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The Lake County Fire Chief’s Association is sponsoring a Countywide HIGH SCHOOL program……………
YouTube Video Contest
for
Fire Safety and Burn Prevention
The Grand Prize will be a digital video camera for the school and members of the winning team will share $500 in American Express gift cards.
Contest is open to Grades 9, 10, 11, 12 students
enrolled in any Lake County High School (Public or Private).
Registration Forms
online must be printed and completed by each team member and signed
by school representative.
A participant waiver form must be completed.
*The video should be 1-3 minutes long exploring fire safety/burn prevention topics. Be in a DVD file format such as .MPEG, .MP4, .FLV and compatible for You Tube. No copyright infringements, music or video.
Do not have
any personal information on submitted video.
*A rubric for how the videos will be evaluated is
attached.
*The video should include age appropriate material
for a target audience of
students in grades 9-12.
Material should not demonstrate risky or
otherwise unsafe behavior.
There can be no actual fire.
Rules
*It
should be both educational and informational.
So many YouTube videos show risky behavior but never tell the
“rest of the story”
*All videos should be well researched.
*We are accepting entries ONLY from
school-sponsored communications courses or sponsored
extra-curricular groups or at large students with school staff
representative participation.
*Communications teachers or faculty sponsors must
review and approve all storyboards before filming starts.
*Students are strongly encouraged to contact their
local fire departments, hospitals and library to help with their
research.
There can be multiple entries from the same school
or program, as students may wish to work in small groups or teams on
the project.
*Students
on a winning team will share the prize.
Entries should be submitted no later than Friday,
December 31, 2010 at 4:00 pm on DVD with registration form/s to:
Tony Rodkey - Public Education Coordinator
Countryside Fire Protection District
Educator Information
This contest addresses learning standard
components 4.B.4a (Grades 9-10) and 3C.4b and 3C.5b. (Grades 11-12)
of the Illinois English Language Arts Curriculum Framework and
Learning Standard-Contributing to the well-being of one’s school and
community. School
districts offering communications classes, which include the design
and creation of media productions, are encouraged to promote this
contest through an independent or group assignment as part of its
curriculum delivery.
Background
Fire Prevention Week is designed to provide an
opportunity for fire and life safety educators to unite in sharing
fire safety awareness and prevention messages in our communities.
Information about fire prevention and fire safety awareness
can be found on the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
website www.nfpa.org or Campus
Firewatch website
www.campus-firewatch.com, also
www.firesafety.gov.
