1. Just for Kids: an Interactive Children’s Web Site for Cincinnati Museum Center Prepared by: Natalya Kelly Amy Camberos

2. Overview  Statement of Problem  Areas of IT Emphasis  Project Description  User Profile  Technical Elements  Deliverables  Proof of Design  Summary

3. 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.

4. Areas of IT Emphasis  Multimedia  Programming  Database

5. 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.

6. Project Description (Cont)  Reflects the exhibits  Child Friendly  Interactive  Educational  Teachers & parents log-on

7. Project Description (Cont)  Tundra mosaic color scheme  Button navigation  Unified design  Style Sheet  Graphic intensive  Sound

8. User Profile  Kids – limited IT literacy –Bright Colors –Easy Navigation –Fun  Teachers & parents – limited IT literacy  Administrators – high IT literacy

9. Technical Elements: Software  Adobe Photoshop 6.0  Macromedia Flash / ActionScript  Macromedia HomeSite  Microsoft SQL Server 2000  Microsoft ASP.NET  Microsoft Windows 2000 Server running IIS

10. Technical Elements: Hardware  Pentium III, 750 MHz  640 Mb RAM  SCSI 30Gb Hard drive  GForce 3 64 Mb  Sound Card

11. Deliverables  Flash introduction  HTML user interface  3 Museums’ sections  Six Flash games  An Omnimax section  ASP.NET login and registration for parent’s and teacher’s pages

12. Proof of Design http://dit-senior/kidsmuseumcenter

13. 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 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

14. Summary  Appealing child-friendly introduction  Colorful HTML user interface  3 museums’ sections with educational text, graphics, and 7 games reflecting exhibits  An Omnimax section with Flash slide-show  Printable Tips Pages for Teachers and Parents  Login and registration pages for Teachers’ and Parents’ section

15. 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 technologies  Completed all of the deliverables  Demonstrated proof of design

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