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Theme for 2009 Website Design Contest: "Heroes"
Background:
MCWTF is sponsoring a website design contest for high school girls. Each year a theme is chosen for the websites that allows the contestants to focus on a specific topic of interest. This year's theme is "Heroes." The theme hopes to encourage girls to think about heroes in general as well as specific heroes, whether real or fictional. It is open ended enough to encourage creativity, thoughtfulness, and a little research.
Theme Development:
At least one page of the website should be devoted to the contestant's own personal hero and how her life is/was affected by this hero. Other pages are open to her interpretation of the theme. Some examples of other areas to explore are listed below. This list is not meant to be a requirement for the website, but rather it is simply ideas to help start the creative thought process.
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Heroes from the past and how they compare to heroes of today
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Hero archetypes
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What fictional heroes mean to real people
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Heroes for specific age groups
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Heroic acts of ordinary people
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The differences between real heroes and famous idols
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Being a hero to your peers or your family or the world – what are your plans?
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The importance of heroes to society
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How my own decisions today can make me a hero tomorrow
Keep in mind that, if a contestant becomes a finalist, she will be asked to explain the following to the judges: What is the overall purpose of the site? Who did you envision as the intended audience for the site as you developed it (i.e. children, peers, teachers, etc.)? Why will the audience find the site useful/interesting?
Technical Development:
Each website should be a minimum of four (4) pages. Contestants may include links to other websites. Be careful about plagiarism. Web design software is allowed. Because Flash is quite advanced and requires expensive software, it is not allowed. It is not necessary to include video or photos, but if you do, they must work, or you will be penalized.
Once the contest is over, some of the sites may become part of the MCWTF site to educate and encourage other girls.
Questions? Email Barbkalb@sbcglobal.net.