Reviews-Web+Sites

**Web Sites Reviews**

 * **eThemes ** [|http://ethemes.missouri.edu]
 * COST: Free
 * PUBLICATION: University of Missouri - Columbia
 * REVIEWERS: There is no list of reviewers provided, but there must be a staff that monitors and updates the content. There is a contact email provided as well as a request form.
 * UNIQUE: State education standards can be requested for about ten different states. Also, search results include anything from lesson plans to practice tests.


 * **ipl2 (Internet Public Library and Librarians’ Internet Index) **[]
 * COST: Free
 * PUBLICATION: The //iSchool// at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology
 * REVIEWERS: ipl2 relies on their students and volunteer librarians to keep the content trustworthy. There is an administrative list available on the Web site.
 * UNIQUE: The searches can be limited to Kids, Teens, and Newspapers and Magazines. It was interesting that they are not accepting new site suggestions because they received over 21,000 submissions most of which did not fit their selection criteria.


 * **Kathy Shrock’s Guide for Educators **[]
 * COST: Free
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">PUBLICATION: Discovery Education, Discovery Communications, LLC
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">REVIEWERS: Kathy Shrock is responsible for reviews. She teaches online classes in instructional media at Wilkes-Discovery at the masters’ level.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">UNIQUE: Kathy updates this Web site often. It was created in June of 1995 and her most recent addition was done on July 6, 2011.


 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">netTrekker **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">d.i. (JCKL database)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal;">COST: There is a subscription fee; pricing is not available on the Web site.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal;">PUBLICATION: Thinkronize, Inc.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal;">REVIEWERS:The reviewer is included in the handy information at the bottom of every summary. If you click on the reviewer’s name their credentials are provided.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; line-height: normal;">UNIQUE: This has a wonderful English Learners section for elementary, middle and high school students. I know read aloud features are not uncommon, but I really enjoyed it on this Web site. Also, the searches come with recommendations on the student and teacher level, overall ratings, evaluator information, and reading levels.