One of the major areas for educational web design is dedicated to making websites that appeal towards children. These types of educational websites have great potential for making money and helping out children. And honestly what could be more important then helping out kids? I don’t think anything is.
You have to figure out exactly where you want to take your educational website. If you decide to gear it towards educating children you have to keep in mind that you must choose a target age group. If you are planning on making an educational website that helps high school kids with their Trig or Calc homework, you may want to steer away from filler stuff and get to the point. If you plan on building an educational website that helps preschool children with learning their colors, you may want to consider implementing an interactive flash game with cartoon characters. The older the child the less emphasis you need to put on entertainment. High school and college kids know that they need to get there homework done quickly, they really do not want to play a quadratic equation game with Big Bird and Elmo. And a kindergarten child is not going to stay focused on step by step diagrams that show the proper way to choose the red apple. That would be incredibly boring, but the Elmo thing might be fun.
The problem with using cartoon characters for your educational website is that you might not be able to use ones that are copyrighted. This has a little loophole if you go through the proper channels. I am not sure how it works for character likeness rights but I know that if you use a picture or a document for educational purposes you do not have to pay for it. As long as you are not using it to sell anything. Again do not take my word for it, we do not want anyone to get into a legal battle with Sesame Street, those cats are tough. But seriously check it out with your lawyer or just develop your own character. The key issue is when you are dealing with little children you need to keep them entertained and educate at the same time.
DreamCo Design offers several solutions for educational web design. We can develop you a great educational website that can appeal to every age group or just a specific age group. So why wait, give DreamCo Design a called today. For more information check us out at DreamCo Design – Educational Web Design or School Web Design. For more information on other types of web design take a look at DreamCo Design – Web Design.