Web Evaluations

CRITICAL EVALUATION OF A WEB SITE

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL
©1996-2005. Kathleen Schrock (kathy@kathyschrock.net)

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

1. How are you hooked to the Internet?

	___ Modem and phone line
	x Direct connection at school/home

2. What Web browser are you using? Google

3. What is the URL (address) of the Web page you are using?

http://www.edhelper.com/

4. What is the name of the site?

Edhelper.com

Part 1: How does it look? As you look at the questions below, put an X in the “yes” or “no” column for each.	YES	NO
Does the page take a long time to load?		x
Are there big pictures on the page?	x
Is the spelling correct on the page?	x
Is the author's name and e-mail address on the page?		x
Is there a picture on the page that you can use to choose links? (Image map)	x
Is there information in columns on the page? (Table)	x
If you go to another page, is there a way to get back to the first page?	x
Is there a date that tells you when the page was made?		x
If there are photographs, do they look real?	x
If there are sounds, do they sound real?		na

Part 2: What did you learn? As you look at the questions below, put an X in the “yes” or “no” column for each.	YES	NO
Does the title of the page tell you what it is about?	x
Is there an introduction on the page telling you what is included?		x
Are the facts on the page what you were looking for?	x
Would you have gotten more information from an encyclopedia?		x
Would the information have been better in the encyclopedia?		x
Does the author of the page say some things you disagree with?		x
Does the page lead you to some other good information (links)?	x
Does the page include information you know is wrong?		x
Do the pictures and photographs on the page help you learn?	x

Part 3: Summary

Looking at all of the questions and answers above, write a paragraph telling why this Web site is helpful (or not helpful) for your project.

I think this is a great website. It gives great tools to use as a teacher. It is a very useful site. It gives great links to use, and it is very easy to navigate around the site.

CRITICAL EVALUATION OF A WEB SITE

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEVEL
©1996-2005. Kathleen Schrock (kathy@kathyschrock.net)

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

1. How are you hooked to the Internet?

	___ Modem and phone line
	x Direct connection at school/home

2. What Web browser are you using? Google

3. What is the URL (address) of the Web page you are using?

http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/

4. What is the name of the site?

Kathy Schrock’s Guide for Educators

Part 1: How does it look? As you look at the questions below, put an X in the “yes” or “no” column for each.	YES	NO
Does the page take a long time to load?		x
Are there big pictures on the page?		x
Is the spelling correct on the page?	x
Is the author's name and e-mail address on the page?	x
Is there a picture on the page that you can use to choose links? (Image map)		x
Is there information in columns on the page? (Table)	x
If you go to another page, is there a way to get back to the first page?	x
Is there a date that tells you when the page was made?	x
If there are photographs, do they look real?	x
If there are sounds, do they sound real?		na

Part 2: What did you learn? As you look at the questions below, put an X in the “yes” or “no” column for each.	YES	NO
Does the title of the page tell you what it is about?	x
Is there an introduction on the page telling you what is included?	x
Are the facts on the page what you were looking for?	x
Would you have gotten more information from an encyclopedia?		x
Would the information have been better in the encyclopedia?		x
Does the author of the page say some things you disagree with?		x
Does the page lead you to some other good information (links)?	x
Does the page include information you know is wrong?		x
Do the pictures and photographs on the page help you learn?		x

Part 3: Summary

Looking at all of the questions and answers above, write a paragraph telling why this Web site is helpful (or not helpful) for your project.

I think this would be a very useful site for educators to use. It had some great links with all sorts of information. The website was very well organized and easy to follow. I will more than likely use this site as a future teacher. It is also nice because it gives all the contact information for Kathy Schrock easily. It would be useful if you wanted to contact her about any questions you have or if you may need additional information. It also seems like she updates her site often. It was actually last updated today. That is very nice. I think this is a great website.

CRITICAL EVALUATION OF A WEB SITE

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators http://discoveryschool.com/schrockguide/

1. How are you hooked to the Internet?

	___ Modem and phone line
	x Direct connection at school/home

2. What Web browser are you using? Google

3. What is the URL (address) of the Web page you are using?

http://www.siec.k12.in.us/~west/slides/integrate/

4. What is the name of the site?

Integrating Technology in the Classroom

Part 1: How does it look? As you look at the questions below, put an X in the “yes” or “no” column for each.	YES	NO
Does the page take a long time to load?		x
Are there big pictures on the page?		x
Is the spelling correct on the page?	x
Is the author's name and e-mail address on the page?	x
Is there a picture on the page that you can use to choose links? (Image map)		x
Is there information in columns on the page? (Table)		x
If you go to another page, is there a way to get back to the first page?	x
Is there a date that tells you when the page was made?	x
If there are photographs, do they look real?		na
If there are sounds, do they sound real?		na

Part 2: What did you learn? As you look at the questions below, put an X in the “yes” or “no” column for each.	YES	NO
Does the title of the page tell you what it is about?	x
Is there an introduction on the page telling you what is included?	x
Are the facts on the page what you were looking for?	x
Would you have gotten more information from an encyclopedia?		x
Would the information have been better in the encyclopedia?		x
Does the author of the page say some things you disagree with?		x
Does the page lead you to some other good information (links)?	x
Does the page include information you know is wrong?		x
Do the pictures and photographs on the page help you learn?		na

Part 3: Summary

Looking at all of the questions and answers above, write a paragraph telling why this Web site is helpful (or not helpful) for your project.

The website had a lot of great links that would be very useful to a teacher. The website was set up very boring. There were not pictures or graphics. There were basically just a bunch of links to use. The links seemed very useful. The website could have been more enjoyable to use if it had more color and graphics. I do; however, feel this site would be good for teachers to use.

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