RayLit

[|www.raylit.com]

__ [|Raylit] __ is a neat site for students under age seven. [|Raylit] provides students with interactive lessons, stories, and games. To use [|Raylit] parents register and enter their child's age and first name. [| Raylit] then generates personalized lessons and stories in which the characters say the child's name

= Resources =

www.raylit.com/blog

Strengths


 * A lot of positive encouragement
 * Interactive
 * Colorful
 * Informative
 * Has music
 * easy to navigate
 * Address children by name
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Parents can post feedback about the activities
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">Parents are able to know children's progress; record the learning progress.

Weaknesses
 * computer required
 * for early childhood ages 3-7 only
 * no special education options
 * If the children accidently press 'skip' button they cannot go back to the previous activity hence they will miss some activities.
 * There are only a limited amount of free activities.

Opportunities
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Engages Students!
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">fosters early childhood development
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">increases young children's technology abilities
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">to learn while using the internet

Threats
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> none found

Ideas for the classroom
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;">Use as a center activity
 * <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5em; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: normal;">use to supplement classroom lessons