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__**Primary Site**__: Earobics "Game Goo" __**URL**__: http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html

__**Game:**__ Monkey Business __**Level**__: Intermediate   __**Summary of the Website**__: When you first enter this website, the bright purples and blues catch your eye. When you put your cursor over the name of a game, a little creature makes a noise and jumps. The games are separated by the different levels of beginner, intermediate, and advanced. The different levels are also separated by different colors: blue, purple, and pink. Also, when you hold the cursor over a game, it gives a description of the game. For example, when you hold the cursor over the game "Monkey Business", it says at the top of the screen in white lettering, "sentence word order". __**Summary of the Game**__: When you first enter the game, you are greeted by a talking monkey. He explains how you need to play the game. You need to put the sentence fragments in the correct order so the monkey can cross a bridge to the other side. Each time you put a sentence in the correct order, you get one banana. At the bottom right hand corner of the screen is the child's banana count. If the child answers the question incorrectly, the bridge collapses and the monkey falls down. Once the child gets to 10 bananas, they can click on the monkey and watch him do tricks. __**Evaluation of the Game:**__ I thought this game was fun and effective. There are lots of bright colors and a cute monkey that talks. The words were not too hard to understand. This game would help children a lot with structuring sentences in the right order. __**Color**__: The colors are very bright and catchy. When you move onto a different level, the background changes. For example on level 2 there is a volcano with bright red lava coming out of it. <span style="color: #6d4de0; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Repetition:**__ Every time you put a sentence in the correct order, a voice repeats the sentence out loud. Every time you click on a sentence fragment, it makes a bubbly noise. Also the background music repeats itself. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #1d49ed; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Talking Text**__: Once you spell the sentence, the computer reads the sentence out loud. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #6d65e7; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Visual Cues**__: At the end of the game, it says, "Play Again?" in big letters and when you hold the cursor over it it gets even bigger. <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #6472e8; font-family: Georgia,serif;">__**Mistakes:**__ When you make a mistake, the bridge collapses and the monkey falls. __**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Highlighted Cues: **__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> At the end of round 1, it says in yellow to click the monkey so he will do tricks. __** Navigation Routine: **__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When the monkey jumps over the bridge, parts of sentences appear under the monkey so the child moves their cursor over. __**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click back and back: **__ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The child can click "clear" at the bottom of the screen if they believe the made a mistake and want to fix it. __** Click and Drag: **__ N/A __**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Click forward **__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;"> N/A __**<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Teacher ** **<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Rating **__<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">: <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">9
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<span style="color: #ff008d; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Primary Site**__: Funbrain

<span style="color: #d76aab; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**URL**__: http://www.funbrain.com/cgi-bin/getskill_s.cgi?A1=selects&A2=la&A4=0&A7=0 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #e67f7f; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Game:**__ What's the Word? <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #c62f7a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Level**__: grades 1-3 <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #e55778; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Summary of the Website**__: On Funbrain.com, you can choose from a variety of subjects of games to play. They have math, language arts, science, history, music, geography, art, technology, and physical education. When you click language arts, it brings up a list of games and the grade level it corresponds with. The website has a bright blue background which draws attention. There are little cartoon icons at the top that you can click on. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #f1041c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Summary of the Game**__: I think this game is educational and helps the kid to match words to pictures. Before you start the game, it says how to play. You can click on a variety of categories ranging from animals to machines to shapes. I chose the category animals. The first one showed a picture of a lion and at the top it says "What's the word?" It gives you four options to choose from: skunk, raccoon, pig and lion. If you get the answer correct, it says right! in purple letters. If you get the answer wrong, it says oops! and then shows the answer that you put and what the right answer should be. At the end of the game it says. "nice work!" in green letters. It also shows how many answers you got right out of ten and the option to play again. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #e345b4; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> __**Evaluation of the Game:**__ I think that this game could definitely help children to know words when they see a picture of the word. However, the game and website could have been a little more colorful and it could have had noises and animations. This game would be good to use for educational purposes in the classroom however. I liked that it says the score of how many they got correct at the end so as a teacher you could use it to evaluate the children. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #db76d2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Color**__: The colors on the homepage of the game are bright and colorful but the game itself lacks bright colors. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #d760bd; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Repetition:**__ At the top of every picture it says "What's the word?" If you get the question correct, it always says, "Right!" <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #ef57a0; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Talking Text**__: There is no sound. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #d92691; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Visual Cues**__: Once you finish the question, you click the next button. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #ee5dac; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Mistakes:**__ When a mistake is made, it says the answer the child put and then the correct answer. I like how it does this because that way the kid can know what the answer should be and what the answer is not. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #e246a7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Rating:**__ N/A <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #f05cca; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Highlighted Cues:**__ N/A <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #f924b7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Navigation Routine:**__ The game doesn't really have any navigations. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #da7cc2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Click back and back:**__ N/A <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #f250b7; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Click and Drag:**__ N/A <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #e868cb; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Click forward**__: There is a next button to go forawrd <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #e75a79; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Teacher** **Rating**__: 6



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #ff9c00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Primary Site**__ : cookie.com

<span style="color: #f25c3a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**URL**__: http://www.cookie.com/kids/games/viewallgames.html <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #f1041c; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Game:**__ ABC Words <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Level**__: 3-5 years old <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #00ffff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Summary of the Website**__ : This website instantly draws your attention with the bright colors. There are different types of games you can choose from such as math, science, and language arts. The game titles are in big bubble fonts so it's easier for the child to read. The background is turquoise blue with snowflakes. Under each game, it states the age and grade that the game is intended for. It also has a paragraph description of each game. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Summary of the Game**__ : This game is very fun and educational at the same time. The computer talks to you when it says the instructions and also when you hold the cursor over a word it says the word out loud. It first tells you to select the letter of the alphabet you want to work on. I chose "D". Then it takes you to a different screen and the voice instructs you to click on a word and drop it in the space that the word fits in. When you click on the word it says what the word is. On the right hand side, there is a column that says all of the words in the game with a picture of the word next to it. If you drag the incorrect word to the incorrect number of spaces, then it makes a buzzing sound and puts the word back. When you complete a round, there is a cute butterfly that appears and gives you a thumbs up. Also, at the bottom right hand corner of the screen there is a timer that times how long it takes you to complete a round. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #454ede; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Evaluation of the Game:**__ I thought this was an excellent game. It was designed to fit the needs and wants of a child. It has vibrant colors, big letters, and great pictures. It is educational and repeats the words a lot so it sinks in. The child can grasp new words this way and relate them to a picture at the same time. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #9946e2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Color**__ : The colors are fun and bright! They're not dull; they draw the child's attention in. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #c62f7a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Repetition:**__ There is background music that repeats itself. When you click a word the computer says it out loud and also when you drop the word the computer says it again. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #f25c3a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Talking Text**__: The computer talks when it is giving instructions, when you click on something, and when you hold the cursor over something. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #008000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Visual Cues**__: When a round is over, it brings up the next letter in the alphabet that you click on to move on. __** Mistakes :**__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">When you mistake, there is a buzzing noise and the computer puts the word back. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #4881ef; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Rating:**__ N/A <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #008080; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Highlighted Cues:**__ The "Menu" button is highlighted in green if the child ever wants to return to the menu. __**Navigation Routine:**__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">The computer moves on for you, all you have to do is click the next letter of the alphabet. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #00ff00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Click back and back:**__ N/A <span style="color: #45b1ed; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Click and Drag:**__ <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You cluck and drag the words and put them in the box. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #ff9c00; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Click forward**__ : You click the next alphabet letter when you've completed the round in order to move forward. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="color: #9946e2; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">__**Teacher** **Rating**__: 9