Creative Lecture/TED Talk Competition
Storytelling and effective oral communication skills are vital qualities for professional success. Captivating an audience and sustaining their attention and wonder with a compelling topic remains one of the most valuable abilities in an increasingly networked society. Because great stories about meaningful topics are so fascinating and valuable, TED Talks have become one of the most influential contributions to the Internet, garnering over a billion views. These creative lectures present bold ideas often through personal lenses and have elevated a public speaking format that has been replicated across the world.
The Creative Lecture Competition will offer ambitious, fearless, bold-thinking students a platform for sharing their ideas in a format that has been embraced by intellectual society.
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Educators Rising Moment Competition
The purpose of the Educators Rising Moment Competition is to provide students at the Educators Rising National Conference opportunities to articulate why they aim to pursue a career in education.
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Public Speaking Competition
Self-composure, confidence, and the ability to clearly articulate and communicate information are valuable skills for all educators. The Public Speaking Competition is designed to highlight students who demonstrate these qualities by combining thoughtful preparation and confident delivery into an interesting presentation on a current education topic.
Students participating in this competition will compose and deliver a speech of approximately 400 to 600 words (three to five minutes when spoken aloud) on the assigned topic. Competitors will be delivering their speech in front of on-site judges.
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PSA on Teacher Recruitment Team (2-4 people) Competition
A public service announcement (PSA) is a short informational clip that is meant to raise the audience’s awareness about an important issue. The purpose of the Public Service Announcement-Teacher Recruitment Competition is to allow Educators Rising students to create a NEW public service announcement, appropriate for television and/or social media, to attract young people to consider teaching in their future career goals.
Students will collaboratively problem-solve as they produce a creative, multimedia video clip designed to elevate the image of teaching by communicating the value of the profession. The PSA should evoke strong positive emotions about the profession causing the viewer to consider the worth of the profession as an important career. This competition affords the student an opportunity to sharpen his or her skills as both a leader and a productive team member.
The students must work together to develop a one to two-minute video and a live, 10-minute presentation that would appeal to anyone looking for smart ways to recruit new teachers and to the teacher candidates themselves.
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ATTENTION TEACHER LEADERS! Please make sure you register for yourself and ALL students who are participating in a competition.
