PRE-COLLEGE WEBDESIGN CONTEST
As IEEE METU, one of the student branches of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), we run a contest named "Pre-College Webdesign Contest" in cooperation with Ministry of National Education of Turkey.
What Is Pre-College Webdesign Contest?
Pre-College Webdesign Contest is a competition for pre-college students about preparing website. All students throughout Turkey are able to join this contest. By preparing this contest, we aim to encourage students to use computer technologies and introduce information technologies to students in early ages, and make every school have a web site. There are 2 categories in this contest: "My School" and "My Imaginary School". In "My School" category, each student is supposed to prepare a website by describing her/his own school literally on the website. In "My Imaginary School" category, each student is supposed to prepare a website by using imagination.
About IEEE METU
IEEE METU is a student branch that...
• has more than 50 responsible active workers and more than 200 permanent participant from all the faculties and classes,
• performs over 40 activities and 5 big organizations with more than 20 thousand participants in a year,
• participates in more than 5 big fairs and joins approximately 20 conference and meeting as an invited participant,
• accepts responsibility for all the content, composition and advertisement jobs of our magazine BILTEK which is published 2 issues per year,
• has one-to-one contact with approximately 40 universities in Turkey,
• takes responsibility for the development of science and technology with the understanding of being a non-governmental organization,
• takes the support of many institutions by performing activities in collaboration with them,
• performs researches and objective evaluations based on these research which authorized people and associations can easily access,
• does not feel hesitant to apply for national and international funds like European Community and World Bank which gerektiren preparing comprehensive project proposals...
and finally
• has been deemed worthy of many prestigious rewards like “WORLD OUTSTANDING STUDENT BRANCH” with all these things we achieve.
The Terms
• Each primary education student, whose school belongs to Ministry of National Education of Republic of Turkey, can attend the contest individually.
• Each student should have an advisor who is from the same school with student. (It is better if advisor is from computer branch. If not, advisor should have information about computer and internet, at least.)
• More than one student can individually attend the contest from the same school but there should be one advisor for all.
• Website prepared by a student should represent the student’s primary school; therefore, texts and visual materials must be related to the subject and they must not disregard ethical rules.
• Websites proposed for contest will be published at www.anlatokulunu.com by giving link to these websites.
Rules of the Contest
• Each student should have an advisor.
• In “My School” category, it is required to have rich content, functionality and visual goods.
• In “My Imaginary School” category, creativity and difference and vision are required.
• Written and visual materials that will be used in web sites should represent the school. In order to do this, materials of the website should be related with the subject and be consistent with ethical rules.
• Logical flow of subjects and accurate information in websites will be reflected as bonus points while evaluation process.
• Materials used in the website are required to be original and must not be taken from other sources. On the other hand, logos and materials that represent government agencies, foundations and associations are free to use. In addition, written materials such as statistical data are advised to be used by referencing to the owner. Juries may ask questions to students about her/his project, if it is considered to be necessary.
• Pure navigation elements and user-friendly design will be graded with bonus points while evaluation process.
• Web programming languages (PHP, ASP, JSP etc.) and software (Photoshop, Flash etc) that will be used to create web pages are up to participant’s own decisions. Evaluation will be based on performance, usability and having no broken links on the website. If any part of source codes of the pages is taken from other sources like template websites or programming sites with or without permission, project will be disqualified from the contest.
• If a participant demands web hosting, these demands should be reported in the application form. Web hosting will be provided by IEEE METU for free.
Categories
The contest is divided into 2 categories:
• My School : Each student is supposed to prepare her/his own school's website.
• My Imaginary School: Each student is supposed to prepare a website of an imaginary school by using their creativity.
Selection Committee
A. Gökhan Çelebi (Vice Chairman of IEEE METU)
Ali Rıza Babaoğlan (Internet Editor of PC Magazine Turkey)
Atalay Keleştemur (Software Editor of PC World Turkey)
Aydın Çay (Expert Electronics Teacher at MEB-EĞİTEK)
Ayşe Kula (Technology of Education Teacher at MEB-EĞİTEK)
Cenk Tarhan (Publication Director of Chip Online Turkey)
Cevahir Turgut (Software Engineer at Aydın Software & Electronics)
Elif Aydın (Computer Programmer)
İlyas Tekbaş (Expert Educative Computer Teacher at MEB-EĞİTEK)
Kıvanç Tanrıkulu (Internet Editor at PC NET)
M. Yaşar Özden (Chairman of METU CEIT)
Mehmet Velipaşaoğlu (Visual Arts Expert & Branch Manager at MEB-EĞİTEK)
Murat Duman (Research Assistant at METU CEIT)
Oğuz Yılmaz (Co-Founder of LABRİS Technology)
Ozan İlbey Yılmaz (Webmaster of IEEE METU)
Ozan Şener (Chairman of IEEE METU Computer Society)
Refika Köseler
Tayfun Akçay (Software Development Advisor at Infopark)
Timur Sırt (Technology Editor at Sabah Journal)
Evaluation
For the 1st Category;
VISUAL DESIGN (30 points)
• Color Scheme (3 points)
• Settlement Pattern (4 points)
• Legibility and Clarity (4 points)
• Menu Design (9 points)
• Originality of the Design (10 points)
FUNCTIONALITY (30 points)
• Loading Time & File Size (8 points)
• Ease-of-use (8 points)
• Search in Site (3 points)
• Site Map (3 points)
• Coordination between Pages (5 points)
• Not-broken Links (3 points)
CONTEXT (40 points)
• The Page about Atatürk (5 points)
• Introduction of School (5 points)
• Enough Contact Information (3 points)
• Support Services (6 points)
• Interaction with Social Environment (3 points)
• Local Introduction (3 points)
• Correct Spelling (2 points)
• Useful Links (3 points)
• Suitable Links (3 points)
• Interactive Updates (3 points)
• Coordination between Pages (4 points)
BONUS (10 points)
• Valid XHTML (2 points)
• Valid CSS (1 point)
• Illustration Use (1 point)
• Animation Use (1 point)
• User-friendly Pages:
- Polls (1 point)
- Sign In/Out (1 point)
- Guestbook (1 point)
• Multi Language (1 point)
For the 2nd Category;
VISUAL DESIGN (25 points)
• Color Scheme (3 points)
• Settlement Pattern (4 points)
• Legibility and Clarity (4 points)
• Menu Design (9 points)
• Originality of the Design (5 points)
FUNCTIONALITY (25 points)
• Loading Time & File Size (4 points)
• Ease-of-use (5 points)
• Up-to-Datedness (2 points)
• Search in Site (2 points)
• Site Map (2 points)
• Interactive Updates (3 points)
• Coordination Between Pages (4 points)
• Not-broken Links (3 points)
CREATIVITY AND IMAGINATION(50 points)
First: 50 points
Second: 40 points
Third: 30 points
Forth: 20 points
Fifth: 10 points
Contest Calendar
November 12th, 2007: Presentation of the Contest and Beginning of Applications
December 28th, 2007: Application Deadline
December 28th, 2007 - February 8th, 2008: Period of the Preparation of Websites
February 11th, 2008 - February 25th, 2008: Evaluation Period
March 10th 2008: Award Ceremony
Awards
Students which go on to the final as first, second and third will be awarded with;
Laptop computer,
Video camera ,
Digital camera ,
for both categories.
Contact
[PRE-COLLEGE WEBDESIGN CONTEST]
For your questions: hilal@anlatokulunu.com or bilgi@anlatokulunu.com
[IEEE METU STUDENT BRANCH]
Middle East Technical University
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department, Block A, No: 305
06531 Ankara/TURKEY
Office Tel: 0090 3122104536
Office Fax: 0090 3122102304
ieee@ieee.metu.edu.tr