The topic that I have chosen is child-care. I would like to focus on tips on how to find quality child-care. The type of evaluation used can be found at

http://www.edsoasis.org/guide3.html

The site that I will evaluate first is National Network for Child Care. The URL is

http://www.nncc.org/Choose.Quality.Care/qual.checklist.fcc.html

This is the evaluation of National Network for Child Care. I have typed the evaluation format into this document. The original format can be found at the URL address above for the evaluation site.

#	Criteria	+	_
1.	This site can actually help with schoolwork. It matches what students have to study.	Yes
2.	Goals and objectives are clearly stated and are matched to standards	Yes
3.	This site helps students think up projects; it helps students work creatively.	Yes
4.	This site is useful if you’re by yourself, if you’re working with a few peers, or even as a demo in front of a group of people.	Yes
5.	You can tell who created the site, and you can learn about the person and his or her professional credentials.	Yes
6.	The information on this site is more extensive or more current than what you’re likely to find at school.	Yes
7.	You can use the site of get a message to subject-area experts, to the author of the site, or to exchange data and ideas to other students.	Yes
8.	Someone screens messages before they appear on the site.	Yes
9.	If the site is intended to help students with a school project, there’s a place where students can share their work OR suggestions for ways to share projects locally.	Yes
10.	You can link from this site out to carefully selected and well-described sites on the same topic.	Yes
11.	The site uses visual aids such as charts, maps, graphs and images effectively, and may include templates of forms to help with student work.	Yes
12.	The site has great colors. You can read all the words, and the graphics look like they belong.		No
13.	You can find your way around with no problem.	Yes
14.	If the site uses "new" tech goodies, like shockwave, sound, java and animation, they are used to make the information more visual.		No
15.	The site respects the user and any people it refers to.	Yes

I choose the site http://www.daycaretrust.org.UK/choosingframes.cfm

#	Criteria	+	_
1.	This site can actually help with schoolwork. It matches what students have to study.	Yes
2.	Goals and objectives are clearly stated and are matched to standards	Yes
3.	This site helps students think up projects; it helps students work creatively.	Yes
4.	This site is useful if you’re by yourself, if you’re working with a few peers, or even as a demo in front of a group of people.	Yes
5.	You can tell who created the site, and you can learn about the person and his or her professional credentials.	Yes
6.	The information on this site is more extensive or more current than what you’re likely to find at school.	Yes
7.	You can use the site of get a message to subject-area experts, to the author of the site, or to exchange data and ideas to other students.	Yes
8.	Someone screens messages before they appear on the site.	Yes
9.	If the site is intended to help students with a school project, there’s a place where students can share their work OR suggestions for ways to share projects locally.		No
10.	You can link from this site out to carefully selected and well-described sites on the same topic.	Yes
11.	The site uses visual aids such as charts, maps, graphs and images effectively, and may include templates of forms to help with student work.	Yes
12.	The site has great colors. You can read all the words, and the graphics look like they belong.	Yes
13.	You can find your way around with no problem.	Yes
14.	If the site uses "new" tech goodies, like shockwave, sound, java and animation, they are used to make the information more visual.		No
15.	The site respects the user and any people it refers to.	Yes

I chose the site http://www.naccrra.net/childcareaware for my last search evaluation.

#	Criteria	+	_
1.	This site can actually help with schoolwork. It matches what students have to study.	Yes
2.	Goals and objectives are clearly stated and are matched to standards	Yes
3.	This site helps students think up projects; it helps students work creatively.		No
4.	This site is useful if you’re by yourself, if you’re working with a few peers, or even as a demo in front of a group of people.	Yes
5.	You can tell who created the site, and you can learn about the person and his or her professional credentials.	Yes
6.	The information on this site is more extensive or more current than what you’re likely to find at school.	Yes
7.	You can use the site of get a message to subject-area experts, to the author of the site, or to exchange data and ideas to other students.	Yes
8.	Someone screens messages before they appear on the site.	Yes
9.	If the site is intended to help students with a school project, there’s a place where students can share their work OR suggestions for ways to share projects locally.		No
10.	You can link from this site out to carefully selected and well-described sites on the same topic.	Yes
11.	The site uses visual aids such as charts, maps, graphs and images effectively, and may include templates of forms to help with student work.	Yes
12.	The site has great colors. You can read all the words, and the graphics look like they belong.	Yes
13.	You can find your way around with no problem.	Yes
14.	If the site uses "new" tech goodies, like shockwave, sound, java and animation, they are used to make the information more visual.		No
15.	The site respects the user and any people it refers to.	Yes