Web+Evaluations+KP

=Web Evaluations by Karli Powell=


 * Title:** Karl's Calculus Tutor
 * URL:** @http://www.karlscalculus.org/calculus.html


 * Comments:** Karl’s Calculus Tutor website was the first site I came to in my search. As a high school mathematics teacher, I would use this site to help explain the steps in many problems. All topics are displayed in the table of contents, and you can easily navigate throughout the site. When exploring the site, I found many neat ways the site incorporates all learning styles, and I have noticed math students have their own way of understanding topics. There are no advertisements on this page, which I feel is necessary if you are offering it to students. I would feel comfortable with them using it as a tool for all calculus subjects. One limitation of the website is no credentials listed for the author. There is a way to contact Karl through email, but the information given is correct and current so I am not worried to use it. The audience this site targets is teenagers or young adults. Karl incorporates words and equation figures to explain the topics. It is clear and to the point, leaving room for students to connect the information. He doesn’t show them exactly how to do everything, and makes sure they are doing the work for themselves too. One feature I would like to use in my classroom is the animated examples. These show step by step in an animated version how to do problems. I also would like to make labs for my students, and have them use this site to teach themselves how to do it. Then after come together and discuss what we learned and hopefully have the students teach each other. -KP

After looking over this site I have found it to be a very effective site. On this site there are many advantages and disadvantages though. While first looking over this site the site looks very boring with a gray background. On the main page there are just lists upon lists upon lists of links. All of these links are different subjects within calculus which really provides a great deal of information.-KW


 * Title:** MathBits
 * URL:** @http://www.mathbits.com/


 * Comments:** Mathbits is another site I found that I feel represents a good method of learning. Unlike the other website, this one has more subjects than just calculus. Mathbits offers explanations and examples to problems for all high school math courses. Its approach is not just laying out the material, but incorporating games or puzzles for the student to learn from. One thing I find really great is that it offers help for finding your way around a calculator. Knowing two math teachers created this website offers a sense of security having my students use this as a source. Both teachers have a long list of credentials and contact information. There are pictures added to the site to make it more bright and humorous which can be good for students who find math not so much fun. It is set up into boxes of different information allowing easy navigation and organization. The only problem with this site I feel is that it only has games; there isn’t a lot of information about how to do everything. This would be a site you would use in the classroom after you have gone over the material. Students can use this as a great way to study for a quiz or exam because of the way the games are set up. I played the geometry game and I really had fun. I would love to use this on a day to have fun and earn prizes. This would be a great group activity for younger or even older children. -KP

There is a lot of useful information on this website. I think that there are a lot of things crammed together, but it is not to difficult to something. There are a lot of links that lead to different pages also and I think that all this information could help anyone of any age. This site could become useful to me in the near future. -KM

I like this website. It seems like this website is for younger students. All of the different graphics make this site seem a little unprofessional. The information is very good though. There are many many different links on this site which can be good and bad. Its good because all this information can help people but there is a lot of clutter on the main page about all the information. Overall, I would probably not use this site unless it was for personal use and found the right link for my students to use. -MS


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