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Library Science Students__:__ //November Assignment #1 - Dewey Decimal Web Sites and Reviews// Search and browse the Internet for sites about the Dewey Decimal Classification System. Find 4 sites to look at more closely and review. Choose sites that will help you plan your unit to teach 4th & 5th graders about Dewey. List the sites below and include a review (at least one paragraph) of the site. Your review should consider whether or not this site has appropriate information and content for 4th and 5th graders. Also include whether or not the site is user-friendly and any interesting features of the site (graphics, video, interactive capablilities). If one of your sites is already listed, simply write your review below the site. Be sure to include your first name and last initial at the end of your post. Happy Searching!

Please see Mrs. Matlack or Ms. Holdeman with any questions.

[] This website is the Bardonia Elementary School site. It is used for young students to understand the Dewey Decimal System. It has an interesting and fun way of teaching students information of the Dewey Decimal System. This website uses a multiple answer quiz to keep learning fun! -Kalee [] Interactive. Good site. I'd love to give more insight, but what's the point of me doing that when you could check it our for yourself and learn more about the Dewey Decimal System? -Gentry

[] This website is definitely kid friendly. The top headline for the website is "Kids Guide to The Dewey Decimal System," which makes you get the feeling that the information will be easy to understand. This website has the categories and examples where you could find the books. It also helps you know where to look in a library if you need a certain type of book. -Kalee

This page isnt as exciteing, but it has good information for the younger children to lear the Dewey Decimal System. This page shows you the numbers in which the books are put up in a library or some where books are stored. The information n this oage is easy for children to learn from. -Baren

[] This website is set up in a square format that has all the categories from 000-099. When you go to the site you can click on the Dewey Decimal System numbers and it shows you all the book categories. Under each category it shows the books that would with each topic. Also right when you click on the site it shows who created and maintains the site, which means that it probably gets updated often. The most important thing about this website is that it's for K-12 grades, which means everybody can understand this webpage. -Kalee

This website helps children K-12 help find Non-Fiction books faster and easier. It also helps us organize our library's books in classification listing in categorizes. -Virginia

[] This website is the most informative out of the other websites. Its information is spread out and easy to find. It is also a fun website because it has pictures and is well designed. The website also has lessons you can do to learn more about the Dewey Decimal System. Another cool thing about this website is that at the top they have a number chart and you click on it and it will show all the categories. This website would be easy for young middle school students to use and find information on the Dewey Decimals. -Kalee

This website is filled with a lot of information learning about the Dewey Decimal System along with the creator. The website uses different colors, and pictures. It also gives you lessons over the Decimal system, along with some examples of learning how to arrange books by classification. I think this website would be a good one for younger students to learn about the Dewey Decimal System. -Ali

This website has a wide range of information. it has lessons that tell you where you need to brush up on and what you know right down to the dot on the i. i would say that this website is your best best for teaching younger children about the Dewey Decimal System. -Holliejoe

This website is perfect for younger students to learn the Dewey Decimal System. This page also has good graphics for the kids to look at. It also has good information so that they can learn the sytem. This page also has charts and graphs to look at, they help you understand the system better. -Baren

This website has clearly been previously chosen for positive reasons, which have been described above. Reason enough for me to just peacefully agree with their comments and leave my name underneath. -Gentry

This wedsite is for people who like learning and likes comparing things to funny stuff to laugh at. On this website you can learn alot about the Dewey Decimal System it has helped me alot. - Virginia

This site has a ton of information to take in on the front page. It can be a little hard to find information because it’s all listed on one page with very little navigation tools. However, the website does look nice and even has a bit of humor mixed in with its walls of text. -Austin

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This website is creative and appealing to the eye. It is aimed more towards children, because it is very simple. Also it explains things thoroughly to make sure the reader fully understands. On the sides there are different subjects all pertaining to the Dewey Decimal System, which make navigating through the website easy. -Kirby

This website teaches students step by step on what they need to learn about the Dewey Decimal System. It is organized into different levels so the further you go, the harder it will become. This website is very creative but also very easy and simple to follow. -Marissa

This website grabs your attention. In the left hand column it has a navigation system, which makes the website a lot easier to follow. It has colorful fonts and thought bubbles and icons that younger kids enjoy. -Ali This web side is prefect to use for the youngest at home or also for the 4th and 5th grade teacher, to try to explain how we can use Dewey Decimal System and why is so important to know about it and know how to use it. . This web side is with big letters and different colors that make learn a funny game, and this is so important when you are trying to teach kids. -Rebeca

On this website they have the page decorated really neat to keep the youngsters interested. It also explains how the Dewey system works in a understandable clear way. It also has extra links with more information for the children to look at. -Baren

This website is appealing to young children and is broken down and divided into smaller subjects, which can be found on the right hand side of the page. The more specific subjects make navigation easy and can give you a more direct answer to any questions you may have. The bright colors, clipart, and large print make it more fun for students as well.
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This website is another example of where a thoroughly good and alright Dewey Decimal System site has been previously selected and described. These people have done a great job, and I will leave their comments as they are. -Gentry Heimerman

This website is a sweet wedsite it keeps decorated to keep little kids interested in learning about the Dewey Decimal System. It help little one who dont like learning come back and learn more. -Virginia

This website is very user friendly. It has all everything you need to get started right there on the front page. The site doesn’t look the greatest, but it’s effective. It has a nice organized sidebar to help find information on the site. -Austin

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This website is very similar to the first in that it is simple. Also this website has all the subjects on the top of the page, so moving from one subject to another is easy. This site goes into more detail, but is still on the level of elementary kids. -Kirby

This site is simple, to the point, but informative. The information shown on this website is elementary level and also attractive to the eye. When one of the few main topics are selected, it navigates to another page that goes into more detail about the topic. Elementary students shouldn't have any problems navigating around this page.
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This website differs greatly from the two above. Though it is appealing to the eye and very simple it doesn’t describe the why’s. On website three it is just the numbers and what they represent, which is very important to know. -Kirby

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This website has three parts, take a review test, meet the creator of the system, and learn about the system. It is very appealing to the eye and extremely easy to navigate through. One major plus about this site is that children made it. Also on this site kids don’t only learn about the Dewey Decimal System, but they are quizzed over it. -Kirby

This website has three, large icons on the home page. The first one, when clicked on, will test you on your knowledge of the Dewey Decimal System, the second teaches you more about Melvill Dewey, and the third teaches you, step-by-step, about the different classes of the Dewey Decimal System. I would strongly recommend this website for teaching young students.
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Great site for review. -Gentry

This website is a good way for learning the Dewey Decimal System in a fun and easy way. -Virginia []

This website is aguide for school library media specialists. It has various teaching tools, games and quests, reference materials, and fun sites to help you learn more about the Dewey Decimal System. This website is particularly relevant to the K-12 setting and will allow students to be taught how to use the Dewey Decimal System. -Marissa

This wesite is very organized, and is easy to follow. It is sort of a bland site, directed use towards media specialists. It has games, and links to other websites that would be extra help with the Dewey Decimal System. -Ali

[] This website is a WebQuest that allows students to answer questions about the Dewey Decimal System by navigating the internet to find the answers. I think this is helpful because it allows the students to develop skills that deal with technology resources to support instructions. -Marissa

[] This website looks like a fun way of teaching students about the fundamentals of the Dewey Decimal System, to allow them to locate books in the library. It has a number of activities and quizzes for students to take to identify and locate books in the library. -Marissa

[] This website would be an alright site for younger students. It does not have as much information as some of these other sites, but it is some what appealing due to the pictures and colors used. It is organized and easy to find information. It also has tabs to click on to go to the page the information you are looking for is on. It also has games, and powerpoints. -Ali

[] This web side is prefect to use for the youngest at home or also for the 4th and 5th grade teacher, to try to explain how we can use Dewey Decimal System and why is so important to know about it and know how to use it. This web, try to explain as the most important but also you have a test to know if you really understand the new things that you have just learn. I think is really good for the kids to learn the Dewey Decimal Classification System with an easy method. - Rebeca

This website contains great information on the Dewey Decimal System and is appropriate for the 4th and 5th grade age groups. It has large, colorful fonts to attract attention, but also gives a straight forward answer that is easily comprehended. This site has easy navigation and is ideal for teaching the Dewey Decimal System to young students.
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This web side that I’m going to speak about, is easier, it is trying to explain the different classifications by the Dewey Decimal system for the kids, with easy words, some illustrations and also with some different games to know if you really understand this system. This web side is with big letters and different colors that make learn a funny game, and this is so important when you are trying to teach kids. - Rebeca

[] This one is just a game that try to enjoy the kids and also that they learn this system. The game is going to answer different questions, with funny and enjoyable pictures. I think this is the easiest page for the kids and also this could be use for adult and teenagers, if they want to learn the Dewey Decimal Classification System by an easy way, and not reading books and trying to memorize all the information. - Rebeca

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This one is probably the best one for kids. This one has a bunch of animations and videos, they made the page fun and exciting for younger children. Its good that they have all these graphics and stuff because kids will like it and want to play the games or watch the videos. Not only does it have all that fun stuff, they have the right information for the children to learn from. This page also gives you other links to click on so that you can go to other pages and see the other information that they have. -Baren

[] Nice and organized. This site is clean, looks nice, and is very well organized. It has all the information you need and is neatly organized through the use of its sidebar. But other than all that, there isn’t much else to the site. -Austin

[] At first glance, the site is very clean in organized. It looks nice and it is very easy to find information. However, all the information could be a bit overwhelming when you’re looking for just one piece of information. -Austin