Global Virtual Classroom: A Free Online Educational Program

Mini Web Contest - for K-12 classes

Content
	5	4	3	2	1-0
Theme	Well thought out and logical. Interesting topic(s) throughout		Interesting topics, but scattered organization or thoughts.		Minimum content; no logical organization
Quality of Content	Informs, entertains, shares, and teaches. Strong in originality or creativity.			Nothing or little which is creative or original.
Citations	Each page contains credits for text, images, etc. Original work also indicates country of creator. Third party work credited with indicator of permission for its use.			Content credited, but just with a page of links. No indication of which links refer to which part of the site’s content or no attribution at all.
Presentation
Visual appeal	Images, animations, video, or sound are used effectively to add meaning. Site is attractive, with good design. Text is readable.		Site is attractive, with good design. Text is readable.	Text difficult to read because of color choice and/or background. Images & other media add nothing to content but are there for their own sake.
Creativity and Consistency	Graphics and multimedia, creative and original. Site design is consistent throughout.		Creative and original, but overall design inconsistent.	Consistent design but no original graphics or multimedia.	No overall design.
Other
Collaboration	Content reflects the participation of all 3 schools, such as sharing research, or technical expertise, or artwork. Credits on each page indicate which students from each country created that page or contributed to the content. (Web work can be done by one school as long as others contributed to content and/or graphics.)			Each school made their own pages independently, with no apparent interaction.	No indication of collaboration. Site appears to be the work of only one school.
Reflections	Teacher and students reflect learning through collaboration with partners.				No reflections included.
Bonus Points	In accord with the mission of our sponsor, Give Something Back International, we encourage teams to also give back. Some suggestions: Student actions in community service related to website theme. Support of a worthy cause through such things as community awareness and/or fund raising. Helping others to understand environmental or social issues through the web site created.
How does it work? See more here - Rubric