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**Web Evaluations**

 * Title**: Cool Math
 * URL**: []


 * Comments**: This website provides useful information that can help students learn math. There are several different sub groups of math that students can click on. Once they click on that sub group, there are many different lessons they can click on for more information. These links display easy to follow steps so students can break down a problem and work out a solution. In addition, there are many games students can use for math practice and fun. This may help motivate students and show them that math can be fun. If they are playing games, they can enjoy learning math. This will be extremely beneficial for teachers because they can have their students play games if they are having trouble with a certain math concept. This will send the message that learning can be enjoyable. Also, teachers can use this website as a teaching aid. The website has an appealing look, therefore students may be more willing to use it.

This website appears to be for an older age group. It seems as though an older student would be able to correctly navigate the site. This website had pop up ads that were a little more difficult to get rid of. I had to click on the "close" button three times for the ad to minimize. This site says that it is for students ages thirteen to one hundred. As a group, we are interested in pursuing careers in elementary education and this website does not seem to fit that age group. The math curriculum that the site contains is too advanced for elementary students but the activities seem fun and exciting for older students. One of the interesting things on this site was that there was a tab for parents, teachers and students. This site clearly explains how to do each concept. For example, the site was explaining how to change a percent to a decimal but it also explained what each decimal place was called (tenths, hundredths, thousandths, etc.). This website was definitely manageable for an older student. -JC

I agree that this site had really helpful games and activities to help learn math concepts. To me it seemed that although the site was colorful and fun for kids, all of the bright colors and many different images was kind of distracting. I think that if younger kids were using the site they would have a difficult time getting to where they wanted to be. I agree that the site may be geared towards a little older age group, but some of the activities had the option to choose a level between medium and hard. The easy problems would be suitable for lower level grades. As a whole I thought the site would be a useful tool in teaching math. However, depending on the level of the students, they would probably need help navigating the site. That seems to be the downfall with many of these sites. -MD

URL: []
 * Title: Web Math

Comments:** This website is especially helpful for teachers. There's a list of of lesson plans for a variety of grades. The lesson plans have activities and print-offs that students can work on to further their knowledge. In addition, this website provides step-by-step solutions to math problems. A good quality this website possess is that it is K-12 and can be used by any teacher. The website has a simple layout that anyone can easily follow and use to their benefit. As soon as students arrive at the web page, there will be a box that jumps right into math help. They won't have to go looking for help because it's right on the front of the page and many different math subgroups can be clicked on. The math help contains a scroll list that provides specific categories of each subject. For example, students can to to calculus and click on derivatives for instant help to their math struggles.


 * Link to Rubrics**: [[file:Geppert_web_rubric.doc]]