Web+Evaluations+AK

=Web Evaluations=


 * Title:** Cool Math
 * URL:** @http://coolmath.com/


 * Comments:** I thought that this website was a good source of information for smaller children. There were a few drawbacks. It seemed like the site was kind of thrown together and not very well organized. There are many different links that are all mixed in with each other I and I feel that s younger student could get lost in the website. It would be a good website to use in class for a demonstration but not for home use by the students unless they had their parents there to help them along. The website had a page that was all about the author and why they created the website which I thought was nice. It is their way of showing that you can trust them.

This site has lots of fun colors which look appealing to children. However it is very busy, and I was not sure where to start. The find it fast section was very useful in helping direct my attention. The nice thing about this site is that it can be used by children, parents, and teachers. This site would be best used in the classroom if the teacher directed the students exactly where to go and what to do on the site. ~SR


 * Title:** Math Playground
 * URL:** @http://www.mathplayground.com/index.html


 * Comments:** I found this website to be much more user friendly than the first one. There are very very distractions and is a fairly simple set up. There are clearly labeled links that tell you what you will be doing if you click it. It gives the user choices on what level skills they would like to work on starting from preschool all the way through 6th grade. The website also has Google custom search box that will search only the website for what you type in.

I like this site, it seems like it has a lot of fun features and games that would be available. The site seems a little overwhelming when you first get on it though, maybe too much for elementary kids to navigate all on their own. They do use fun colors though, and make it look very kid friendly. I went to this site also on my page, the games I did find that should have been for the younger grade levels were really challenging and some of them I couldn't even figure out! I think it's a lack of good directions, so if the teacher looks over this ahead of time and figures it out then they should be able to explain the game easily. -NS


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