Engineering
“How everyday things are made”
Quality of Content
I love it! This site had different types of manufacturing, how things are made and what they are made out of. At the beginning it has a mini quiz just to get your mind working. The questions were fun, one was about how long it takes to make a jelly bean or how many pieces are in a Boeing 777. There are so many products to choose from it was amazing.
Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching- Learning Tools
The video even showed the history on manufacturing and a vey quick video of the manufacturing of the plane. The video was quick moving with music this will keep my students attention. I would show some of these videos along with the pre and post tests for the explanation stage of engineering. I like to go around the room and talk about how parts are manufactured and this will be a perfect fit. The interaction between the questions and the student will keep the interest of the student. The student will be able to identify different manufacturing processes, blow molding, die casting, punching, and bending.
Ease of use
There are tabs to make it easy to navigate around the site and many options to choose from. The user does not get trapped easily (even I didn’t). I found it so interesting I wanted to keep researching to see what I could find. The responses were usually correct or incorrect for the pre questions. I would have liked it to give me a correct answer but it did mention you will get the answer during the examples. The information was laid out very well for the students to follow. If a student wants to know what steel was mad out of and what it looks like before a process you could find a way to go back at see a picture or a video. I felt the material was attractive because of the many types of products, materials, and processes there are to learn about. There are options for if you are interested in books, need to look at the frequently asked questions, online tours and technical problems.
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