1. WEB SITE RESEARCH

Topic research: Grand Canyon Travel Guide

1. What is the educational benefit of the information related to your topic?

Viewers will learn about places to visit and things to do at Grand Canyon National Park.

2. What types of viewers will be interested in your topic?

Visitors from U.S. and around the world who plan to visit Grand Canyon

3. What perceived value will your topic give to your viewers?

The idea on how to get to the Grand Canyon and what kinds of activities that they can have at the Grand Canyon.

4. Primary person(s) of significance in the filed of your topic?

The Grand Canyon National Park is the primary focus of my topic.

5. Primary person(s) that made your topic information available?

The information was providing by the National Park Service, Wikitravel and Library of the Congress.

6. Important moments or accomplishments in the history of your topic?

In 1919, The Grand Canyon became a national park in order to give the best protection and to preserve all of its features.

7. How did the media of times of your topic treat your topic?

On February 26, 1919, President Woodrow Wilson signed into law a bill establishing the Grand Canyon as one of the nation's national parks.

8. Current events related to your topic?

Italian Developers want to build big resort, shopping mall, and housing complex near Grand Canyon. They started buying land near South Rim of the Grand Canyon and building a project.

9. ListServ discussion and social media coverage of your topic?

Grand Canyon Hikers group in Yahoo Group and Rafting Grand Canyon Group.

10. Anything else that will help you better understand your topic for this project? e.g. related academic research and or related books and articles on your topic?

Grand Canyon National Park Website (http://www.nps.gov/grca/index.htm)

The Grand Canyon History (http://www.history.com/topics/grand-canyon)

Similar websites research: Links to the examples of effectively organized and designed similar websites

1. A topical educational website?

http://www.bobspixels.com/kaibab.org/geology/gc_geol.htm

What makes this website effective?

This website explained how Grand Canyon was formed with great picture from each part of the Grand Canyon.

2. A collection based website?

http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/grand-canyon-national-park/

What makes this website effective?

This website summarized Grand Canyon into a tourist guide and it has beautiful photos and videos of Grand Canyon.

3. An archival or museum website? https://www.loc.gov/

What makes this website effective?

This website provided materials such as pictures and publications regarding the Grand Canyon and organized well.

4. Any website related to you topic?

http://www.livescience.com/27489-grand-canyon.html

What makes this website effective?

This website gave us the facts about the Grand Canyon. It summarized the entire topic for easy understanding.

2. WEB SITE DEFINITION

Your Name: Andy Vikayanon

Name of your website: Grand Canyon Travel Guide

Purpose of the website: To provide viewers information about how to get to the Grand Canyon National Park and what activities they can do at the Grand Canyon

Intended audience/viewers: Tourists who want to have more information about Grand Canyon, so they can plan for a visit.

Objectives of your website audience/viewers:

Gives viewers information about how to plan a visit to Grand Canyon, what places they need to visit, what activities they can have to make their visits enjoyable.

3. CONTENT OUTLINE:

Home page:

Title: Home Subtitle: n/a

5 Primary links: - History - Travel - Places - Things to Do - Gallery

6 Secondary links

- Geology of Canyon - South Rim - North Rim - West Rim - Hiking - Rafting - Camping

Copy/text: (2 – 3 short paragraphs of 3-5 sentences each explaining purpose of site)

This website also gives information for tourists who plan to visit the Grand Canyon to make their trip more enjoyable.

3 Primary Slider Visuals:

Grand Canyon Sky Walk at West Rim

The glass-floor, man-made bridge will make you felt like flying through the Canyon.

Maricopa Point, South Rim

Maricopa point is best spot for taking pictures when visiting South Rim of the Canyon.

Toroweap Overlook, North Rim

A visit to Toroweap provides an opportunity for a rustic, uncrowded, and remote experience.

Primary pages #1

Title: History

Subtitle: n/a

Grand Canyon of the Colorado River, Grand Canyon, Arizona

Photographer Lee, Russell took this picture in October 1940 using negative film.

The Grand Canyon is located entirely in northern Arizona. It is one of the greatest destinations of Americans and tourists around the world. The Grand Canyon is known for its size and colorful landscape. The canyon spread throughout several distinct areas, most famous of which is Grand Canyon National Park.

The national park itself divided into North Rim and South Rim, it was first became protected in 1983 as a Forest Reserve and later achieving National Park status in 1919. In addition, the southwestern end of the canyon is located within the borders of two Indian reservations also known as Grand Canyon West.

Primary pages #2

Title: Travel

Subtitle: How to get in and get out of the Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon South Rim is located 60 miles north of Williams, Arizona. Visitors can access via route 64 from Interstate 40 (60 miles) and access via route 180 from Flagstaff, Arizona (80 miles) Most visitors fly into two big airports, which are Las Vegas MaCarran International Airport (LAS) and Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX), located within 4 hour drive from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon.

Primary pages #3

Title: Places

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Imperial Point, Grand Canyon

Imperial Point is the highest of the North Rim overlooks. From here there are excellent views of Mount Hayden and Nankowep Canyon.

South Rim is open all year to the visitors. The Grand Canyon village is the center of all activity and acts as a hub for the South Rim of the Park. Visitors can get around the village using the Village Shuttle Bus. Inside the village, there are bank, store, post office and restaurant ready most needs of visitors.

North Rim is very close to Utah border. It is more remote and accounted for only 10% of all visitors. The North Rim has a short season from May 15th through October 15th each year. Many visitors who visited the South Rim will find excitement in visiting the North Rim for the next visit.

Primary pages #4

Title: Things to Do

Subtitle: n/a

Rafting at Grand Canyon

Amazing rafting through the heart of the Grand Canyon

Primary pages #5

Title: Gallery

Subtitle: n/a