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Scholastic.com

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The Stacks site is the kids’ area of Scholastic. Bearing in mind Scholastic have achieved phenomenal success in the field of kids education since 1920, Dozen.com felt obliged to check out their kids website specially the online kids education pages.

Educational Values: 2/10

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What can be learned here? This grades the educational value of the site for children..

Books & Authors

The Books and Authors Section at Scholastic Stacks

The Stacks e-learning site is split into books and authors, games, a blog, videos and opinions.

The book section includes book excerpts and reviews, designed to prick the interest of kids and encourage them to read for pleasure. There are also authors in the spotlight.

The games sections has some interesting material – writing-themed games, creative activities, quizzes and puzzles – all with literary learning gains and fun to be had along the way.

There is lots of educational value here although in terms of quantity and scope it is a little thin on the ground compared to what is on offer elsewhere.

Creativity: 2/10

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Why is this site different to other E-learning sites? This grades the originality of the site and how it encourages children's creativity..

The games and activities on this fun educational website were creative and novel. However, the site itself lacked design creativity that let the contents down.

Stacks lacks an informative homepage, that could pull the site together. It tools and search facilities to help visitors find key content. Overall the creative emphasis seems to have been on the content and more time needs to be spent providing greater cohesion and guidance for visitors.

Graphics: 0/10

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How good are the site graphics? This grades the quality of the CGI graphics and animation of the games feature on the site..

Some of the games had good graphics and the site was quite pleasing to the eye. We liked the synopses that appeared as the cursor was placed over book covers. On the whole the graphic contents of the site was good although not spectacular.

Fun Factor: 1/10

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OK, how fun is this site? Are there games on offer? Does it engage children's imagination? Run stupid competitions? We gave extra points for fun and activities..

The video section includes some professional and fun videos with investigative reporters trying to find the whereabouts of characters from books in a fake news format. There are also celebrity clips and clips of authors.

It also contains a message board where books, authors and learning can be discussed in addition to general chit chat. Some subjects are more popular than others…. we note that the Harry Potter topic as 33 discussion boards! Unlike many sites, the boards we checked out had regular and recent posts, proving these message boards are creating a buzz among kids.

Games include story building, create a caption and other fun but educational activities

Support: 1/10

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Can you contact the site with queries? This grades the email support and telephone contacts available to users..

Lots of detailed FAQs plus an email contact form and telephone numbers broken down into different topics.

Safety: 5/10

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Can you trust this site? This grades the site's suitability for children. Does it give parental advice? Does it link to unsuitable sites?.

The message board can only be used by registered users and the sign in procedure includes advice about user names and general web safety. The boards we viewed had appropriate content. The adverts on the site are all in keeping with the theme and the audience.

Range of Subjects: 5/10

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What can you learn on here? We graded the variety of subjects available on the site..

The content on the site was interesting although there was definitely room for broader content relating to English, literature and creative writing.

Multimedia Options:1/10

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What else can I do here? We gave extra points to sites with real-time betting, video, HD, mobile and audio..

There is an interesting, daily blog on the site, with plenty of viewer comments, as well as a message board facility. There are also sporadic live chats on specific topics.

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There is an interesting, daily blog on the site, with plenty of viewer comments, as well as a message board facility. There are also sporadic live chats on specific topics. 7/10

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Web Address: www.scholastic.com

Country: US

Parent Company: Scholastic Publishing Company

Launched: 1920

Category: Kids E-Learning

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