Web+Evaluations+KT


 * Web Evaluations

Title: The Stack for Kids URL: http://www.scholastic.com/kids/stacks/?ESP=KIDS/ib/20091014/eng/kids_corpMainLink///corphp/txtl////

Comments:** This was a good website and I believe that it would be easy to navigate for a mid-elementary aged student. This website was the Scholastic books website and I believe that it could aid in reading. There were many good resources for reading and finding the new and popular books. In my classroom I could use this as a resource to show kids what types of books they could get at the next book fair or have them help me pick out class books. This website had lots of interactive games for spelling and writing. The games could be a very useful tool in gettting children motivated to read and write. Reading is a very important skill and a website like this could really help get children excited about books and materials for reading. The only problem with the site is that it could have been too busy for a younger child. It had a lot of things going on, but all of the links and parts of the website worked very well.--KT

I thought the website was too busy at first. There was a lot going on and I was confused of what subject area it was focused on. But, the Scholastic name is a very reliable and trustful source for literacy. It has a good reputation in the academic world. I started to navigate through and the site is very modern and up to date with the latest technology methods, such as, blogging, posts and video posts. The books are very popular with young readers and it gives the readers more interest and a different perspective on their favorite books. NK

URL: http://www.321know.com/
 * Title: AAA Math

Comments:** AAA Math was a very good website and I believe it could be very useful to a math teacher. It was an interactive site that students could learn how to do math problems on. It taught everything dealing with math for the K-8 levels. I got on and did some math on the fourth grade section because that is the grade level I want to teach and it was fun doing the math on the computer. It was very easy to navigate and it helped you if you missed a problem and showed plenty of examples. It was a fun and interesting site that I believe could be very useful in a classroom and with help from a teacher could be very easily navigated for a mid-level elementary student. I was really impressed that it gave examples and was easy to use. The only problem with the site was that there was a lot of writing information that could possibly confuse an elementary student.--KT

AAA Math looks like a very helpful website. It is updated and current, an author is given and the copyright is shown. There are several links to click on for the many different subjects of math. I like that it gives definitions and examples for every type of math up to eighth grade. If I were to use this website in a classroom for extra practice, I would use a direct link to the practice page I was recommending, not give a link to the home page because with so many links to navigate through it could be easy to get confused or lost in the website. There is some advertising on this web unrelated to math, but it is not a major distraction. Overall I feel like this website would be a useful tool. - ON


 * Link to Rubrics:** [[file:teays_web_rubric.doc]]