izzit.org at NCEA in Pittsburgh!

We’re in Pittsburg this week at the NCEA Conference. If you’re here, stop by our Booth 1133, say “Hi,” and get a FREE DVD!

The deadline is coming! The deadline is coming!

The "Name a Pup of Liberty" Contest is quickly drawing to a close! The deadline for entries is March 31.

Have your class use the "punny" formula to name a new character for our upcoming sequel to Pups of Liberty: The Boston T-Bone Party. The new film will focus on the "Dogclaration of Independence."

The winning teacher will receive a Kindle Fire, and his/her class will receive a prize as well.  Plus, you'll get credit for the name, which will be used in the new film.

For the full details, visit http://www.izzit.org/contests/index.php.

Special thanks to our teachers!

We've just concluded our annual survey where 600 teachers are randomly selected from the izzit.org database to give us additional feedback to help us improve our products.

This survey is different from the "regular" feedback forms we ask teachers to complete in order to receive a free DVD each year. Teachers responded to a total of approximately 35 questions designed to help us understand how teachers like/use our products, and what else they'd like to see.

It generally takes about 10 minutes to complete. These gift cards are our way of thanking those teachers for their time.

We can't improve our products without your feedback, so we appreciate every form of it, from our regular feedback form, to the emails you send us, to the completion of our annual survey.

Thank you!

New Release - Locked Out! Roots of the Arab Spring

We've got a new release!

Locked Out! Roots of the Arab Spring tells the story of Tariq Mohamad Bouazizi, who sold fruits and vegetables from a pushcart in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia. He couldn’t afford the time (142 days to complete 54 procedural steps ) or the money ($3,233 – more than he made in a year) to register his business legally. He was Locked Out of the system. 

Like the vast majority of people in the Middle East, he ran his business extra-legally and dealt with harassment from corrupt officials. On the fateful day of Dec. 17, 2010, his run-in with officials and resultant death sent shockwaves across the Middle East, plunging the region into strife and conflict as millions demanded change. 

Discover the Roots of the Arab Spring - the story of Tariq Mohamad Bouazizi. 

Recommended for grades 9-12.

http://www.izzit.org/products/detail.php?video=locked_out  

Pups of Liberty Contest!

We're having a Pups of Liberty Contest!

Your class can name a new Pups of Liberty character for our upcoming sequel!

 Visit www.izzit.org and click on CONTESTS in the left menu to learn more.

There's a prize for the winning teacher (a Kindle Fire) as well as a prize for the winning class (Teacher's Choice - a class pizza party or a book for each student.) The contest runs all of February and March, so if you don't already have Pups of Liberty: The Boston Tea-Bone Party, you have time to get a copy and use it in your classroom.

You must be logged in to your izzit.org account in order to enter. (An izzit.org account is free!)

Our animation team is already hard at work on the next Pups film, which will center around the "Doglaration of Independence." It will be another fun way to teach (or review) American History.

New release - Bee the Change!

We have a new release! Bee the Change showcases the story of two small family businesses in Chile: a beekeeper, and a woman who runs a micro-factory to make textiles. It gives Chilean history, and shows how increased economic freedom has made more opportunities for people, especially the poor. If you teach Spanish, this DVD has folks speaking in Spanish. (It's dubbed over with translators speaking English.)








Check out the photo of our film crew in protective bee suits! That must have been quite an interesting shoot!

Holiday Special!

Happy holidays! We're running a holiday special right now on the izzit.org webstore. If there are DVDs you'd love to have, but don't want to wait until your next free DVD pick is available, we're offering 50% off now through Dec. 20! Simply use the promo code Holiday50 when you check out from the webstore.

We've also got a POGO (Pick One, Get One) special going on right now. Chinese New Year is Jan. 31, and we've paired A Taste of Chocolate, the story of Jimmy Lai, who was smuggled from Communist China as a 12-year-old, with The People's Economy, a look at how China is changing. If you pick one of these DVDs this month, we'll send you the other one as a special FREE bonus!