|
Name |
Dan
Whalen |
|
Date |
6/7/01 |
|
URL |
|
|
Web
Site Title |
Do
It Yourself |
|
Web
Site Author |
Not
found |
|
Appropriate
Grade |
9
– 12 |
|
Content
Standards |
NA |
|
Primary
Use |
A
source of information on a variety of topics concerning “do it yourself”
activities. Within the boundaries of these topics is information that falls
in the scope of construction trades including carpentry and cabinetmaking. |
|
Educational
Value of
Site |
Students
can find an abundance of self help topics in areas that would be related to
their project. The range of topics would also include the building trades in
the form of basic and complex carpentry projects as well as cabinet and
furniture making. The diversity of the site also allows the students to find
the proper tools to do the work and the maintenance of those tools. |
|
Strengths
of Site |
The sites great diversity in what information it can
deliver to a student without leaving the site is a huge advantage. The site
is well set up in that the side menu allows great mobility within the site to
the immense information |
|
Weaknesses
of Site |
The site has no discernable author which is not a major
factor in as much as the contributors to the site are authored. This is, as
are many, a site with advertisements which can be distractive. |