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Analyse and evaluate a website designed for children

Tumbler books website

This website was found through Rockdale Library website. Tumbler book Library website is the children’s website to be analysed and evaluated. The address is http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp.

The author of this website is unknown and the day the site was created is not available. With this website, children can listen or read along. There are different genres to choose from depending on the choice of the child. The collection is made up of non fiction, story books, chapter books, videos and maths books.

The site publishes works of popular children books publishers such as Simon & Schuster, Chronicle Books, Candlewick Press, Charlesbridge Press, Walker & Company, Annick Press, Orca Books, Lerner Books and HarperCollins Publishers.

The presence of the drop down for languages enables one to select other languages than English. It has got both books in French and Spanish. The site support children in a fun way to learning and encourages children to read independently or read along.

The text box also enables children to test their comprehension skills by answering questions. In many ways the site makes children to learn through the game and puzzle section. This is very important because most children are glued to computer games now so this will help them to learn while playing games at the same time.

It is a suitable site for children with low literacy rate and coming from cultural and linguistic background (CALD)to gain fluency, understanding and to improve their vocabulary. It may be good for people who want to learn other languages such as French and Spanish.

The website is censored so that people, schools and libraries can only access it through the use of a password. It is child friendly and easy to access any where.

I will recommend this website because it helps develop the literacy and numeracy skills of a child and even people from CALD background. It also enhances their listening skills and paying attention to details. Also Tumble book library can replace the computer games children play which does not benefit them in any way. By using Tumble, children are not just learning how to read and write but also leaning how to use the technology.

I will recommend that parents subscribe to it to increase their children’s literacy and numeracy skills. Again people including teachers, principals and librarians have written good testimonies about the site. The only weakness is one has to subscribe to it before it can be used even though there is a 30 day trial period. Evaluating this website benefited me because even though I work in the Library, I never thought there was a children website as good as this and so engaging and a fun way to learn.