Web+Evaluations+JB

=__Web Evaluations__=


 * Title****:** Reading Rockets
 * URL****:** @http://www.readingrockets.org


 * Comments**: This website has many different uses for teachers in the classroom and for students after school hours. Teachers could use it in the classroom to have different students do activities on it and watch videos or podcasts posted by the site. However, there are a few restrictions when going to use this site. Reading Rockets is a copy righted site. You must register to be able to see some of the information on the site, although there is some information you can view without registering, a lot of it is protected under the registration. It's not hard to sign up for it, you just need to provide information about different things you are looking for in the site so it's easier for you to find what you need. You also should provide your email address so they can send you new information and keep you up to date on when the site changes. Children could use this in the classroom to do different activities as well as using it outside of the classroom to get practice in.

//I feel like this website would be quite hard for children to navigate around. I think a teacher would have to give the exact address of what they were to have for the student to look at to have this work out well in a classroom. I do agree it would be awesome for after school work though. And in this respect parents could help the child out also. I love how you can watch the podcasts and videos too. JKL//


 * Title:** iKnowthat
 * URL:** @http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L3?Area=L2_languageart s


 * Comments:** iKnowthat website is a site for children to play different learning games online so they can practice their spelling and vocabulary. The main website is for all different subjects, the student can choose which subject to practice and what grade level they are. On the language arts site, the one that I evaluated, it has many different games to choose from and you can be more specific on the different things that you want to practice. You have to have a certain media player on your computer to be able to play the different games and you have to be make a screen name so you can keep track of what you do. The website doesn't ask you for personal information and they also tell students that they should use a non-identifiable screen name so nobody can use their account and to not give out their passwords. This website is also copyrighted by iKnowthat.com. Children could also use this in the classroom or after school for more practice and the teachers could be their in the classroom to help them accomplish their goals.

//This website was full of information that would be helpful to both teachers and students. The only problem that I saw was that it seemed like it would be hard for a young child to navigate, and really difficult for a teacher to try to explain to a class full of kids how to use the site. It was very colorful and eye-catching. I don't think any student could be bored when going on this website. I also liked how there are different tabs on the side that you can click on to take you to different pages that are grade-specific. KS//


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