Web Site Evaluation

To be able to evaluate a web site, you should first consider its PURPOSE. We will deal with sites focused on teachers of English as a foreign language, and evaluate them from the point of view of a Czech teacher.

The main categories will be:
FORM
CONTENT
INTERACTION


Task 1
Visit the BBC English learning site. What does it offer? (15 min)

Task 2
Work in pairs. Refer to your homework - brainstormed list of evaluation criteria. Decide which of them are more or less important, and form a structure of an evaluation sheet. (20 min) Plenary discussion will follow.

Task 3
Create an EXCEL chart which will contain all criteria marked as most important during the discussion.
The chart should fit into one print page A4, should be easy to read, with all information clear at the first glance.

These eamples may give you some more ideas:
Library evaluation form
Simple, opinion based evaluation form
Simple structured evaluation form
School library evaluation form

Or you can find more online :)



Your three finalised and filled-up evaluation sheets will be published at the web site of the Department of English, to help our students navigate in the complex virtual word of ELT. :)

You will submit your three filled-up forms via email to jana.pavlikova@ujep.cz before December 1, 2010.


Web Evaluation – Suggestions to be improved:
HEADLINE
• URL
• About the authors
o author/sponzor
o country and other interesting info
o existing from…

1. Form
 structure (3-clicks-everywhere)
 navigation – skills, ages, levels…
 size
 (search engine)
 language
 layout
 (graphics)
 opening speed
 upgrade

2. Content
 quality and amount of data
 relevant for Czech teachers
 Materials for teaching
 grammar – vocabulary
 4 skills - LSRW
 various formats
 texts
 audio
 images
 multimedia (video, ITB)
 interactive tasks (online quizzes, tests, flash games – with feedback)
 regular update
 links
 METHODOLOGY
 textbook reviews
 tips and tricks
 articles…

3. Interaction
 download (lesson plans, audio, video, pics…)
 upload
 mail newsletter
 forum, chat, FAQ, Q+A
 feedback from other teachers - comments to uploaded materials

Extras
 free/paid accessibility, registr.
 search engine
 specific textbook suplement
 facebook
 student-focused pages
 contributions
 miscellaneous comments


Types of criteria:
Y-N
scales (1-2-3-4-5)
text answer