Monday, March 10, 2008

Website Review 3/10

I chose the website http://my hero.com/home.asp because my students have a popular culture text interest in spiderman. The whole theme of good vsrsus evil is explored in many different media forms with the super hero spiderman. I found this website in the Leu book.
The easiest way to navigate this website is to go to the site map. This lists all the different topics of the website. There is a directory of heroes, search option, short film festival of heroes, my hero in spanish, about my hero (learn about the hero project), participate (learn how to take part in the project), guestbook (you tell about a hero you know), create (you create a hero webpage), gallery (photos of heroes), news wire (heroes in the news), forum (you can discuss heroes with others), library (recommended archives of books on heroes), and a teachers' room where you receive an overview, lesson plans, the create program, a calendar for heroes, resources, and a forum for discussion.
I really liked the website on heroes. It is a theme I can explore with my Kindergarten students. I would like to have each student write a paragraph with their parents' help on a hero they know and publish it on this website.

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