http://ci.unlv.edu was a very helpful site. I did have to click on a lot of sections to get to where I needed to be; however, it was very self-explanatory. On this website, they had a variety of different news stories that had to do either a teacher or student that was recognized for something good that they did. This caught my eye and made me interested in finding out more about these people's background. Also makes me think the program here must be good! There was also an area on this site that gave links to other important sites an Education Major may find important.
The USM website actually gives me a little trouble. When you go to the main page, there is that drop box on the top right where you can click on what department or school you want to see. Well, when you click on the Education department it does not go to the Education's site. It's also not very self-explanatory on how to get to the actual site. I'm not lazy, but I'd rather not stress myself out digging for information on the Internet.
OVERALL PURPOSE
The purpose of this assignment is to design a website that would be useful and helpful for any person that was interested in getting an Elementary Education degree. Hopefully, if my site is made correctly, I will have possibly lured more people into this major and helped them go in the right direction. I looked at the things in the other websites that I disliked, and I will be sure not to make the same mistakes that they did.
READER PROFILE
My primary reader is going to be high students. When I was in high school, I did not have a clue about what I wanted to major in or what I wanted to be when I grew up. I do think if I had come across a well put together website about my major now I would have decided on this major earlier in my college years. Instead, I have changed my major a couple of times and am now behind. The reader's relationship to me is solely on the fact that I am a Elementary Education major, so I can relate to them better then if just some random person put this site together. The responsibility of my reader would be to take the steps he or she would need to take to sign up for classes. On my site, I would make sure they knew exactly what classes they would need to take so it wouldn't be hard on them. Also, students that see or read my site do not necessarily have to be very interested in becoming a teacher. But maybe after they see my site and know how easy it is to get to the end they may become an Education major. The readers are most likely not very familiar with my subject or my specialty. Like I said before, I didn’t have a clue about what I was going to do when I left high school. I’m sure there are several students that feel the same. There are several communication preferences the reader and myself should take in account. This ranges from if the student has some kind of learning disability, to whether or not they are qualified to even get into the college let alone this particular major.
SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS
I have taken numerous English classes in my day, so I pretty well rounded when it comes to things to write about. Since I am an Education major, the age range of kids I will be teaching definitely influences the way I write.
USABILITY OBJECTIVES
Some of the keys questions my reader may ask while reading would be 1. Are there any special classes I need to take my first couple of years in college? 2. How long does the program take until I am an actual teacher? 3. Are there scholarships that are strictly for Education majors?
The most useful strategy that I have found on different websites is a search box. One would need to just type in a few key words and everything on the site that is pertaining to those words will pop up. If this doesn’t work, there could be an email or number for the student to call.
PERSUASIVE OBJECTIVES
I am hoping that the reader leaves my website with more interest in becoming an Education major. I will stress on my site that if there is anything they do not understand, or have any questions at all they can contact me and I will do my very best to get back with them as soon as I can! I want them to feel stress free.
STAKEHOLDERS
The stakeholders would have to be the faculty and staff that would be included in my website. I would also have a section where former students leave comments, blogs, their email addresses, etc. The will all be affected in a positive way because I would make sure to bring out only the best things about this major and the people who help put it together.
CONSTRAINTS
The biggest factor that affects my writing and credibility is that I am not an actual teacher yet. I do not start my teaching program until this fall. But, this could actually benefit the students even more because I will be able to constantly update everything since I’ll be going through it.
I like the attention you put towards incoming students in your reader profile. It's great that you're applying your own experiences when you were an incoming first year student to the prospective design of your website. And as far as your constraints go, I don't necessarily know that the fact you aren't an actual teacher yet is that big a constraint, because you're a current student, and therefore you know what a prospective student's concerns are. Good blog post, and good analysis of the assignment.
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