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- Judging Categories: Primary and Secondary Schools
Judging Criteria:
- Content (30%): To what degree is the website appealing to a worldwide audience?
- Presentation (30%): How well is the information presented? How well does it use the Web medium?
- Collaboration (40%): How fully did the students participate in the project? How well did they work together to create their website?
Judging Process: All website entries completed and posted by March 31 will be evaluated in the following process.
Preliminary Judging
A Selection Committee and the GVC Project Manager will select a total of 12 finalists in the Primary School and Secondary School categories using the criteria outlined above.
Final Judging
For two weeks after that, the Global Virtual Classroom judges, a panel of Internet-savvy individuals, will evaluate the 12 Websites individually and determine the winning teams (Grand Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize, Runners-Up, and Special Merit) using the same criteria as the Preliminary Judging.
VIP Judges: We have convened an impressive panel of judges for this year's GVC Contest...
Lena W. Chung is Managing Director of AT&T's wholesale VOIP service, which provides voice over Internet capabilities for carriers, ITSPs and next generation telcos. She manages the overcall business operations of the AT&T Global Clearinghouse and the Enterprise Nodes in Europe and South America. Lena is a pioneer in applications over IP, leading AT&T's foray into this space with the launch of innovative IP and VOIP services including the AT&T Global Clearinghouse in 1998. She has extensive experience in sales, marketing, business development and operations. During her tenure at AT&T's Business Sales Division in New York, she led the sales and implementation of numerous AT&T voice and data networking solutions for key customers. She also launched AT&T's video teleconferencing and high-speed data services while she was product manager at AT&T's US Headquarters. Lena holds a BS and MBA from Columbia University and currently resides and works in Hong Kong.
Earl Gee is Partner, with Fani Chung, of Gee + Chung Design, an award-winning multi-disciplinary design firm creating identity and branding programs, marketing collateral, packaging, exhibits and websites for clients including Apple Computer, the Federal Reserve Bank, IBM, Lucasfilm, Ltd., and Sony Electronics. The firm’s work has received numerous design awards and is included in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress and the Smithsonian Institution. He received his BFA in graphic design with distinction from Art Center College of Design.
Carol C. Knauff is a retired Vice President from AT&T where she spent 29 years leading organizations to market place and financial success. She represented AT&T in a number of national organizations. These were: U.S.O., Council for Better Business Bureaus, and National Council of LaRaza. She is an elected member of The Pennsylvania State University Alumni Council, and was named Outstanding Engineering Alumni in 1995 and Alumni Fellow in 1998 by Penn State. She also received the Pinnacle Award in 2002 from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Carol received a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Penn State in 1969, a Masters in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla and an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson. She currently resides in Mendham, NJ with her husband Jeff and their two daughters, Kathleen, 22 and Christine, 17. Carol is active in her community and volunteers many hours to the high school.
Dr. Matta has 30 years experience with GE and high tech industry as an executive and general manager. He has designed and developed jet engines, gas turbines, power plants and been responsible for digitization of engineering processes. Dr. Matta took early retirement from GE to spend time with his family and to indulge his passion for teaching. He is an adjunct professor and consultant in Austin, TX. Dr. Matta has a BTech in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Delhi, a PhD in Aeronautical Engineering from the University of Minnesota, and a Masters in Business from Stanford University.
JoAnn Patrick-Ezzell is Chairman of the Give Something Back International Foundation, the sponsor of the Global Virtual Classroom Program. She also serves as President & CEO of Synergistic Systems, a global management consulting firm. She has over 25 years of business experience in the telecommunications industry and served as President & CEO, ATT Asia/Pacific in Hong Kong. JoAnn graduated from Bucknell University in 1975 with a bachelor’s degree in economics. A Sloan Fellow, she received a master’s degree from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business in 1988. She and her husband, Andy Ezzell reside in Sarasota, Florida.
Judging Results: Grand Prize, Second Prize, Third Prize, Runners-Up, and Special Merit winners will be annouced on May 1.
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