Tracy Robbins Review for Misty Tuttle
This website adheres to the principals stated below. What a great way to involve the children in weather concepts. The parent activities look to be a lot of fun. Lesson plan is very good. I like the addition of a discussion page for students and parents to collaborate.

Aim/Purpose - (expert) home page accurately describes what the intention of the website is and the goal for the webpage.
Lesson Plan - (mastery) The lesson plan link is easy to find and load quickly and properly
Student Activity Page - (expert) Several choices of sites to go to for the students and each link describes what the students will be learning at that site.
Parent Page - (expert) Great activities to assist the parents in getting involved in the learning.
Layout - (expert) organized and easy to use.
Navigation - (expert) Easy to navigate around each individual page and throughout the webpage.
Graphics - (expert) Pictures match content. Good use of pictures to pre-assess learning.
Accessibility - (mastery) images do not have alt tag that describes the image in detail. They do, however, list "weather" as a tag.
Fonts - (expert) good use of various fonts to enhance the webpage and they are easily readable and appropriate.
Background - (expert) Backgrounds are consistent throughout the site. Whitespace allows the reader to focus on the text.
Color Choices - (expert) good. Do not distract from the content and message.
Spelling and Grammar - (expert) no errors noticed.
Copyright - (expert) looks good to me Appears that most pictures were taken from clipart and those that were not are marked with webaddress. References are sited.
Contact Information - (expert) All contact information is posted at the bottom of the webpages.

Tracy Robbins Review of Virginia Steinmetz
This website is a great tool to get the students thinking about their financial future. Using web 2.0 tools helps to enhance the learning.

Aim/Purpose - (expert) The home page states the purpose of the webpage and is well written
Lesson Plan - (mastery) Lesson Plan link is easy to find and lesson plan loads properly.
Student Activity Page - (expert) Great power point for the students to learn the concepts.
Parent Page - (expert) Lets parents know what is being covered in class and provides questions for parents to engage their child dialogue as it relates to finance.
Layout - (expert) great job on the layout. Easy to read and the text and pictures are used well.
Navigation - (expert) Easy to navigate from the home page to other pages in the site.
Graphics - (mastery) Graphics used pertain to the content. No citations provided.
Accessibility - (mastery) Images do not have alt tags
Fonts - (expert) Great use of different fonts and sizes
Background - (expert) Backgrounds are consistent and there was a great use of a variety of colors for background. I felt it enhanced the webpage.
Color Choices - (expert) Great use of color. The colors chosen were appeasing to the eye.
Spelling and Grammar - (expert) no errors noticed
Copyright - (expert) Items borrowed from other sites were referenced.
Contact Information - (expert) All pages contain statements of authorship and date of last edit.

This website is a toolbox of interative sites and lessons where students can learn concepts while engaging in interative learning. - Mrs. Robbins' Sandbox Home

Tracy Robbins - self assessment Aim/Purpose - (expert) Stated clearly on the home page and is written in a clever, amusing way using a play on words. Lesson Plan - (mastery) Lesson plan is included and the link loads properly. Student Activity Page - (expert) Welcomes students and instructs them where to look for resources. Provides a multitude of resources for the students to peruse to learn the concepts. Parent Page - (expert) Parents are welcomed to the page and instructed where to go to find resources. Layout - (expert) The layout is professional and usable. Proper use of white space. Navigation - (expert) Site is easy to navigate around. Progression of webpages in the left side allows for students/parents to read through the pages before moving on. Graphics - (expert) Graphics are directly correlated to the content on the page. Accessibility - (mastery) Alt tags are used correctly, but audio clips are not included. Fonts - (expert) Good use of fonts size to demonstrate headings. Larger font used for make it easier to read. Background - (expert) Good choice of color to make the page more interesting and not just a white background. All pages are consistent. Color Choices - (expert) Color allows for a pleasing palette. Spelling and Grammar - (expert) no errors noticed. Copyright - (expert) No materials were used from websites that required permission. All photos were gathered from web clipart. Contact Information - (expert) All pages contain a statement of the author and last edit date.