Victoria's+Web+Evaluation

**Web Evaluations**
Site URL:** [] This site helps children to have fun with spelling. It teaches them to play,create, and think about how to spell all sorts of different words. The site helps to expand a child's vocabulary by exposing them to new words and ways of spelling. I could use this site in the classroom with the student's to get them to have fun with words. With all of the different ways to play with the words in the games the children will be learning and playing at the same time. This website would be good for the students to use during free time and indoor recess because it will keep them occupied while learning at the same time. The website also allows the students to practice and learn all sorts of other materials such as math, social studies, and science. So by using this sight it could help the students get extra help with other courses.
 * Title: Primary Games
 * Comments:**

At first I thought this site seemed like a great one for young children. It is very colorful and enticing, while still providing a lot of games that will help kids learn. The problem is that for a few of the games the student would have to provide their name and e-mail in order to play. Children should not have to give private information, and I'm also guessing that not a lot of the students would have their own e-mail yet. I also found that some of the games do not give any directions as to how to play. This makes it very difficult for the kids and they may become frustrated if they can't figure it out. Overall, I think that this site would not be very good to use in the classroom unless the teacher found a specific game that required no personal information to be given. (K.L.K.)

I thought this website was great for kids to go on and actually play the games. I did find it interesting that you needed an email address. Because most children do not have e-mail addresses yet. I mean they could always use their parents, but they could get easily confused and just give up and go to a different website. Overall though the games looked fun and educational. B.K.J

I went to this same website, I thought it was a great one for students to use. I do agree though, the email thing is a little different. Most teachers though may just make one for her classroom to use so the students can log in like that. I thought the games were very user friendly and also kid friendly. M.A.C.

Site URL:** [] This site supports teaching because the teacher can use the information to teach the students right from the site. The site promotes learning by using both audio and visual information so the students can read and follow along with the narrator at the same time. Having both audio and visual material helps the students to learn in their individual ways. The paragraphs are small and the words are not that large so the students should easily be able to read the information. If they do get stuck on a word there is a really convenient tool used at the end of the article where the students can listen to some of the words just pressing next to a word. I could use this sight as a reading lesson and social studies lesson at the same time. I could also give them spelling words from the article and vocabulary words to look up in a dictionary.
 * Title: Scholastic
 * Comments:**

This website at first does not necessarily seem that visually pleasing, but after clinking on various links, this website is great. There are plenty of interactive activities that students can easily navigate by themselves or in groups. This would be a great website to have students use when they have free time or indoor recess for example. (C.E.C)


 * Web Evaluation Rubric:** [[file:kerr_web_eval.docx]]