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=**//DIGITAL EXPLORERS//**=

Our team examined three Websites in order to determine their usefulness as a digital literacy tool/resource. We also checked for ease of navigation, aesthetics, age-appropriateness, and authenticity/ownership. = = =[|Book Adventure]=

Our team found that Book Adventure successfully supported children's literacy for the following reasons: Additionally, this site provides literacy support and resources for parents and teachers. Our team found the website to have an attractive, age appropriate(K-8) interface that was easy to navigate. This site is supported with well respected associations connected to literacy which validates its authencity. This site is sponsored by Sylvan Learning
 * children are independently able to locate interest level and reading level appropriate books
 * Children can demonstrate their understanding of a book by taking a multiple choice quiz which offers immediate feedback and extrinsic rewards
 * Children are offered the opportunity to read in various contents areas
 * this site engages parents and children in the same literacy activity

=[|Story Place: The Kid's Digital Library]= This site was not accessible.

=[|Graphic Organizers]= = = = = These graphic organizers are mostly suitable for students in grades 3 to 5. We believe this site is a Webquest. There are interchangeable literacy links, most probably created by a teacher. The only interactivity for students is a page for them to do their literacy response/writing.
 * Ease of navigation** is user-friendly. Forward links move to various links and return with either backward arrow or a link to return to home page.

There is no **Webmaster** listed for this particular page, however, there are forward links to SCORE [Schools of California Online Resources for Education].

This Site is purposed as a resource site for teachers/students in order to provide literacy enhancements with the use of graphic organizers.

=[|Voicethreads]=

A VoiceThread is an online media album that allows people to make comments, either audio or text, and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread allows an entire group's story to be told and collected in one place. A page can hold the comments of hundreds of people. On this site ideas can be recorded by individual students or groups each presenting their own viewpoint or comment on a picture or a primary document. Each page of a VoiceThread can hold the comments of hundreds of people. The value of this tool is the ability to verbally express one's thoughts by recording via microphone directly into the computer. Students are also able to type their response to a picture on this site. This site is a place to hold stories and images on a single page. The positive features of this site are:
 * easy to navigate
 * supports visual and auditory learning
 * child friendly tools
 * engaging and stimulating
 * free to educators and students
 * students interact in a safe online environment


 * The Site our group believes best supports literacy is BOOK ADVENTURE because it embraces the entire learnng community, offers a plethora of resources and is kid-friendly and interactive.**

__Digital Explorers:__** Angela Beatrice Diane Rasheedah Robin R. Susie