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Here’s an opportunity for educators in the US to give some purpose to their student’s education. Bing has just announced a photo contest for students to submit photos to be considered for their background image to commemorate Earth Day 2010. Announced at NCCE Seattle the contest will start on March 29 and is open to US students only. The winning photo will be used as the background to the Bing search engine on Earth Day, April 22nd.

Prizes are offered for individual students and schools.

• 1st place prizes: Individuals receive an HP Pavilion desktop and monitor and a “Digital Photo Lab” for their school.
• 2nd place prizes: Individuals receive an HP Pavilion desktop and monitor and a “Digital Photo Kit” for their school.
• 3rd place prizes: Individuals receive an HP Pavilion desktop and monitor and a “Digital Photo Starter Set” for their school.

Four age groups are open for entries (ages 5-10, 11-13, 14-17 and 18+) with winners from each age group will travel to the Microsoft Campus to help select images for other Bing homepages. As an extra there’s an incentive for the voters.

There’s a great opportunity to help other classrooms in need during the voting stage from April 13th to the 19th. Bing will give a $5.00 GivingCard for DonorsChoose.org to the first 20,000 people who vote each day. Voters can then decide what classroom projects (like math, science, art, reading) will benefit from Bing’s donation. If you do the math, we’re talking up to $100,000 a day to help schools across the country. Each day you can return to the site to cast another vote and have an opportunity to pick up another GivingCard.(Source)

To find out all the details of the contest and how to vote visit the Earth Day Photo Contest website (http://www.earthdayphotocontest.com)

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