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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!rosie!next.com
  2. From: david_spitzler@next.com (David Spitzler)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
  4. Subject: The EDUCOM Software and Curriculum Innovation Awards
  5. Message-ID: <6189@rosie.NeXT.COM>
  6. Date: 7 Jan 93 00:15:56 GMT
  7. Sender: news@NeXT.COM
  8. Reply-To: david_spitzler@next.com
  9. Lines: 47
  10.  
  11. The EDUCOM Software and Curriculum Innovation Awards Program is
  12. accepting entries for the 1993 competition.  The deadline for submissions
  13. is February 26.  To request that an entry form be sent to you, send
  14. e-mail to awards@cristal.umd.edu, or call 301/405-7534.
  15.  
  16. There are two categories in which submissions can be made:  the Product
  17. Division, for original software designed to enhance student learning, and
  18. the Curriculum Innovation Division, which focuses on the use of
  19. technology by rewarding excellence in teaching with computers.  There is
  20. no requirement that original software be developed by the submitter to
  21. enter an application in the Curriculum Innovation category, just that the
  22. computer be applied in ways that meet an important instructional need.
  23. The innovation might be the creative classroom use of existing
  24. commercial software packages; it might be the adaptation of existing
  25. packages for educational use; or it might be built around new software
  26. designed by the applicant.
  27.  
  28. Entries will be reviewed in the following disciplines, all of which are at
  29. the undergraduate level except Law:
  30.  
  31. * Natural Sciences, which can include Astronomy, Atmospheric Science,
  32. Biology, Botany, Ecology, Forestry, Genetics, Zoology, Chemistry, Geology,
  33. or Physics;
  34.  
  35. * Humanities, including Area Studies, Communications, English
  36. (Literature or Composition), Journalism, Foreign Languages, or
  37. Philosophy;
  38.  
  39. * Engineering, including Aerospace, Chemical, Civil, Computer Science,
  40. Electrical, Mechanical, or Nuclear;
  41.  
  42. * Mathematics, which can include Algebra, Calculus, Geometry, Statistics,
  43. or other;
  44.  
  45. * Social Sciences, including Anthropology, Archaeology, Economics,
  46. Geography, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Statistics  
  47. or Research Methods; and
  48.  
  49. * Law (Graduate level), which can include any area of specialization.
  50.  
  51. --
  52. David Spitzler
  53. Manager, Higher Education Marketing
  54. NeXT Computer, Inc.
  55. 900 Chesapeake Drive
  56. Redwood City, CA 94063 USA
  57. david_spitzler@next.com
  58.