Creative types interested in digital culture may want to enter a couple tech-related video contests.
In one, Total Recut has solicited video entries that answer the question “What Is Remix Culture?” Participants should submit videos that remix previously published video footage. The contest is intended to “promote awareness of remix culture in an educational capacity and to encourage the fair use of a wide variety of content.” It is being judged by a number of well-known scholars and artists, including Stanford law professor Lawrence Lessig and director of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology comparative media studies program Henry Jenkins. (Find some examples of video remixes here.)
In another opportunity, college students are asked to submit computer security awareness posters and videos for a contest sponsored by the Educause/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force in cooperation with the ResearchChannel and CyberWatch. Entries should “explain computer security problems and specific actions college and university students can take to safeguard their computers or personal information.”—Catherine Rampell
