This site has a simplistic design with the links located at top of the page for easy user access.…
“Visual elements such as color, layout, typography, and images shape a sites personality or voice” (McIntire, 2008, p. 2) thus the design must be appealing in order to lure visitors to the site. There are several characteristics that are included in the design of a website including color, layout, graphics, fonts, input forms, and navigation. After reviewing the Kudler site, the rotating graphics gives the site a focusing affect.…
University of Phoenix. (2010). Health Informatics and Health Communications. Retrieved from University of Phoenix, HCS/457 website.…
Infant Mortality rate has improved somewhat over time, however in Arkansas has been consistently higher than that of the nation as a whole since 2007.…
4. Are the links on the site current and working? Can you tell when the site or page was last updated?…
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is “a membership organization that, with its member stations, serves the American public with programming and services of the highest quality, using media to educate, inspire, entertain and express the diversity of perspectives. PBS empowers individuals to achieve their potential and strengthens the social, democratic and cultural health of the U.S.” As it is clearly stated in their mission statement, PBS’s goal is to inform, educate, and entertain people of all ages. Its online repository varies from historic videos and primary source documents, in the subject areas of History, Geography, and Science and Nature, all of which is rich in content.…
newsletters, legal information and even a Q&A forum. The main focus of this website is…
The Future of Children, Vol. 18, No. 1, Children and Electronic Media (Spring, 2008), pp. 119-146…
For most Americans, watching television is a part of everyday life. According to the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, Americans spend more than 5 hours everyday watching television (Bls.gov, 2015). When Sesame Street first appeared on television in 1969, there were more than 12 million children in the United States. Many of those children “did not attend any form of school” (Ball et al. pg.1 para.1). In order to accommodate the delay in public education for all students, private and public agencies created the Children’s Television Workshop. The goal of the Children’s Television Workshop was to “entertain children and foster their intellectual and cultural development” (Ball et al. p. 2 para.1). Agencies decided to create a television show for the following reasons: Firstly, Television was accessible to many Americans. Secondly, children learn from television. This is evident when children sing jingles from commercials, or can recognize words they see on television. The Children’s Television Workshop launched in 1968 and began setting instructional goals for it’s educational program entitled “Sesame Street.”…
Shows currently on PBS Kids range from Thomas and Friends, Bob the Builder, to Super Why. Thomas and Friends teaches that friendship is key and to always help others in need. On the Island of Sodor, Thomas and his friends help everything run smoothly, Thomas often gets in trouble for trying to be a useful engine though and with the help from his friends he gets out of sticky situations. Bob is a handyman that always has the mantra of yes, we can and fixes whatever is broken of his friends or the surrounding townsfolk.…
I chose to watch PBS to view a Kids show; partly because as a college student I have limited income and can’t afford cable, and partly because I grew up watching the channel. I found website that had live streaming of certain cable network shows. When I first signed up and began watching, the end of Sesame Street was on. I watched on a few minutes of the show and continued watching the channel through the next show. The show that followed, which I watched in full, was Angelina Ballerina: Next Steps.…
The E-Commerce site chosen is Arngren.net at first glance of the site the visitors eyes are over the place unable to focus on just one subject of the entire web page. Also upon first view the user may just close the web page and find another place for shopping needs because of how the Arngren site is currently set up. In order to get potential customers Arngren should make better use of their Meta and title tags.…
The first site web site is the WHITE HOUSE. When entering this site, the first thing the viewer will notice is the big weekly address topic panning through the top half of the page. This panning image with links to further information, changes with a few other topics of the day/week which also have links with photos/videos and more information. Another nice aspect is the lack of advertisement. This makes the site standout out as being very professional and important so the reader just focuses on the topics on the page instead of wondering off or getting distracted. There are the typical tabs above the panning topic which allow the viewer to dive deeper into different categories that are offered which relate to the White House such as a Blog section, Photos & Video, Briefing Room, Issues, the Administration, White House, and Government. When scrolled over, a drop down menu shows up with more in dept subcategories for that tab. Under the panning topics, there is a featured topic, with a small picture and a brief description. The option to browse through different topics in this featured section is available. Also underneath the panning topic, taking up a smaller portion of the screen on the right, there is a search engine. When the viewer searches for a…
This is a "toolbox" of criteria that enable Internet information sources to be evaluated for use in libraries, e.g. for inclusion in resource guides, and helping users evaluate information found. Comments are welcomed by Alastair Smith.…
This website has an introductory page in which they offer a quick preview of what the website has to offer, in addition of the award that the website won, which is “the Pan Arab Web Awards: "best visual award" in the whole MENA region”. From the introductory page you can access the main website that opens in another tab.…