MS Website Design Brief

 

Website Design*: 2009-2010 Middle School Design Brief
“Online Medical Research, Telemedicine and Medical Technologies”
 I.                    Context
 The web and medical technologies have evolved considerably since TSA’s Cyberspace Pursuit competitions were first initiated in the 1990s.  Now, people all over the world can interact and exchange ideas and information via the web. This interaction has affected how people deal with medical issues, research medical interventions, and how medical technologies have evolved. Consequently, telemedicine and medical information on the World Wide Web are concepts that have gotten a lot of attention lately. Hundreds of sites are dedicated to a wide variety of medical issues and how to deal with them.
II.                  Challenge Statement
 Design a series of web pages that address the evolution of telemedicine, medical information on the web, and medical technologies. Discuss research strategies that can be used when medical needs occur.
An overview of what medical technology and telemedicine are and how they affect people should be included in your solution. Also included should be an overview of some of the top twenty medical technologies and online medical research sites available. Further, your solution should contain information that focuses on possible online medical research, telemedicine techniques, and other medical related technologies that are available should someone need them.
 In addition to research on telemedicine, online medical information, medical technologies, and their uses, a section of your web site should address the benefits, constraints, and problems of using the World Wide Web for medical research and telemedicine.
Participants are to be objective and unbiased; a solution that only promotes—or that only criticizes—the online medical technologies will be awarded fewer points than a solution that provides a well researched, well rounded discussion of all aspects of how the Web can be used positively and negatively for medical research, telemedicine and  understanding medical technologies.
 You may choose how to organize the required information within the boundaries of the competition rules. Teams that develop an effective and user friendly means of providing the most pertinent information will be the most successful.
 III.                Solution Limitations
 The URL submitted must be a site designed by the team that features the solution to the design brief.  Be very careful NOT TO PLAGIARIZE information from other sources. Give credit where credit is due.
 For further details about the competition and important deadline information, carefully review the rules and regulations for Website Design in 2010 & 2011 Middle School Technology Activities, National TSA Conference Competitive Events Guide.
 IV.               Evaluation
 The solution must show sufficient evidence that the chapter’s Website Design team has addressed the requirements in the design brief challenge statement (see above, II. Challenge Statement). The assessment rubric in the middle school competitive events guide will be used to evaluate each entry.
 For specific information about MS Website Design, carefully read the most current event rules and regulations. If further clarification is needed, please contact the event manager, Ricky Broussard, at rbroussard@mesquiteisd.org . Include the words “WEBSITE DESIGN” in your subject line in order to ensure a prompt response.
 
 
*The middle school level competition entitled Website Design was formerly named Cyberspace Pursuit.