An example of a different approach for the assignment 1 artefact that came through my feeds today. It's a Wordpress blog that has been used to create a "presentation through hypertext of an alternative vision for a school".
Not only is this a good example of trying something different in a webs ite. It is about re-thinking education influenced, in part, by some of the factors we're talking about in this course.
FYI, the clickable image on the front page is implemented using what is called an "imagemap". Google that term and you'll find some resources/tools that can help