Cyberspace Pursuit: 2008-2009 High School Design Brief

“Web 3.0: What is next for the Internet?”

I. Context
We've all heard the term "Web 2.0." Web 1.0 has been described as including the sites of the dot com booms and first ventures into blogging, e-commerce, etc.; Web 2.0 is characterized as the interactive web - MySpace, Facebook, Wikipedia, PodCasting, etc. As a forward-thinking individual, one cannot help but ask, “What is Web 3.0 going to be, and when will it get here?”
II. Challenge Statement

Design a series of web pages that address the history of the Internet, including the eras of “Web 1.0” and “Web 2.0.” Examples of technologies and particular websites, services, and other online activities and associated demographics within the respective periods should be covered in your research.

More importantly, however, develop a web-based presentation on what “Web 3.0” might be. You should reference the opinions of credible individuals, as well as formulate your own predictions. Your personal predictions should be supported by reasoning and fact, with examples provided of just what might come out of “Web 3.0” and who might use it. Judges will be asked to 1) evaluate how well each team supports its views, and 2) avoid the influence of personal feelings (about the rightness or wrongness of a team’s conjectures) when rating a team’s entry.

You may choose how you wish to organize the required information within the boundaries of the competition rules – however, teams are encouraged to focus on the development of the “Web 3.0 Predictions” while still effectively covering the historical aspect of the assignment. Teams that develop an effective and user friendly means of providing 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, the TSA chapter, and the school’s career and technology education program. The team’s design brief solution and TSA chapter website (designed by the team) must be linked from this page.

For further details about the competition and important deadline dates, carefully review the rules and regulations for Cyberspace Pursuit in 2009 & 2010 High School Technology Activities, National TSA Conference Competitive Events Guide.

IV. Evaluation
The solution must show evidence that the chapter’s Cyberspace Pursuit team has addressed the requirements of the design brief challenge statement (see above, II. Challenge Statement). The assessment rubric in the high school competitive events guide will be used to evaluate each entry.