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**Chris Hose’s Evaluations:**
This is the link to my rubric: [|Web Page Rubric.doc]

**Take Me Fishing**
[|http://takemefishing.org/] By: Chris Hose

The first site that I evaluated is called Take Me Fishing. This site supports teaching and learning because it provides a ton of information about fishing. It allows students to learn how to fish, different fishing techniques, where to find fish, when to fish, landing the fish and even has a Fishopedia to see all the different kinds of fish and where their located. The site is very easy to scurry through even for younger children. Also, there are not any advertisement sites or bias on the page. There really aren't any limitations to this website. This website is very well built with first time users in mind. There are many possible uses for this website inside and outside the classroom. I could use this site in my classroom because once I teach a fishing lesson; I can allow my students to review what I taught them on this site. Overall, this site would make a fishing lesson a lot more interesting for my students.

This site was very interesting especially the fishopedia. I liked how it not only showed you a picture of the fish but also where it can be found in the United States. The one thing about the site that bothered me was the outfitting tab. All the tab provides are sites to get the proper clothing or items needed to go fishing. I would have liked a mini list for the inexperienced or first time fisher on things that might be good to have. ~KR

I agree, the fishopedia is a really cool thing. I also liked the "how to fish" section. I felt that was very informative and would help any student who was struggling. My concern is that on this site, there seem to be a lot of things to distract the students. Tabs like boating license and clothing might distract the student from looking up whatever it is they should be looking up. -SC

**PE Central**
[|http://pecentral.org/] By: Chris Hose

The second site I evaluated is called PE Central. This site also supports teaching and learning because it provides the latest information about developmentally appropriate physical education programs. It’s built to motivate kids/students to become more physically active and help PE teachers come up with and share lesson ideas. Some of the limitations for this site are that it can be hard to follow at first. It could be a little better organized and just easier to pilot through. After a couple minutes of looking around, it gets easier so don’t worry too much. Also there is some advertising and minimal bias. I could use this site in my classroom because it will help me to motivate the students to become more physically active. It will also help me come up with better lessons that other teachers have shared.

I feel that this site is a great resource for teachers. There are ideas for bulletin boards for almost any topic for physical education. Yet, there are some technical issues that the site faces. For instance it is really hard to navigate your way back to the main or home page. ~KR

=Sean Coates's Evaluations:=

Here are my rubric's

Geometry
http://www.mathleague.com/help/geometry/geometry.htm By: Sean Coates

This website is simply titled Geometry. This site supports learning by laying out all the different definitions of geometric terms in simple words and provides examples. The site has different categories and is very easy to navigate and find what you are looking for. Limitations include having nobody to email questions to, very little color and it doesn’t change much from page to page which is good for consistency but will wear on your eyes if you look at this site for to long. I probably wouldn’t use this site in my classroom but I would highly recommend it to my students to use to look up things they need more clarification on outside of the class.

This site has great definitions of the terms of that are used in geometry. The definitions include pictures that demonstrate how the term is used. A limitation is that there is no easy way to go back to the main or home page. ~KR

Even though I can’t stand Math, this was a really neat website. It is very well organized and easy to follow. I like how it gives you basic terms for geometry along with angles, figures and coordinates. If a student was struggling in class I think this site would come in great use. – CH

Purple Math
http://www.purplemath.com/modules/index.htm By: Sean Coates

This website is called Purple Math. The site is very conducive to both learning and teaching. If I needed ideas on how to teach a certain subject or maybe a different or new way to teach, I could look and see how they did it. For learners, they can look at this site, see an example or two of how to do something and then try a problem on their own. A limitation would be that the site might use different terms so that when a student has a question about something they might not be able to click on the right lesson because the website calls it something different. In the classroom I could use this website to teach a lesson, if I could schedule time in a computer lab, on a day that I’m absent.

Purple math is another good site for a review on math. I feel that students would benefit from this site the most because the problem is solved through words as well mathematically. Students can go on to this site later to review what they learned in class or to compare what is explained in there text book. The thing that bothers me the most about this site is the use of purple. After a while of looking at the website the color hurts my eyes. ~KR

=**Katherine Reaume's Evaluations:**=

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**Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History**
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ By Katherine Reaume

The first site I evaluated was the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. This site is really interesting because you can pick a time area and search what happened during that time in a specific country. Limitations of the site is that it can be a bit confusing when flipping through the site and you can get away from the timeline and off topic pretty easy. This site can be used in the classroom by allowing students to explore for themselves a certain time period to see what art was made where. Or this site can be used as a reference for a teacher or students to review their knowledge.

I really liked this site. It's very informative. One thing I really like are the different ways to view the art. They have time lines, essays about the arts, they break down the art into different time periods. Its all nicely laid out for you and well done. My concern is some of the vocabulary used on the page. It may be that I just don't know that much about art but some the words seemed very hard and tricky. -SC

**Inside Art**
http://www.eduweb.com/insideart/ By Katherine Reaume The second site that I evaluated was Inside Art. This website is interesting because a student can click on a specific painting and explore it. The student is guided through the site and must answer questions about what they just read to move onto another page. Students can pick which page they want to go to and which page they want to move on to. A limitation of the site is that if you click on the wrong picture you are stuck in that painting until you complete the final quiz. I can use this in the classroom by allowing students to explore and learn about a painting and the style it was painted in without having to sit next to them. Students can move at their own pace and the quizzes test their knowledge before moving on.

I really liked this website. It is interesting because you can pick a piece of artwork and really get a close look. Another thing that came to my attention was the quizzes, which were also pretty cool. – CH