Design Rationale..

So today is finally the last day of class and the day we present our site! The semester went by fast. We started off our project knowing from the first day that we wanted to work with the Roger Williams Park Zoo.
When we created our first storyboard we were a little confused, not knowing what direction to go in. We finally decided we would do a story and website on the volunteers at the zoo. We wanted interested people to be able to go to the website and get interested in volunteering. More than that though, we wanted to capture their attention with an enticing story.
We decided to go with Wayne, the head of volunteers at the zoo. Wayne was able to tell his story and point of view of the zoo along with how volunteer ism worked at the zoo. Wayne became the main story on our site. He was a great help answering all our questions, quickly responding to emails, getting us into the zoo for free, and sending us great pictures! Thanks Wayne!
Our team made two trips to the zoo, taking pictures, interviewing Wayne, and interviewing other volunteers. One interview I particularly liked was that of a boy our age who had been driving over a hour a few times a week to volunteer at the zoo. He came and worked unpaid and loved what he did because it is what he wanted to do when he was done with school.
We also got great pictures. We combined these photos and our music into sound slides. Along the way we had some issues with getting things on the site but Phil was able to figure almost all of it out... and in the end it all worked out.
From the beginning I think our team had a good vision of what we wanted the site to look like and feel. I believe we accomplished our goal. Good job to everyone!