Search
Engines
According
to Roblyer and Doering (2013), search engines are “special searching programs
to help us locate things” (p. 219). This resource can be useful in helping
students locate things for the classroom. If a student is having difficulty understanding
a mathematics concept, they have the ability to do a search via a search engine
to find resources that can help them understand the concept in which they are
having difficulty with. The students have the option of performing a “subject
index search” or a “keyword search” (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, p. 219).
Website
Evaluation Video
This
video will help students in evaluating websites. I like how this video
discriminates between websites that are used for research and websites that are
used to gather facts. Some websites may be useful for quick information but not
for a research paper. This information is good for students in their everyday
life. This video is also interesting in that it applies to an activity, rather
than just a lecture. This video discusses using a website for the purpose of “information
collection and analyses” (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, p. 239).
Favorite
Web Site #1
My
favorite website is khanacademy.org. This website has “good structure and
organization” (Roblyer & Doering, 2013, p. 255). This website is easy to
navigate and is organized in a useful, clear way. Pages are labeled clearly
making it easy for the user to distinguish between which hyperlinks take them
to which pages. This would be useful in a classroom for students to use as a
resource. Many resources are located in one website with tutorial videos. The easy
design makes it student friendly for navigation.
Favorite
Web Site #2 (must be an example wiki)
This
is the link to a classroom Wiki that I evaluated and found was a good website.
The thing that I liked about this website was the easy navigation. According to
Roblyer and Doering (2013), “Pages should always load very quickly. It’s easy
to get around in the site. Links are provided so that you can get back to the
main page from any part of the site” (p. 255). This Wiki site has all of these
features. Although the front page does not have great visual design, the other
pages have good, simple designs. All of the links are located on the left side
of the page, making it easy to navigate between pages. This website would be
useful in a classroom because it has a lot of information for the students. I
would model my Wiki after this one because it has organized information. A
student does not have to spend a lot of time scrolling, seeking a certain file.
The files and links are clearly labeled, for the ease of the user.
