Professional Documents
Culture Documents
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Math Playground
Create a Graph
Fun Brain
Discovery Education
Cool Math
staff and information on lesson plans and assessments. Also, the link
provides NCESs home office address in Washington, D.C. Critique:
NCES Home sub-page provides in-depth goals of curriculum for the
website.
Why- This website is a great approach to use inside/outside of
classrooms, because teachers and students can create bar graphs and
pie charts free of charge. Critique: Create a Graph provides
educators an easy way to teach bar graphs using the Internet.
Teachers and students can print or email their work.
Who- Family Fun Education Magazine and Pearson Education.
Critique: Family Fun Education Magazine and Pearson Education
are reliable sources for education; however, there are no names of
presidents, CEOs, or team members involved with the website.
What- This website is very easy to use. It provides games of different
school subjects. The games and lessons on the website are free for
students, teachers, and parents. Critique: Each game is easily labeled
on the home page at the top. Students, parents, and teachers will
know which sub-page to click on. Students will have a choice to pick
certain topics within their grade level.
When- Website was created in 1997. Updated in 2013. Critique: The
information was easy to find under the link About funbrain.com.
The website has been updated to meet all requirements for Common
Core Standards.
Where- More information is under the link, About funbrain.com. It
provides the history of the site. Also, it provides information of
Pearson Education and other contributors to the website. Critique:
Information concerning important dates and events making the
website is available; however, team members names are not
available.
Why- This website is known for providing high-quality educational
games for students to play. Also, it provides math games that would
help a student understand problem-solving using graphs. Critique:
Through step-by-step games, educators will be able to teach students
to construct bar graphs.
Who- President/CEO Bill Goodwin. Critique: Bill Goodwin provides
his users a personal background on his credentials.
What- This website provides free and high-quality education to
students, teachers, and parents. This website is aligned with standards
from each individual state in the United States, and also 49 other
countries. Critique: This website is a global network to meet
educational requirements beyond the United States.
When- Created in 2007. Updated math textbooks in 2014. Critique:
Information is provided under Meet The Team sub-page. Website is
updated yearly.
Where- More information is under the link, Meet The Team.
Provides biographies of each person. Informs viewers that the
websites president graduated from The University of North Carolina
with a Bachelors Degree in Journalism. Critique: Each member is a
professional in web designing, education, and journalism.
Why- This site is very unique, because it will match an individual
states standards in a particular subject. This website provides a lot of
math lessons for K-12. Critique: This website is accessible for 49
countries. Discovery of Education is great for educators teaching
abroad.
Who- Cool Math.com, L. L. C. Founder is Karen (No last name
provided). Critique: Karen does not go into detail about her
background in education.
What- This website is free and very easy to use. There are specific
links for teachers, parents, and students to use. The website provides
lessons, games, and advice for parents to help their kids with
homework. Critique: Cool Math is user-friendly and provides sub-
Math Tv.com
Math Story
Mr. R.'s Math & Science Songs & Poems. (n.d.). Retrieved
from http://www.mathstory.com
Khan Academy
Voki
Smart Tutor
Super Kids
Jump Start
Share My Lesson
Where- The website provides a link titled About Us. This link
provides a biography of the companys members. Critique: The
About Us sub-page is easy to locate. The creators provide their
biographies working in the education field.
Why- This website is very unique, because it provides lessons that
can be used for holidays, sports, and hobbies. Educators can use this
website to create classroom activities for holiday parties. Critique:
The activities in this lesson plan seem to focus primarily on
elementary grade levels. There is a scarce amount of activities for
high school students.