RAPS IV Three websites/ ratings 1-5 (one being lowest and 5 being highest) 1.) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Interactivesites.weebly.

com- Interactive educational games. Frequency of updates- 3 Ease of Navigation- 5 Accuracy- 5 Clarity of content- 5 Value of content- 5 Entertaining- 4 Variety of activities- 5 Total: 32 www.vocabulary.com- Focused on solely teaching kids how to spell words and their meanings. Frequency of updates- 4 Ease of navigation- 4 Accuracy- 5 Clarity of content- 4 Value of content- 5 Entertaining- 3 Variety of activities- 2 Total: 22 3.) www.childtopia.com- childtopia is a professional organization for the education of children. 1. Frequency of updates- 4 2. Ease of navigation- 3 3. Accuracy- 5 4. Clarity of content- 4 5. Value of content- 5 6. Entertaining- 4 7. Variety of activities- 4 Total: 29

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Reflection: On top of the criteria stated above, a good website should have other useful information such as the history of the organization or corporation that has founded the website. Another criterion for websites is to be easily found, the website needs to be easily accessible and be able to find easily on the web. The last criterion is first impressions. A website should have colors, a title and an ease of navigation through

the website. There are shortcuts to finding these educational websites such as internet machines like google. A person can put in key words like educational games and can find credible websites for kids, teachers and or other information related to teaching. I did find a couple of websites for new teachers that provide support, lesson plans, books and dvds that help with first year teachers become more comfortable in the classroom.