'Win a Wireless Lab Sweepstakes' Entry Period Closes Friday

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The 2009 Win a Wireless Lab Sweepstakes from Discovery Education and CDW Government (CDW-G) will close this week. CDW-G said response to this year's contest has tripled last year's, with 645,000 entries received, according to the company.

The Win a Wireless Lab sweepstakes will provide schools with classroom technologies and professional development to help teachers integrate technology in the classroom. The program will provide five $45,000 technology grants, which will include:

  • A Discovery Education digital media grant;
  • 20 notebook or tablet computers from HP, Lenovo, or Toshiba;
  • One projector from Epson or NEC Solutions;
  • One document camera from AVerMedia;
  • One printer from Epson or HP;
  • One camcorder from Sony;
  • One interactive whiteboard from Promethean, or PolyVision;
  • 20 Student Response Devices from Promethean, or PolyVision;
  • Three wireless access points from D-Link, Linksys or Netgear; and
  • A Bretford mobile cart.

In addition to the grand prizes, the companies will also award Epson or NEC projectors to 10 first-place winners, Acer or Sony laptops to 10 second-place winners, and Canon camcorders to five third-place winners.

CDW-G and Discovery Education will provide installation and professional development services for the winning schools.

Entries are due May 1. Rules and entry information can be found here.

About the Author

David Nagel is the former editorial director of 1105 Media's Education Group and editor-in-chief of THE Journal, STEAM Universe, and Spaces4Learning. A 30-year publishing veteran, Nagel has led or contributed to dozens of technology, art, marketing, media, and business publications.

He can be reached at [email protected]. You can also connect with him on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidrnagel/ .


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