Website evaluation

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Evaluation of Web Resources


Purpose:

The purpose
of the
assignment
is to help
students
develop
technology
competence
on selecting
and
evaluating
appropriate
web
resources for
educational
purpose.

Standards:

NETS-T
2.d. provide
students with
multiple and
varied
formative
and
summative
assessments
aligned with
content and
technology
standards
and use
resulting
data to
inform
learning and
teaching.

NETS-S
3.b. locate,
organize,
analyze,
evaluate,
synthesize,


Web Site Evaluation Form
Website Title:Discovery education URL: http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.com/
Subject/topic: English language arts – Apply
strategies and skills to create oral, written, and
Target Learner: first grade student visual text
Evaluator: Kimberly Purrazzella Date: 11/9/10

Instruction:
Use the following criteria to rate the quality of the website of your choice (1 being the lowest and 5 being
the highest). Be sure to provide a rationale to support your judgment and recommendation of the website.

CRITERIA RATING
CONTENT 5 4 3 2 1
1 Website is affiliated with a reputable organization. 5
2 Learning goals/objectives are clearly stated. 3
3 Learning activities are student-centered. 5
4 Author/webmaster’s contact information is provided. 5
5 Content information is accurate and bias free. 4
6 Content information is reliable. 4
7 Content information is up to date. 4
8 Content information is grade/age appropriate. 5
9 Grammar and spelling are accurate. 5
10 Website information complies with copyright laws. 5
11 Bibliographic references are provided. 3
12 Website provides high-level user interactivity. 4
Subtotal: 52 /60 points
DESIGN 5 4 3 2 1
13 Overall screen display is visually pleasing. 5
14 Text is legible. 5
15 Multimedia enhances learning. 5
16 Multimedia elements work properly. 5
NAVIGATION 5 4 3 2 1
17 All links work properly. 4
18 All links are clearly labeled. 4
19 A site map is provided. 4
20 Website is easy to navigate. 4
Subtotal: 16/20 points
GRAND TOTAL (Content + Design + Navigation): 88 /100 points

Excellent: Above 90 Good: 75-89 Fair: 60-74 Poor: Below 60

Rationale for recommendation: Write a couple of paragraphs to 1) summarize the evaluation result, 2)
make a recommendation for use, not use or use with caution of this website in your teaching, and 3)
provide a rationale to support your recommendation.

This website is very helpful. I used it as a utility site. It allows teachers to make crossword puzzles

and other fun activities for their lesson plans. The site was easy to find and also very appealing to look at.


It listed the names of all the contributors as well as a way to contact them with questions. It was also very

easy to follow the guidelines on how to navigate through the site as well as how to create the different

puzzles for the students.

I would recommend this site for teachers to use as a utility source, and believe it is very reliable

and assessable. Discovery is a name that most people have heard of before. It is commonly heard from

televisions, books, etc. I think that using a website from discovery is very smart and appropriate.

.

URL: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/
Website Title: KS2 – Bite size (BBC) writing/
Subject/topic: English language arts – Apply strategies
Target Learner: first grade student and skills to create oral, written, and visual text

Instruction:

CRITERIA RATING
CONTENT 5 4 3 2 1
DESIGN 5 4 3 2 1





I used this website as my subject content website. It has tons of information regarding writing and

other English skills for my topic. It has information for both students and the teachers. It is very appealing,

and allows students to interact in the website in an age appropriate way. The site looks very professional,

however I sis have a hard time finding bibliographical information and references. The navigation was for

the most part pretty clear if you read the links.

Overall I would recommend this site for educators to use. It has lots of information and I believe it

will really get the students engaged in learning. The website seems very legitimate and reliable. Another

good thing about this website is it has information regarding subjects other than English as well, so

students can work with it in more than one academic area.

.

Website Title: Technology URL:
Challenge Grants http://projects.edtech.sandi.net/projects/featured/k_2featured.html
Subject/topic: English language arts – Apply strategies and skills to
Target Learner: First Grader create oral, written, and visual text

Instruction:


CRITERIA RATING
CONTENT 5 4 3 2 1
DESIGN 5 4 3 2 1



Overall this evaluation did not go so well. The website was not very visually pleasing and

seemed a little outdated. Though it will promote good reading for the students during this task, I

feel like the website needs a little maintenance. It did list the reference in the credits; however, I

am not sure how credible of a source she is.

This site may be targeted for young students, but I am not sure it is the number one site

that I would recommend for instruction. The teacher has to take into consideration that the last

update of this site was in ten years ago. So some information might be outdated. It also was a


little difficult to navigate my way throughout the site and I didn’t have a good understanding of

what I was doing.

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URL: http://www.iknowthat.com/com/L2?
Website Title: I know that - school GradeLevel=-1:6&Subject=Language+Arts
Subject/topic: English language arts – Apply strategies
Target Learner: First Grader and skills to create oral, written, and visual text

Instruction:

CRITERIA RATING
CONTENT 5 4 3 2 1
DESIGN 5 4 3 2 1





. I really enjoyed evaluating this site. It was visually appealing and seemed interesting for the

students. I feel like students will be engaged in the topic while using this site. It has a section for language

arts, and also other topics for students. This is a nice tool for teachers to use so they can use this site for

working on assignments for other topics as well.

I was a little concerned with how well the buttons work and the multimedia is running. But still

believe it to be an accurate website. I would recommend this for teacher use. It is a nice way to keep

students interested and it is reliable.

Grading Criteria Max Points Points
Scored
1 Completion 3

complete all components required in the
form

2 Accuracy: 3

Accurate rating, rationale, & score
computation
3 2
Quality of rationale:

rationale supports judgment


4 2
Logical recommendation

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