Three new student films on information sharing have been voted the best by a panel of new media experts, students, and librarians in the third annual Sparky Awards. Organized by SPARC (the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition) and adopted by campuses everywhere, the Sparky Awards contest calls on entrants to creatively illustrate in a short video the value of openly sharing ideas.
The winning videos offer another glimpse of the compelling student perspective on how open sharing fosters creativity, innovation, and solves problems. This year’s winners are:
* GRAND PRIZE WINNER: Share what you've got (http://www.vimeo.com/8006296). Produced by Kazuyuki Ishii; sound and music by Jesse Cook (Savannah College of Art and Design).
* RUNNER UP: Ideas come together (http://www.vimeo.com/7921707). Produced by Danielle Johnson (Savannah College of Art and Design).
* HONORABLE MENTION: Grow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp3JM5JyUkY). Produced by Lyle Hawthorne; music, “Colors all around me” (2009) by Hillary Chase. (Goucher College).
The Grand Prize winner will receive a cash prize of $1,000 along with a Sparky Award statuette, a copy of Apple Final Cut Studio, and an iPod Nano (courtesy of Campus MovieFest). The Runner Up will receive $500 plus a personalized award certificate. These award-winning videos will be screened in conjunction with the Campus MovieFest 2010 Southern Regional Grand Finale.
“Having open access to find and share information is critical for my own inspiration and improvement as a student,” said Grand Prize Winner Kazuyuki Ishii. “We all learn from one another to gain knowledge, and a lot of amazing, unpredictable, and productive outcomes are born as a result of people sharing information. Sharing information openly is the key to surfacing new ideas, enhancing personal progress, and enriching all of our lives in the ways that we should in this day and age.”
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The organizers now invite students, faculty, librarians, and others on campus to weigh in for their favorite in the first installment of the Sparky People’s Choice Award. The People’s Choice Award highlights all of the 2009 entries, including dozens from campus-based contest hosts at Penn State, Brigham Young, the University of Pennsylvania, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and others. The winner will receive $500 plus a personalized award certificate. To vote, visit http://www.sparkyawards.org. The deadline to vote for the People’s Choice Award is March 7, 2010.
Source: SPARC (Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition)
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