| The apparent purpose of the Midlink Magazine | | | | Navigation is very effortless, as the left hand side |
| sight is to be an outlet for students, ages eight to | | | | of the website is a different color and bullets are |
| eighteen, to submit and review art and writing. It | | | | focused with great headings to identify them This |
| is an award-winning magazine that is nonprofit It is | | | | site, however, does not have a search box, and |
| sponsored by North Carolina State University and | | | | that would have been helpful, because grade level |
| the University of Central Florida. | | | | information could have been more easily obtained. |
| Its bullets include newest articles, table of | | | | The overall appeal of the site receives a five out |
| contents, web honor roll, search strategies, cool | | | | of ten, because the graphics are out of date |
| schools, teacher tools, archives, our mission, and | | | | (cartoon characters sitting at computers, etc.) and |
| who we are The editors of Midlink are very | | | | it lacks a modern professional appeal |
| successful teachers, grades K-12, who have | | | | There are a variety of ways that I would utilize |
| produced this website as they say, "by students, | | | | the site and promote it to my friends and |
| for students-ages 8-18." | | | | colleagues One, I would recommend it as a |
| The content of the site appeals to all teachers of | | | | source for grants and projects, because under |
| grades K- 12 because of excellent accuracy and | | | | the section entitled teacher grants there are |
| utility. When one clicks on teacher tools, for | | | | hundreds of links to grants for everything one |
| example, findings include clickable topics such as: | | | | can imagine. |
| Helping students cope with terrorism, grant | | | | Two, there is a link to this website which includes |
| money and funding hotline, and resources for | | | | a teacher planning section with lesson plans, |
| educational leaders and policy makers, and | | | | teaching ideas, online student activities, and web |
| collaborative learning. | | | | links available in these specific categories: |
| The site is very user friendly and includes a | | | | * Language |
| variety of graphics that are cute and clickable. | | | | * Rhetoric |
| Another example would be under teacher tools, | | | | * Literary Genres |
| whereby you can search a variety of topics | | | | * American Literature |
| including: rubrics, graphic organizers, teaching | | | | * World Literature |
| resources, copyright guidelines for web publishing, | | | | I was very impressed with this list, because I can |
| and much more. | | | | utilize the resources on a daily basis in the |
| Many of these resources can be used to manage | | | | classroom by downloading the articles, studying |
| web activities, publish web projects, and evaluate | | | | them, and then implementing them in my |
| your classroom activities. As a teacher, I am also | | | | classroom |
| allowed to suggest a site for the editors to | | | | Overall, this website would be geared, I believe, |
| review If they believe my site is focused enough, | | | | toward the middle school student and to all |
| they may choose to include it in their links | | | | teachers who desire to learn more about teaching |
| directory. | | | | to the middle and high school student. |
| I found the accuracy and utility of the site to be | | | | There are tons of articles on the teaching of |
| in-depth and user friendly. I would recommend it | | | | English, Math, Social Studies, Science and Art. |
| to my friends and colleagues. | | | | There are quite a few elementary level articles, |
| The ease of navigation and the overall appeal of | | | | but far more middle and high school. |
| the site are good I would rate it a seven out | | | | Students at the middle school age would love this |
| often on a scale of one to ten. My only | | | | site, and I would recommend it to my nephew |
| suggestion is that sometimes the clickable teacher | | | | Gabriel because he loves to draw and write, and |
| planning resources are way at the bottom of the | | | | I'm sure he would be most grateful to be |
| page, and one has to go through a few | | | | recognized on the website as a published student |
| uninteresting or corny graphics to find them. | | | | "web" author! I am most certain everyone else's |
| I know I tend to want to click on artwork and | | | | son or daughter would enjoy this recognition as |
| pictures, and sometimes on this site, I feel that | | | | well! |
| the graphics are in the way instead of helping. | | | | |