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Web Evaluations

 * Title:** BBC-KS2 Bitesize
 * U****RL**: []
 * Comments:** I liked this website because it was very kid friendly and it could be used for many different ages. Most of the information is for a higher level of Elementary students. However with the new regulations in school systems, children are learning what this site is teaching much sooner. The site supports teaching by helping teach the students about reading, writing, spelling and grammar. Bitesize does this through games that will get the student interested in the learning. Their games my not be long but it get the idea across. Most games give you a couple games to play for each activity. Each one has a different topic to portray when playing. For example if you were in the reading section and creating a story you may either create a romantic, spy, or ghost story. Some of the limitations are that some of the words are a bit difficult to understand, but most 4th-5th graders should understand them. Also if you get a question incorrect, the creators don't explain to you why you got it wrong, it just has you try it again. In a classroom it can be used during free time, or even Language Arts time if there were enough computer space to go around. Allowing the children a fun way to learn different things about their reading, writing, spelling, and grammar, that I may not be teaching or for review. Also the students could use them to practice suffixes, prefixes, and word structure.

//This website definitely stood out to me when I looked at it because it's organized, there isn't too much going on, and like you said it is very kid friendly. I thought it was interesting how you could play a game, read, watch a video and take a quiz all about one subject so you don't just have one activity to do for each subject. It's definitely a good website for children to use for the areas of language arts. I noticed when I went to click on the link you have posted it didn't go to a new page it just went to the website leaving the wiki site and I'm pretty sure we were supposed to make it go to a new window. This was a good website and a good find and definitely something a teacher could use in the classroom as well as the students using it outside of the classroom to get extra practice in when they have time after school.// **-JB**


 * Title:** Starfall
 * URL:** http://www.starfall.com
 * Comments:** This website was for a younger audience, I feel. There were not as many links are there could have been for an older audience. This site supports reading and word recognition. Starfall has all sorts of stories about holidays or stories that are to teach A,B,C's. Each story is interactive. The picture moves when clicked on and the story reads to the student. The stories have extra words added to them when you click on the picture that are normally to a tune of a song. If a student wants to read the story on their own there are words on the page and if they are having trouble with the word, you can click on them and it tells you how to say it. Some of the limitations of this website are when you click on one of the sections there is a lot of different activities to choose from, and a student may not know where to start. As a teacher it could be used for a teaching aspect. A teacher could tell a student to do a certain activity and then when it gets completed they could check it off their list. It would teach them different vowel or letter combinations. There are also stories to read about many different subjects and ideas.

//This website is a perfect website for young children in greater need of language arts development! I feel as though you accurately described it. I like how there are four main topics for a student to access, ABC's, Fun to Read, Learn to Read, and I'm Reading. The simple set up and organization would make it fun and easy for a child to spend time on the computer developing their skills not only in language arts, but technologically. Also, I thought it was a great idea that although the site's main purpose was for student activities, there were seperate options at the bottom of the page for parents and educators. The only thing I didn't like about it was that many of the activities were the same. Excellent website choice! -**LN**//

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