Journal #4: Plan for Curriculum Project

Write and post to your blog a plan for your final project. Your plan should include your idea for the website, an image of the site map and wireframe, and description that covers the following points.

Plan for your Curriculum Project: Due Session five

• Working Title: "Madera County Library: Children's Programs"
• Developer - Vanessa Johnson
• Rational or focus - My mom works at the county library in my hometown as the children's programming coordinator. I plan to create a little website that showcases what this program has to offer. 
• Main features outline - I want this website to include examples of past events and activities as well as plans for future ones. There will be contact information as well. 
• Content - There will only be 4 individual web pages: The home page and then an "About," "Participate," and "Contact" page. Through reading, and personal internet use, I've learned that deeply embedded pages get much less user traffic. Subtopics on the About page will include "Meet your Children's Programs Coordinator," "What are Children's Programs?" and an FAQ section. Subtopics on the Participate page will include: "Holiday Events," "Junior Volunteers," "Storytime," and "Summer Reading Program." Each of these Participate subtopics will include a summary of what they are along with some form of media that illustrates past events. The Contact page will include the address, phone and email.
• Target audience - The website will be geared towards parents of kids aged 2-17, and persuading them to bring their children in to participate and get involved with program activities and events. 
• Design considerations. I want the site to be very simple and user-friendly, while remaining aesthetically pleasing. I don't want a million links, but I would like to include images and a video or two.
• Limiting factors - I'm still very much a novice in web-design so adding images and keeping everything organized behind-the-scenes is an issue. I also fear I may have difficulty creating something that looks good on Firefox, Chrome, Safari etc. AND Windows and Mac. 

Site Map:

Wire Frame:

(home page)