Sunday, May 24, 2009. This is a professional developed website for teachers to use. It is funded by Alberta Learning and it meant for teachers from K-12. It is all correlated with the Alberta Program of Studies. The website is very extensive. There are thousands and thousands of resources for teachers to access. In particular, Math 5 Live! Teachers can save the resources they find into their own folder on the website.

Sunday, May 17, 2009. Sun-sational star is an Internet WebQuest on the sun. The activity is targeted for students in Grades 3-5. Curriculum correlation is for Grade 6 - Sky Science. This is a teacher created instructional project that has been published on GeoCities. Students work in groups of 4 to find out information about the sun. The task was clearly outlined.

Sunday, May 17, 2009. This website is set up like a virtual tour so students can learn about volcanoes. This is a very sophisicated website that was created using Tramline. com software to design a virtual tour. Students navigate through many websites to learn information about volcanoes.

Tuesday, May 19, 2009. ALEKS is an online learning course for all grade levels and subjects. It is meant to offer tutorial help for students. It is a very professionally developed website that would be ideal for correspondence and home-schooled children and adults. The introduction was age-appropriate and clear. The task was clearly outlined. I was given a chance to practice entering numbers before I began the assessment.

Sunday, May 24, 2009. This is a professional developed website for teachers to use. It is funded by the Telus corporation and is based in Edmonton, Alberta. Instructional materials and online resources are provided for Alberta teachers. Resources are also provided to be used with students. It is based on the Alberta Program of Studies and is designed for all teachers K-12. ICT curriculum outcomes are are provided on the 2Learn site.

Sunday, May 17, 2009. Listed below are links to websites that I used to evaluate the instructional websites for this assignment. Survey Blueprint for Evaluating Web-Based Instruction. Where in the World? .

Sunday, May 17, 2009. The website is not easily navigated. The introduction to the website is vague. It does not prepare the students for the activity. No instructions on how to start are present. The background and color scheme interfere with the text. The task of the assignment is not clear. The evaluation is not clearly defined. Long download time for videos and websites.

Sunday, May 24, 2009. This is an instructional website mainly for teachers. com gives teachers access to quality reading stories to use with students in grades 1-6. The stories can be printed and used for group reading. The stories are fun and engaging for students! The pictures are clear and add to the story. Stories are grouped by different levels that match the Four Blocks grouped reading categories.

Sunday, May 17, 2009.

Friday, May 15, 2009. Research and critique four instructional web sites and present your findings. Please review my critiques to four instructional websites by selecting a website on the right-hand menu. Where in the World? .