from Pat Boone to groups of pioneers. One downside to searching this way is that some of the results don’t fall into the right category. Limiting one “people” search to the 1700s brought up maps instead. Nevertheless, searches are accurate, and the website remains an invaluable tool for those who are interested in Texas History. •…
When I need information, the first place I go to is a website. Websites provide a quick and easy access to the information I need. But for what purpose does the website exist? What is the main objective of the website? Websites serve different purposes depending on who the audience will be. In technical communication, Gurak & Lannon states there are two types of audiences, the primary and secondary. Primary audiences are the main audience who the writer is targeting. Secondary audiences are…
decision on what car to get? Fortunately, there are many different websites that can compare all of the details to help you make the best choice. When comparing automobiles, there are many car websites such as Edmunds, Car Complaints, Kelley Blue Book, True Delta, and Car Gurus; however, the most useful website to use is Car Gurus. There are hundreds of car comparing websites to choose from including Edmunds. Edmunds is a very helpful website when it comes to choosing cars; however, it does…
channel of obtaining information on a wide array of topics and subjects. The creation of websites is one of the popular ways in which the Internet is used to create a specific place where information on a specific topic can be accessed. A website can be described as an umbrella that houses an ocean of relevant facts and theories with regards to a given discipline. The key to creating an effective and valuable website lies in making it easy to navigate across all its contents. An internet user,…
Children Websites: While exploring all three websites, I found the website Shakespeare for Kids on the Great website for Kids website. It struck me at first because while I was doing my field experience, the school librarian had a lesson on Shakespeare with one of the English classes. When the school librarian set up the lesson, the children had to find the answers to certain questions in the reference books she provided. In my opinion, the school librarian and the English teachers should have…
Evaluation of a Website ADHD affect the lives of children without any regard to sex or race. He’s bouncing off of the walls; there’s my little tornado; can’t you ever sit still? These are a few of the things one might hear the parents of an ADHD child say. The website KidsHealth on ADHD, by Nemours, was written with the promise to parents “that with proper treatment, kids with ADHD can learn to successfully live with and manage their symptoms” (ADHD, 2016, p. 1). The website under the parent…
Created by Dr. Pat Basu, the website provides patients with an inexpensive, alternate way to receive health care. With a flat rate of $40 per exam, the website is cheaper than a $1000 emergency room visit or a $300 urgent care trip as noted by PBS (Sreenivasan, 2015). In an interview between Dr. Pat Basu and PBS Newshour’s Hari Sreenivasan,…
150 years. The audience that This website is intended for is any person who cares about the safety and wellbeing of animals. The ASPCA helps rescue animals from abuse while operating on volunteering, activism, and donations from people around the globe. This can be easily found within the top taskbar on the homepage. This taskbar is present throughout the website no matter where you go within its links. A multitude of criteria comes together to form the ASPCA website in its entirety. The ASPCA…
Website Filter Do you get mad because you cant get on a website? In this article I will be talking about why everything on are computers are blocked. I can see like certain websites but like youtube kids actually use that for school. Ask other schools, I have friends from Lennox and Tri-valley and they say they have youtube and other cites but like no games. If websites were unblocked on every students computer I feel kids would be much more happier and if the kids get caught on a website that…
Ecommerce websites are vital strands in the larger network of the global marketplace. With the click of a button, a customer in India can purchase an item from a Canadian web store, and busy parents can find last minute Christmas gifts for their children without having to visit a brick and mortar shop. Because it is more cost-effective to open a virtual shop than it is to run an establishment with a physical address, the number of online stores is growing. This increasing competition means that…