Digital Storytelling Contests (DISTCO) https://distco.org Digital Storytelling Contests, Resources, Tutorials and Research Mon, 18 May 2020 21:29:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://distco.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/DISTCO-2012-LOGO_single-130x1301-36x36.jpg Digital Storytelling Contests (DISTCO) https://distco.org 32 32 DISTCO 2020 Judging started! https://distco.org/judging_distco2020/ Mon, 18 May 2020 21:07:58 +0000 https://distco.org/?p=12461

DISTCO 2020 Official Judging and Popular Voting have started!

The DISTCO judges have started evaluating eligible Digital Stories. The projects will be evaluated according to “DISTCO Evaluation Rubric for Official Judging”.

On a separate category, the “Popular Voting” is also underway. Now you can vote for your favorite Digital Story by clicking the “Like” button on our YouTube channel. The results will based on “Likes” only, not “Views” or “Dislikes”. Popular voting and official judging ends on May 25, 2020… See https://distco.org/rules for complete details.

Results will be announced on or after May 26, 2020 on our website…

Visit DISTCO Youtube Channel to view and vote for your favorite Digital Stories:

DISTCO 2020 Elementary Level (Gr.K-5) Contestants

DISTCO 2020 Middle School Level (Gr.6-8) Contestants

DISTCO 2020 High School (Gr.9-12) Level Contestants

DISTCO 2020 Higher Education/Teacher Level Contestants

]]> Registration & Submission Deadlines are extended! https://distco.org/deadlineextension20/ Tue, 07 Apr 2020 17:39:01 +0000 https://distco.org/?p=12441 Due to CoVID-19 closures, the DISTCO deadlines are extended to give more time to our participants to prepare and submit their digital stories.

DISTCO Registration  Deadline is extended to April 22, 2020.

DISTCO Submission Deadline is extended to May 6, 2020.

 

If you already completed Step 1 and Step 2, now you can start your submission by completing Step 3.

Please visit https://distco.org/submissions for details.

 

Other Dates:

Judging: May 6-20, 2020

Announcement of Winners: May 20, 2020

We will not be able to hold an Award Ceremony this year. Instead, DISTCO 202 Winners will be emailed their certificates between May 20 and May 30, 2020.

Check the new timeline at:

https://distco.org/timeline

All Digital Stories are due on May 6, 2020.

 

 

]]> DISTCO 2020 Started! https://distco.org/distco-2020-starts/ Wed, 12 Feb 2020 18:12:14 +0000 https://distco.org/?p=12419 We are excited to announce that DISTCO 2020 started. Please register to DISTCO to get started!

Register by April 8, 2020

Submit by April 17, 2020

TIMELINE & DEADLINES

Please complete your Registration by April 8, 2020 and submit your story by April 17, 2020 to be eligible for judging. Here is the DISTCO Timeline:

REGISTRATION PERIOD: (2-28-2020 to 4-8-2020)

Step 1: Complete Registration Form at www.distco.org/submissions by April 8, 2020.
Step 2: Complete your Digital Story*

* Visit www.distco.org/resources and www.distco.org/tutorials on how to create a digital story. Check rules at www.distco.org/rules

SUBMISSION PERIOD: (3-20-2020 to 4-17- 2020)

Step 3: Submit your Digital Story at www.distco.org/submissions by April 17, 2020.

EVALUATIONS: (4-10-2020 to 4-21-2020)

Official Judging and Popular voting will take place during Evaluations

ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS:

Winners will be announced on or after April 24, 2020

AWARD CEREMONY:

Award Ceremony will be on May 2, 2020 at University of Houston -Sugar Land campus.

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DISTCO 2019 Official Judging and Popular Voting have started!

The DISTCO judges have started evaluating eligible Digital Stories. The projects will be evaluated according to “DISTCO Evaluation Rubric for Official Judging”.

On a separate category, the “Popular Voting” is also underway. Now you can vote for your favorite Digital Story by clicking the “Like” button on our YouTube channel. The results will based on “Likes” only, not “Views” or “Dislikes”. Popular voting and official judging ends on April 23, 2019… See https://distco.org/rules for complete details.

Results will be announced on or after April 24, 2019 on our website…

Mark your calendar for Award Ceremony on May 4, 2019 at the University of Houston at Sugar Land…

Visit DISTCO Youtube Channel to view and vote for your favorite Digital Stories:

DISTCO 2019 Elementary Level (Gr.K-5) Contestants

DISTCO 2019 Middle School Level (Gr.6-8) Contestants

DISTCO 2019 High School (Gr.9-12) Level Contestants

DISTCO 2019 Higher Education Level Contestants

]]> Email Issues with DISTCO Confirmation Emails https://distco.org/emails/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 16:01:21 +0000 https://distco.org/?p=12327 DISTCO sends a confirmation emails after you complete each step during the registration and submission. However, some email services may interpret our communication as Junk or Spam. Please check all of your folders and safelist the **contact@distco.org** email address. We also noted that some school email services are blocking **contact@distco.org**. You may want to check with your school IT department to unblock messages.

In the case, you are not receiving our confirmation emails, please send us an email at contact@distco.org to request survey or submission codes.

]]> Registration & Submission Deadline is extended! https://distco.org/deadlineextension19/ Mon, 01 Apr 2019 17:37:03 +0000 https://distco.org/?p=12322 DISTCO Registration and Pre-Survey deadline (Step 1 & Step 2) is extended to April 8, 2019.

DISTCO Submission and Post-Survey deadline is also extended to April 15, 2019.

If you already completed Step 1 and Step 2, now you can start your submission by completing Step 4 and 5. Please visit https://distco.org/submissions for details.

All Digital Stories are due on April 15, 2019.

 

 

]]> DISTCO 2019 -Submissions are open now! https://distco.org/2019-submissions-are-open/ https://distco.org/2019-submissions-are-open/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2019 16:39:46 +0000 https://distco.org/?p=12316 Now, you can start taking post-survey (Step 4) and submit your stories (Step 5) until April 10, 2019. Please note that you need to complete following steps in order.

Step 3: If you have not submitted your PRE-SURVEY, please do so by April 1, 2019.
Step 4: Visit POST-SURVEY link to take the survey. Deadline: April 10, 2019.
Step 5: Submit your video file to DISTCO. Deadline: April 10, 2019.

 

EVALUATIONS: (4-10-2019 to 4-17- 2019)

Official Judging and Popular voting will take place during Evaluations

ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS:

Winners will be announced on or after April 17, 2019

AWARD CEREMONY:

Award Ceremony will be on May 4, 2019 at University of Houston Sugar Land Campus.

]]> https://distco.org/2019-submissions-are-open/feed/ 160 DISTCO 2019 Starts on February 25, 2019! https://distco.org/distco-2019-starts/ Thu, 21 Feb 2019 22:53:38 +0000 https://distco.org/?p=12276 We are excited to announce that DISTCO 2019 is starting on February 25, 2019. Please register to DISTCO to get started!

TIMELINE & DEADLINES

Please complete your Registration by March 31, 2019 and submit your story by April 10, 2019 to be eligible for submissions. Here is the DISTCO Timeline:

REGISTRATION PERIOD: (2-25-2019 to 3-31-2019)

Step 1: Complete Registration Form at www.distco.org/register
Step 2: Take DISTCO Pre-Survey by April 1, 2019.
Step 3: Complete your Digital Story*

* Visit www.distco.org/resources and www.distco.org/tutorials on how to create a digital story. Check rules at www.distco.org/rules

SUBMISSION PERIOD: (3-20-2019 to 4-10- 2019)

Step 4: Take DISTCO Post-Survey* by April 10, 2019.
Step 5: Submit your Digital Story at www.distco.org/submissions by April 10, 2019.

EVALUATIONS: (4-10-2019 to 4-17-2019)

Official Judging and Popular voting will take place during Evaluations

ANNOUNCEMENT OF WINNERS:

Winners will be announced on or after April 17, 2019

AWARD CEREMONY:

Award Ceremony will be on May 4, 2019 at University of Houston -Sugar Land campus.

]]> DISTCO 2018 RESULTS https://distco.org/distco2018results/ Tue, 01 May 2018 21:09:20 +0000 https://distco.org/?p=12219

The DISTCO 2018 RESULTS are announced on May 1, 2018. Please see RESULTS for the list of winners.

We would like to congratulate all winners and invite them to our AWARD CEREMONY.

DISTCO 2018 AWARD CEREMONY

You are cordially invited to DISTCO 2018 Award Ceremony on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 1 pm at University of Houston, Houston, TX.

Please join us at this event in recognizing the winners. This ceremony is open to public as well as winners and their families.

Click here to fill out RSVP form to attend the ceremony.

For more information please email us at contact@distco.org. Congratulations to all winners!

AWARD CEREMONY INFORMATION

 

Please join us at this event in recognizing the winners. This ceremony is open to public as well as winners and their families.

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
STEPHEN POWER FARISH HALL
3657 CULLEN BLVD
HOUSTON, TX, 77004
ROOM: KIVA ROOM 101

Date and Time: Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 1 -4 pm 

Click here to fill out RSVP form to attend the ceremony.

DISTCO AWARD CEREMONY, May 12, 2018

ALL WINNERS (Please complete following)

1- All Winners including International winners are required to fill out  “Award Claim Form” in order to claim their awards. Please see AWARD CEREMONY page for details.

2-Click here to fill out RSVP form to attend the ceremony. International winners don’t need to fill out RSVP form.

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DISTCO 2018 Official Judging and Popular Voting have started!

The DISTCO judges have started evaluating eligible Digital Stories. The projects will be evaluated according to “DISTCO Evaluation Rubric for Official Judging”.

On a separate category, the “Popular Voting” is also underway. Now you can vote for your favorite Digital Story by clicking the “Like” button on our YouTube channel. The results will based on “Likes” only, not “Views” or “Dislikes”. Popular voting and official judging ends on April 30, 2018… See https://distco.org/rules for complete details.

Results will be announced on or after April 26, 2018 on our website…

Mark your calendar for Award Ceremony on May 12, 2018 at the University of Houston…

Visit DISTCO Youtube Channel to view and vote for your favorite Digital Stories:

DISTCO 2018 Elementary Level (Gr.K-5) Contestants

DISTCO 2018 Middle School Level (Gr.6-8) Contestants

DISTCO 2018 High School (Gr.9-12) Level Contestants

DISTCO 2018 Higher Education Level Contestants

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