HCI Community Service Design Contest

  *** HCI Community Service Design Contest ***

  Addison Wesley Publishers is sponsoring a=20
  User Interface Design Contest=20
  in connection with the publication of:

     Designing the User Interface: 4th edition
     Ben Shneiderman & Catherine Plaisant

  The Challenge
  Students are asked to create a Web site to help=20
  a campus, community, neighborhood, healthcare,=20
  philanthropic, museum, or educational organization.=20

  The Goal
  By engaging students in the challenges and rewards=20
  of community service students gain a valuable real-world=20
  experience and make a difference in their communities.=20
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  Enter the Contest
  Instructors of Fall 2004 courses in Human-Computer=20
  Interaction, user interface design, Web usability, and=20
  related courses in the U.S. and Canada are invited to=20
  participate.  Students can compete individually, in teams,=20
  or as a class (that's up to you), to work with these=20
  non-profit organizations building and improving their Web sites.=20

  Each instructor will select a winning entry for each course=20
  section and submit a 500-word description containing the URL=20
  of the student work during November 5-15, 2004.  Each submitting=20
  team will get their choice of three books from the Addison-Wesley=20
  book list.

  Then the 5-member review panel will select the best of the group
  for review by Ben Shneiderman and Catherine Plaisant.  They
  will choose the winner and arrange to appear for a guest lecture
  in the class of the winning team during the first two weeks
  of December 2004.=20
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  For details see:  http://www.aw-bc.com/dtuicontest/
  All inquiries go to [email protected]=20

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