The New York Times 15 Second Video Vocabulary Challenge
In 2014, The New York Times created a video vocabulary contest based on the newspaper’s “Word of the Day” feature. The contest is open to students from grade 7 to grade 12 and is based on words from their Word of the Day archive.
Rules for the contest include:
All definitions must come from the New York Times, Word of the Day archive. If there are several definitions, you may use just the first one if you like.
You must be 13 to 19 years old, but can be from anywhere in the world. Your video should be no more than 15 seconds, but can be shorter.
You can work alone, with a partner or in a group, but only one submission per student. Groups can be no larger than 3 students.
Use your imagination. You can act the word out, animate it, use puppets, draw, sing a song, create a dance, incorporate photographs, create a Claymation, or anything else that will help viewers understand and learn your word.
Please remember to apply the proper techniques for shooting good video. Know your lines and speak with a nice clear voice.
1. Katherine Schulten, “Student Contest/Our Third Annual 15-Second Vocabulary Video Challenge,” (blog), January 22nd, 2020 (8:17 a.m.), http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/student-contest-our-third-annual-15-second-vocabulary-video-challenge/
In 2014, The New York Times created a video vocabulary contest based on the newspaper’s “Word of the Day” feature. The contest is open to students from grade 7 to grade 12 and is based on words from their Word of the Day archive.
Rules for the contest include:
All definitions must come from the New York Times, Word of the Day archive. If there are several definitions, you may use just the first one if you like.
You must be 13 to 19 years old, but can be from anywhere in the world. Your video should be no more than 15 seconds, but can be shorter.
You can work alone, with a partner or in a group, but only one submission per student. Groups can be no larger than 3 students.
Use your imagination. You can act the word out, animate it, use puppets, draw, sing a song, create a dance, incorporate photographs, create a Claymation, or anything else that will help viewers understand and learn your word.
Please remember to apply the proper techniques for shooting good video. Know your lines and speak with a nice clear voice.
1. Katherine Schulten, “Student Contest/Our Third Annual 15-Second Vocabulary Video Challenge,” (blog), January 22nd, 2020 (8:17 a.m.), http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2020/01/14/student-contest-our-third-annual-15-second-vocabulary-video-challenge/
R. Ross Beattie School Submissions
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