Website Approval Request

Submitted Website Approval Request

Submitted By: mewongsuwan@graniteschools.org on 5/19/2025 8:53:26 AM
Requestor Work Location*: Granger High School
Requestor Title*: World Language Teacher
Website Name*: American Sign Language Fingerspelling Challenge
Website Description*: "Practice & improve your ASL fingerspelling receptive skills with this 2 minute fingerspelling challenge. How many fingerspelling words can you read in 2 minutes?"
URL (Required)*: https://www.signlanguageforum.com/asl/fingerspelling/fingerspelling-game/'
Purpose / Use / Notes*: Helps students in the early stages of ASL fingerspelling development start to recognize handshapes.
Vendor Technical Contact Name:
Vendor Technical Contact Phone Number:
Lower Grade Range for Website*: 9th Grade
Upper Grade Range for Software*: 12th Grade
Category*: World Language, K-12
Is student data shared with the software vendor?*: No
Does the website allow Clever logins?*: I'm not sure

Submitted Educational Software Specialist Form

Submitted By: ajbirrell on 5/21/2025 12:56:50 PM

Content/Simulation

Instructional Content*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Curriculum Connection*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Teacher/Learning Approach*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Age/Grade Level*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Assessment*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Perspective*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Flexibility*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Technology Effectiveness*: 1 - Needs Improvement

Productivity

Curriculum Connection*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Age/Grade Level*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Perspective*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Technical Aspects*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Flexibility*: 1 - Needs Improvement

Assessment

Curriculum Connection*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Age/Grade Level*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Assessment*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Perspective*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Technical Aspects*: 1 - Needs Improvement

Technology Effectiveness

Technology Effectiveness*: 1 - Needs Improvement
Comments: After a more in-depth review of the site, some concerns were identified. These include unmoderated forums, chat functions, and video features —along with the presence of an inappropriate profile image. Additionally, the required sign-up process involves creating individual student profiles. While the 2-Minute Fingerspelling Challenge can be a useful activity, it requires students to share personal information and lacks instructional feedback, limiting its effectiveness.

Approved*: No