Lauren Peterson 10-21-13 http://netvet.wustl.edu/ssi.htm Overview: This website; directed toward elementary science, makes attempts to help educate students about different animals and organisms. It does this through links that lead to information on animals that are provided in a list on the homepage. Ultimately, the website appeared to be unsuccessful; with dead end links for most animals and organisms listed. Content: As the website offered various links to further information on animals and organisms, it failed to follow through. Some links managed to reach rather reliable resources and informative pages; while others were not as lucky. The remainder of the links on this site lead to dead ends; pages that no longer existed or pages with nothing on them. Design: Looking at the design of this website, there is little attraction and interest put into the homepage. Although there are graphics, they are small and bland. As for the navigation of the website, the links were easy to use and simple, but did not successfully link to sights that were usable. These "dead ends" may have been a result of being an old website that has not been updated for years. Overall, the design could use updating and correction.

Lauren Peterson 10-21-13 http://www.abcya.com/kindergarten_computers.htm Overview: This website provides games and apps that can be used as educational activities to further a kindergarteners understanding of letters, numbers, and more in an enjoyable and interactive way. Content: As mentioned previously, this website contains various links to games and apps that make use of incorporating letters, numbers, and more; introducing these areas of content to the young kindergartener students. Examples of a few of these games are "Alphabet Bingo" and "Birthday Candle Counting". Design: When considering the design of the website, it can be said that it is fitting for its audience. The website is full of bright color and graphics of fun activities do! The links and activities work successfully with the exception of Adobe Software being needed. If the computers or internet source did not have access to Adobe Software, this website would be of little use to the teacher and students.

Lauren Peterson 10-21-13 http://www.brainpop.com/ Overview: This website is a multifaceted educational website that contains numerous subject matter. The site provides educational tools that can be utilized within classroom activities; furthering understandings of various subjects. In order to simplify and further education in particular areas of study, this website makes use of games and videos. Overall, this site seems to be a rather useful tool for a classroom, as it is easy to navigate with content that is clearly understandable. Content: The content seems to be geared towards Jr. High students, although there are other websites from BrainPOP that offer similar content more appropriate for younger ages. This site makes the various subjects within Math, Science, English, etc. very clear through explanation and visuals in videos, as well as interaction through educational games. Design: The use of color and animation throughout this website seem to be rather appealing to the eye. Not only does this sites appearance have the potential to intrigue a viewer, it is also easy to navigate. The links and activities function successfully with very few issues.