2015 National Digital Learning Awards

2015 National Digital
Learning Awards
Entry form
Deadline for entry – 1 May 2015
1. School/College:
Primary
Secondary
College
Local Authority/Consortia
Other – Specify:
Local Authority:
1.1 Award category:
Innovative Use of Technology Award (Primary)
Innovative Use of Technology Award (Secondary)
Innovative Use of Technology Award (Further Education)
Best Original Digital Content (Primary)
Best Original Digital Content (Secondary)
Best Original Digital Content (Further Education)
National Digital Learning Council’s Pupil Award
Commercial Digital Project Award
• Applications for the Innovative Use of Technology awards should demonstrate how they have implemented
and/or modified a commercially available resource.
• Applicants for the Best Original Digital Content awards need to demonstrate a wholly original idea/resource.
In both instances, the impact on learners must be considered.
• Applicants wholly or partly supported by commercial organisations should apply for the Commercial Digital
Project Award.
• Applications from individual learners or groups of learners should apply for the National Digital Learning
Council’s Pupil Award.
1.2 About you:
Nominee:
Address:
Position held:
Email:
Phone:
Alternative contact details:
2. Title of entry:
This title will be used by Welsh Government for all correspondence and advertising. For each category winner,
this will be the title shown on your award.
Limited to 100 characters.
2.1 Background:
You might want to consider:
• What was the purpose of this project?
• What national education priority was it designed to address?
• How was it linked to your school action plan or self evaluation?
• Was it a whole school project, local to one teacher/class or distributed across a collaboration of schools?
• How does it support literacy and numeracy teaching?
Please use the box to provide information on the background of your resource or project.
2.2 Description of the digital learning and teaching resources/project:
You might want to consider:
• What does the resource/project consist of?
• How was the resource/project set up or developed?
• What was the target group including numbers, and subject area?
• What digital development skills were covered?
Please use the box to provide a detailed description of the resources/project created.
2.3 Outcomes and benefits:
You might want to consider:
• How have learners and others benefitted?
• Evidence of measurable impact?
Please use the box to describe the project/resource outcomes and benefits.
2.4 Dissemination and future strategy:
You might want to consider:
• How could this content be of benefit to others?
• How might the project/resource be developed in the future?
Please use the box to explain how you continue to use/develop your project/resource.
2.5 Evidence:
• URLs must be publicly available and accessible across multiple platforms (PC, Mac, iDevices and Android).
• We welcome content/evidence in the form of YouTube (or other) video submissions.
• We regret that we cannot accept submission by DVD or removable USB media.
• If you have an attachment (less than 3Mb) please forward it via email to hwb@wales.gsi.gov.uk
For example: www.youtube.com/v=sdfasdasdasd
Please tell us where we can view the resource/project files or evidence of learner work.
3. Quality assurance:
The Welsh Government is committed to promoting high quality digital resources through the National Digital
Content Repository, Hwb. Winning entries for 2015 will be considered for publication on Hwb and should therefore
address the following quality assurances:
The content is fully bilingual or could be adapted to be bilingual should it win an award
The content supports the relevant national curricular and skills frameworks
The content addresses at least one of the national priorities for education
All copyright is owned by the content creator (or appropriate permissions have been obtained in writing
from third parties)
Model release permission is available for all participants under the age of 18 (this is especially vital for
video submission and video/image resources featuring images of learners)
4. Declaration:
I am authorised on behalf of the institution listed in 1 to submit this application.
Signature:
Terms & Conditions
• Entries backed, promoted or supported by commercial organisations will only be accepted for the Commercial award
category.
• All shortlisted entries agree to undertake a video interview/presentation, demonstrating their resource at work,
which will be used to promote the award across Wales and as a means of sharing good practice.
• Entry is open to registered teachers based (or part based) in a school/college within Wales, except employees
(and their families) of Welsh Government, members of the National Digital Learning Council (and their families)
and any other body associated with the organisation of the National Digital Learning Event or National Digital
Learning Awards.
• Entrants for the Pupil’s award must be submitted by a teacher.
• Entries that are incomplete, illegible or indecipherable, will not be valid and will be deemed void.
• No responsibility can be accepted for entries lost, damaged or delayed in the post, or due to computer error
in transit.
• The promoters reserve the right to amend or alter the terms of the award at any time.
• The winner(s) agree(s) to the use of their name, photograph and disclosure of the nature of their project.
• The decision of the judges is final and no correspondence will be entered into over this decision.
• Winning entries will be disclosed at the National Digital Learning Event 2015.
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