Wednesday, September 3, 2008
Food & Nutrition Sites Review (Nufail)

Here's my second review for website reviewing, and I have chosen http://cyberbee.com/


To begin with, this website is bright, attractive and easy to read as well. Information on the website is not cluttered or wordy, like most websites. They've also sectionalized the websites in smaller categories, making it easier to navigate as well.



So what is this website about? Well basically it's about trying to make lessons more interesting by incorporating the Internet. Cyberbee acts as an online mascot for the website. Under "curriculum ideas", they give examples as to how the internet can be used for various subjects. The subjects include: Cross-Curricular, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Reference, Science Fair, Teacher Ideas.




I clicked on "Science" and scrolling down, wowwww, they did have a topic about food!


So I clicked on it further to check if it was any relevance to F&N. It is relevant, however, more so for Home Ec. The task given is very similar to us given as a coursework question. It is about food labels. Click on the picture if you want to read further.



After reading it, I personally like it as it really resembles like a coursework motive. The breakdown is given, there are guided questions, and they even provide websites for further assistance or reasearch. With a little tweaking here and there, I believe that the question is suitable to be used for lower seconday coursework. However, there's only ONE question about Home Ec. Very limited, unfortunately.
So next I clicked is "Research Tools". There isn't exactly much in the table of contents tho



Clicking on "Web Evaluation Guides", they actually give a template to evaluate a website based on its content and design. It's pretty simple and easy to read. But in my opinion, it's more suited for lower secondary yet again. Click on the picture to go to the page.



They do have a section on how to cite from electronic resources, so that's pretty useful for proper referencing. And then there's "WebQuest", which is actually "a framework for research and exploration on specific topics utilizing Websites as resources."

I clicked on "UBUYACAR", which is a PBL topic about purchasing a new vehicle. (Think, Consumerism people). And I must say, I actually found the file useful because it has guided questions and breakdowns of it, making it easier to comprehend. Click on the picture if you want to explore it further!



Generally, I like WebQuest as it provides a breakdown of the task. This is really useful in teaching. But if only they had more topics on Home Ec or F&N!


So next I clicked was "Web Links". They have a variety of subjects for this. It's nice to see that there's "Health & Nutiriton". (:




There does seem to be quite a variety of links, and some do prove to be useful. However, I feel that the main website, (cyberbee.com) needs to be updated! There are some websites which actually don't exist anymore. Lol.


Overall, this website isn't too bad actually. They do provide other good websites in trying to incorporate IT into the classroom. But the downside? It has very little resources for F&N. I'd say none, but there's a tiny bit for Home Ec. Another downside is that the website hasn't been updated recently, as you can see from the picture above. I hope there will be some updates soon, and they'll include more resources for F&N. But for now, in my opinion, I wouldn't exactly recommend this website to teach F&N for students or use it as a resource. Again I repeat, it's due to it's limited resources and lack of updates. My rate? 2.5 / 5.

But for personal exploration, and to take some relevant here and there, there are a few, and by all means, use it if it's relevant to you. Enjoy exploring everyone!

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