Alex's+Web+Evaluations

__Web Evaluations__
**Title:** 60 Second Recap


 * Site URL: ** []


 * Comments:** I feel that 60 Second Recap is a very helpful website. It's main function is as an English Literature webstie. It allows the viewer to get an overview of the desired novel, as well as the plot, characters, symbols, and motifs. It would help the teacher as an introuduction to the novel and it would also help the student if they were having a harder time understanding anything about the novel. The wesite uses language that is easy for high school and middle school students to understand without talking down to them. There were very few faults that I found with the website. One is that there was no author listed for the site, although there was an e-mail address listed to contact them. The second fault that I found is that the website is supported by a company that does not show anything about itself. I would use this website as either an introduction to the novel in class or as a student tool while they were reading the novel. It would help me to show a quick overview of the novel and serve as a way of getting the children excited about what they are reading.

Overall, this was a very cool website. Like Alex said above, it was a website that allows the audience to get overviews of any novel. Even I could find myself using this website for my classes in college, because the information is for all levels. The only problem that I found with the site was the credibility of the links off the website. Many links just show an email address but no name or author. However, there were many positives about this site that would make it a great tool for both teachers and students. MV


 * Title:** D-Day Remembered: Reflections of Courage


 * Site URL: ** []

**Comments:** The Discovery Channel website is very informative site about D-Day. The site offers valuable information about D-Day, the affects that it had on those who were there for the actual event, and their opinions about it. It offers valuable audio clips of soldiors, both men and women, and a few people who were not active in the military at the time. This would help support teachers and rienforce the events of that day. There are a few drawbacks in the website. One of the problems with the website is that it did not list any author, but there was an email listed to contact them. The website also had some large advertisements on the page that distracted from the information that was on the page. The only other problems were that some of the wording might have been a bit above the level of an early high schooler and that the site was a little difficult to navigate. With a little instruction on where to go, the navigation will become a lot easier. I would use this in a history classroom to emphasise the influence that D-Day had on WWII.


 * Web Site Evaluation:** [[file:Zapinski_web_eval.doc]]