Ayriel's+Web+Evaluations

**Web Evaluations**

 * Title:** FunBrain
 * Site URL:** []
 * Comments:** This website succeeds at incorporating fun and enticing games with learning opportunities. Minimal bias, and reputable creators are additional benefits this site offers. Teachers, parents, and students can use this website knowing it meets sufficient standards. Furthermore, this site is easily navigated, making it possible for students to effectively use its materials. While some of the available games are present purely for entertainment, there are many learning opportunities provided. Other valuable assets are the links this site has for teachers and parents. Teachers may use these links to find helpful teaching tools, and parents are directed to sources of parenting advice and family activities.

I agree with Aryiel's thoughts about FunBrian. The site is user friendly and appealing for young children. It is a benefit to elementary teachers that it offers many activities for different subjects. I like this site because it also involves parents and not just teachers. -KIS


 * Title:** Education Place
 * Site URL:** []
 * Comments:** While this website has numerous tools which could be very useful for teachers, parents, and students alike, it is very difficult to navigate. Lacking visual appeal, the site also promotes classroom texts for students and teachers, and this becomes a distraction. Instead of finding educational tools, one encounters multiple suggestions for textbook purchases. Benefits for teachers using this site are the available links to other websites. The site suggests multiple resources that may be helpful in the classroom, even pointing teachers towards further professional development. If a student is quite familiar with this website, he or she may greatly benefit from its educational tools. However, it is unlikely that students will maintain enough patience while searching through this site to acquire as many scholarly benefits as they might elsewhere.
 * Web Evaluation Rubric:** [[file:mawby_web_pg_rubric-2.doc]]

Education Place Website is a very useful site for teachers and even parents, however for students it's not unless they are older and looking for resources to use with younger kids. This website helps suggests books to use with different subjects, which is a very helpful tool for teachers. So this would be a good website to use for yourself but not really with your students. -JRJ