Grace's+Web+Evaluation


 * Title:** Sheppard Software
 * Site URL:** []
 * Comments:** I feel that this website would be very useful in a classroom. It has effective quizzes and learning tools that a teacher or student could potentially use. The site covers most subject areas and could be used for 3rd grade and up. I focused on the geography section and I really enjoyed the interactive maps. You could look at a map from any part of the world, and scroll over a country to see its flag, capital, or landforms. Students could use this individually or a teacher could lecture with this website. A limitation that this site has is the distracting advertisements on the page. They distract from the content of the page. Another limitation, is that the site is somewhat hard to navigate because it contains so much information. This page could be used in a classroom when a class is learning about a continent. Students could feel free to explore the countries within that continent and learn some interesting information about them.
 * (JC)-->** I also agree that this website would be benefical to students. There is an immense amount of content and a teacher could easily use this website to do a number of activities. However, I would say this website should be used for students around fourth or fifth grade due to the amount of text and the level of understanding of the text on certain pages. Also, a younger child would be too distracted when viewing this website. Not only are there a lot of advertisements, but there are many options for different activities and games. Children might become overwhelmed while viewing this page because of that reason.


 * Title:** Law Focused Education, Inc.: Online Games and Student Learning
 * Site URL:** []
 * Comments:** This website has great lesson plans for teachers, but I focused on the games that the site had to offer. I found myself enjoying the games that were themed around our government. One game called "branches of the government" has a tree broken into three main branches, and the person playing the game matches the characteristics of the braches (which are on leaves), on to the correct part of the tree. There is also the "preamble scramble" and the "declaration clarification". The games are visually pleasing and I think that students would sincerely enjoy them. A limitation of this page is that there is not much content other than what is in the game. These could be games to play during free time, but they would still be educational.
 * (JC)-->** I found this site to also have great educational games. However, aside from the games, there is not anything else for the students to do. The games really do allow for children to think and they will have fun while completing them. I believe that this site would be useful for children fifth grade and higher. They need to have a pretty large extension of knowledge on the government, making younger children have difficulties playing the games. Another positive to this website is that there aren't any advertisements and the site is organized well. A child would not be distracted looking at this page.