Weekly Website Review

DOGOnews!!!

           

When a computer opens to the DOGOnews homepage, articles everywhere invade the screen.  The top of the page has a News, Maps, and Sites tab.  Aspiring writers can write reviews of their favorite books or movies in the Book and Movie sections.

                This website specializes in news about every topic you can think of.  Under the News tab, check out Current Events, Science, Sports, Social Studies, Did You Know, Green, General, Entertainment, International, Amazing, Fun, and Video sections.  In Maps, you can look at the entire Earth online.  Drag and rotate the map with your mouse to see an overview of any place on Earth.  At Sites, read reviews of websites on different subjects such as New, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, Brain Games, Little Kids, and Curious Kids.

The common weakness of most websites is they have no games.  But not DOGOnews!  I found Professor Garfield in Sites > Brain Games:  http://www.dogonews.com/external_sites?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.professorgarfield.org%2Fpgf_home.html&return=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dogonews.com%2Fsites%2F2011%2F3%2F8%2Fprofessor-garfield.  In this game mission, you must save the Earth by going through obstacles to get to the “off” switch. These obstacles are mini-missions that you either unscramble words to fill in the blank or have a game of Memory.  Enjoy!

                Let’s say you’re stuck in a dumpster and can’t get out.  Now think of a bear in a dumpster that can’t get out! That’s exactly what happened. Recently in New Mexico, a few cubs (baby bears) were stuck in a dumpster.  Lucky for them, Shirley and Tom Shenk came to the rescue! The couple drove their pickup truck and dropped a ladder in the dumpster.  They drove a few yards away and watched the cubs to make sure they got out.  And sure enough, the cubs climbed up the ladder to safety.  This is not the first time the Shenks saved this family.  They have saved them two times already.  Let’s hope those bears don’t go back in the dumpster! Read full article on… http://www.dogonews.com/2012/7/30/video-of-the-week-baby-bears-get-stuck-in-a-dumpster-again

                I definitely recommend this website!  It’s packed with hilarious and serious news and videos.  The Book Review and Movie Review tabs are very unique and really opened my eyes!!!  DOGOnews is a deluxe website!