Seeking Virtual Judges for Invention Competition

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Eligible judges must have either STEM, innovation, entrepreneurial or education related experience and be over the age of 18.

You will:

• Evaluate student inventions using current judging rubric

• Provide objective feedback for student inventions

• Engage student inventors with questions or comments about their inventions

There are 2 different ways you can serve as a judge.

• Asynchronous Online Judge - This group of judges will review project materials, score, and leave feedback asynchronously on their own time. Asynchronous judges will have a week to review projects before feedback and scores are due.

• Live Online Judge - This group of judges meet with students in real-time on Zoom to watch student presentations, ask questions, and score projects the day of. Live judges must be available to meet with students on Zoom on Saturday, March 15th from 9am-12pm CDT.

TIME COMMITMENT

• Registration (~ 5min) - A registration link for Zfairs, our judging platform will be provided to you generally at the end of February.

• Asynchronous Judge Webinar (~30 min)

• Judging (1-3 hours)

• Asynchronous online judges can expect to spend 1-3 hours over the course of a week reviewing student invention materials and submitting feedback and scores.

• Live online judges will spend 3 hours meeting with students in real time to learn about their inventions, asking questions, and submitting feedback and scores.