MSW Video Essay Contest 2013
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In support of the 2013 Money Smart Week SM Illinois - taking place
April 19 through April 26, 2012
- the Department of Finance at the University of Illinois, in partnership with the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, presents the Sixth Annual Video Essay Contest.
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2012
The Essay Contest
for the YouTube generation
View, Enjoy, and Rate
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2013 Video Essays
View, Enjoy, and Rate
Rules
Free Resources
FAQs
Last Year's Videos
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Video Essay Contest Structure
Traditional video essays and video essays built with XtraNormal or the equivalent will compete in the same category, so the emphasis is on how the video delivers the message. The XtraNormal opens the Video Essay Contest up to students without access to the video and editing technology of their own. In this time of education on a shoestring, that should help a lot.
XtraNormal is a free software that translates typed dialog into animated movie. This opens the Video Essay Contest to schools and students that would normally not have access to the videographing and editing software required to produce a traditional video essay. Follow the XtraNormal link for details.
The rules regarding content and form are identical for each segment of the contest. Mixed video (traditional and Xtranormal content together in the same entry) will be included in the tradional segment for judging purposes.
Video Essay Topic 2013
This year the video essay must address some aspect of money management for students. This includes any topic relevant to Financial Literacy approved by the supervising teacher.
"Get Real"
- Before you Sell
What every student should know about Too-Good-to-be-True job offers
- Before you Buy
What every student should know about marketing scams
- Before you Click
What every student should know about online scams that target your money
- Before you Go
What every student should know about managing money when you travel to school? to the city? to that holiday destination? to that dream job?
- Before you Bank
What every student should know about Banks, Credit Union, and Trusts before you deposit your first pay check.
or variations thereof.
These topics might be of interest to language and social science classes as well as business, investments, and economics classes. For example, a Spanish class could do "What I need to know about Banking" for Spanish Speakers".
Prizes
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Video Essay Prizes
First Prize: $500
Second Prize: $250
Prizes sponsored by
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JBO Teacher Prizes
- In recognition for all the extras in supervising the winning video essay: $200.
- In recognition for all the extras in supervising the second place video essay: $100.
Teacher prizes are given in memory of Jacques Bernard Oltheten, who would have loved this.
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The prize committee reserves the right to adjust the prizes based on the quantity and quality of the videos received for submission.
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Money Smart Week
is an registered service mark of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
The Video Essay Contest is an annual event.
The best video modules become permanent residents on a Financial Literacy web site so than anyone and everyone can learn the lessons - or at least mini-lessons - offered by our students.
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