Create a Video About What
‘Math and Voting’
Means to You and You Could
WIN $500
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hat does “Math and Voting” mean to you? Unleash your creativ-
What constitutes a “top” video? Judges will
ity and show millions. The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics*
choose based on the following:
invites you to visit the Math Awareness Month web site at www.
mathaware.org and then create a video—to be hosted on YouTube—using
Creativity
music, humor, and other creative elements to express your feelings about the
How well your message is conveyed
connection between mathematics and voting.
Level of entertainment
Here are some videos others have made about mathematics and statistics:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=xKMxtajvEcw
Quality of your video
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DSz1xvQ-0R8&feature=related
Relevance to the theme of “Math
and Voting”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTby_e4-Rhg
To post your video, register on or sign in to YouTube. Once
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS9GmU5hr5w you have accessed your account, go to
www.youtube.com/group/
mathaware and click on “Join Group.” Once you have joined the
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-97jHx7NEI
group, you can submit a video by clicking on “Upload” and fol-
Contest
lowing the instructions. YouTube viewers can vote for their favor-
$500 will be awarded to the producer of the top video. The winner
ite video once a day until the contest ends on May 15. All videos
will be announced June 1 on www.
must be posted by April 30 to give viewers time to vote, and each
mathaware.org and
www.amstat.org and
video can be up to three minutes in length. ■
acknowledged in Amstat News in July.
* The Joint Policy Board for Mathematics consists of the American Mathematical
Society, American Statistical Association, Mathematical Association of America, and
Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. By participating in this contest, you
agree that videos posted for this contest may be used by any of these societies in its
activities related to Math Awareness Month.
Mathematics Awareness Month April 2008
Math and Voting is the theme for Mathematics Awareness Month, held
each year in April. Its goal is to increase public understanding of and
appreciation for mathematics. Visit the Mathematics Awareness Month web
site at
www.mathaware.org for details.
Download a copy of this poster at
www.mathaware.org or order a poster for $5; add $1 for
each additional poster. Mail orders may be sent to: ASA Marketplace
American Statistical Association
732 North Washington Street
Alexandria, VA 22314
Mathematics Awareness Month is cosponsored by the American Mathematical Society, American Statistical Association, Mathematical Association of America,
and Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics
FEBRUARY 2008 AMSTAT NEWS 17
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