To celebrate the innovative ways Penn State students and instructors are using the World Wide Web and to recognize undergraduate excellence in academic Web site design, the Center for Academic Computing, the Office of Undergraduate Education, and the Teaching and Learning Consortium proudly announce the University's first Undergraduate Web Fair.
The competition is open to any undergraduate student, or team of students, who created a Web site as part of an academic course taken in the fall semester, 2000.
Web sites will be judged by a panel of students, faculty, and information technology specialists based on how effectively they use the medium to present academic content. Criteria include ease of navigation, sensitivity to Web accessibility issues, and innovative use of sound, image and video.
Winning designers will be awarded laptop computers and other valuable prizes donated by some of Penn State's leading technology vendors such as Microsoft, Apple, Compaq, and Gateway. Prizes will be awarded in the spring, 2001.
Any faculty member or teaching assistant may
nominate a Web site between November 1 and December 15. To submit
a nomination, or for more information, visit
http://www.psu.edu/webfair on the Web. Questions can be
e-mailed to webfair@psu.edu.