Web+Evaluations+LN

__Web Evaluations__

 * Title:** Story It


 * URL: @http://www.storyit.com/**

This website is directed towards elementary students, or potentially middle level students that need extra practice writing stories or reading and comprehending them. There are many vocabulary/word games, story starters, stories to read, and poem starters. The negative aspect of this website is that it is hard to navigate around. I did not find it too difficult, however; an elementary student would definitely struggle with the numerous links and colored pages. Also, there was no date to tell when the site was updated. On the contrary, there were many positive aspects to this website. There are many printable worksheets with pictures on them that would allow a teacher to print and the students to write on that topic using the lines provided. The word games were not limited to sentence structure, but also had vocabulary help and word forming options. Finally, I thought it was a great idea to have numerous poems, stories, and fables directly on the site to allow students to see how one should be written. Overall, I felt this was a great site to help students with writing capabilities.
 * Comments:**
 * Title:** Chateau Meddybemp's

//I liked how this website had many different stories, poems, and word games to choose from. I feel that teachers could do a lot with this website in terms of class assignments or activities. I appreciate the fact that a lot of the stories and poems have a paragraph of the history behind them so that the kids know what they're getting themselves into. I feel like this website might be difficult for an elementary schooler to navigate. The words as links are a little difficult for a younger child to understand what he is clicking on. Overall, this site would be beneficiary for a teacher and for upper-level students. KS//


 * URL:** **http://www.meddybemps.com/funandgames.html**

This website was created with all ages in mind. There are activities and games for preschool level, primary, as well as older kids and adults. This site allows teachers of many levels to bring technology into the classroom to work on basic writing skills, along with math, sorting, and simple social studies. The positive aspects of this website include wide variety and fun, child-loving structure. First, I thought the different themed activities would be helpful in the classroom to keep students engaged. There were simple writing tactics and sorting games that had characters to help students relate each part to something. I also felt that the whole site was child-friendly, full of color, and very inviting. On the other hand, some of the structure was difficult. A lower elementary student would need a teacher’s assistance in finding their way around the site unless the intended activity was already directed to them. Overall, I felt this was an excellent resource for teachers to use in their classroom.
 * Comments:**

//I was looking at this website and the first thing that I thought of when I saw it was that it had way to much going on almost to the point where you could get dizzy looking at it. It looks like it has a good purpose to help the children play games and learn through those games, but the layout of the site could be different so it's not so distracting. It is a very organized site though having different colors represent the different age groups the activities are meant for. I agree that a student would need the assistance of a teacher to help navigate through the site. You explained very well about the different age groups and activities there were, but I didn't really see anything about the copyright policies and the different restrictions that people have if they want to get onto this site. It seems like a helpful website though and definitely good for the younger children.// **-JB**
 * Link to Rubrics: [[file:Nosek_web_rubric.doc]]**