it seems to me that you desperately need to hire someone to advise you. this level of helping you out seems way out toward the fringes of what the list will bear .................. About Air-l: "The Association of Internet Researchers is an academic association dedicated to the advancement of the cross-disciplinary field of Internet studies. It is a resource and support network promoting critical and scholarly Internet research independent from traditional disciplines and existing cross academic borders. The association is international in scope." elijah On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 MSJANEW@aol.com wrote:
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 07:45:04 EST From: MSJANEW@aol.com Reply-To: air-l@aoir.org To: air-l@aoir.org Subject: [Air-l] Website Development Packages
Hello,
I am putting out a query to tech oriented educators asking for opinions on how to implement my pet web/cable TV show project, called Sports Smarts.
At present I am developing content for an online sports interaction website called Sports Smarts. I am writing scripts for "characters" that users can choose and follow through a streaming video story about Little League Elbow. I will be shooting video to allow for multiple storylines, with branches and outcomes based on each child's chosen character (risk-taker, gamer, winner, clutch, etc.) The focus is sports safety and thinking skills.
The website will be used as an "after the TV show" opportunity for kids to interact online. The show will be broadcast in suburbs around Chicago.
Anyway, my question is this: I am seeking a prepackaged solution (ideally free, but perhaps off-the-shelf???) that can handle the following wish list of functionality:
1. The capacity to allow for branching/different outcomes based on user inputs. 2. Database functionality to store information 3. Sign-on/register function 4. Ability to take user surveys/give kids "quizzes" 4. Chat/IM 5. Chat monitoring capacity 6. AD serving 7. Streaming video 8. Website traffic monitoring 9. Ability to update content easily
I realize that not all of these features are necessarily part of the same one-size-fits-all solution, but that is what I would like to explore as a first option. I have no real budget, but perhaps I can line up a sponsor or two if I figure out what is actually possible on a shoe string budget.
1. Do you know of any packages out there that might fit the bill?
2. Is a content management tool like Blackboard appropriate?
3. Are these off the shelf-programs flexible enough to take on a cool, kid-friendly look? In other words, I want this to this to "look" right so that kids enjoy visiting and interacting with their friends.
Thanks for any and all suggestions or ideas.
Matt Newman Producer Sports Smarts msjanew@aol.com