Website evaluation

Today in our educational technology class we evaluated websites. I evaluated nickjr.com because my 4 year old cousin plays on it all the time. I first used the Kathy Schrock evaluation. I found that the site has a lot of pictures, which helps young children navigate the website. From what I saw, nothing was misspelled. At the bottom of the page, it listed who made the website and had a link titled contact where you could email the authors. There was information in columns to make the site look interesting and there was a way to go back to the homepage after you entered the game. This really helps children to navigate the website. On a slower connection, it may take some time to load the games, but the games are educational and fun.

I then used the Wave site that tells how many accessibility errors there are on the site. This particular site has 8.

Then I used the Cornell guide. I found that the site was updated quite frequently. (usually weekly)

and that the links on the site really complemented it. It had links that would send you to good sites for both parents and children.

All in all I really enjoyed this site and I think it would be a good site for children to use.