McGraw-Hill Higher Education Lets Students Be 'Professor for a Day' Through Online Contest

Lecturing to a classroom full of students may seem easy from the other side of the podium. Now, thanks to McGraw-Hill's "Professor for a Day" contest, students can prove they have what it takes to step into their professors' shoes. Developed in conjunction with award-winning digital marketing agency 360i, the contest challenges students to create and upload a short video of themselves giving an engaging and dynamic lecture on any subject they like - and offers a chance to win a Spring Break trip to Cancun, Mexico.

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Lectures submitted for the contest will be available at http://www.professorforaday.com/, where viewers can rate, share and embed videos. And uploading a lecture isn't the only chance to earn a prize: students who comment on a contest video will become eligible to enter a sweepstakes to win one of 10 iPod Nanos.

The contest also enables students to share information on McGraw-Hill Lecture Capture, a component of the McGraw-Hill Connect™ digital teaching and learning platform. Powered by Tegrity, the leading cloud-based class capture Web service, Lecture Capture functions like a searchable DVR, allowing students to view video playback of their professors' lectures. Students can search inside professors' videos and PowerPoints to review key topics at their own pace, on their own time. McGraw-Hill's integrated Lecture Capture technology makes course content easily searchable and accessible by computer, iPod or other mobile device and is currently used by students in colleges and universities across the country, including Georgia Tech University, the University of Missouri, the University of Central Florida, the University of Colorado, El Centro Community College, St. Mary's University (Minnesota), the Thunderbird School of Global Management, and others.

The "Professor for a Day" contest ends on December 30, 2009. No purchase is necessary to enter or win. For a full list of details, please view the contest's Official Rules & Terms of Use at http://www.professorforaday.com/legal.php.

About McGraw-Hill Higher Education:

McGraw-Hill Higher Education, a unit of McGraw-Hill Education, is a premier provider of teaching and learning solutions for 21st century post-secondary and higher education markets worldwide. Through a comprehensive range of traditional and digital education content and tools, McGraw-Hill Higher Education empowers educators and prepares professionals and students of all ages to connect, learn and succeed in the global economy. McGraw-Hill Education, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), has offices in 33 countries and publishes in more than 65 languages. Additional information is available at http://www.mheducation.com/.

About Tegrity:

Tegrity Campus is the leading cloud-based class capture service, proven to improve student achievement, satisfaction, retention and recruitment across the entire institution. Tegrity Campus makes class time available all the time by automatically recording, storing and indexing every class on campus for replay by every student - without the need for an institution to purchase, install, manage and maintain any software or hardware in classrooms, or servers on campus. With Tegrity's patented Search Anything™ and Bookmarking technology, students can instantly recall key class moments for replay online, as well as on the iPhone, iPod and other mobile devices. Tegrity is based in Santa Clara, California with offices throughout the United States. For more information, visit http://www.tegrity.com/.

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