons of Hope essay contest

BoardBuzz was interested to learn of Samsung?s Four Season of Hope contest that New York Giants Quarterback Eli Manning is supporting. Manning, the Giants? nominee to be the Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award in 2007 and 2008 for his off-field contributions, kicked off the start of the Four Seasons of Hope contest last week.

Over the past five years, Hope for Education has provided millions of dollars in Samsung technology and Microsoft software to more than 270 K-12 schools across the United States in an effort to reduce the technology gap within our education system. 

The contest asks children to submit 100-word essays on a given topic. This year’s essay topic focuses on the following:

Despite the rapid growth of new technologies, many schools do not have the tools and equipment they need to properly educate their students. So we want to know, how the consumer electronics, computer equipment and software awarded through Samsung’s Four Seasons of Hope could benefit your school? Essays should focus on:

1. How consumer electronics, computer equipment, and software can enhance the education process.
2. How access to these technologies and the use of social networking can change the way that students learn.
3. The unique and innovative teaching methods that are enabled by computer and consumer electronics technologies.

At stake is the chance to win top-notch tech gear and cash grants supplied by Samsung and program partners Microsoft, DIRECTV and Best Buy. Entries are due November 1st.

Full post as published by BoardBuzz: NSBA's Daily Weblog on September 23, 2009 (boomark / email).