2017 Innovative Smarter Lecture Award

Deadline：30,Apr.,2017

1. Position and Subject

Teachers or teaching teams who use currently available teaching materials at public and private kindergartens, elementary schools, junior high, senior high, vocational schools, junior colleges, colleges, and universities are accepted with no subject or grade/class restrictions.

2. Application Categories

The selection of the 2017 Innovative Smarter Lecture Award is divided into three categories and each category is further divided into elementary school group and middle school group. The three categories are TEAM Model Smarter Classroom in IRS,TEAM Model Smarter Classroom in 1-to-1, and TEAM Model Smarter Classroom in TBL. Applicants must check their groups in the application form.

• TEAM Model Smarter Classroom in IRS means each student is supplied with IRS instant feedback.
• TEAM Model Smarter Classroom in 1-to-1 means each student is supplied with a tablet computer.
• TEAM Model Smarter Classroom in TBL means teaching strategies and classroom environment must conform to the description in “The Model of TEAM Model Team-based Learning: Vision and Practice” (HABOOK Newsletter No. HB20150115C).

Application Process ● Method of Application：

1. Application form of “2017 Innovative Smarter Lecture Award”
2. Campaign video of “2017 Innovative Smarter Lecture Award” and a complete classroom lecture video. (Please refer to Specification”)
3. TEAM Model TPC Teaching Activities Design (teaching plan)
4. One headshot and life photo of the teacher.
5. Other supporting information that is conducive in presenting the teacher’s teaching ideas, teaching progress and others.

Please upload the application form and files to cloud storage (such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Baidu Cloud or others) and email the download link to taiwantlitda@gmail.com with a mail titled “2017 Innovative Smarter Lecture Award Application: Mr./Ms. XX from XXX School”. (After the association has reviewed the content and format comprehensiveness of the application documents, it will send a notification of successful application to the teachers and the works will enter the evaluation stage.)

• Application&TPC design form(Word)
• Video materials

Deadline：30,Apr.,2017

Video Specifications

1. The video submission must be in .mp4 format with minimal resolution of 1080p (1920x1080).
2. Due to copyright concerns, do not use a soundtrack.
3. For descriptive effectiveness, supplement the video with text, graphics, and photos. Mind the focus of the video and do not allow it to go out of focus.
4. Close-ups of important details of the teaching process can be included.
5. Avoid noisy recording environments that can affect sound quality.
6. Use tripods for cameras to prevent wobbling or tilting image.

Photo Specifications

1. The resolution of the photos should be better than 300 dpi (around 2048 × 1536).
2. The file format should be either JPG or PNG.
3. It is more appropriate to choose photos without gestures or other lively movements.
4. Please choose photos with ones looking straight ahead and nothing covering the face (such as sunglasses or hats).

Taiwan Technology Leadership and Instructional Technology Development Association will select outstanding Smarter Lectures based on the “Criteria for the Innovative Smarter Lecture Award.”

• The award-winning teachers will be invited to the “2017 Global Technology Leadership & Instructional Technology Summit” awards banquet of “Global Smarter Teachers’ Night”.
• The school, teaching model and works of the award-winning teachers will be included in the 2017 Smarter Education Yearbook as the role model for hundreds of thousands of global smarter teachers.
• They will be added into the smarter teacher exchange platform of this association and will have the opportunities to be invited and take part in the smarter lecture seminars, experience sharing and smarter teacher professional development and training workshops.

Criteria for the 2017 Innovative Smarter Lecture Award

Content	Criteria
Description （30%）	Explains the teaching model of integrating education and teaching with information technology from the perspectives of subject teaching materials, pedagogy, smarter classroom and others. Explains the teaching strategy design of “classroom demonstration” (lively, interactive, active) and “learning insight” (precise, refined, improving) regarding smarter classroom. Highlights student-oriented teaching idea. Stresses and guides students to learning actively.
Teaching model （25%）	Centering on its teaching goals, its teaching ideas, pedagogy and strategies are closely connected to them. The teaching model is simple, clear and highly efficient, which is conducive in duplication and dissemination. The teacher is capable of presenting the “precise, refined and improving” “learning insight” of smarter classroom with its teaching model design. The teaching model is applicable to different classes, grades, units and subjects and is worthy of duplication and dissemination.
Teacher performance （25%）	The teaching contents demonstrate theoretical foundation, innovation and features at the same time. The teacher bears natural teaching manner, speaks fluently and precisely and is appealing. The teacher is capable of presenting the “active, lively and interactive” “teaching demonstration” of smarter classroom with the reasonable application on the supporting functions of smarter classroom.
Technology Application （10%）	Understands the software and hardware facilities and their applications and functions in a smarter classroom. Capable of using these technological teaching aids accurately and proficiently. The using time and method of technology (T) collaborate closely with the pedagogy and teaching contents (P and C) to improve teaching and learning quality and efficacy.
Content Quality （10%）	The content of the video is complete, the image is clear, has good visual effect, and texts, pictures and other supplementary explanations are used properly. The content of the teaching plan is complete, clearly elaborates the teaching design of TPC, and the texts are simple and supplemented with pictures.