USING TECHNOLOGY TO COMMUNICATE - WEB PAGE
Competition Date: Friday, March 11, 2005
Location: Ala Moana Hotel
Event: The Asia-Pacific Cyber Games

Design, develop, publish, and present a web site that demonstrates and communicates topical information to a specific audience using appropriate technology resources.

This category is open to students in grades 9-12. Create your web site using Notepad, FrontPage, DreamWeaver, Flash, Claris HomePage, or whatever other program you choose to use.

As a means of demonstrating that your web site is communicating to a wide audience, 10% of your project's score will be based on the number of "popular votes" your web site receives. From Wednesday, March 2, 2005, through Tuesday, March 8, 2005, have your friends and family go to the HiTech Quest web site to vote for your project. By doing so, they will establish a "vote" for your web site. The more votes you generate, the more points (maximum 10 points) your project will receive.

HiTech Quest will award three prizes: first place ($1,000 scholarship), second place ($500 scholarship), and third place ($250 scholarship).

How to Participate

1. In order to participate in the 2005 HiTech Quest Scholarship Competition, register your project online using the HiTech Quest website by FRIDAY, February 4, 2004 . Registration requires a project title, a brief project description (please use complete sentences), names of the participating students, school name, and name & email address of the coach (teacher/mentor). Students may enter in projects individually or as a team (maximum five students per team).

2. A registration fee of $20 is due PER PROJECT. All participants will receive a HiTech Quest Tee Shirt and various prizes on the competition day. The team's registration forms and $20 fee (checks payable to "HiTech Quest") must be postmarked by FRIDAY, February 4, 2005 to the following address:

   HiTech Quest
   Technology as a Tool For Communications - Web Site
   550 Paiea Street, Suite 222
   Honolulu, HI 96819

3. Your web site must be accessible on the Internet by FRIDAY, February 25, 2005 . If you do not have access to a web server/host, HiTech Quest can host the site for you. If you plan on using this option, please email HiTech Quest at info@hitechquest.com by FRIDAY, February 4, 2005 .

4. Individuals or teams must submit by FRIDAY, February 25, 2005 a one to two-page typed, single-spaced document that clearly explains the following:
   • The purpose of the web site.
   • The web site's target audience.
   • The research that went into designing and developing the content for the web site.
   • A description of how your web site was created (i.e., technology used, third party assistance received, etc.)
   • A brief reflection regarding your learning and project.

5. Your project team must be able to attend and present at the HiTech Quest showcase event on FRIDAY, March 11, 2005 at the Ala Moana Hotel. Each project's creators will have 15 minutes to present their web site on a presentation stage in front of a seated panel of judges representing Hawaii's technology industry. Projection equipment (i.e., a digital video projector or plasma display) will be provided.

Rules

1. Student work on the project entered must be done during the 2004-05 school year.

2. Students may enter one project per category.

3. HiTech Quest reserves the right to disqualify any project deemed by its Board of Directors to be inappropriate.