Evaluation of websites

 Charles Kelly and Lawrence Kelly - manythings.com (2003) http://www.manythings.org/hmf/8972.html

ACCURACY: The page was written by a Japanese man who is a teacher at Achi Institute of technology and he

maintains web sites related to learning ingles as a second language and foreign language.

CURRENCY: The page is up dated and it has been working since 1997.

CONTENT: The site has a lot of games and grammar activities that can be done in an easy way. The Hangman is really interesting and is easy to play although it does not give the students a mark it can be used to practice vocabulary.

FUNCTIONALITY: The site functions well, it is fast to load and you don’t need a lot of programs to use it.

Ana Laura Lopez. English Exercises: www.englishexercises.org (April - 2011) http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=6123

ACCURACY: The author of this exercise is an English teacher from Uruguay.

CURRENCY: The page has not been up dated since it was created but this is not important because the page works fine.

CONTENT: It is really attractive because it has colours and pictures and of course you can use it to teach or to reinforce the knowledge of the human body and the five senses. It also gives feedback and a grade when you finish the exercises. It is really catching because it uses a lot of movements and it is easy to navigate.

FUNCTIONALITY: It does not show problems to load.

Crzarony, English Exercises: www.englishexercises.org (September 2009) http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2567

ACCURANCY: Crzarony is Brazilian but you don’t have further information.

CURRENCY: This page has not been up dated since it was created.

CONTENT: The site is colorful but it is just for fun because the exercises are simple and easy to do.

FUNCTIOALITY: It has a video which it was embedded through a Youtube window, it works fine and it loads really fast. The video is not long and it is funny.

Mark Cox, Mes Games (2005) http://mes-games.com/bodyparts.php

ACCURANCY: The author studied at the University of Connecticut and it is one of the creators of Mes (a page which is devoted to help teachers).

CURRENCY: This page was up dated this year.

CONTENT: The page has a lot of links that lead you to different games and exercises based on the same topic. All the links that we are going to use work well. The page is really interesting and it has a lot of movements and audio. Some games or exercises are difficult to follow for young students because they have to use the mouse almost all the time.

FUNCTIONALITY: The page does not have broken links but it may not function if you do not update your plug ins, so in this sense you have to check if the computer has all the programs that are necessary to use this page.

Fernando Sepúlveda. www. saberingles.com (n/d) http://saberingles.com.ar/lists/body.html

ACCURANCY: The page is a contribution from Fernando Sepúlveda but it does not give information about him.

CURRENCY: The web site does not give information about if it was updated or not.

CONTENT: It is a listening activity in which you have to repeat and practise de vocabulary about the body parts.

FUNCTIONALITY: In order to use this page you have to download a specific program because it is a repetition exercise. The thing is that you have to use Internet Explorer in order to listen to the audio.

Cookie © 2012. All Rights Reserved. http://www.cookie.com/kids/games/labeling.html

ACCURANCY: Cookie is a collection of Free Educational Games For Kids. The page does not give information about its creators.

CURRENCY: The page has been up dated recently.

CONTENT: The site is really interesting and fun. It is really catching and it has a lot of pictures and videos. It is not easy to navigate because when you need to go back it immediately takes you to the home page and you have to look for the theme or topic you are interested in for this reason it is not advisable for little children to work alone with this page. Apart from that the audio and the instructions are all in English and as the games are aimed for young students it may be useful for you to explain what they have to do before they start the game.

FUNCTIONALITY: Regarding the programs that you need to install to use this web site, it is only necessary to have you browser up dated. The page work really good and it loads very fast.

Sergio R. Peral, Agenda Web (April 2009) http://www.agendaweb.org/vocabulary/body-exercises.html

ACCURANCY: This page is devoted to English exercises that are uploaded for different persons who want to contribute to the page.

CURRENCY: The page has been up dated with videos and new exercises and games.

CONTENT: The exercises and games are really interesting and very useful and at the same time they are graded so that you know where to find the most suitable one for your purpose. The page is no easy for children to navigate because it has a lot of links that lead you to pages that are labeled according to age and language proficiency.

FUNCTIONALITY: In general the web page works very well but there are some links that are broken, other links need the latest version of the plug ins so the person who is going to use this page has to be aware of the version of the browser that the computers are using

Learning Games For Kids (Copyright © 2012 ) http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/health_games_body_parts.html

ACCURANCY: The page does not say who is the author.

CURRENCY: It has been up loaded lately.

CONTENT: The page has a lot of games that are really useful for recycling vocabulary and grammar rules. It is catching because it is colourful and the games are very fun. At the same time it is easy to navigate because it has a lot of pictures that function as links so you have an idea of where you are going to.

FUNCTIONALITY: All the links work but you have to be aware that, as they are games they need specific programs in order to function.

© British Council, The United Kingdom's international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities.http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/es/category/topics/human-body 

ACCURANCY: It was created by the English Council.

CURRENCY: It does not say if it was up dated or not.

CONTENT: It is devoted to practice the language and to have fun while learning it. It has a lot of games and exercises that are useful for children of any age. They are really interesting and challenging.

FUNCTIONALITY: The page works well; it needs headset because it is a listening activity and as it is a game it needs the basic programs in order to work in the correct form.

Copyright © 2002-2003 1-language.com. All rights reserved. The comprehensive site for ESL, EFL, TOEIC, TOEFL, studying English, and learning English. http://www.1-language.com/memorymatchelem/bodya/memori1.swf

ACCURANCY: the page does not give information about its creator/s

CURRENCY: It also does no give information about the up dates.

CONTENT: it is a memo game with fun pictures. It is easy to play and children will have fun playing it. It also has a clock on the top of the page so it is suitable for a competition or a game between students.

FUNTIONALITY: The page works fine. It loads very quickly and you do not need any extra program in order to use it.