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 [www] 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 [www].
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