Instructions: Digital Media

Register and Set-up

Teachers visit http://www.thinkquest.org/compete/ and complete the following steps:

• Register to coach one or more teams of 1-6 students.
• Accept the ThinkQuest Competition Terms of Use and ask your school or organization's signing authority to accept the ThinkQuest Competition Agreement.
• Collect a signed Parental Consent Form from each student who is a minor.
• Review the Rules, the Guiding Questions document, and the Roadmap to Success tutorial with your team. (Your team will be eligible to receive additional points if all students on your team complete the tutorial and submit a completed survey.)

How Will Entries Be Scored?

Students who want to understand how entries are scored may review the Scoring Rubric with their teacher/coach. Please note that this step is optional.

Define a Problem & Solution

Students complete the following steps:

• State the problem you intend to solve and define the target audience for your entry.
• Research your problem. Conduct interviews, surveys, experiments, observations or field studies, and research at the library or online.
• Define your solution. Ensure that it meets the needs of your target audience and is achievable.
• Test your solution with members of your target audience and revise your solution based on those results.

Develop & Test the Entry

Students complete the following steps:

• Select the technology you will use to create and publish your entry.
• Develop your entry.
• Make sure your entry does not include plagiarized material. Properly cite content and include a reference list.
• Check your entry to make sure all elements run smoothly.
• Complete your Critical Thinking Worksheet and give it to your coach.

Submit the Entry

Coaches visit http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/think.myteams and submit their team's entry by following the instructions on the Submit Entry page.