Create 1.1.3 – Appearance Quest

Create 1.1.3 – Appearance Quest

The following are 5 instructional sites that exemplify sound design ideals and are visually and aesthetically appealing in appearance.

1. National Association for Gifted Children- this is a very clean and simple home page. The website is very user-friendly.

http://www.nagc.org/

2.  Georgia Odyssey of the Mind- has great color, good graphics, and easy to find information. It has a simple home page with quick links.

http://www.georgiaodyssey.org/

3. Duke Talent Identification Program- has a simple, clean look for each section. It has embedded videos that easy to click on. This site is excellent in its design.

http://tip.duke.edu/

4. William & Mary- School of Education Center for Gifted Education- this design is outstanding and easy to you for anyone that visits. The home page has tabs on the left to click on the location you want to view. Easy to read and easy to use.

http://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/

5. Khan Academy- very elegant, simple, and easy to use. Great color and graphics.

https://www.khanacademy.org/

The following are 5 instructional sites that DO NOT exemplify sound design ideals and are not visually and aesthetically appealing in appearance.

1. Hoagies' Gifted Education Page- it is too crowded, there is no rhyme or reason to the format of the webpage. It hurts your eyes to look at it and gives you a headache. This is unfortunate because there is a lot of valuable information on this page.

http://www.hoagiesgifted.org/

2. Georiga Association for Gifted Children- again it is not appealing to the eye. There is too much going on in the home page. The home page should be neat and simple.

http://www.gagc.org/

3. AP Central Collegeboard- This site is basically a "hot mess." It takes a parent, student or teacher 20 clicks before you get to your desired location. The font is extremely small and there is too much crammed in on the home page.

http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/home

4. Georgia Professional Standards Commission- is horrible. The home page has too much going on. It hurts to look at this site. It takes you forever to figure out where to go to and how to go to it.

http://www.gapsc.com/

5. National Odyssey of the Mind- this has too much on the home page, words are too small, too much text. Not visually appealing.

http://www.odysseyofthemind.com/learn_more.php