Lindsay's+Web+Evaluations

**Web Evaluations** 

Site Title: smARTkids Site URL: [] Comments: I believe the site supports teaching because it has a tab that is called “Teacher’s Area”. It also gives suggestions for what a teacher can do as an activity. The site supports learning because the kids look inquisitive and they all look like they are ready to learn. The limitations to this site is that there are not a lot of bright colors and there aren’t many games to play.A way I could use this in the classroom is that I could have the kids explore the site and do some of the activities on the site.


 * Chrissy's Comment:** This is a very cool website. I like how it is easy to navigate and offers a lot of different information. In the teacher's area, I like how it offers you suggestions on how you can incorporate meaning into your students artwork by creating an assignment where the students document their art-making process. I also like how it offers pictures and information on different artists and styles of art. I think this would be very useful when incorporating different styles of art into your classroom.

I really like this website! It brings formal concepts and breaks them down at a level that's much easier to understand for younger kids. It is very interactive, which keeps the student engaged in the content. The design of the site is very well done, it's easy to navigate and is very nice to look at. LMD

Site Title: The Kidz Page Site URL: [|www.thekidzpage.com/colouring_menus/virtualcrayons/choosecoloringpage1.htm] Comments:  The site supports teaching because it has lots of activities and coloring books. The site supports learning because it has a tab that says learning. That tab also has an “apple” and the letters “A, B, C” on the learning tab so that also makes me think that it supports teaching. The limitations of the site is that the size of the font is small and I believe that has to do with all of the ads. I could use this website in the classroom because I could have the kids go online and color a picture of their own. The kids can actually color the coloring pages online so they could start over if they messed up.


 * Chrissy's Comment:** This website is very cool even coming from a non-teaching perspective. Especially for elementary art, this website could be extremely useful in helping children learn about color and the combination of colors that can be created. The only problem I could see with this website, is the children possibly having a hard time navigating around; however, children are becoming more technologically advanced, so it may not even be a problem. I think this website is a great resource, whether you print out the blank coloring pages or allow the students to color online.

This website has good content for a very young crowd (kindergarten and first grade). The problem I have with it is, I do not think students would be able to go online and color a page without being distracted and clicking on an advertisement or another part of the website such as a game. There is way too many other things on the site that it would not end up being used for its original intention. But a very beneficial aspect of this site is that kids do have the option to color using the computer. For most young kids this is a very difficult task and would help build their mouse skills. LMD


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