Web Evaluation- For EDLD 5306, Week Two

One of the websites I chose to evaluate was Critical Issue: Realizing New Learning for All Students Through Professional Development.

This website focused on creating and evaluating professional development that focuses on differentiation and teachers working with students. The website has an opening statement about its mission/purpose, it has several short videos and it also has links to additional websites with more specific professional development goals in mind. I felt its focus was quite relevant to what we had been discussing in our class.

I liked this website due to the fact that it did focus on the differentiation piece. I also thought that this website was easy to navigate and although links were integrated through the reading when appropriate, the changing of font color made them easy to locate and click on if more information was needed. I enjoyed the fact they were focused on professional development to help students. Many of the websites I looked at just focused on the guidelines and modeling professional development for administrators.

I did not like the fact that you were unable to "search" on this site. Although the site is small and easy to manage, it would have been nice to be able to type in a topic and have it even link you to some of the additional sites it offered. This website also seemed to be old in visual appearance, and although information is still highly relevant, the look of the website could use an overhaul.

This websites value is still relevant. As I stated, this website discusses the use of differentiation. Before differentiation became a buzz word in education (the website was founded in 1996). I think that much of what we have read and studied in this class focuses us on how we, as teachers, can improve for our students and this website proved beneficial for us currently. I would recommend this website to others, especially those who may be needing to present to other peers on their campus...it certainly gives a different perspective to professional development.