Create 1.1.3 – Appearance Quest

Sound Design Ideals

1. Mountain Heights Academy: http://www.mountainheightsacademy.org/
I like how they utilize free space and have a floating icon that follows you down the page for sharing on social media. 

2. CK-12: http://www.ck12.org/student/
I like how they use images with words. This makes the site more accessible to students of all grade-levels and reading levels. 

3. GA Virtual School: http://www.gavirtuallearning.org/Resources/SharedLandingPage.aspx
This site is streamlined and easy to navigate because the sidebar always contains menus and drop down to navigate as a teacher. I have used this site to pull resources for my students. 

4. Floyd Board of Education: http://www.floydboe.net/
This site is nicely organized and fits the needs of all of stakeholders. It is easy to navigate and access the information sought. It also sets the tone for the mission and vision of the system and shows how we focus on our students and their success. 

5. Curious World: https://www.curiousworld.com/
This site is visual for those early learners, includes informational graphics for parents and is easy to navigate based on the demographic, early education students. 

Unsound Design Ideals

1. Cool Math Games: http://www.coolmath-games.com/
The visuals here are a bit distracting and there are so many choices that students may spend too much time choosing a game. 

2. Kid Stories: http://www.netrover.com/~kingskid/108b.html
This is an outdated format with too many things that draw the viewers eyes away. This is supposed to appeal to students and get them interested in reading, but this would be a better site to teach how not to design a website. 

3. Kids Dinos: http://www.kidsdinos.com/dinosaurs-for-children.php
It is difficult to see where to go and how the website is organized. The graphics are cheesy. They do not use the space of the site effectively. 

4. Introduction to Reading Music: http://datadragon.com/education/reading/
The site is hard to navigate. You can only see one page at a time without being able to navigate to the other screens. Plus, the tone is condescending and not didactic in nature at all. 

5. Washington University in St. Louis: http://wustl.edu/
It doesn't represent the mission of the university at all. It appears outdated. Plus, it's difficult to access on a mobile app, which is how most college students would access it. It doesn't seem appropriate for their audience. 

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