Real Life (as well as the framing science debate) took too much of my time and energy and attention so I never got to posting this very inportant notice. I will just copy what Sharp Brains put up, but feel free to write your feedback both to me and to Alvaro:
What is the Brain Essay Student Contest?A real-life experiment to connect high-school students and teachers of biology and psychology with science and psychology bloggers.
What will happen?
1) Essay submissions by May 10th, 2007: students (or teachers, with students' consent) can use the form below to submit 400-800 word essays on the topic "Based on brain research, what is Learning and how do we Learn?".
2) Evaluation and Publication by May 20th: from all submissions, the Jury -composed of the 5 bloggers below- will select the Best 10 Essays based on the usefulness of the content and quality of writing. Each blogger will publish 2 winning essays on their blog on May 20th.
The Jury is composed of leading blogs in their respective fields:
A Blog Around The Clock
Neurophilosophy
Positive Psychology Daily
SharpBrains
The Quick and the EdIs there a Prize?
Each winner will receive:
I. Recognition in the blogosphere. The essay will not only be published in a top blog, but submitted to a number of science, psychology and education blog carnivals.
II. A free annual subscription to TuitionCoach, a personalized, internet-based program that de-mystifies the college financial aid process for students and their families and helps families find the best options to finance college choices.Why is this happening?
One of the final recommendations of a recent science conference co-organized by Bora was to increase the flow of communication between bloggers and high-school students and teachers. Separately, Jeff, a high-school psychology teacher, sent us some essays by his students, we were amazed at their level, and in fact published one: "Tis better to give than receive": oxytocin and dopamine.
Now we want to see if 1 + 1 can equal 10!
This is cool. How can I help?
If you are a student, please submit an essay that makes you proud!
If you are a teacher, please encourage your students to submit a good essay!Everyone else: please help us spread the word by linking to this page! we will publish links to all collaborating blogs below the form.
Comments
Hey Bora, we still need a couple of hours to write the landing page...good that people start spreading the world, the form and landing page will be operational later today
Posted by: Alvaro | April 9, 2007 4:17 PM
Now we are ready!!!! let's get the submission rolling :-)
Posted by: Alvaro | April 9, 2007 10:38 PM