Website+Contest

In leading up to the Mock Convention on April 4, the Middle School is having a website design contest open to each state. Three members of the HIES Tech Department will serve as judges of the sites. Here are the rules for the contest: Prize will be discussed with the winning state after the Convention to see what will be best and the most appropriate for the state.
 * Websites must be student generated. Sites constructed primarily by teachers will result in disqualification.
 * Websites should have informative home pages that do not require scrolling down. Please look at the HIES website to see that the design fits on one page with numerous links to more specific and informative information. The Mock Convention Home Page is easy to see, for example.
 * Websites should be informative about their states. Visitors to the site should have the ability to learn about the history of the state and other important information. Are their famous citizens from your state? What industries, corporations, or agricultural products can be found in the state?
 * State sites should be creative in design, even though using wikispaces limits this somewhat, you still have the ability to include pictures, video, audio, tables, charts, and so on.
 * States have until Friday March 14 to design their official page. Judging will take place the next week and the winning state will have the ability to discuss their options for a prize.