Emily Hastings Reviewed 2/5/12 Kids.gov Purpose: The purpose of this website is to provide students with links to other educational and governmental websites for kids. Intended Audience: This site is intended for Kindergarten through eighth grade. Available Resources: This site has many resources available. That is what the purpose of this site is, to link you to other useful and educational websites. Overall Review: This website is easy to use, making it worthwhile. The information is presented clearly and simply making it easy to navigate from one link to the other. It also includes a navigation bar and a site map which are both very useful. The links have great information and do not take long to get to. There are no dead ends, and they bring you to what they say they will. This website is a great resource for finding educational sites. Overview: This site has a link for k-5, 6-8, and teachers with endless links to educational sites. It is extremely organized and very helpful when looking for sites. Content: The content of this site is for students in need of educational websites. It is a great resource for that purpose. When clicked on, the link opens quickly and the information is accurate and educational. It has many links for websites of all different subjects. Design: The design of this website isn't very eye catching, but is welcoming because it is so simple to use. You don't need directions on how to use the site. It is very organized and makes looking for these links easy. It provides you with a site map which is a list of everything in the site, which is very useful as well.

Emily Hastings Reviewed: 2/5/12 Kbears.com Purpose: The purpose of this website is to provide students with a fun educational environment. Intended Audience: This site is intended for Kindergarten through fifth grade. Available Resources: This site has its information on it with no need for links to other sites, but it does offer a link for a KBparent site. Overall Review: This website would be fun for students to use during their free time or as a reward for achieving a goal or some other assignment. It is a fun site for students, and could also be used in a classroom as a class or at home. It isn't very broad of a site, it only has a limited number of things to do, which may be hard to use at times and also could get boring. It is hard to navigate around unless you have sound and are able to listen to what each of the avatars are saying. Overall I think this site is more for fun and education at home, or on students own time, but is a fun site for them. Overview: This site offers information in many subjects. It has a lot of reading, so students need to be able to read. It is animated with many characters that talk and videos that are fun for students. It consists of many different things to do and learn about. Content: The content of this website is informative for students and fun. It has unusual ideas and activities, rather than your normal site. After a while on this site you might run out of things to do though, which may become a problem. Design: The design of this website is eye catching, but not very welcoming. It definitely interests you with the characters on the homepage, but is set up as if you were on a ship or something. Unless you're able to use sound this site is going to be quite useless for you, which could be a problem. It is harder to navigate around and the homepage isn't set up very simply so it could be a waste of time until you got the hang of it. Overall the design area is "cute" but unorgan

Emily Hastings Reviewed: 2/5/12 Funbrain.com Purpose: The purpose of this website is advances students K-8 on their skills in math, reading and literacy using education games, books, and comics. Intended Audience: This site is intended for students in kindergarten to eighth grade, and can also be used as a teaching tool and reference for teachers and parents. Available Resources: It lacks links to others sites, but does have quite a few resources on the site itself. Overall Review: This site is well put together and contains many educational resources. There are games, books, and comics that could all be used to assist in teaching and learning. The website is easy to use and to navigate around in, and is overall very organized. There is a basic format used throughout the whole site. There are no under construction signs and seems to be working fine. The user is easily able to understand what audience the site is appropriate for, and the purpose. Overview: This would be a great site for children, not only is it educational, but its fun. It's well organized making it easy to navigate therefore a good use of time. It has FUN games on it that students would definitely enjoy, as well as learn new skills in many different subjects. Content: The content of this website is easy to understand, and is educational for students more toward the elementary school age. It is a good resource for teachers though as well. It consists of games, books, and comics. Design: The design of this website catches the users' eye, and is definitely welcoming. Its layout makes it easy to use and navigate through the site without needing directions. The homepage downloads efficiently as well as the other links. Its information is presented simply, so it is not time consuming. It has many graphics that are educational as well as the material.