Web+Evaluations+KH

=Web Evaluations=

URL: ** @http://www.ToonUniversity.com
 * Title: ToonUniversity 


 * Comments: I think this site is a great site for teaching language arts and grammar to kindergarten through sixth grade. There is a store for teachers, along with sample lesson plans and worksheets. There are a lot of fun colors and it is fairly easy to navigate through. The website also has links for math, science, reading, and social studies. There aren’t really any advertisements on the website. Any ads that may be present are school related, such as teaching stores or educational magazines. The website would require some instruction on reaching the activity or assignment given by the teacher because there are a few steps that the student must take in order to get to the final link. The most easily accessible sections could be used after introducing a topic in the classroom. The games and puzzles could be used as a reinforcement technique and because they activities are fun, students would be engaged in learning the material. (KH) This website is good to use for all subjects, and as a teacher you could make up your own brain teasers for your own class. I could make up my own brain teaser for my class on whatever I am teaching at that time, with what I want it to cover. There is also printable worksheets for each topic that I could use in the classroom for that specific subject. Another thing that I could use this website for in my classroom, is the teacher store. It is easy to access this for any materials I may need for the classroom at anytime, like supplies, decorations, seasonal items, books, and even awards for the studnets (SB). **

Title: Fun Brain URL: @http://www.funbrain.com


 * Comment**: This website would be very useful in the elementary classroom setting. There are fun colors and large fonts that make it easy for younger kids to focus on. There are also “kid friendly” characters in the games and that show up throughout the page. Teachers would be able to gauge what they need to focus on based on how students fill in parts of speech in the MadLibs section. These MadLibs also let the student be creative and use their imaginations to come up with words that fit the categories. There are also spell check games, singular vs. plural, finding the roots of words, and much more. The website's home page is easy to understand and does not have a lot of advertisements or distractions. Besides being helpful to students, Fun Brain has a whole section dedicated to teachers with and online grade book and a curriculum guide. (KH)


 * Link To Rubric:** [|WebEvaluationRebric.doc]