Krislene's+Web+Evaluations

=**Web Evaluations** = **Title:** Discovery This website supports teaching and learning by providing updated news articles related to areas in science that are written by unbiased authors. One negative aspect of this site is that there are numerous links to The Discovery Channel site and others, which are websites for TV channels that are affiliated with The Discovery News site. These links to other websites could be distracting to students. A positive aspect of this site is that it provides students with categorized topics such as, Animals, Earth, Technology, and others. This allows students to choose topics related to interests of theirs that they can then write about. These writings could be used in the classroom as Writing Across the Curriculum papers. 
 * Site URL:** @http://dsc.discovery.com/news/news.html
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In addition to the information above, this website is very appealing to the eye. It does look very crowded with words and information, but from experience with science and news related websites, I like being able to see what the link I am about to use is going to take me and whether the information is exactly what im looking for. Each of the article links give an introduction or small summary of what is in it. Overall I feel that the large array of topics and credible content could make a positive impact on a classroom. Also, a positive note to the distracting TV show links, this could inspire students to watch science related TV shows outside of the classroom. (RP) 

I like all the discovery channels quite a bit but and I'm a nerd and watch them probably too much. I never really thought about using their information for research or education purposes until now. The only problem I really came across was the mildly annoying advertisements that would pop up when you would try to click on something (it did go away eventually). The other maybe not problem but distraction was the games tab at the top. If I were a student, that would probably be the first thing I would click. But I would also just link students straight to the page I wanted to view, not the home page, if I were using it. Outside of that there is a ton of information on pretty much anything you could imagine: news stories, blogs from reliable sources, videos, whatever you could want. (RB) 

 This website supports teaching and learning by the numerous videos and photos related to science topics that can be found on the site. One negative aspect of this site is the slower loading speed due to the large number of visuals that can be found on the site. Along with the loading speed, I found at least one link that was opening to something else that it was not supposed to be linked to. The best feature of this website that could be used efficiently in a classroom is the images. Professional pictures fill every corner of this site relating to each and every article.  I found this website to be a great source of information, but although it may only have been my browser, the layout of the page was a bit confusing for me. if you can get past that though you will find loads of information. The way they put out the information also makes sure to keep your students attention, so i think that if you know what level the information is for it can prove to be very useful (NG)
 * Title:** National Geogra​phic
 * Site URL:** @http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
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