I also used WAVE (Web Accessibility Evaluation Tool) located at http://wave.webaim.org/ to evaluate the accessibility for ALL of my students to the website. I was extremely impressed to discover that the Smithsonian Education website had no accessibility errors! Therefore, my students with visual or hearing impairments should have no problem accessing the information available on that website. How wonderful!
Friday, March 5, 2010
Website Evaluation
Today we learned about website evaluations and the importance of ensuring that our future students know how to discern a good website from a bad website. The first website I looked at was the Smithsonian Education website, http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/students/index.html. I loved this website! It was extremely easy to navigate and contained very useful, intriguing information. Using Kathy Schrock's guide for Educators, I observed that this website was very well done because the information was organized, including introductions, title pages, and it even include information (links) that led me to more information on the subject. Additionally, the graphics on the pages facilitated my learning. Plus, contact information was available for the director and editors of the site.
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I think it is great when you find a website that not only teaches children but adheres to your diverse learners and struggling readers. it's a relief to know that people are watching out for those children.
ReplyDeleteWow! It sounds like a website we definitely would want to use as teachers. I was also very impressed that it had no accessibility errors. I think that's wonderful!
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