I LOVE YOUR VIDEO!!! it is really funny and i can hear the lyrics, and best of all, THEY MAKE SENSE! i really hope you guys win!

Well done! Your video is very entertaining, and I love the karaoke part -- I was singing along with you. Good luck!

Awesome job! Great lyrics! It's obvious that if you won this contest all the technology prizes would be used by you and your students for engaged teaching and learning. Best wishes!

That was a fabulous video...the kids were great. I checked out the other videos and I think yours was the best. I really hope that your kids win!

Fantastic! The kids looked like they were having fun. It is so true the equipment that you need. You obviuosly are gifted in technology and have so much to offer your students - you NEED this!

You are the BEST!!!!! GREAT JOB!!!

Fabulous! Best of luck.

I loved your video because you involved all the kids in your class, and it looked like you guys had a lot of fun with it. My kids go to school in Melissa and I know our school would really benefit from this contest. Good Luck Cardinals!!!!!!!

Great job! I loved it! I hope you win the money & resources you need!

Great video Ms Rose and class!! Hope you win!

What a great job!!!! Good Luck!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

This is a fantastic video. A lot of thought and work was put into this I know. You and your class deserve to win. Best of luck!!

Excellent video. Hope you win!!!

This is GREAT!!! You did a fantastic job!

LOVE IT!!! I know that you did all this video with your equipment at home...can you imagine what the kids will be able to with ALL that TECHNOLOGY in the classroom!

You guys are awesome!! What a campaign. I know you are going to win!!!

Wow! Thats awesome... I hope you win!

Five star video. I loved it!

i voted fivestar

Wow! You guys rock! I love how EVERYONE was involved in the video. Great singing and acting. VERY creative! You guys should definitely win because you ALL did an awesome job!

Awesome video!!!! The singing was wonderful and the video was very creative. You guys did a great job...Be proud!!!!

Way to go 2nd graders!! I'm going to forward this one.

That was incredible-you deserve to WIN!!!

Wonderful! This was fabulous!!!

Looks like you had lots of fun and I for one certainly know that YOU would use the equipment and teach the kids to use it.

"books" @ SRE

That was the best keep up the hard work!!!!

great job

My favorite!!

Fabulous video...I hope you win...your class deserve too!

Way to go class. You should be proud of yourself.

Great video

Awesome video!

You guys rock, i am so proud of you all. Ms. Rose has a very nice voice!!! You guys definetely deserve to win!! Nice job!

This video made me laugh! What a great way to get your message across. I hope you win!

You make Melissa proud! What an excellent video! You have the best video by far! I hope you win!

your video is fantastic!!! Your kids did a great job.

OH MY GOSH!!!! This video is absolutely amazing!!! Fantabulous!!!! You and your students are awesome!

You guys ROCK!!!

This is a great video! Karen, you and your class are very talented.

Susan

This was awsome!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You guys are incredible!!! Good luck. Hope you win the contest.
Nana Shaw and Kelli

Groovin' to the top!

You are soooooo going to win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Fabulous! Well done! You are very talented. Your class is very lucky to have you. You have to win.
Marla

Great job! Good luck!

Terrific job! Best of luck!

Looks like you and your kids are the team to beat. But if for some reason, you don't win, I'm thinking there has got to be a Broadway producer out there who needs some fresh new talent. Best wishes for success in the classroom and/or on stage!

I loved it! Absolutely stellar job!

This video is absolutely amazing...go kids!!

Great Job! I absolutely loved it.

great job

Very good job! go kids :)

Pretty good! I like to song!

I mean the song

Your class should win. I think it's GREAT!!! Way to go kiddos.

You have a great talent and your students deserve to benefit from the use of this kind of equipment. Share the talent!!

Bravo to Ms. Karen Rose and her students for an informative and entertaining performance!

Super job involving the kids, showing them using the technology you have available, and telling a great story. You have the true spirit of the contest!

I like all the class involvement in the video. Nice job Melissa Ridge!

U GUYS ARE FRIKIN AWESOME! I HOPE U WIN!

This is diffinately a reflection on how amazing your teacher is. You will learn a lot from her! Great job all of you!

Just the right combination of everything. I'm sure you'd put the prize to good use.

Great job professionally done. Hope you win!

Absoluetly AWESOME! Good luck

What a great job! You and your students NEED some technology. Lynchar

Great Job Kids!!

I love the way the kids put expression into everything they did. Cute, clever and well executed! I need my kids to respond this way.

Nice voices for third grade. Good story you can follow.

Your are amazing!!! Keep up the good work!!
Buckner

Great job! I wish you and your precious class the best of luck!

One of the top videos created! Great job!

Great song! Very tight video.

I absolutely love this video! You all deserve to win! Good Luck!

awesome video!! love it! 5 STARS! You should win!!

Absolutely amazing rapport with the students and what you have them doing in the video. You absolutely deserve to win! Loved the song!!!

AWESOME video!!!!!!!!!! So clever and the kids were darling while pointing out everything they could do with more technology! I hope you all win!!

I loved the creative spirit! I can only imagine what fun it is to be learning in this class. I really liked how Ms Rose carried out the "Annie" musical by wearing the red and white costume! I'm crossing my fingers for you to win!!!

Yes, the red costume and the "Annie" spirit of optimism!

Good luck. You deserve to win!

You guys did a great job! I loved "Low Tech Life"! I really hope you win!

Bobbymore:
If you've seen"Annie" you'd understand..Tongue firmly in cheek! ;)

Lovely! Annie was the perfect choice. Best of luck.

Are you over the 3 minute limit?

Blow 'em away Melissa! You guys ROCK!

Best of luck , really well done!

Three minutes was a suggestion, the rule is five. :) No worries!

It's amazing video good luck !!!

Absolutely adorable. Great video, the kids did an amazing job. Nice to see the parody to Annie and its meaning.

Great job! I hope you all win!!

this was great, I hope you all win

Great video!!!! Good luck to you!

What a fabulous video. The kids are great and Ms. Rose was wonderful. Good luck!

Bravo from Skyview!

Great Job Guys and Gals!!!!!!

GO CARDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wow, you guys rock! Such a talented class and teacher. You MUST win! Hey Interwrite, you should pay this class for making you the perfect commercial!

WHOO HOO! WAY TO GO !!! I love it, I like it, I want some more of it! So proud of you all! Thank you Mrs. Rose for putting this together!

aww there so cute

Bravo! Fantastic job!

I loath that you have put Annie songs in my head for the rest of the day, but the video has great production values and the lyrics are very funny. You get my vote. Good luck!

too cute and great job class!!! I hope y'all win! :-)

I loved this video, my favorite in this category great job.

Fun. I hope you win. I voted for you.

Karen, Best of luck to you and you sweet kids!

You did a fabulous job. I hope you win.

Best...video..ever! Annie rocks!

My favorite video. Good luck guys.

Absolutely great! Just like the old days!

Fantastic! The kids were so expressive! I love Annie.

it seems more than enough technology if you were able to create all those effects

So cute! The best all around!

GREAT JOB!!! YOUR STUDENTS ARE VERY LUCKY TO HAVE YOU!

Super Fantastic! It was so entertaining and made you want to jump up and sing with them. I really hope you win! Best of luck!

I take that as a huge compliment ajimenez because the technology that you see the students point out in the video is the technology we have. While we don't have much, we work extremely hard to maximize what we have. There are some neat effects in the video. That is from a self purchased, less than perfect, 2004 video software package that I have on my 2003 home computer. I have no background in technology. I have however spent a lot of time trying to learn how to use technology effectively, and I search high and low to find free software programs and resources from the public domain to make the videos look and sound better. The closest I have ever come to any of the technology offered in this contest is the vendors area at conferences.
Trying to explain to the students what some of the technology this contest was offering was hilarious. The cricket scene was inspired from that conversation. Even if they haven't been exposed to some types of technology, their learning curve is extremely sharp and they are extremely eager to learn how to use it. Some came into the room at the beginning of the year not knowing where the shift key was. Now not only are they all developing a command of the basic Microsoft programs, they write their own scripts, film their own videos, design their own backgrounds, search and evaluate information, and communicate with people around the globe. While we could certainly do a lot more things with more technology, I don't believe that just because you don't have a lot of technology, doesn't mean you can't search around, find available resources, get creative, and put in a lot of hard work and effort.

Wonderful mix of music, kids and creativity without being overdone. Congrats!

Saw this video a few weeks ago and thought it was very impressive. Curious -- what software did you use to edit Ms. Rose?

GREAT JOB GUYS GOD BLESS YOU GUYS

Thanks MrColosi! I used vegas for editing and audacity to clean up the sound. Vegas is a big memory hog, especially on an pc that is not designed for that kind of thing. I don't have enough memory for the preview to work right on the effects parts, so I never really know exactly what it is going to look like until after it renders.

looks like someone is looking a bit defensive! just ignore the negative comments, you dont have to defend yourself :)

Great job with the kids. Very cute, well put together video.

that was spectacular...your usage of the technology available to use was great. congrats on having such a great class. good luck

Absolutely top five!

Wow, great entry! Singing is great, kid's enthusiasm is great, music/words are great, and I REALLY love the touch of humor. I LOL'D (laughed out loud). Awesome! You get 5 *'s from me!! :-)

Whoa! This is the best of all the videos I've seen so far! I really hope you win! It's sad that you only have that much technology. I hope you win!

It was pretty good, the lyrics were very original and i liked it... You guys can sing pretty well i hope you do well

Great job! Well done. The editing, special effects, script and singing are wonderful!

I like it a lot. Everything fit well and was not boring.

Good job guys! Some of the kids might have futures in ShowBiz. Well done and it is sad when the song actually makes sense in todays world. I loved it!

Very fun...I laughed out loud when the kids said "there's no projector there"..cute filming.

Such a KID video!!!!!!! Love it! 4star!!!

ooops hit wrong number! it is really a 10 star, but i don't think it goes that high! the kids look like they are having so much fun and understand what they are singing about!!!

You're amazing!!

Fantastic job, you should all be very proud! I hear Hollywood calling...

VOTE HERE! This is #1

Awesome video!! You guys and girls rock! I hope you win! Good luck!

Zoomin' to the top! Keep it up Melissa!

You did a GREAT job. I really hope you win!!! :)

great job

Good luck Melissa! Great looking video.

Great job! I know you guys will make it to the top. How can "Annie" lose?

Very clever and endearing bunch of kids. Ms. Rose RIPPED her number at the end! I hope you can catch up on the voting--you got mine.

Absolutely solid. Funny and surprisingly well done with what you have. Best of luck!

Make your vote count! This is the winner! Great job guys.

Come on Texas, show some love here! Great job for a little school!

i think this one is a good one. It's so cute and fun! You got my vote!
Good Luck!

LOVE the video!! Good Luck Cardinals!!

VERY CUTE! Good luck to a small but great district in Texas!

An A-1 performance. Keep up the good work with the kids.

Annie is the perfect choice for this contest. Great job!

Annie, Paddy would be very proud of you and your students.

Kick it Melissa, support your school!

Great video. It's nice to see an entire class work together to make a project like this! The best of them all!

Go kids! A shout out from TN!!!

Still my favorite! I hope you guys rock out this competition! GO CARDS!!

Keep up the good work. Real kids doing real stuff! What a concept!

Great job on the lyrics! The kids are so natural when they act. On to broadway!

Great job Mrs. Rose's class - I am very proud to be a member of the Cardinal community! We may be a small town , but we've got a great school and magnificent teachers! Go Cardinals!!

Go Ms. Rose and class! I am so proud of you and your determination. Way to put us on the map! You guys are all terrific.

we all here supporting you.

good luck

Great Job! Loved the singing! Your class looks like they are having a great time.

This is SOOOOO cute!

What an awesome group of kids from a small community. You may not have some of the things bigger districts have, but you have creativity and a gift for comedy. Great!

This is the best video of all the categories. You have my vote!

they are all so great, Too bad there is only one choice, but I do have to say this is my fav! Good Luck

Way!! Coooll!!!! you guys rock the house!!

I'm so proud of your kids! Everyone did such a great job! We hope you win!

Way to go 3rd graders! Awesome video and totally makes sense! Good Luck and hope you win!

great job overall, looks like they need and deserve to win this contest!!!!

i really like this video i think its the coolest!!! will you guys vote for my class? its in another catagory so it wont affect if you win or not! but it would be great if you did!! Mine is Techno-Intagration! its really good!!!! please take a look!

good job guys hope you WIN

Great job Melissa kids. Your Awesome !!!!! The Ellis Family

BRAVO!! You ROCK! Good luck Mrs. Rose and children on the contest! A joy to watch and a pleasure to vote , your already WINNERS!!!! Mrs. Mackey

Go Texas! Show some love this way!

mrs. rose this is an awsome peace i hope yall win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Great job! I really hope you win with all the hard work you did!

Great job. Please vote for Techno-Integration in the 6-8 category. So it will not effect your vote. Go Minnesota and Texas

I just saw part of your video on CNN and had to come here and vote for you. Great job! I really hope you win and I sure hope Bill Gates finds out about this and loads your school with high tech things.

Melissa is a small town. C'mon guys, give us some love (and votes) here!

3rd graders you make melissa look better then any other school great job and i hope yall win and good luck

Once again I hope you guys win!

CNN? Please explain or send a link...I'd love to see that. Are you saying I missed my chance to see my goddaughter on National TV??? bummer

We were on CW33 last night, but that's the only tv coverage I know of.

Fantastic! Looks so much like my class of kiddos and cobbled-together, begged-borrowed-and-stolen tech. Good luck!

Its ok.

Don't give up. This video has a lot going for it. Keep voting!

Still the best of all. Great kids and a beautiful song. Keep up the good work.

Lots of hits. We need more votes! Did you see the big number of hits on Teachertube? People are watching it again and again.

I love the video, your KIDS did a great job!!

I think you ALL did a fantastic job! Good Luck - You have my vote!

Go Melissa. Let's keep it up for this great video. We have to be small but mighty.

Great Job!!! Hope ya win! Go Melissa Cardinals!

Cardinal Power! Good luck taking it all!

Good lucky guys! Great video...

Ya'll should be proud pf this!! You have my vote and good wishes! Best of luck!!!

Awesome video... sweet smart kids.....lets help them win the contest. u have my vote
good luck :)

Great Job! and 1 of 5 finalists. Wow! Way to go! Good Luck! My vote is in.

Wow! over 600 hits on Teachertube for this video. Interwrite, are you watching?? Great job from the tiny town of Melissa!

Great job. Natural kids and good use of technology without being too much. Good luck!

I did my homework. This is the smallest district in this competition. 1,000 kids in the entire district. Vote for the little guy who really did the best job!

Absolutely fantastic job! I am really surprised at how well these kids and their teacher did, considering the lack of resources. As a Melissa ISD parent, I can tell you this school district is in dire need! Please vote for these kids...

Don't forget. REGISTER before you vote. You can't just click the "VOTE FOR THIS."
Go Melissa!

great video got the point across

Cute and effective. I wish I could be a judge. Well done 3rd graders. Bring it home!

Good interaction between the teacher and kids. Told a good story about both boys and girls needing technology. Gotta love Annie!

Fantastic, it is amazing how great it was created with such great "Will" I hope you are provided with the "Means" to continue!! Great Job!!

Go Mrs. Rose's Class you are AWESOME HOPE YOU WIN YOU HAVE MY VOTE AND MY FAMILYS
Good Luck
M. L.

Great video - take it to Broadway! You are all a bunch of STARS!......this message sent from the beautiful City of Trees - Sacramento, CA!

It was really good keep up the good work.

It's a shame in this day and age that there isn't more funding to keep our schools (and our students) more technologically competitive. I wish Melissa all the best. Y'all did a great job!

My Warmest,
d1d2d3d4mom

You guys are great. Wonderful job done with humor and talent. Best of luck!

Melissa is the best. We're lucky to have great people!

Great Job! You should win! I love how you used all of your students in your video!

Yay Melissa. A great school full of cool kids and teachers like these. Thanks for all your hard work and inspiration.

Melissa must be doing great things to create such fine work. Kudos!

L-O-V-E-D it!!

very cute and fun to watch

Read about the contest in the Dallas paper.
Great Job! Ms. Rosa and 3rd graders you have my vote.
Mrs. Rodarmer from Gunter Middle School

GO MELISSA!!

Melissa schools are super! Great teachers and kids in such a small district is a wonderful thing. Bring that prize our way!

JUST ANOTHER REMINDER: REGISTER FIRST TO VOTE OR IT WON'T COUNT FOLLOW THE LINK ON THE UPPER RIGHT. GO MELISSA!

You guys are great! Love you Chris! Good luck everyone!!!!!!!

Well done! You deserve to win!!!

Good work ... from a Plano ISD "friend".

Great Job ...everyone needs to learn technology today...good luck

Great job. You're kids look like great fun! The boys AND the girls. RISD bud.

Melissa is a small school with a big heart! Cardinals rule. I love the video. Ms. Rose, you did a great job letting these kids be themselves and showing what they need. Thanks for making them stars!

Wow! You guys rock! Our 4th grade class at Ethridge Elementary is voting for you!

Good Luck! I remember some of you from Kinder. You have grown so much. Keep up the good work.

Thanks for the support Ethridge Elementary. Keep voting until tomorrow night, get the school involved, and tell everyone we appreciate North Texas!

Great work Mrs. Rose & kids! I'm SO proud to be part of the Kingdom of Melissa Ridge! And, Steve Bates - where are you these days?

What a great video! Had to vote it #1.That was so much fun to watch. Loved the lyrics! Hey, catch our in the 9-12 category from Byron Center High School, MI.

I hope you kids when this!!!! You're class did a great job!!!! I love it and u got my vote....
GOOD LUCK KIDDOS!!!!

Great Job, Melissa Elementary!!! Wonderful video to get the point across. Good luck!!!

I hope you guys win!

Awesome Job!!!!!!

Beautiful job. I enjoyed your message and music. You need to get something here.

That was awesome! Go Melissa!!

Great job Warren Jr!! ;-)

This is the way it should be. Great kids and a great teacher having fun and learning! Way to go Melissa. Show the world!

Good luck...

Great work kids. Your message is clear and relevant. We all could use a little technology!

Melissa makes North Texas proud!

My favorite by far. Saw it in DMN. Congrats!

I am SO proud of these kids and their teacher! Truly amazing!

REMEMBER: REGISTER AND GET YOUR E-MAIL LINK TO VOTE OR IT DOESN'T COUNT. KEEP IT COMING!

Best wishes as you beat the competition. Small but mighty Cards!

How true. girls AND boys need technology. Keep up the good work and best of luck.

Congrats to all the kids and their teacher for a very entertaining video and clever use of the "annie" songs. It made your point about the need for technology in your school and I am sure others will vote for you on merit alone. well done and well sang!

The cutest of them all. It shows what they have, what they need and makes you smile. Great job!

To texasborn: We’ve been voting for you from your neighbor at Elsik 9th grade center. We could use some help.

You got my vote, all the way from Colorado!

Keep going Melissa. Way to hang tough. Great video.

Love it. Great kids and great school.

Thanks to Klak I was able to access this great video GOOD LUCK
keep up the good work kids and my hat off to all teachers

HI NEW FRIENDS. BE SURE TO REGISTER BEFORE YOU VOTE. THANKS!

Such a fun video! So wonderful and great songs. Best of luck!

Stats from "Great schools.net"
Video X-district enrollment 4097. Vote count 2090= Great!
Video Y-district enrollment 13,793. Vote count 1916= Good!
Melissa ISD-district enrollment just topped 1,000. Vote count 1359= Priceless and remarkable for such a small district!
Keep up the great work Cardinals!

We're voting for you guys. ENGC Houston. Good luck...

Cheyirra from Texas

Great job! You have my vote.

Excellent job on your video, Class!!!!! Very entertaining -- totally loved it!!! Good luck! I hope you win!!!!!!!!!!!! :)

Wow! What a great job. This was ver entertaining and got your message across..There's always hope! Your kids are fortunate to have you.

Thanks for helping. Here is another vote from ENGC Houston. We got your back.

ENGC Houston is voting for you. Good luck.

GOOD JOB GIRLS & GUYS!!!!!! GO-O-O-O-O- MELISSA

The smallest district in the competition and yet the third highest vote total out of 15 entries. This is a great tribute to these kids and the community. Although we won't come in first place in the voting, it's a great showing that should count for something. There's still 70% of the score to be judged and Ms. Rose and her class have shown us they are the true winners!

What an outstanding presentation! I absolutely love it and so did my homeroom class at Tate (The Touch). Good luck in the final judging. We're pulling for you.

We're so proud of you and all you accomplished with this video. We really appreciated your straighforward style and light touch. Best of luck!

Amazing! The third highest vote total in the contest. You would have won in 6-8 or 9-12. What's up with all the votes in this age group? This is the one regardless of the popular vote total.

My opinion on the popularity of K-5 in this contest? I feel that in most districts when it comes to technology K-5's are pretty much the red-headed stepchildren so to speak. It seems that high schools and junior high schools get most of the new technology BEFORE any elementary school. I think everyone just wants to take advantage of this great opportunity.

Back at ya from ENGC Houston

FYI - Melissa Ridge was not the smallest US school in the K-5 competition with 500 students. The smallest US school was the 2nd place video with only 434 students and a city size of only 1537 people. They got more votes than they have citizens. Check "www.publicschoolreview.com" if you want to see unbiased stats on all of the schools. There are interesting facts on economic status and distric expenditures per student.

To dmspeigle:
FYI- No one said anything about the smallest school. If you read the posts it says the smallest DISTRICT. The second place video was from a small shooland small town, no doubt about it, but the post states that the DISTRICT is 13,793 according to greatschools.net. There are interesting stats on many sites about economic differences and I do hope people will take time to check those out. Thanks for playing though!

Keep up the great work

Tami McNeese

Not all cities are afforded the luxury of having its own school district. 13,793 students are divided among the whole county and 28 schools covering over 514 square miles. Anyway, all of the students did a great job. FYI - Both Melissa and Hildebran did statistically a better job in getting votes than the overall vote winner (2169 votes for a city size of 24,838). Its all in the hands of the judges now.

dm speigle:
I agree with you completely on that point! ;) I enjoyed your kids sense of humor immensely. Best of luck...after us of course;)

It is too bad "adults" are being bad examples for their children and students. It was a real honor to be one of the top five finalist in each of the categories. Each school should be very proud of that accomplishment. Please don't ruin that for any of the schools. The judges will now decide which is best for their vision of what they wanted. Great call on Interwrite's part.

agreed...100% I don't ever recall district size having anything to do with the contest. I also don't ever recall that the grand prize should be awarded to the school with the most "need." These factors are completely very irrelevant...

Stanklim:
Sorry, I don't see your point. I'm sure everyone is proud of their accomplishments. It's a friendly discussion of facts as far as I can see. Thanks for playing!

Turningstone:
A statement was made on this page and a statement was answered. I don't see anyone saying it was part of the contest. Jus discussion. Thanks.

When looking at the contest coverage on the Interwrite Learning site, didn't one of the schools have some time/coverage on one or more of the Dallas radio/tv stations? Dallas and the surrounding areas have a huge population.

Yes we were, and it was a huge accomplishment and a complete thrill. To have a camera crew and reporters come out was amazing. All the elementary finalists had significant coverage. That is a tribute to how wonderful they all are. (And let's admit, elementary kids are just so CUTE when they sing!)
I'm not quite sure why my video, my students, and my community are suddenly being questioned in our own comment area for being proud of who they are, where they are from, and what they accomplished. Population size, district need, and media coverage have nothing to do with the judging criteria. The judging criteria is clearly outlined in the contest rules and doesn't need to be debated here. I don't mind having it pointed out that there was a smaller school. But the fact that someone would say that people in our community are setting a bad example because we pointed out to our own kids that even though they didn't come in first, they still did a great job, or implying to third graders that they should have gotten more votes because they were on tv seems a bit unnecessary.
They worked very hard for the votes they got, and 1434 is an absolutely incredible number. This contest has been a wonderful experience and clearly every school is very deserving. It is easy to see why the communities are so strongly behind these kids!

Mrs. Rose and Melissa Ridge Elementary,

I just wanted to write you quick to say that it's a pleasure and an honor to compete against your school! My class and I really enjoyed your video and thought it was a lot of fun. Canandaigua, NY wishes you the best of luck in the future!

Mr Colosi and Ms. Rose,

Perhaps your classes could become pen pals and share and learn from one another - it would be a wonderful lesson in geography and friendship. You both seem like wonderful teachers with great passion for your work and your children. Thank you both for all that you do.

If you want to write us an email you are more than welcome to, our address is; room14@ptengland.school.nz we will try to reply to every message we recieve. Congrats on a great effort.