Erin's+Web+Evaluations

=Web Evaluation=


 * Title**: Apples 4 the Teacher
 * Website URL**: []
 * Comments**: Apples 4 the Teacher is an excellent source both for teachers and for parents and students. This site is aimed towards the lower education level, including toddlers, pre-school and kindergarten through fifth grade. There are fun games and activities supplied in the many different areas of learning; math, science, social studies, languages, literacy and even arts. The website also provides articles related to education and also information for teachers and parents. The website displays copyright laws and rights. There are a few ads displayed along the sides. The site allows maneuvering throughout the site using the links very accessable. Apples 4 the Teacher is a very useful site when it comes to any elementary classroom. It includes quizzes, games and activities for the four core subjects and then some. Teachers can successfully use this site to engage their students in a fun learning environment.

I do not know if was just Central Michigan's amazing wireless internet but it did take a while to load. I did find this site very useful, especially for younger students and it would even be useful for parents to use with their children that have not even started school yet. Overall I did like this site and found it useful, I just did not like the long trail of links it took to get anywhere on the site. K.S.H.


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Comments**: iKnowthat.com is also an excellent source for teachers, parents and students. The learning curriculum is targeted at a lower-aged audience; Pre-school, K-6. The site contatins many opportunities for fun learning and games in areas such as Language Arts, Science, Mathmatics, and Social Studies. Social learning is also available as well as homework help for the students. The links are very accessable and the page is plaeasing to the eye. The material is organized by grades as well as by subject. All necessary information is displayed, however, advertisements are present. This site is helpful to teachers and parents and students alike. It provides a fun way of learning that will help teach the criteria as well as entertain the students at the same time.
 * Title:** iKnowthat.com
 * Website URL: []

Although the links are accessible, the homepage is a little "busy". There is so much to look at, it's hard to know where to start. I liked the "Thinking Games" tab because it had games for multiple subjects and they seemed like they would grab kids' attention very well. In the Language Arts tab, there was also a nice link for something called Word Builder that seemed helpful to children learning to read. The advertisements are a little distracting, but other than that the website seems like it would be helpful to students especially. This is a site I might recommend to parents and students, but most likely would not use myself in the classroom as part of my teaching curriculum. -A.B.