Website Evaluations

Last week we browsed the web for a site to evaluate. Websites must be thoroughly evaluated before they can be used within a school setting. I really thought some of the evaluative topics were irrelevant to my site because I chose a game website. To me, it really shouldn't matter who the author and publisher are as long as the games are fun, educational, and easy to use. I do think, however, it is important to evaluate websites used for information and referencing. You want your children to be viewing the correct information at all times. I believe website evaluations of some sort should be done with all sites before letting children access them in the classroom, just on a varying scale for different types of websites.

In my classroom, I think I would be sure to use website evaluations to ensure that my students are accessing safe and valid websites at all times. When I use this tool in the future, I think I would be less focused on some aspects of the process (like publisher, contact info, etc).



The website I found was ABCya.com. It has all sorts of games for grade K-5. The games are easily accessed by each grade level, so you can target important skills at each child's learning level. The games help teach skills such as math and language arts. I would definitely use this in my classroom as a fun supplement to instruction.