Taylor's+Web+Evaluations

Web Evaluations

 * Title:** IXL
 * Site URL****:** http://www.ixl.com/
 * Comments: Even though i'm in the language arts group, i decided to look up a website that focuses on math. I have always been interested in elementary math. This website was very easy to navigate and very well organized. Very easy for kids to navigate with a little help from an adult. The font is bigger and doesn't have much to distract kids. The entire website is focused on math and how to help. From what I saw, the activities seemed fun and intriguing for kids. In my classroom i would suggest this site for something like stations. They could spend about 15 minutes on this website and then move on to the next station.

Comments:** This website is incredibly visually appealing, and simple to navigate. I really appreciate the site's grade categorization. Being able to click on any grade to find age, and skill level-appropriate exercises is very useful. This site is a wonderful resource not only for students, but teachers and parents as well. The links work very well, and the material is effective. AM

Site URL: http://www.toonuniversity.com/aol/aol_language_k2.asp Comments:** The activities seem to be helpful at first but the website is very hard to navigate. You click on an activity and it is impossible to read what it instructs you to do. There aren't any advertisements, so it doesn't to distract students easily. I don't think i would use this website in my classroom because there isn't much to it. It doesn't give very much information about its content. The graphics next to the activity choices don't seem to have much to do with the actual activity.
 * Title: 1st and 2nd grade Language Arts


 * Web Evaluation Rubric:** [[file:Puricelli_web_rubric-2.doc]]