Mr. Nale's Virtual Classroom

Easy to manipulate (3)
This site was very easy to manipulate and was setup differently than the others. The activity  through this site was very interactive where the user would choose the area of interest and link to different sites and activities to perform. There were no avatars to create but there were many different links to virtual field trips, the world atlas, and other learning games.

Appealing and entertaining (2)
This site wasn't as appealing and entertaining as the other sites was initially, but once you actually started to visit the different links it was very impressive. For instance, the interactive resource demos that teach time and measurement would be very appealing to children because they are physically involved in the activity and it is entertaining.

Teaches socialization (2)
I can't really say that this site taught socialization between students because there weren't options of requesting friends and building avatars like in the other sites.

Encourages creativity and problem solving (3)

This site was excellent in encouraging creativity and problem solving. There are a lot of different types of activities for children to use their problem solving skills to solve. There are also many links, for example, to The Arts, where children can draw, paint, sculpt, and even design their own cities. The photo to the right is one of Abraham Lincoln's home. Through the Social Studies link, the user can actually visit famous homes and take virtual tours.

Safety (3)
There wasn't much in the area of chat safety, but there were classroom rules posted on the site.