Entries Invited for Technology in Education Essay Contest

Samsung Electronics America launched the "Hope for Education" essay contest in 2004. Hope for Education is a distinctive educational philanthropy program designed to better educate U.S. elementary, middle, and high school students through the delivery of new digital technologies and software.

Teachers, administrators, parents, and students may enter the contest by writing a 100-word essay on why their school and students are in need of digital technology in the classroom. Samsung has teamed up with Microsoft on this initiative to offer awards of digital technology to twenty-one winning schools. The program will award one Grand Prize of $200,000 in Samsung merchandise and Microsoft software, and twenty First Prizes of $60,000 each in Samsung merchandise and Microsoft software. All contest winners will be selected by a panel of qualified judges from leading academic and editorial communities.

The essay contest is open only to legal residents of the fifty United States and the District of Columbia. Participants should nominate a public or state-accredited private school in their community. Home schools, colleges, universities, and vocational/trade schools are not eligible for nomination.

Visit the Hope for Education Web site for complete essay contest rules and procedures.