Best Website Design Awards
The Showcase of Award Winning Sites

Introduction

This page is devoted to the best website design awards for the Top 50 Classroom Websites and the Top 50 Teacher Resource Websites as nominated by you, my fellow teachers.

For complete details on how to nominate a site in either (or both) of these categories, please see this page.

This is NOT a site-of-the-month kind of thing. Once we reach 50 quality sites in each category, no more nominations will be considered. best website design awards

The ideas and rich mix of teaching ideas and resources that are just beginning to appear here will benefit teachers, educational website developers, and ultimately, all of the kids who populate our classrooms.

It's a win-win situation for EVERYBODY.

If you haven't bookmarked this site, please consider doing so--more and more of the educational websites winning one of the six awards available will soon be appearing here.

Top 50 Classroom Websitesbest website design awards

Award Number: 1 of 50

Award: The Gold Shield

Date Awarded: May 25, 2012

Website: The Borgeson Bunch

Recipient: Dale Borgeson

School: Vintage Hills Elementary

Location: Temecula, California

Intended Audience: His 3rd Graders, Parents, and Teachers Everywhere

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Nominee's Comments:

"My site has been developed to be useful for students, parents, and teachers. I update the content on a daily basis. It is my hope that visitors to the site will be inspired to go out and create their own content after visiting the site."

My Comments:

This site is extremely well done. It blew the lid off my rubric, and then there were additional explosions.

It's attractive, easy to navigate, and has a wealth of information appropriate for the intended audience.

The rich use of mixed media is truly a standout. It doesn't really matter what grade level you teach, this site offers a wealth of useful information.

Award Number: 2 of 50

Award: The Silver Band

Date Awarded: August 20, 2012

Website: The Nettling Newsline

Recipient: Leslie Nettling

School: Coming Soon

Location: Carlisle, Ohio

Intended Audience: Her 5th Graders, Parents, and Teachers Everywhere

Rubric Score: 19 out of a Possible 20

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My Comments:

This site is very well done. It's mighty early in a new school year, so I would suspect that the content will be updated as soon as Leslie gets a chance.

Content includes BrainPop, slideshows, animated gifs, and more. It's an attractive site that's easy to navigate, and there is a wealth of information appropriate for the intended audience.

Award Number:3 of 50

Award: The Gold Shield

Date Awarded: August 20, 2012

Website: Mr. Smith Online

Recipient: David Smith

School: Creek View Elementary

Location: Alpharetta, Georgia

Intended Audience: His 3rd Graders, Parents, and Teachers Everywhere

Rubric Score: 19 out of a Possible 20

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My Comments:

This site has quite a variety of resources for the intended audience, including xtranormal animations, online surveys, and slideshows to name a few.

The drop down navigation links are a nice touch.

Award Number: 4 of 50

Award: The Starry Plaque Award

Date Awarded: March 19, 2013

Website: Ms. Weber's Second Grade

Recipient: Gina Weber

School: Crestwood Elementary

Location: Crestwood, Kentucky

Intended Audience: Her 2nd graders and their parents

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My Comments:

This site, on first glance, looks deceptively simple. But, a couple of minutes of exploring reveals a wealth of information and multimedia that effectively targets the intended audience.

Learning Links, a newsletter, a word wall, pictures, videos, and more are easily accessible on this site. All in all, a very nice and thorough job, Gina!

Award Number: 5 of 50

Award: The Gold Shield Award

Date Awarded: March 21, 2013

Website: Mr. Johnson's Virtual Classroom

Recipient: Erik Johnson

School: Park City Magnet School

Location: Bridgeport, Connecticut

Intended Audience: His middle schoolers and their parents

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My Comments:

This site has a pleasing look and a well-organized structure inviting all stakeholders in for a closer examination. Blogs and archives for both 7th and 8th graders are included along with Powerschool Gradebook, Study Island, and many other informative resources.

A standout here is that as soon as you open the home page, the calendar that greets you there is obviously current--the previous days (including the day prior to my visit) had already been crossed off.

Note--due to file size constraints, the bottom 20% or so of the home page show here had to be cropped.

Top 50 Teacher Resources Websites

Award Number:1 of 50

Award: The Bolted Plaque

Date Awarded: October 10, 2012

Website: ELA Seminars

Recipient: Janice Malone

School: Richard Stockton College

Location: Galloway, New Jersey

Intended Audience: English Language Arts Teachers Everywhere

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My Comments:

Janice's website is one that language arts teachers everywhere will want to bookmark and visit frequently. She offers a variety of resources, including but not limited to, podcasts, videos, webcasts, lessons, and products that are useful for teachers, and ultimately their classroom students.

The information presented here is straightforward, organized, and easy to access. And, as the title of her website suggests, Janice is available to conduct her highly-regarded English Language Arts Seminars.

Congratulations for a job well done, Janice!

This little fellow with the big question mark looming behind him is my way of saying that we only have one award recipient in this category so far (see above).

I'm quite sure, however, that there will be more and more as the calendar pages continue their unmerciful turn.

Will you help us out here?

Do you have a teacher resources website that you have found to be particularly outstanding?

Please share it with us here!

If you would like additional information regarding the Daily Teaching Tools Website Awards, you may access that here.

Thanks ahead of time for your participation!

Conclusion

For the very first time here on this site, this conclusion is sort of a conclusion, and it's sort of not.

I'm quite sure you know where I'm going with this--there really can be no definitive conclusion to a page that will continually evolve (with your help, of course). best website design awards

I make no apologies for that--it is what it is. best website design awards
Only time will play the final card. best website design awards

Best wishes always to you and your kids!

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