Wet Rocks Website

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Logo

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Site Map

Background

The wet rocks project is designed for grade 7 - 11 students in high school.

The Education department of Victoria identified a dramatic decline in students from VCE taking on further studies in Hydrology and the understanding of ground water. This directly was linked back to a drop in high schools taking on hydrology as part of the curriculum. This was linked to the feedback given from students, finding that the content from the subject was dry boring and that it was not something they would want to per sue as a career. 

The Project

The Wetrocks project required the development of a website and games that would link into the educational materials and standards used when teaching hydrology in high school. The websites required a detail site map to show and identify the flow of traffic between the students for the games & activities and the teachers for resources and teaching materials. The website final development took a turn as 80% of development was put into the games and the accurate delivery of the educational content through the games. This meant that the final website design was changed to feature the games as the primary focus of the website. This meant that kids spent less time navigating through the website to get to the games. The site structure was simplified to allow simplistic navigation for teachers.

Islander Story

Islander Story was a animation produced in conjunction with the Saint Kilda council. This animation is a digital story that was part of a DVD for indigenous awareness in Saint Kilda. The project begins by capturing stories from the indigenous community in Saint Kilda about their history and community. The story i chose to use was told by Wayne. In this animation Wayne talks about the migration from Cook Islanders and Tonga's to New Zealand. This animation was designed using vector graphics and developed using Adobe After Effects and Illustrator.