Chicon 2000: Webs of Wonder Awards
Chicon 2000
Webs of Wonder Awards
Rev. 21-Aug-2000
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See also:
* Webs of Wonder Awards
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Other Worldly Awards, Fairmont Hotel - Crystal Room, Third Floor.
Saturday, 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
Webs of Wonder, a web contest sponsored by Analog Science Fiction and
Fact magazine and New York Times
bestselling author David Brin, is aimed at resources that will help
teachers and students use science fiction to complement subjects faced
in today's classroom. The Webs of Wonder Contest will award a $1,000
cash first prize - plus runner up awards - for excellent new sites on
the World Wide Web that unite a love of learning with a passion for
good stories.
For years, educators have given their students famous and obscure
science fiction tales to enliven difficult topics. A chemistry teacher
might illustrate part of her curriculum with a classic Hal Clement
novel, while a social studies class would argue the ethical questions
raised by Tom Godwin's famous story "The Cold Equations." These
efforts have mostly been isolated. Great teachers had no simple way to
share their study guides, illustrations, provocative question sets -
or the story itself; until recently, that is.
Today's technology can help teachers and web-designers create vivid
materials to brighten any subject, then let them share their
creativity with colleagues all over the country and around the world.
Moreover, this offers one more way to get compelling literature into
the hands of young people who might otherwise never be intrigued by
some of science fiction's greatest stories. For details about rules
and a list of available supporting materials, see the Webs of Wonder
website .
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