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Fair Test

    The site I looked at for this blog is Fair Test. I found it to be rather interesting and full of information. However, I do not see how it could be very beneficial in the classroom of a reading teacher or a content teacher trying to incorporate reading. Support for reading in the content areas     I do not see where this site directly supports reading in the content area. However, it does discuss students needing a deeper understanding of information and I believe that comes from reading. It talks about multiple choice testing being damaging to students and schools; one reason being that students are only taught to read and answer those types of questions. That leads me to believe they would support more critical reading in the content area. Ease of navigation     I had no issue navigating the site. There are a list of tabs at the top of the page you can choose from and subcategories if you want to be more specific. There are ple...

WebQuest.org

    This blog is intended to inform you about the website WebQuest.org. I have mixed feelings about this site. My first concern is that it seems a little dated. The newest dates I could find were from 2017 and 2015. It also did not look very appealing. On the other hand, it appeared to have some good information for anyone looking into webquests and some good links. After reading the information on this site, I realized I did not know exactly what a webquest was. Essentially, a webquest is an assignment given where the majority of the information is found online. Support for reading in the content areas     I believe that webquests are very helpful with reading in the content area. It allows the students to use new literacies and learn to navigate them. Our students are pretty good at reading a text message but not so good at looking for specific information online. Students also struggle knowing if the site is legit or not. WebQuests are a good way t...

Dictionary.com

For this blog I chose to do Dictionary.com. I love this website because it has been so helpful to me and my students. It also has a sister site that has a direct link called Thesaurus.com which is equally helpful. This site it most helpful when writing a paper and trying to avoid repetition. Support for reading in the content areas     This site is absolutely helpful when reading in the content area. If a student is reading on their own and comes up on a word they do not understand they can easily type the word in and receive the definition. What is cool about this site is that is does not only give the definition but, a ton of other information as well. For example, it will tell the part of speech, synonyms, what it is related to, and will let the student hear the word being pronounced. Ease of navigation     This site could not be easier to navigate. Right at the top is a search bar where the word in question can be typed. Next, he/she just selec...