Thursday, January 27, 2011
21st century website evaluation
When I first entered the 21st century website I was overwhelmed with the amount of information on the home page. As I began to scroll down the page I was amazed with the disorganization. If I was just looking at this website on my own I would have left this site and never been back. I like to see a clean easy to navigate home page. However since this was an assignment for a masters class I stuck around and started searching the site for something I could use. I clicked on the tab for state initiatives thinking that I could maybe see how this website could work on a local level. When entering that portion of the site I found out that there are only 15 states on there, mine not being one of them. Reading through what it takes for a state to qualify I do not think it really is that worth it. I personally feel that this website does not offer much in the way of helping with teaching the 21st century student. We as educators can do a better job finding more pertinent info else where. Again this is just my opinion and felt overwhelmed from the first seconds on the site.
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Am I allowed to say "ditto"?! I whole heartedly agree with everything that you just said and felt the exact same way while reviewing the website. I too would have left the site if it wasn't required.
ReplyDeleteI too found this site to be too "busy" but felt that I had to stay and look around since I teach in Ohio and Ohio was one of the states that belonged. I did not know that and felt a little in the dark about why we weren't told anything in our district about this initiative. Although I didn't find it that difficult to navigate and the resources were helpful, I do believe that revamping the site would be advantageous if they are trying to get more states to join in.
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