Just for Kids: an Interactive Children’s Web Site for Cincinnati Museum Center

Prepared by: Natalya Kelly

Amy Camberos

Overview

Statement of ProblemAreas of IT EmphasisProject Description User ProfileTechnical Elements DeliverablesProof of DesignSummary

Statement of Problem

The Museum Center needs a Web site that

will help to bring the Museums to the

children’s homes and bring the children into

the Museums.

Areas of IT Emphasis

MultimediaProgrammingDatabase

Project Description

Just for Kids is an interactive, multimedia

based way to raise the level of interest of

children in the Cincinnati Museum Center

through the use of games and puzzles.

Project Description (Cont)

Reflects the exhibitsChild Friendly Interactive EducationalTeachers & parents log-on

Project Description (Cont)

Tundra mosaic color schemeButton navigationUnified designStyle SheetGraphic intensiveSound

User Profile

Kids – limited IT literacy– Bright Colors– Easy Navigation– Fun

Teachers & parents – limited IT literacyAdministrators – high IT literacy

Technical Elements: Software

Adobe Photoshop 6.0Macromedia Flash / ActionScriptMacromedia HomeSiteMicrosoft SQL Server 2000Microsoft ASP.NETMicrosoft Windows 2000 Server running

IIS

Technical Elements: Hardware

Pentium III, 750 MHz640 Mb RAMSCSI 30Gb Hard driveGForce 3 64 MbSound Card

Deliverables

Flash introductionHTML user interface3 Museums’ sections Six Flash gamesAn Omnimax sectionASP.NET login and registration for

parent’s and teacher’s pages

Proof of Design

http://dit-senior/kidsmuseumcenter

Flash Intro

Main Page

Children’s Museum

Cincinnati History Museum

Natural History Museum

Omnimax Theater

Teachers/Parents

Flash Facts

Tour of Museum

Flash Facts

Tour of Museum

Flash Facts

Tour of Museum

Geology Wheel

Interesting Facts

Log on page

Game (Woods)

Registration Page

Informational Page

Informational Page

Informational Page

Site Outline

Quiz (Sink or Float)

Puzzle (Celebration)

Story/Game

(Settler Family)

Puzzle (Fountain Square in 1940)

Game (Elko Coloring Book)

Game (Human Body)

Description of the Movies

Movies Slide Show

Summary

Appealing child-friendly introductionColorful HTML user interface 3 museums’ sections with educational text,

graphics, and 7 games reflecting exhibitsAn Omnimax section with Flash slide-showPrintable Tips Pages for Teachers and ParentsLogin and registration pages for Teachers’ and

Parents’ section

Summary (cont)

Designed in response to increased usage by children

Implemented multimedia, programming, and database knowledge

Created for low level IT literacy Integrated various hardware and software

technologiesCompleted all of the deliverablesDemonstrated proof of design

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