Thing Six: Check Out Winning Websites
For
this thing I visited Web 2.0 Awards and
browsed through their award nominees. One that I particular liked was PolicyMap.com. This website contains more than 4,000 data
sets that can be overlayed on top of maps. It is simple to use and the data can
even be shown for a specific state or county. Some of the information you are
able to access include: crime statistics, schools of an area, number of
students who are proficient in reading in the state, demographics of an area,
and even the population growth. A down side to the website is that some of the
data requires a paid membership. This site could be used in a history class to
look up data such as how much an area has grown in the past so many years.
Parents and teachers could also use the site to find out more about a
particular area or school.Attached is a screenshot showing the percentage of fourth grade students proficient in reading as of 2009.
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