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Crystal Raynor EDN 303 3rd Grade Math

Web Site Evaluation Form

URL:
http://puzzlemaker.discoveryeducation.c
Website Title: Discovery Education om/

Subject/topic :All subjects available (I would use

Target Learner: Students capable of doing puzzles math)
Evaluator: Crystal Raynor Date: October 30, 2009

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. x
2 Learning goals/objectives are clearly stated. x
3 Learning activities are student-centered. x
4 Author/webmaster’s contact information is provided. x
5 Content information is accurate and bias free. x
6 Content information is reliable. x
7 Content information is up to date. x
8 Content information is grade/age appropriate. x
9 Grammar and spelling are accurate. x
10 Website information complies with copyright laws. x
11 Bibliographic references are provided. x
12 Website provides high-level user interactivity. x
Subtotal: 52 /60 points
DESIGN 5 4 3 2 1
13 Overall screen display is visually pleasing. x
14 Text is legible. x
15 Multimedia enhances learning. x
16 Multimedia elements work properly. x
Subtotal: 20 /20 points
NAVIGATION 5 4 3 2 1
17 All links work properly. x
18 All links are clearly labeled. x
19 A site map is provided. x
20 Website is easy to navigate. x
Subtotal: 20 /20 points
GRAND TOTAL (Content + Design + Navigation): 92 /100 points
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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.

I believe that the discovery education website is reliable. It is a very visually pleasing website and

offers many activities and fun things to keep students entertained while in a computer center. It has

activities for every subject and as I can tell all the information is correct and grade level appropriate and

subject area appropriate.

I would recommend this site to any teacher or future teacher because it is a great resource and

easy to navigate. It is helpful for students to use so they can get technology practice and subject area

practice as well. I points clearly add up to be an excellent website. I would agree with the evaluation and

the areas that the website lacked in are not very important and could easily be fixed.
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Web Site Evaluation Form

Website Title: AAA Math URL: http://www.aaamath.com/grade3.html
Target Learner: 3rd Graders Subject/topic: 3rd Grade Math
Evaluator: Crystal Raynor Date: October 30, 2009

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. x
2 Learning goals/objectives are clearly stated. x
3 Learning activities are student-centered. x
4 Author/webmaster’s contact information is provided. x
5 Content information is accurate and bias free. x
6 Content information is reliable. x
7 Content information is up to date. x
8 Content information is grade/age appropriate. x
9 Grammar and spelling are accurate. x
10 Website information complies with copyright laws. x
11 Bibliographic references are provided. x
12 Website provides high-level user interactivity. x
Subtotal: 60/60 points
DESIGN 5 4 3 2 1
13 Overall screen display is visually pleasing. x
14 Text is legible. x
15 Multimedia enhances learning. x
16 Multimedia elements work properly. x
Subtotal: 16 /20 points
NAVIGATION 5 4 3 2 1
17 All links work properly. x
18 All links are clearly labeled. x
19 A site map is provided. x
20 Website is easy to navigate. x
Subtotal: 20 /20 points
GRAND TOTAL (Content + Design + Navigation): 96 /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.

I would absolutely recommend this website for all teachers’ classrooms. It is reliable and easy to

navigate. The only are this website is lacking in is design, which can easily be fixed. This website is a
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great tool for math. It offers all kinds of activities and technical ways of learning math in a elementary

level.

AAA Math is very helpful and I would use this in my classroom during a centers time. Not only

would students learn about computers and the internet but they would also be learning math. My score for

the website was a 96, excellent, the website is great and I believe that my judgment is very good

considering I would one day use this website with my future students.
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Web Site Evaluation Form

URL:
http://www.eduscapes.com/sessions/travel/k3web
quests.htm

Website Title: Internet Expeditions

Target Learner: K-3 Subject/topic: All Subjects
Evaluator: Crystal Raynor Date: October 30, 2009

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. x
2 Learning goals/objectives are clearly stated. x
3 Learning activities are student-centered. x
4 Author/webmaster’s contact information is provided. x
5 Content information is accurate and bias free. x
6 Content information is reliable. x
7 Content information is up to date. x
8 Content information is grade/age appropriate. x
9 Grammar and spelling are accurate. x
10 Website information complies with copyright laws. x
11 Bibliographic references are provided. x
12 Website provides high-level user interactivity. x
Subtotal: 54 /60 points
DESIGN 5 4 3 2 1
13 Overall screen display is visually pleasing. x
14 Text is legible. x
15 Multimedia enhances learning. x
16 Multimedia elements work properly. x
Subtotal: 15/20 points
NAVIGATION 5 4 3 2 1
17 All links work properly. x
18 All links are clearly labeled. x
19 A site map is provided. x
20 Website is easy to navigate. x
Subtotal: 20 /20 points
GRAND TOTAL (Content + Design + Navigation): 89 /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.
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This website was the lowest scoring website on my evaluation forms. I believe that is

mainly because it was on a low budget and the design was not that great. The information was

last updated in 2007, which could be a problem because it is not updated to the standard course

of study. I would not recommend this website as much as the others due to the fact that it is from

a later date. The design of the website could easily be fixed, but the new information needs to be

updated. The website did score an 89 which is not horrible; it is in the good range. All the

website needs is a little makeover and it should be as good as the rest, and its competition.
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Web Site Evaluation Form

Website Title: Teachers.Net URL: http://teachers.net/

Target Learner: Teachers Subject/topic: All Topics

Evaluator: Crystal Raynor Date: October 30, 2009

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. x
2 Learning goals/objectives are clearly stated. x
3 Learning activities are student-centered. x
4 Author/webmaster’s contact information is provided. x
5 Content information is accurate and bias free. x
6 Content information is reliable. x
7 Content information is up to date. x
8 Content information is grade/age appropriate. X
9 Grammar and spelling are accurate. X
10 Website information complies with copyright laws. X
11 Bibliographic references are provided. X
12 Website provides high-level user interactivity. x
Subtotal: 60 /60 points
DESIGN 5 4 3 2 1
13 Overall screen display is visually pleasing. X
14 Text is legible. X
15 Multimedia enhances learning. X
16 Multimedia elements work properly. x
Subtotal: 20 /20 points
NAVIGATION 5 4 3 2 1
17 All links work properly. X
18 All links are clearly labeled. X
19 A site map is provided. X
20 Website is easy to navigate. X
Subtotal: 20 /20 points
GRAND TOTAL (Content + Design + Navigation): 100 /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.
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I definitely agree that all of these websites are reliable and all well made. I would not suggest

using any website that does not have any credibility and does not have good navigation. All four websites

that I chose to use are very reliable and have great content. They all are designed well and have great

navigation. They all rated excellent, above 90, which is great because that means that all teachers could

use them effectively. I would recommend using all of the sites; they all have great evaluations and are

great assets to any teacher.

All of the evaluations proved to be very good for each website. I definitely recommend the

teachers.net website because it is a great resource that provides chat rooms, lesson plans, articles, mail

rooms, and k-12 projects. It is a reliable and private site used only by teachers, and future teachers. I

believe that all my sites were very reliable and grade level appropriate, for my grade and subject area.

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

Total 10