David's+Web+Evaluation

=Web Evaluations=


 * Title:** Shakespeare Online
 * Site URL:** @http://www.shakespeare-online.com/
 * Comments:** The website entitled Shakespeare Online offers browsers with an array of good information about Shakespeare, his contributions to literature, along with examples and summaries of his work. It offers students many resources to explore the meaning of sonnets and to get acquainted with some of Shakespeare's larger known works as well as some of his not so known works. The site also provides an easily navigated directory so that one can view the information that the site has to offer. While the design is simple enough to navigate it is somewhat bland, which may be seen as a limitation. All of the links work, however one of the pages is out of alignment. Nonetheless, the material is accurate and informational. Students will learn quite a bit by browsing through and reading the material. A teacher could assign students specific aspects of Shakespeare to research, and then have different groups report what they have learned.

I am not very familiar with Shakespeare and poetry. I am taking a literature class right now and i actually feel that this website would be very beneficial for me to read up on.I agree with David how a teacher can use this website for an assignment. The website could use more color and maybe a few pictures for attraction. I also enjoyed reading some of the summaries and it made me want to explore this type of literature more! This site is up to date and is creditable. Overall, a great website for Literature students!-AB

Site URL: @http://nfs.sparknotes.com/ Comments:** The No Fear Shakespeare site offers good material, but has a few drawbacks with its layout. For the purpose of potential assignments, the website does meet classroom objectives. For example, if the teacher's goal is to assign a play for students to read then students can do that. Some plays are posted in a side by side format. This means that the play has the original text and then a modern version of the text. The purpose of doing this is to help younger age students understand Shakespeare's older style of English. The site has a good idea, but is bogged down by many advertisements. Navigating is quite easy, however you have to go page to page too frequently. The site is backed by two well known organizations such as Spark Notes and Barnes and Noble. Overall, a teacher could certainly use this site to help students understand and read Shakespeare, but the students must be able to maintain their attention through all of the advertisements and page changes.
 * Title: No Fear Shakespeare

I Believe this site is all over the place. There is advertising all around the main points. The advertising is what caught my eye and was the only thing I could really concentrate on. Overall the site has good ideas about give a space were you can look up shakespear titles and gain many sources of knowledge through though links. They accredited there sources, which is a must and gave credit to the creditors. But I just cant get past all the advertising, its totally throwing me off. *LH


 * Web Evaluation Rubric:**[[file:Durkee_web_eval.doc]]