Vocab Videos February 2011 Contest

THE VOCAB FILM FESTIVAL HAS OFFICIALLY CLOSED.

CHECK OUT THE WINNING VOCAB FILM FESTIVAL ENTRIES!

After launching at the start of February, the Vocab Film Festival has officially come to an end.The Festival challenged students and filmmakers nationwide to create their own vocabulary video & photo projects. The contest was a TREMENDOUS SUCCESS with 100+ video and photo submissions! A BIG thank you to all participants who submitted entries and voted on their favorites.

Thank you to all of the participating nonprofit organizations and to our generous sponsors. Please learn more about each of them below.

Nonprofit Partners (and Potential Grand Prize Winners):

A-List Education, the educational team that developed Vocab Videos, is pleased to have relationships with a number of nonprofit organizations that are helping to change young lives. The Festival has partnered with some of these nationally recognized organizations, so as participants and fans across the country vote for their favorite submissions, they will also have the opportunity to vote for the nonprofit organization they would like to see receive special prizes and donations! We're thrilled to be supporting such wonderful organizations through our Festival, and we invite you to click below to learn more about them.

Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston helps young people, especially those most in need, build strong character and realize their full potential as responsible citizens and leaders. BGCB does this by providing: a safe haven filled with hope and opportunity, ongoing relationships with caring adults, and life-enhancing programs. The organization serves approximately 14,000 children and teens, ages 6 to 18, in our 10 Clubs, and through our programs and partnerships.

Founded on the belief that teenagers can and must speak for themselves, Urban Word NYC™ (UW) has been at the forefront of the youth spoken word, poetry and hip-hop movements in New York City since 1999. Urban Word NYC presents literary arts education and youth development programs in the areas of creative writing, journalism, college prep, literature and hip-hop. UW provides FREE, safe and uncensored writing workshops to teens year round, and hosts the Annual NYC Teen Poetry Slam, NY Knicks Poetry Slam, local and national youth slams, festivals, reading series, open mics, and more. UW works directly with 15,000 teens per year in New York City alone, and as a steering committee member of the National Youth Spoken Word Coalition, has partner programs in 45 cities.

Year Up’s mission is to close the opportunity divide by providing urban young adults with the skills, experiences and support that will empower them to reach their potential through professional careers and higher education. Year Up achieves this mission through a high-support, high expectation model that combines marketable job skills, stipends, internships, and college credits. Our holistic approach focuses on students’ professional and personal development to place these young adults on a viable path to economic self-sufficiency.

Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ) is a community-based organization serving over 17,000 children living in Harlem. HCZ has offered educational, social service, and community-building programs to children and families since 1970. Through a coordinated effort by hundreds of devoted men and women, The Harlem Children's Zone has established a new method to end the cycle of generational poverty. By addressing the needs of the entire community, HCZ isn't simply helping children beat the odds, it's helping to change the odds.

Sponsors:

Thank you to our generous sponsors who have helped to make the Vocab Film Festival possible. Please click on the logos below to learn more about each organization.

A-List Education, the team that developed Vocab Videos, is an innovative educational services provider committed to helping all students achieve their academic goals. Partnered with a number of nonprofit organizations, A-List provides educational services to teens and young adults who may not otherwise have access to quality test prepara¬tion, college admissions consulting, and academic guidance. A-List also offers institutional training and licensing that allows schools to run their own in-house SAT programs using existing faculty and A-List proprietary materials, giving students access to low-cost, school-administered test preparation.


Zinch runs a dynamic online platform (Zinch.com) that connects students to colleges, scholarships & other users going through the admissions process. Building relationships with thousands of schools and millions of users, Zinch has emerged as a powerful advocate for students worldwide.


Knewton has developed a revolutionary online test preparation platform. The company brings the brightest and most experienced teachers directly to students worldwide via a live and on demand video classroom.


Cerebellum produces award-winning educational programming optimized for classroom use. Each subject is a topic-based video series that teaches uniquely with the learner’s perspective in mind.


Perfect800 provides online SAT Math practice with full length explanations for every question. Perfect800's SAT Math question library is the largest of its kind, and is sortable by content and difficulty level to ensure the most efficient studying experience possible. Practicing SAT Math on Perfect800 is both more fun than studying from a book, and enables students to hone their skills to quickly improve their SAT score.

Avid produces innovative digital audio and video solutions that transform the entertainment mediums that surround us. They create the technology that people use to make the most listened to and most watched media in the world.

Promotional Partners:

Need some examples? Check out our 2010 winners!

Please contact us using the form below for contest updates or with any questions or comments; a Vocab Videos team member will be sure to respond promptly.