How do you inspire your child to learn? #spon

If I am being honest (channeling my inner Simon Cowell here) learning has not always been a passion of mine. In fact, during my school years, learning was probably the last thing on my mind.

I was a social kid and my main goal at school was to have fun with my friends. This mantra pretty lasted through college.

Now as the mother of three children, this is something that I am constantly worried about. I am definitely raising three very social kids and I want them to be more focused on learning.

So I work hard on inspiring them to learn. This can be everything from fostering their creativity to buying learning materials with their favorite characters to doing everything I can to make learning fun.

I take pride in the fact that I am very focused on using almost every situation in our lives as a learning experience. I love that my kids are also very interested in learning. They are curious and smart children so whatever I can do to inspire them, I do.

Intel has a really cool contest going on right now where your student can win a laptop. They only need to answer the question “What inspires you to learn?”

Contest Specifics:

• Open to students 14 – 18. If student is 14 – 17 years of age, please have parent submit on student’s behalf.
• Contest is open until August 15. Winners will be announced Sept. 15.
• Winner will receive a laptop with Intel 2nd Generation Core i5 technology for themselves, plus a Sony Internet TV for their school
• To enter, students should e-mail their name, age, state, telephone number and answer to the question, “What inspires you to learn?” to studentinspiration@intel.com (minimum 50 words)
• Students can also include links to original photos, videos or other multimedia content that will add to their entry. Please only submit content that is appropriate at school and that the student would submit to their teacher. If the entry includes content with someone in it, be sure that you have their written permission. Students cannot use copyrighted material in their entry, unless they have specific written permission from the copyrighted material owner
• Entries will be judged by a panel of Intel and education experts based upon: (1) Relevance to the question, “What inspires you to learn?” (80%), (2) compelling nature of entry, including supplementary materials submitted (20%). Note: the entries will not be made public unless they are selected as one of the finalists.

Complete contest rules can be found here: http://bit.ly/IdeaJamEducationRules

DISCLOSURE: This post is sponsored by Intel