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Using Technology to Communicate - Web
Judging Criteria
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Online Votes (10%)
As a means of demonstrating that your message/cause is reaching a wide
audience, a portion of your score will be based on the number of
votes that you can generate for your site. During the week of Wednesday, March
2, 2005 through Tuesday, March 8, 2005, tell your friends and family to visit
your site and have them go to the HiTech Quest website to vote for your site.
By doing so, they will establish a "vote" for your site. The more "votes" your
site receives, the more points your project will receive when judged by HiTech
Quest (maximum 10 points).
| Criteria: Your project’s score will be based upon a rank ordering
of the projects by the number of votes received (e.g., if 50 projects are
entered in this category, the 5 projects receiving to most votes will receive
10 points, the 6th through 10th projects will receive 9 points, etc.).
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Technical Quality (30%)
| Criteria: Does the web site work as intended? |
| Links to a variety of online resources and other sites work
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| Navigation is functional (you can click through the site),
Web site is well organized to allow visitors to move quickly and efficiently
through the site
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| A variety of tools/programs and advanced features are used,
demonstrating technical skill |
| Web site is viewable using a variety of browsers (including
less popular and older versions); images and formatting load quickly on
high-speed and slower connections |
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Design Considerations (20%)
| Criteria: Does the design enhance presentation of the content? (should be
appropriate to the content - professional and business-like) |
| A consistent theme ("look and feel") is used: Appropriate
colors, fonts, graphics and layout are used |
| Images work with text to maximize impact |
| A variety of media (graphics, animation, multimedia, etc.)
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Content (20%)
| Criteria: Information is communicated effectively
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| Topic selected is interesting, timely and compelling and
addresses a specific target audience |
| Rich Content: Site demonstrates insight, understanding and
innovative exploration of the topic; Topic is explored in depth; A variety of
sources/citations are provided |
| Writing is well-organized and free of mechanical and
grammatical errors |
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Oral and Written Communication (20%)
| Criteria: Project team communicated effectively about the project |
| Written submission addresses the questions presented in a
clear, concise manner
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| Oral presentation is organized and informative |
| Project is presented articulately, with confidence |
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Teamwork/Learning (10%)
Criteria: For team projects, Teamwork and Learning are both considered. For projects completed by individuals, only Learning will be considered.
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Teamwork: The team members contributed fully to the success of the project and the project created reflects the combined efforts of all team members.
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| Each team member contributed their knowledge, skills and abilities to support the creation of the project |
| The final work reflects the coordinated efforts of all team members |
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Learning: Participants were able to reflect on their work and what they learned through the process (including what they would have done differently and how they would improve their project).
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| Project was completed independently by the team members (without adult assitance) |
| The participants indicated critical thinking about their learning and project |
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