The website we decided to evaluate was bogglesworldesl.com. An enjoyable and informative website that offers ESL teachers a plethora of material for use in the classroom during lessons.
We evaluated the website based on the following criteria: purpose, authority, objectivity, appropriateness, relevance, currency, responsibility, clarity, accessibility.
Purpose: the website is a .com website meaning that it is either a commercial or personal website. In this case, it seems to be a mixture of a both.
Authority: The creators of the website are a group of ESL teachers located in Asia and North America. The group includes Chris Gunn (web and materials design), Stephen Gordon and Cam Lirette (editors and content creation) and Thomas Lovelle (writer and content direction). It appears to be an authentic website with no hidden agenda.
Objectivity: the website is objective and there doesn't seem to be any kind of bias.
Relevance/Appropriateness: The website is appropriate for its goal. It contains ESL teaching materials that are appropriate and good for a variety of levels and ages, most especially K7 teachers. The website and materials are well written and include lessons plans that can make a teacher's life much easier.
Currency: The website's content seems to be current. From what we saw, there didn't seem to be anything outdated. Although, this was hard to confirm since there doesn't appear to be a date for when the website was last updated. A very important point is that the website contains no dead links which can be very irritating and detrimental to a website.
Responsibility: The authors are upfront and honest about their website and what they hope to accomplish. While it is a primarily free website, they aren't adverse to donations and such. They can be contacted via the email gunnchris@bogglesworldesl.com. There doesn't seem to be a section on the website for references or credit but it's possibly because they created all the material or content. Although, this is doubtful.
Clarity: The website is very clear and somewhat colorful and visually appealing. Finding information is easy. On the other hand, a slight drawback is that the text is somewhat cluttered. There are graphics that add to the visual appeal of the website rather than detract from it. As far as we could see, there is only 1 advertisement on the website and it quite small and doesn't interfere with the website in any way. The pages and links are well organized and there didn't seem to be any spelling, grammatical or word-usage mistakes.
Accessibility: The website is open, free to use, and can be accessed by all. The site loads very quickly and has no problems as far as we could see. It is clear and easy to navigate from page to page and from link to link. There are no dead links or dead pages. As far as a text-only version goes, there doesn't seem to be an option to view the website in that form, although, this can be remedied by using Google's cached feature and choosing the "text-only" option.
We evaluated the website based on the following criteria: purpose, authority, objectivity, appropriateness, relevance, currency, responsibility, clarity, accessibility.
Purpose: the website is a .com website meaning that it is either a commercial or personal website. In this case, it seems to be a mixture of a both.
Authority: The creators of the website are a group of ESL teachers located in Asia and North America. The group includes Chris Gunn (web and materials design), Stephen Gordon and Cam Lirette (editors and content creation) and Thomas Lovelle (writer and content direction). It appears to be an authentic website with no hidden agenda.
Objectivity: the website is objective and there doesn't seem to be any kind of bias.
Relevance/Appropriateness: The website is appropriate for its goal. It contains ESL teaching materials that are appropriate and good for a variety of levels and ages, most especially K7 teachers. The website and materials are well written and include lessons plans that can make a teacher's life much easier.
Currency: The website's content seems to be current. From what we saw, there didn't seem to be anything outdated. Although, this was hard to confirm since there doesn't appear to be a date for when the website was last updated. A very important point is that the website contains no dead links which can be very irritating and detrimental to a website.
Responsibility: The authors are upfront and honest about their website and what they hope to accomplish. While it is a primarily free website, they aren't adverse to donations and such. They can be contacted via the email gunnchris@bogglesworldesl.com. There doesn't seem to be a section on the website for references or credit but it's possibly because they created all the material or content. Although, this is doubtful.
Clarity: The website is very clear and somewhat colorful and visually appealing. Finding information is easy. On the other hand, a slight drawback is that the text is somewhat cluttered. There are graphics that add to the visual appeal of the website rather than detract from it. As far as we could see, there is only 1 advertisement on the website and it quite small and doesn't interfere with the website in any way. The pages and links are well organized and there didn't seem to be any spelling, grammatical or word-usage mistakes.
Accessibility: The website is open, free to use, and can be accessed by all. The site loads very quickly and has no problems as far as we could see. It is clear and easy to navigate from page to page and from link to link. There are no dead links or dead pages. As far as a text-only version goes, there doesn't seem to be an option to view the website in that form, although, this can be remedied by using Google's cached feature and choosing the "text-only" option.
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