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| Selma Burke, American sculptor, 1900-1995 Photo Source: Smithsonian Institution (No copyright restrictions) |
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Nominated for the 2010 Text and Academic Authors Association's (TAA) "TEXTY" Textbook Excellence Award
Textbook: Smarthistory: Art History Conversation (2009)
Authors: Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker (plus many other contributing editors)
Textbook URL: http://www.smarthistory.org
This work is under a Creative Common Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license.
Reviewer: Kate Jordahl. Professor, Photography and Digital Imaging Foothill College Fine Arts and Communications Division
http://www.foothill.edu/fa/photo/katejordahl.html
http://www.foothill.edu/fa/index.html
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4.00 |
5.00 |
| Clarity/compreh |
4.5 |
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| Accuracy |
5.0 |
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| Readability |
4.6 |
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| Consistency |
4.7 |
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| Appropriateness |
4.7 |
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| Interface |
4.8 |
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| Content usefuln |
4.8 |
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| Modularity |
4.9 |
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| Content errors |
5.0 |
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| Reading level |
4.9 |
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| Cultural relev |
4.7 |
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| Overall Average |
4.8 |
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*Average of all chapters. Maximum rating is 5.0
| Reviewer's Comments
I recommend this excellent site. I do have concerns about the accessibility of the site and see room for improvement. I mention this knowing that Smarthistory is free and wonderfully ad-free. This resource grows from volunteers and grants and represents a great accomplishment. In a time when textbook companies are trying to charge extra for students to access web support materials or offer sites that are visually primitive, it is wonderful that this rich, dynamic resource is freely available for students anywhere there is high-speed internet.
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